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When you vote for Don Anderson, you will bring a solid track record of integrity, compassion, and creative thinking to the bench.
I have practiced law in Lake County for 40 years. I have spent most of those years as a criminal defense lawyer. It is in that capacity that I have come to respect the integrity of my opposition, District Attorney Anderson.
I have interacted with Don in all of his many public service roles, as well as his role as a private lawyer. I have never had occasion to doubt his word or to believe that he had some secret agenda. Other than the occasional business lunch, I have never socialized with him. I have no secret agenda in my support for Don. I am convinced that he is not only the most professionally qualified contender, he is the single contender most likely to bring the necessary compassion and judicial temperament to our courts.
While no one can match Judge Hedstrom’s stellar work ethic or depth of judicial experience, Don Anderson is most likely to achieve the appropriate temperament.
We have a proud history on our bench of former district attorneys, including Judge Robert Crone and Judge Stephen Hedstrom. They had “conflicts” as former district attorneys, but those conflicts paled into insignificance in the light of the vast experience they brought to the bench.
It is not only guilty people who come before the courts. Someday, you or a close friend or family member may find yourself wrongfully accused. When that happens, you are going to want to have Don Anderson acting as your judge.
Do yourself a favor, vote for Don Anderson.
Mitchell Hauptman lives in Lakeport, Calif.
I have practiced law in Lake County for 40 years. I have spent most of those years as a criminal defense lawyer. It is in that capacity that I have come to respect the integrity of my opposition, District Attorney Anderson.
I have interacted with Don in all of his many public service roles, as well as his role as a private lawyer. I have never had occasion to doubt his word or to believe that he had some secret agenda. Other than the occasional business lunch, I have never socialized with him. I have no secret agenda in my support for Don. I am convinced that he is not only the most professionally qualified contender, he is the single contender most likely to bring the necessary compassion and judicial temperament to our courts.
While no one can match Judge Hedstrom’s stellar work ethic or depth of judicial experience, Don Anderson is most likely to achieve the appropriate temperament.
We have a proud history on our bench of former district attorneys, including Judge Robert Crone and Judge Stephen Hedstrom. They had “conflicts” as former district attorneys, but those conflicts paled into insignificance in the light of the vast experience they brought to the bench.
It is not only guilty people who come before the courts. Someday, you or a close friend or family member may find yourself wrongfully accused. When that happens, you are going to want to have Don Anderson acting as your judge.
Do yourself a favor, vote for Don Anderson.
Mitchell Hauptman lives in Lakeport, Calif.
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Shanda Harry is an exceptional candidate for the office of Lake County Superior Court judge.
Her plans for making our courts more efficient are impressive. She is committed to making the courts a fair and effective process for all those involved – plaintiffs, defendants, families, jurors, lawyers and law enforcement who assist.
Having served as a juror on a six-week trial last fall, I know that her experience and commitment to making our courts work more efficiently will serve our court system well.
Shanda is extremely well educated and qualified, and will be ready to go to work her first day on the bench.
I am thankful to have such an outstanding choice for Superior Court judge.
Kathy Windrem lives in Kelseyville, Calif.
Her plans for making our courts more efficient are impressive. She is committed to making the courts a fair and effective process for all those involved – plaintiffs, defendants, families, jurors, lawyers and law enforcement who assist.
Having served as a juror on a six-week trial last fall, I know that her experience and commitment to making our courts work more efficiently will serve our court system well.
Shanda is extremely well educated and qualified, and will be ready to go to work her first day on the bench.
I am thankful to have such an outstanding choice for Superior Court judge.
Kathy Windrem lives in Kelseyville, Calif.
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On Wednesday, Sept. 26, Visit California and the county of Lake co-hosted a Crisis Tourism Recovery Forum at the Soper Reese Theatre in Lakeport.
Ms. Caroline Beteta, president and CEO of Visit California was the guest speaker and presented attendees with an overview of Visit California’s function in which “they work in partnership with the state’s travel industry to inspire travel to all parts of California. Travelers spent $132 billion in 2017 in California, directly supporting more than 1.1 million California jobs and $10.9 billion in state and local tax revenue.”
Huge thanks to Mike Adams and the whole Soper Reese Theatre crew who made it all happen with the short time-frame we had to do so.
Thank you to Supervisor Moke Simon for being the master of ceremony (and panelist); to Wilda Shock, president of the Lake County Economic Development Corp.; and Helena Welsh, executive director of the Lake County Winery Association for agreeing to be panelists along with Ms. Beteta. The panel fielded moderated questions as well as interactive questions from the audience.
A forum isn’t a forum without all those who took time out of their day to attend and share their thoughts about the impacts to our local tourism industry in the wake of the Mendocino Complex fire.
Thank you so much to Lake County News for filming the event and to the Record-Bee for attending as well.
Michelle Scully is deputy county administrative officer for the county of Lake, Calif.
Ms. Caroline Beteta, president and CEO of Visit California was the guest speaker and presented attendees with an overview of Visit California’s function in which “they work in partnership with the state’s travel industry to inspire travel to all parts of California. Travelers spent $132 billion in 2017 in California, directly supporting more than 1.1 million California jobs and $10.9 billion in state and local tax revenue.”
Huge thanks to Mike Adams and the whole Soper Reese Theatre crew who made it all happen with the short time-frame we had to do so.
Thank you to Supervisor Moke Simon for being the master of ceremony (and panelist); to Wilda Shock, president of the Lake County Economic Development Corp.; and Helena Welsh, executive director of the Lake County Winery Association for agreeing to be panelists along with Ms. Beteta. The panel fielded moderated questions as well as interactive questions from the audience.
A forum isn’t a forum without all those who took time out of their day to attend and share their thoughts about the impacts to our local tourism industry in the wake of the Mendocino Complex fire.
Thank you so much to Lake County News for filming the event and to the Record-Bee for attending as well.
Michelle Scully is deputy county administrative officer for the county of Lake, Calif.
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Don Anderson in my opinion isn't qualified to be Lake County Superior Court judge.
As a lot of you know and for those that don't I was arrested, tried, convicted, then exonerated for a crime that wasn't even a crime in the first place. I sold a lawful Insurance product to a client and she made over $42,000 on her annuitization value in about three years with $175,000 investment. The Lake County DA's Office charged me with larceny because they felt I should of known that my client had the onset of dementia Alzheimer's at the time of the sell.
Two months after the sale the DA's Office interviewed my client and my client told them that she bought the annuity for tax purposes and nobody forced her to do it and she did it by her own free will and choice (I have the DA report), and if I would have known my client had any such problem I wouldn't of helped her which is irrelevant anyway because she wasn't conserved and it wasn't a crime in the first place. (FYI if I would have known she had any such problems again I would never have helped her.)
What they were saying is if you're in sales or service and you help somebody with a product or service over $950 the state could of come back and arrest you for larceny up to three years after the sale. That would negate and destroy the free enterprise system. (Ironically recently there was an article on The Drudge Report that said that dementia or Alzheimer's begins at birth.) I'm not making excuses just throwing that out there.
As funny as this may sound I believe Judge Martin, Donny Anderson, Rachel Abelson and Jon Hopkins – who was the one that filed the frivolous suit but Don Anderson had the opportunity to dismiss it – need to go back to law school and relearn the definition of larceny. The appeals court said that if you sell somebody something of equal value how could that be a taking and how could that be a crime? They said that larceny is a specific intent crime requiring the intent to steal and said that that there was no evidence that defendant made any misrepresentations or use any artifice in connection with the sell, and that the defendant appropriated the elders funds to his own use or to the benefit of anyone other than the client herself .
And somehow the Superior Court forgot the intent part in the jury instruction and the appeals court said there can be no doubt that this error was prejudicial the emission of an essential element of an offense when the courts instructions is an error of constitutional significance since the defendant is entitled to a jury findings they're all elements have been proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
My case was unprecedented; never in the history of this nation has anything ever like that gone to trial.
Even after the first DCA appeals court reversed and overturned the verdict three to nothing the AG's office tried to appeal the Appellate Court's decision and the California Supreme Court thought the case was so ridiculous they wouldn't even hear it.
This is why I don't believe Don Anderson should become the next Lake County Superior Court judge because he has the potential and authority to destroy you, your family, and your business and arrest and try you for something that wasn't even a crime in the first place if they chose too.
A matter of fact, when I went back to court to be exonerated for this frivolous non-crime the judge says I'm free to go and that was all after my life was destroyed and turned upside down.
This travesty happening to one person is enough isn't it, and Don Anderson was at the helm of that department that caused it to happen. What if it happened to you in Don Anderson's courtroom? Is he the person that you'd want to judge you in the event that you were put in the same situation or tried in his courtroom?
I still have never received an apology from the DA’s Office, Judge Martin or Rachel Abelson for the travesty that they put me through and I believe they still should and unfortunately I found out six months after the statute of limitations ran out that I could have sued the DA's Office for malicious prosecution.
That's why I voted for Shanda Harry for Lake County Superior Court judge because I don't feel that Don Anderson is qualified.
Glenn Neasham lives in Hidden Valley Lake, Calif.
As a lot of you know and for those that don't I was arrested, tried, convicted, then exonerated for a crime that wasn't even a crime in the first place. I sold a lawful Insurance product to a client and she made over $42,000 on her annuitization value in about three years with $175,000 investment. The Lake County DA's Office charged me with larceny because they felt I should of known that my client had the onset of dementia Alzheimer's at the time of the sell.
Two months after the sale the DA's Office interviewed my client and my client told them that she bought the annuity for tax purposes and nobody forced her to do it and she did it by her own free will and choice (I have the DA report), and if I would have known my client had any such problem I wouldn't of helped her which is irrelevant anyway because she wasn't conserved and it wasn't a crime in the first place. (FYI if I would have known she had any such problems again I would never have helped her.)
What they were saying is if you're in sales or service and you help somebody with a product or service over $950 the state could of come back and arrest you for larceny up to three years after the sale. That would negate and destroy the free enterprise system. (Ironically recently there was an article on The Drudge Report that said that dementia or Alzheimer's begins at birth.) I'm not making excuses just throwing that out there.
As funny as this may sound I believe Judge Martin, Donny Anderson, Rachel Abelson and Jon Hopkins – who was the one that filed the frivolous suit but Don Anderson had the opportunity to dismiss it – need to go back to law school and relearn the definition of larceny. The appeals court said that if you sell somebody something of equal value how could that be a taking and how could that be a crime? They said that larceny is a specific intent crime requiring the intent to steal and said that that there was no evidence that defendant made any misrepresentations or use any artifice in connection with the sell, and that the defendant appropriated the elders funds to his own use or to the benefit of anyone other than the client herself .
And somehow the Superior Court forgot the intent part in the jury instruction and the appeals court said there can be no doubt that this error was prejudicial the emission of an essential element of an offense when the courts instructions is an error of constitutional significance since the defendant is entitled to a jury findings they're all elements have been proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
My case was unprecedented; never in the history of this nation has anything ever like that gone to trial.
Even after the first DCA appeals court reversed and overturned the verdict three to nothing the AG's office tried to appeal the Appellate Court's decision and the California Supreme Court thought the case was so ridiculous they wouldn't even hear it.
This is why I don't believe Don Anderson should become the next Lake County Superior Court judge because he has the potential and authority to destroy you, your family, and your business and arrest and try you for something that wasn't even a crime in the first place if they chose too.
A matter of fact, when I went back to court to be exonerated for this frivolous non-crime the judge says I'm free to go and that was all after my life was destroyed and turned upside down.
This travesty happening to one person is enough isn't it, and Don Anderson was at the helm of that department that caused it to happen. What if it happened to you in Don Anderson's courtroom? Is he the person that you'd want to judge you in the event that you were put in the same situation or tried in his courtroom?
I still have never received an apology from the DA’s Office, Judge Martin or Rachel Abelson for the travesty that they put me through and I believe they still should and unfortunately I found out six months after the statute of limitations ran out that I could have sued the DA's Office for malicious prosecution.
That's why I voted for Shanda Harry for Lake County Superior Court judge because I don't feel that Don Anderson is qualified.
Glenn Neasham lives in Hidden Valley Lake, Calif.
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