Sharon’s Blog

I’ve been hearing about a filmaker/investigative reporter type that was going to be in town this week shooting footage for his current project. Apparently, he had a lot to do with breaking the story of corruption with Clark County, Nevada and San Diego, California. Now this has been no secret. I first heard of it on the radio. Then I heard from a few contacts that they were going to be interviewed about San Bernardino County corruption. He is from Utah, has no connections with San Bernardino County, and I’m told he is legit.

To make a long story short, this reporter attended Tuesday’s Board of Supervisor’s meeting with Bob Nelson, one of the candidates for the First District. The BOS has had Bob arrested 40 plus times because Bob is a free-speech advocate and does not want to abide by the board’s three-minute rule. Two weeks ago they arrested him because he asked for five minutes to give his presentation. They did the same thing this week.

There was a major glitch however. This week Bob had this reporter’s microphone on his lapel. So they take Bob into a room because he is under arrest. He’s in there for a while so the reporter knocks on the door to ask to get his microphone back. I guess they told him to go away. I’m not sure how much longer this went on but upon the reporter’s final request, they brought the reporter into the room and threatened him with arrest for having Bob wired. You have to remember this is a reporter filming the BOS meeting and Bob’s microphone is in clear sight.

Bottom line is that the BOS gave this reporter a first-hand experience in San Bernardino County corruption at its best. From what I understand this reporter has had a hand in breaking some big government corruption stories. I can hardly wait to see his final report.

Posted on May 14th, 2008 under Board of Supervisors, San Bernardino County • RSS 2.0 feed • You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed