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Appointed Sheriff William D. Gore steps in it again!  Do NOT miss this story.  Google William D. Gore & Ruby Ridge then Google William D. Gore & 9/11.  See for yourself beofre you vote.  Then, Google me!  The choice will be clear; vote Jay La Suer for Sheriff, San Diego County.

Numerous inconsistencies in Sheriff Gore’s account regarding his FBI exploits

June 7, 8:04 AMSan Diego County Political Buzz ExaminerKimberly Dvorak

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In a stunning turn of events, just days before the California primary, Sheriff Gore appears to have embellished his FBI exploits. Statements like “I stormed hijacked planes, I did all that stuff,” could have been exaggerated and needs further explanation.

The emotional aspects of the San Diego County Sheriff’s race may have caused Gore, the current appointed caretaker of the Sheriff’s office, to misspeak or embellish his background as an agent with the FBI.

After dozens of phone calls to verify Sheriff Gore’s days as a young G-man in the FBI storming hijacked planes and killing bank robbers it seems it is Gore who has some explaining to do. According to multiple news stories Sheriff Gore talked about his high flying days in the FBI in order to shrug off complaints from San Diego Sheriff Opponents Jim Duffy and Jay LaSuer about his lack of street experience. This game of one-upmanship have led to more questions than answers

In several recent print articles published in San Diego County, Sheriff Gore is reported to have offered specific details, regarding his background in law enforcement, which in turn caused questions to be asked by many who found inconsistencies in the facts contained in the articles. And when contacted there were no requests from Gore to correct the obvious inaccuracies in the articles. In the East County Magazine story an email was sent from the Sheriff’s Dept. thanking them for a good story, said Miriam Raftery.

Those asking questions about Sheriff Gore’s comments about his background were concerned that he may have embellished details regarding his involvement in two incidents- a 1972 hijacking in Seattle and a bank robbery in 1978.

Once the details of the background check unfolded, dates did not match up. In the published articles, Sheriff Gore related his involvement in a 1978 bank robbery and a 1975 hijacking incident both of which occurred in Washington State.

Sheriff Gore says he stands by his record as a FBI agent and has no reason to lie about the details to prove anything to the Sheriff candidates Duffy and LaSuer.

(Links to the stories; East County Magazine- http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/1865, San Diego Tribune- http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/16/sheriffs-campaign-brings-out-macho-side/, and Voice of San Diego- http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/government/article_974ac536-62e8-11df-b754-001cc4c03286.html)

When questioned and asked for specific details regarding his involvement in the incidents, Sheriff Gore began to validate his involvement by explaining that the hijacking incident actually occurred in 1973 rather than the 1975 as reported, and then proceeded to provide news reports. Both the 1973 and 1975 dates were wrong and the hijacking actually took place in August of 1972 according to the Seattle Times article provided by Gore. Further research pointed to the agents involved in the hijacking as Special Agent Dave Maples and Philip R. Miller from the Portland FBI office and they were driven to the aircraft by S.A. Martin, according to the book Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI.

When Gore was asked about the incidents in question, he was combative and claimed to not remember specific dates and questioned this reporter as to why a fact check was even needed. However, numerous discrepancies contained in San Diego news articles made it clear fact checking was necessary.

Gore described the hijacking event vividly with Raftery of East County Magazine.

“I helped stop a plane hijacking in 1975 (actually 1972). I was in a chase car under the plane (not how agents who boarded the aircraft recall the event), which had landed in Seattle. We came up with a plan to storm the plane…We convinced the hijacker he needed to put a new crew on the plane (the hijacker Frank Markoe Sibley requested a new crew with experience flying across the ocean). We sent in an FBI agent who had flown military planes (actually two FBI agents boarded the aircraft both with flight experience) and thought he could bluff his way through, but we didn’t know the hijacker had been a commercial pilot. He started quizzing our guy about specs of a 727 and realized he was faking…He made them [the agents] strip down,” Gore described.

“Our man had a gun in the lining of his jacket and he managed to toss it down to us (there is no mention of this). The hijacker handcuffed our agents in the front, instead of behind their backs, big mistake. He put him up in the pilot’s seat. Our agent dropped a Styrofoam cup or something pre-arranged…We raised up the gun on a pole and we were waiting to storm the doors…Sure as hell: boom, boom, boom! Our agent managed to shoot the hijacker and no one on board got hurt.”

“Then we went back in the terminal. There were 400 people there. To get a hero’s welcome was definitely a high for a 29-year-old agent (except to make this story plausible and accurate Gore would have to be 25 as he was born on July 11, 1947).”

The press contact for the Seattle SeaTac Airport, Perry Cooper (no relation to DB Cooper he says), searched for details on Gore and came up empty handed. Longtime newsman and purveyor of Seattle news, Chris Ingalls of NBC’s King 5 also checked into the story without any luck.

Seattle’s most infamous hijacking is the DB Cooper case, Cooper stole $200,000 and jumped out of the plane never to be found his case remains open in the FBI to this day.

When the FBI was contacted about the airplane hijacking, Seattle agent Fred Gutt (goot) said the agency doesn’t discuss current or retired employees with the media. However, the easiest way to confirm the story would be with the FBI report regarding the hijacking, but according to several law enforcement agencies the FBI is reluctant to work with any other agencies and is by far the most secretive operation in the United States.

Another event in the Seattle region that Gore spoke about was a bank robbery in which he claims to have shot and killed the robber as he fled the scene of the crime. Police records regarding the August 24, 1978 robbery indicate the event took place and the bank robber was killed by FBI agents. Three FBI agents’ names are in the police report; Gore is not one of them.

This is how Gore remembers the bank heist in Bremerton, Washington.

“It’s not like TV. When you take somebody’s life, it stays with you. That was in 1978. I was in a shoot-out with a bank robber in Seattle. He had a pistol. I had a shotgun…We had a tip that the bank was going to be robbed. I was outside and my wife who was an FBI agent—actually we were engaged back then–was inside, posing as a teller. All she heard was two shots fired outside. There were some tense moments, but the good guy won,” Gore told East County Magazine.

Similar recounts of the events appeared in the Voices of San Diego and the San Diego Union Tribune and it is worth pointing out that the Tribune has endorsed Sheriff Gore’s quest to continue on as Sheriff.

Gore’s academic, military and law enforcement record is certainly impressive. He finished his undergraduate work at the University of San Diego in 1969 and somehow picked up a masters at Seattle University, completed basic navel officer military training, finished a 20-week FBI training and serve in Kansas City FBI office all before the 1972 hijacking.

Something has to give. Plus, Gore is reported to have said he was 29 at the time of the hijacking, but he was at least 24/25 which would have made him a newly-minted FBI agent and it’s highly unlikely the FBI would let him plan and storm a high-profile hijacking case, according to law enforcement agents.

San Diego Sheriff Deputy and contender for Gore’s office, Jim Duffy says he is not critic of Gore’s FBI experience, but it’s his lack of California Penal code experience. “He has never arrested anybody and he recently spoke about arresting speeders and it’s unlawful for law enforcement to arrest speeders. He simply lacks the basic fundamentals of California law,” says Duffy. “This is where he falls short and it makes him unsuited for the Sheriff job.”

Gore’s other Sheriff Opponent, Jay LaSuer says, “If these embellishments are true he (Gore) has tarnished the badge of every law enforcement officer in this county.”

It looks like the voters have a tough decision in front of them tomorrow.

For more stories; http://www.examiner.com/x-10317-San-Diego-County-Political-Buzz-Examiner

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WHO IS APPOINTED SHERIFF BILL GORE?

9/11

A June 9, 2005 article in The San Diego Union-Tribune, stated that the FBI failed to seize at least 5 opportunities to intercept two 9/11 hijackers before the attacks, including two instances in San Diego County when the terrorists lived with an FBI informant and were befriended by a subject of a previous FBI investigation.

According to a report released by the Justice Department’s Inspector General, the FBI office in San Diego erred by focusing too much on drug investigations before Sept. 11, 2001.

Despite the fact that FBI headquarters had established counter terrorism as a top priority of the FBI in 1998, the San Diego field office was continuing to pursue drug trafficking as its top priority in 2001, the report stated.

The hijackers did not draw attention to themselves while in San Diego. They used the same names known to the intelligence community for all purposes.

One of the terrorist’s names was published in the telephone book!

Another serious FBI breakdown was the agency’s mishandling of a Phoenix FBI agent’s memo two months before 9/11 that outlined the potential for Osama bin Laden to send students to enroll in flight school in preparation for attacking civil aviation targets.

Two of the hijackers on board the airliner that crashed into the Pentagon trained in San Diego.

Mr. Gore was the FBI Special Agent in charge at the San Diego FBI office during this period of time!

This same person, Bill Gore, wants to be the Sheriff in this county.
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RUBY RIDGE, IDAHO

In August 1992, three people died at a place known as Ruby Ridge, Idaho. Mr. Gore was the Special Agent in Charge at Seattle and was part of the command structure at Ruby Ridge when the FBI command structure changed the Rules of Engagement for the FBI (operating at Ruby Ridge) to basically a “Shoot on Sight” policy. The FBI was attempting to arrest Randy Weaver on a weapons violation charged in a warrant of arrest.

The FBI shooting policy in effect in August 1992 provided: “Agents are not to utilize deadly force against any person except as necessary in self defense or for the defense of another when they have reason to believe that they or another are in serious danger of death or grievous bodily harm. Where feasible a verbal warning should be given before deadly force is applied.”

The rules were changed as follows:
a. “If any adult male in the compound is observed with a weapon prior to the (surrender) announcement, deadly force can and should be employed, if the shot can be taken without endangering any children.”

b. “If any adult in the compound is observed with a weapon after the surrender announcement is made, and is not attempting to surrender, deadly force can and should be employed to neutralize the individual.”

As a result, Vickie Weaver was shot and killed while standing behind the front door of the cabin. She was not holding a gun, she was holding her baby!

News articles report that he (Gore) believed that “Any armed adult (who) emerged from the cabin… would be displaying clear disregard for the lawful demand to lay down arms and surrender.”

He believed that the Rules of Engagement seemed appropriate for the situation at Ruby Ridge. He understood that the Rules made any adult male with a weapon in the Weaver compound the subject of deadly force….

Regardless of whether or not they were a threat.

Mr. Gore never questioned or challenged the policy change or the rest of the leadership team regarding the potential for the unwarranted and unnecessary death of any person who was not a direct threat.

In a CNN report posted on the web on October 14, 1995, the following is stated: “FBI Swat team members told a Senate panel Friday that they were shocked by the “shoot-on-sight” rules in effect during the FBI’s 11 day siege of white separatist Randy Weaver’s cabin in 1992”
“My reaction is ‘you’ve got to be kidding.” agent Donald Kusulas told the committee.

Agent Peter King said that his reaction was “that’s crazy; that’s ridiculous.” and both men testified that they decided not to follow rules which allowed them to shoot on sight at any armed, adult male at the scene.

The U.S. Senate Sub-Committee investigating the events at Ruby Ridge, in their official report, stated, “Ruby Ridge represents a tragic chapter in the history of American law enforcement. The American people expect more and deserve more. If our government is to maintain – indeed, even deserve the trust of the American people, it cannot fear or avoid the truth.”

The 9th District Court said that the shooting policy was a gross deviation from constitutional principles and a wholly unwarranted return to a lawless and arbitrary wild-west school of law enforcement.

The U.S. Senate Sub-Committee, in their official report, stated “Rules of Engagement cannot eliminate constitutional rights with regard to certain suspects, even if they are particularly dangerous.”

Mr. Gore, when called to testify before the U.S. Senate Sub-Committee investigating the Ruby Ridge incident, used his 5th Amendment right against self incrimination and refused to testify.

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SOURCES OF INFORMATION

RUBY RIDGE: Report of the subcommittee on terrorism, technology and government – information of the senate committee on the judiciary.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer – September 20, 1995 – Headline: $ FBI Agents take the 5th at Ruby Ridge Hearing.
The Washington Post, September 20, 1995 – Headline: Siege Leader says he was tossed to ‘Sharks’; Demoted FBI Official indicates role of superiors in Ruby Ridge has been glossed over.
Associated Press – September 19, 1995 – Headline: FBI Field commander says he is scapegoat
#444 Civil Suit settled in Ruby Ridge case – Department of justice press release – August 15, 1995
CNN U.S. News October 14, 1995 Web posted at 8:56 a.m. EDT Headline: SWAT team members: FBI shooter rules “crazy” at Ruby Ridge
Federal News Service, September 19, 1995 Headline: Hearing on the senate judiciary committee on terrorism, technology and government information subcommittee SUBJECT: Federal raid in Ruby Ridge, Idaho
The Tech Online edition, September 26, 1997 Headline: Court says ‘Shoot to Kill’ practice used by FBI at Ruby Ridge unlawful
The 9/11 Commission Report – Final report of the national commission on terrorist attacks upon the United States
Sign on San Diego June 9, 2005 Headline: Local FBI faulted for pre-9/11 errors

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In order to put my name on the June, 2010 ballot, I must pay a filing fee of $2,185.04.  Over the next seven weeks, I need to gather 8,741 signatures for a” Petition in Lieu of Filing Fee.”   By getting these signatures, I do not have to spend your donated campaign dollars on a San Diego County Filing Fee!  This is what I call Fiscal Responsibility.  I would be honored if you would help by signing this “petition in lieu of filing fee,“ and then gather signatures from your family and friends.  Please email Volunteers@SheriffJay.org, give your name, how many petitions you would like & mailing address.  We will send you a petition/s.

There is another way you can help! Any registered voter in San Diego County may sign a Petition in Lieu of Filing Fee.  You can help by asking your friends, contacts, associates to sign too.  In order to circulate this petition, you must be registered to vote in San Diego County.  This is a non-partisan race, so it does not matter what you or the signer’s Party is.  Simply fill the petitions, then fill out the short form on the back of each petition.  When completed, drop them into the mail to the campaign address below.  Or…

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If you are unable to make the “Drive Thru Signature Drive” event, simply drop your completed petitions into the mail, addressed to:

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Thanks so much for your help, and I look forward to seeing you on the road to VICTORY,

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Jay La Suer, ONE TOUGH SHERIFF, 2010!!!

It gives me great pleasure to endorse the candidacy of Jay La Suer for San Diego County Sheriff. Jay is a professional lawman who knows and understands law enforcement. More importantly however, Jay
La Suer knows the duties of the sheriff to stand for liberty and the importance of keeping his oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. The people of San Diego are lucky to have such a man to elect as their sheriff.
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Sheriff Joe & I are being “denounced.” They referred to us as racists; others call us PATRIOTS! We need your support; AMERICA needs your support! Join us on Friday, November 6th.  See home page for Event Details!!!

San Diego Sheriff candidate- and former Chief of Staff for republican Ron Roberts- JIM DUFFY appeared as a guest on my show last night and dropped what some may call a bombshell.

When asked if he would position himself “to the left or to the right of opponent Bill Gore” Duffy said:

“Definitely to the left of Bill Gore. In fact I will be to the left of all other candidates”.

When asked to give examples on which issues he will be on the left, none were offered.

Interestingly, Duffy supports permits for concealed weapons and using the local Sheriff’s department to enforce federal illegal immigration law.

Thank you for contacting me.  Let me start out by giving you a little background.  My wife and I moved to Santee a year ago and now own a home walking distance from the prison.  We were first time home buyers and liked that Santee had little crime, a fantastic history of managing their city finances, and a trolley stop.  The existing 14 acre prison was a concern when we moved in, but neighbors said it was no big deal.  We are both totally against the expansion because it will ruin the look and functionality of downtown Santee, it will negatively affect the price of our home, and it will bring a bad element into a very nice, low crime town.  But this issue is much bigger than just not wanting a bigger prison.
I have met with appointed Sheriff Bill Gore and talked to him about the expansion plans specifically.  He told me it is important to rehabilitate the women inmates and the only way to do this is with this planned $300 million facility that includes training in sewing and farming.  When I asked him why it was not a better idea to sell the county land to developers and use that money to build elsewhere, he laughed and told me he was tempted to dare Santee Mayor Vopel to come up with $45 million for that land. (Meaning $1 million dollar an acre)  He asked me if I knew how land prices were these days and I told him I had just purchased a house…a house whose worth would be negatively affected by a 45 acre prison within walking distance.  He said that the jail was there first and the people of Santee need to “deal with it”.
Keep in mind that this is a jail…not a prison.  This means the women he intends to rehabilitate by teaching how to farm and sew will not be in that facility for more than a year because if their sentence is longer than a year, they go to a state facility.  Also keep in mind that appointed Sheriff Bill Gore was an agent in charge at Ruby Ridge (#http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge ) and was one of the men who changed the FBI’s order to their snipers to a shoot-anything-that-moves policy.  This change resulted in the death of an unarmed woman who was holding her baby.  She was shot in the back of the head while standing inside her home behind a door.  When he was later questioned in court, he chose to use his 5th Amendment right to avoid incriminating himself.  It is not surprising he has little regard for the opinions or well-being of San Diego citizens let alone elected officials.
There is one candidate for Sheriff who has a history of listening to the needs of voters, of fighting for responsible government spending, and is totally against this expansion: Jay LaSuer.  I hosted an event in my home two weeks ago and had the city of Santee come give me neighbors some information on the expansion.  Jay LaSuer attended just to listen to what the city of Santee had to say.  His comment to me after the presentation was “this is even worse than I thought”.
Santee’s Vice Mayor Brian Jones also attended.  He told us he had a public debate with one of the assistant sheriffs scheduled about this expansion, but the County has placed a gag order on all employees when it comes to Las Colinas.
This story is much more than just a jail expansion.  This is a story on the proper use of tax dollars and an appointed Sheriff with no regard for the people he wants to vote for him.  This is a story about the arrogance of elected officials.  This is a story of government irresponsibly spending tax money.  It is a waste of tax dollars for everyone who pays taxes in San Diego County.  On the surface this issue seems like a Santee issue, but it is an issue with county wide implications.  If the County moves forwards with the recommendations from appointed Sheriff Bill Gore, the expansion will lower the value of surrounding County owned land and negatively affect the County’s assets.  It will cost hundreds of millions of tax payer money to build, and it will cause the County to miss out on tens of millions in proceeds from the sale of land to developers.
This is all in a report done by two independent parties:
1) The Reason Foundation:  http://www.nojailexpansion.com/8-3-09.html
2) London Group Realty: http://www.ci.santee.ca.us/index.aspx?recordid=40&page=9

San Diego County could easily upgrade the Las Colinas facility into a booking station and then ship the inmates by bus to a facility like the Otay Mesa facility that will be available in just a couple years.  There are a number of other solutions and all are better than putting a huge prison in the center of a developing town and spending hundreds of millions to do it.

To sum up…my opinion is that this stinks from top to bottom.  There is no bright side for anyone here.  It should be stopped.  JUST SAY NO!!!

It didn’t take 13 bullets to execute Border Patrol Officer Roberto Rosas, but he’s just as dead as Officer Zeppetella. Border Patrol Officer Roberto Rosas, who was buried in El Centro Friday, leaves behind a young widow and two infant children. Why? Because illegal aliens know that San Diego County law enforcement — including the present Sheriff — looks the other way when it comes to illegal activity by Mexicans.

Sheriff Jay wants to change all that.

Sheriff Jay is endorsed by Maricopa County’s Sheriff Joe. Tough lawman Sheriff Joe has described himself as “probably the only sheriff in the USA who is actually enforcing immigration laws” and Lou Dobbs has called Sheriff Joe a “model for the whole country.” It’s good to know that Sheriff Joe endorses Sheriff Jay.

Sheriff Joe’s stand on illegal immigration: “It’s a crime.” Sheriff Joe says: “The vacancy sign is always on” at his Tent City.

Following in Sheriff Arpaio steps, Sheriff Jay plans to set up tent prisons. “If tents are good enough for our brave men and women serving our country in Afghanistan and Iraq, tent prison overflows can be erected to house our criminals,” Sheriff Jay explains.

Sheriff Jay is determined to restore the rule of law in San Diego County. I think that Officer Zeppetella and Officer Rosas would approve. San Diego County needs Sheriff Jay!

And don’t forget:  Join Rick Roberts, Jimmy Valentine and myself this Friday, 31 July, 4-7:00pm for the Rosie Rosas Drive Thru Fund Raiser at the Scottish Rits Center in Mission Valley, under the tents!  We need to pull together as a community and support this young family left behind after the BRUTAL MURDER of Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas, Jr.  SEE YOU THERE!!!

At this moment in time there are thousands of un-served warrants of arrest for people who are either suspected of committing a crime, failed to post bail, failed to appear in court on their scheduled date or any number of other reasons. These people have little fear of being arrested because of overcrowding in our local county jails. It has been estimated that in today’s dollars the most recently constructed county jail would cost approximately $80+ million. The taxpayers of this county cannot afford to construct another such jail. However the citizens of San Diego County cannot afford to allow persons who have outstanding warrants issued against them to roam our communities without having to answer for their suspected or actual illegal actions
Serving large quantities of outstanding warrants has the potential of returning sizeable sums of money to the County of San Diego. Perhaps the money gained could be utilized for firefighting efforts.

California’s prison system has been grossly overcrowded for many years. As a result of the overcrowding felons have been systematically released back in to our communities. In many areas our crime rates have increased. We must make room in our jails to place these criminals when many of them offend again. The taxpayers simply cannot invest huge sums of tax dollars building new multi-million dollar jails. Yet politicians in Sacramento continuously talk of the early release of felons as the answer to prison over crowding.

In Phoenix, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpiao constructed a tent jail in the early 1990’s which first housed 500 inmates. The cost of that jail was approximately $100 thousand. We in San Diego can and must construct such a jail if we are to keep our citizens safe and cut the cost of law enforcement to the taxpayer. Inmates serving time in the Arizona tent jails also provide services to their community. Those serving time in the tent jails have already had their day in court and have been found guilty of the crime they were accused and sentenced to serve a given amount of time by an Arizona court. Some will try to convince the public that tent jails are not legal. This is simply not true. Tent jails are legal and are needed.

Persons who have convicted of committing a crime against society’s law owe a debt to that society. Such debt should include providing a service back to their community, whether it is cutting fire breaks in our back country or any other task they can legally be held to complete.

Our jails currently have areas for inmates to exercise. Many of these exercise area contain large numbers of “free weights” and/or other exercise apparatuses for working out and keeping themselves in good physical shape. This is ridiculous! If you or I wanted to have access to such body building equipment we would either have to purchase it or join a gym with an iniation fee and monthly dues. The citizens should not pay for such elaborate equipment! Inmates should be afforded the opportunity to enjoy physical exercise, it is the law. But, such exercise equipment should not be the cause for the taxpayer to shoulder another tax burden. Inmates should have a minimum of physical exercise equipment allowing them to gain exercise via push ups, sit ups and pull ups. Exercise equipment should be the minimum required by law.

Inmates currently enjoy the opportunity to watch television on expensive television sets. They can watch almost any program they desire. This also must be curtailed. Programs or movies that reflect violence, law enforcement in a negative light, sexually explicit or implied scenes or messages must be stopped. Inmates must realize that they are in custody and cannot enjoy what they once may have enjoyed. They should be allowed to watch only selected programs. For example they may be allowed to watch the news, the weather channel, the discovery channel and perhaps the Disney channel. If they are permitted to watch only a few selected channels they will still be able to enjoy entertainment but not potentially harmful entertainment.

San Diego County must remember that those who have been convicted of a crime must serve their time in custody, not at home with electronic monitoring or simply put back into society on probation to commit another crime. Tent jails will help solve these problems.