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My name is Monica Quinn. I worked as a correctional officer, deputy sheriff, detective and district attorney investigator for the county of Lake from 1990 until 2001. I also worked at the Marin County District Attorney's Office as an investigator until 2006, when I retired.
When I worked for the Lake County District Attorney's Office, Susan Krones was assigned as the supervising attorney of the Child Sexual Assault Vertical Prosecution Unit. I was her sole investigator for three years.
Susan's method of supervising our team was to logically and respectfully state her goals and expectations to all of us. She then clearly maintained the methods used in our unit with spectacular results.
In the beginning, Susan would ask to go with me while I conducted interviews in the field of the children who were victims of either sexual or traumatic abuse. She never interfered with my investigations or interviews, but clearly detailed and instructed me as to her needs for a successful prosecution. Essentially, we worked as a team with Susan utilizing our strengths and improving upon our weaknesses.
With the support of then-District Attorney Stephen Hedstrom, Susan and I established (funded entirely through community donations) Lake County's first Multidisciplinary Interview Center for children who were victims of crimes. On May 1, 2001, U.S. Congressman Mike Thompson honored us for our achievement to the community.
During my three years of working for Susan, our team achieved a 100-percent conviction record for crimes against the children of Lake County. I feel it is my greatest achievement as a law enforcement officer. That goal is significant because it was not only achieved by charging the guilty persons, but equally exonerating the person falsely accused of these horrific crimes.
You cannot work with a person daily and not know their true character, work ethic and devotion to their chosen path in life. Susan has worked tirelessly for over 25 years as a prosecutor and I believe she will utilize this same team approach within the District Attorney’s Office to achieve the same outstanding results.
I hope you, the voters of Lake County, give her the chance on June 5, 2018 with your vote.
Monica J. Quinn lives in Kelseyville, Calif.
When I worked for the Lake County District Attorney's Office, Susan Krones was assigned as the supervising attorney of the Child Sexual Assault Vertical Prosecution Unit. I was her sole investigator for three years.
Susan's method of supervising our team was to logically and respectfully state her goals and expectations to all of us. She then clearly maintained the methods used in our unit with spectacular results.
In the beginning, Susan would ask to go with me while I conducted interviews in the field of the children who were victims of either sexual or traumatic abuse. She never interfered with my investigations or interviews, but clearly detailed and instructed me as to her needs for a successful prosecution. Essentially, we worked as a team with Susan utilizing our strengths and improving upon our weaknesses.
With the support of then-District Attorney Stephen Hedstrom, Susan and I established (funded entirely through community donations) Lake County's first Multidisciplinary Interview Center for children who were victims of crimes. On May 1, 2001, U.S. Congressman Mike Thompson honored us for our achievement to the community.
During my three years of working for Susan, our team achieved a 100-percent conviction record for crimes against the children of Lake County. I feel it is my greatest achievement as a law enforcement officer. That goal is significant because it was not only achieved by charging the guilty persons, but equally exonerating the person falsely accused of these horrific crimes.
You cannot work with a person daily and not know their true character, work ethic and devotion to their chosen path in life. Susan has worked tirelessly for over 25 years as a prosecutor and I believe she will utilize this same team approach within the District Attorney’s Office to achieve the same outstanding results.
I hope you, the voters of Lake County, give her the chance on June 5, 2018 with your vote.
Monica J. Quinn lives in Kelseyville, Calif.
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Hello, for those who don't know my name, I am a Congressional candidate here in District 5.
As a Green, it is not always easy to get my voice out there, to be heard by you, the voting public. I write these letters, but my good friends that publish the news have limited space and I'm not the only one writing letters; however I'd like to keep the public informed and updated of my quest for a public debate, which seems like one of the best ways a "third party" candidate can get his or her voice heard.
It started out with a challenge to Congressman Mike Thompson, issued through social media, which was ignored. I then wrote a physical letter and mailed a copy to each of his offices and to the newspapers (one paper printed the letter) which also went ignored.
I have been protesting Mr. Thompson's town hall meetings with a sign that says "Debate me, Mike." Mr. Thompson walks right past me, every time, as if I'm a ghost.
I invited my other two opponents to join the protest, but neither one showed up to any of the five protests. So I asked the League of Women Voters to host a debate. I asked one of my opponents to also write to the league (the other has since dropped out). He wouldn't even do that much.
They offered a forum, which would have been spectacular except for one thing: the League's by-laws state that every candidate has to be present or no forum can be held, and Mr. Thompson said that he was unavailable for the two dates the league offered (well over a month in advance).
Well, both dates have come and gone now, and the forums were held, featuring supervisor candidates and info regarding Measures C and D in Napa County.
Looking back at Mr. Thompson's posts on social media, he met with a school supervisor two hours ahead of one of the forums and gave an award to a citizen at 7 a.m. the morning of the other forum.
He doesn't appear to have been truly busy at all, and the voters of this district have a right to know how their "representative" avoids a public debate. Every one of you should be thinking about what doesn't he want the public to know?
Jason Kishineff lives in American Canyon, Calif.
As a Green, it is not always easy to get my voice out there, to be heard by you, the voting public. I write these letters, but my good friends that publish the news have limited space and I'm not the only one writing letters; however I'd like to keep the public informed and updated of my quest for a public debate, which seems like one of the best ways a "third party" candidate can get his or her voice heard.
It started out with a challenge to Congressman Mike Thompson, issued through social media, which was ignored. I then wrote a physical letter and mailed a copy to each of his offices and to the newspapers (one paper printed the letter) which also went ignored.
I have been protesting Mr. Thompson's town hall meetings with a sign that says "Debate me, Mike." Mr. Thompson walks right past me, every time, as if I'm a ghost.
I invited my other two opponents to join the protest, but neither one showed up to any of the five protests. So I asked the League of Women Voters to host a debate. I asked one of my opponents to also write to the league (the other has since dropped out). He wouldn't even do that much.
They offered a forum, which would have been spectacular except for one thing: the League's by-laws state that every candidate has to be present or no forum can be held, and Mr. Thompson said that he was unavailable for the two dates the league offered (well over a month in advance).
Well, both dates have come and gone now, and the forums were held, featuring supervisor candidates and info regarding Measures C and D in Napa County.
Looking back at Mr. Thompson's posts on social media, he met with a school supervisor two hours ahead of one of the forums and gave an award to a citizen at 7 a.m. the morning of the other forum.
He doesn't appear to have been truly busy at all, and the voters of this district have a right to know how their "representative" avoids a public debate. Every one of you should be thinking about what doesn't he want the public to know?
Jason Kishineff lives in American Canyon, Calif.
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