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I have been following the district attorney election and I am disappointed in the way our current district attorney, Susan Krones, is blaming others and not taking accountability for her actions.
In articles coming out of her office she often bends the truth and blames our former DA, Don Anderson, for her mistakes.
As only one example, she twice sought a probation deal for a convicted human trafficker. Even though a judge rejected her deal she tried it again, this time with the new judge who accepted the deal.
Now confronted with her leniency, she blames the former DA for the deal, when in fact, Don Anderson did more for prosecuting human trafficking than any other person ever has in this county. It is obvious she brokered the deal and only she pushed it through.
Once in office Susan Krones eliminated a lot of Don Anderson’s programs like a perjury unit, educational diversion and a program that made criminals give hundreds of thousands of dollars to Lake County charities.
She has lowered the DA’s high conviction rate to barely over 60%.
I have heard her justify her actions by lying that our former district attorney was “unethical” and only she has brought ethics back to the DA’s office. But she has never said one thing he did that was unethical.
In fact, Don Anderson twice was elected as California’s Prosecutor of the Year by the California Narcotic Officers’ Association, law enforcement’s largest training organization.
This is the only prosecutor to ever receive this award twice and the only Lake County prosecutor to ever even be nominated for the award. This is a far cry from someone who is “unethical.”
I know that Don Anderson has endorsed Anthony Farrington as the new DA. Maybe the voters should listen to what he has to say and why.
Nancy Bradford lives in Lakeport, California.
In articles coming out of her office she often bends the truth and blames our former DA, Don Anderson, for her mistakes.
As only one example, she twice sought a probation deal for a convicted human trafficker. Even though a judge rejected her deal she tried it again, this time with the new judge who accepted the deal.
Now confronted with her leniency, she blames the former DA for the deal, when in fact, Don Anderson did more for prosecuting human trafficking than any other person ever has in this county. It is obvious she brokered the deal and only she pushed it through.
Once in office Susan Krones eliminated a lot of Don Anderson’s programs like a perjury unit, educational diversion and a program that made criminals give hundreds of thousands of dollars to Lake County charities.
She has lowered the DA’s high conviction rate to barely over 60%.
I have heard her justify her actions by lying that our former district attorney was “unethical” and only she has brought ethics back to the DA’s office. But she has never said one thing he did that was unethical.
In fact, Don Anderson twice was elected as California’s Prosecutor of the Year by the California Narcotic Officers’ Association, law enforcement’s largest training organization.
This is the only prosecutor to ever receive this award twice and the only Lake County prosecutor to ever even be nominated for the award. This is a far cry from someone who is “unethical.”
I know that Don Anderson has endorsed Anthony Farrington as the new DA. Maybe the voters should listen to what he has to say and why.
Nancy Bradford lives in Lakeport, California.
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Lake County News’ interview article on the assessor-recorder’s race was very interesting. I would like to have some input regarding a statement made by Mr. Ford, the incumbent assessor-recorder.
He stated "he believed he'd had a good relationship with real estate agents and has tried to keep them as abreast of the information as possible.” I was a committee member for a task force that was formed to represent local real estate brokers/agents in 2019 to try to get some answers that we needed. We wanted to know 1) How much longer they were going to be closed on Fridays; and 2) Can they implement electronic recording?
We were intending to inform the real estate community with updates which were desperately needed. We truly were trying to advocate for new homeowners. When the issue of "Friday closure" was on the agenda, we required answers from a public official. We asked those questions at a Board of Supervisors meeting. The answers never came. A later meeting was scheduled and then canceled the day before by Mr. Ford. It's not wrong to ask questions. It's wrong to not answer those questions.
When you've moved out and have your family and whole life packed up, patiently waiting for the official recording to move into your new home, the last thing you want to hear is we can't record until Monday due to the Lake County Recorder's Office being closed. This was not only detrimental to our industry, but to every new homeowner and family that had to bear the extra financial burden of not being able to close on Friday.
I understand that this is an old issue, but it speaks volumes as to the lack of communication.
I am voting for Hannah Lee on June 7 to be the next Lake County assessor-recorder, with the belief that she is the change we need for our community.
Heidi Johnson lives in Kelseyville, California.
He stated "he believed he'd had a good relationship with real estate agents and has tried to keep them as abreast of the information as possible.” I was a committee member for a task force that was formed to represent local real estate brokers/agents in 2019 to try to get some answers that we needed. We wanted to know 1) How much longer they were going to be closed on Fridays; and 2) Can they implement electronic recording?
We were intending to inform the real estate community with updates which were desperately needed. We truly were trying to advocate for new homeowners. When the issue of "Friday closure" was on the agenda, we required answers from a public official. We asked those questions at a Board of Supervisors meeting. The answers never came. A later meeting was scheduled and then canceled the day before by Mr. Ford. It's not wrong to ask questions. It's wrong to not answer those questions.
When you've moved out and have your family and whole life packed up, patiently waiting for the official recording to move into your new home, the last thing you want to hear is we can't record until Monday due to the Lake County Recorder's Office being closed. This was not only detrimental to our industry, but to every new homeowner and family that had to bear the extra financial burden of not being able to close on Friday.
I understand that this is an old issue, but it speaks volumes as to the lack of communication.
I am voting for Hannah Lee on June 7 to be the next Lake County assessor-recorder, with the belief that she is the change we need for our community.
Heidi Johnson lives in Kelseyville, California.
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