JUSTICE SERVED: Chicago Style or Albuquerque Jerky?
This is the link to the US Attorney press release from Chicago regarding
the federal indictment of the (now) Ex Redflex CEO and top level Chicago City
employees.
Please read the entire release. Here are some highlights:
Before
Bills (city of Chicago employee) retired, he allegedly made it known to
Individual A and other Redflex employees that he wanted a job with Redflex. The
indictment alleges that Redflex agents, including Individual A and O'Malley,
paid for at least $20,000 worth of personal expenses for Bills, including
hotels rooms, meals, golf games, and computers, with the approval of Finley
and Individual B, and expensed these purchases through Redflex from 2003
through 2011.
Personal
benefits directly and indirectly, including meals, hotel stays, rental cars,
and golf outings.
Then the city awarded a new, non-competitive contract to Redflex to operate and
maintain the previously installed camera
systems:
"The
alleged confluence of corrupt local officials and corrupt corporate officers
demands a counterweight of local and federal agencies working to redeem the
frayed confidence of the public," said Joseph Ferguson Inspector General for
the City of Chicago. "The Office of Inspector General is therefore grateful
for the continuing leadership, dedication and collaboration of our federal
partners in this matter."
"When
public officials peddle influence for profit, the consequences are severe, and
when corporate executives enable that corruption, the same rule applies. We
will attack alleged public corruption from every angle," said Zachary T.
Fardon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of
Illinois.
Will
the New Mexico US Attorney do anything? The whistleblower says bribes
were paid to New Mexico jurisdictions! The Illinois US Attorney found
this credible, why not New Mexico? There were only two jurisdictions,
Albuquerque and Las Cruces (Rio Rancho started around 2012) that contracted
with Redflex.
Being that the retired Albuquerque police chief is under
investigation by several agencies for his connection with Taser, you would
think that the NM US Attorney would ask the Chicago US Attorney to interview
their witnesses. Reading the excerpts from the US Attorney's press
release somethings sound very familiar, non compete bidding,benefiting through
meals, hotels and parties, setting up future employment and we haven't even
talked about "greasing".
Albuquerque
citizens demand the "counterweight" of local and federal agencies to redeem
the "frayed confidence" of the public.
The
US Attorney for New Mexico must open an investigation into two items to
restore Albuquerque citizens confidence in their police department and public
officials:
1.
The city of Albuquerque contract with Redflex. Did Redflex bribe City
of Albuquerque employees? Were the yellow lights reduced on purpose to
pump up violations and therefore Redflex revenue? Was this another non
compete bid?
2.
The city of Albuquerque contract with Taser. Did Ray Schultz
"grease" the Taser contract in exchange for Taser providing him
employment? Did Taser bribe any city of Albuquerque official? Is
Taser equipment defective and / or malfunctioning (as KOB 4 reported)?
Was it illegal to make the Taser contract a non-compete bid? Was Ray
Schultz and other City of Albuquerque appearing on Taser's behalf while still
city employees? Did Taser provide lodging, parties, airfare, gifts etc
to City of Albuquerque Police officers (KRQE reported that Taser did pay for a
party and they had the proof from a Schultz email). We know of course that Schultz and at least city lawyer Kathy Levy were doing the jig in a San Diego nightclub rented out entirely by Taser.
The
citizens have no faith in their local reviewers (Bernalillo county District
Attorney, New Mexico Attorney General, Albuquerque Inspector General
etc). The Bernalillo County DA has refused to investigate
anything. The City of Albuquerque Inspector General has been
investigating since May 1, 2014, but no one believes this will be a fair and
impartial investigation as the Inspector General has never held anyone in the
Berry Administration accountable. The New Mexico AG couldn't even follow
up on the Mary Han investigation.
The citizens have no faith
in our local government. Why should they? They have proven
themselves inept or in bed with the offenders.
The
US Attorney of New Mexico is the counterweight, WHERE IS HE? Albuquerque
demands Chicago Style Justice!
Here is the contact information to the New Mexico office of the US Attorney:
District of New Mexico - Albuquerque Main Phone:
(505) 346-7274
(505) 346-7274
District of New Mexico - Albuquerque Fax Number:
(505) 346-7296
District of New Mexico - Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 607
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102
elizabeth.martinez@usdoj.gov
PS...We know the cretins running the Albuquerque Journal won't touch this story. Another glaring omission.....
(505) 346-7296
District of New Mexico - Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 607
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102
elizabeth.martinez@usdoj.gov
PS...We know the cretins running the Albuquerque Journal won't touch this story. Another glaring omission.....
