Meeting with Diane Feinstein's aide

Monday, August 10, 2009

Went to Diane Feinstein’s San Francisco office at 11 AM today to find out what she is not supporting the president’s health care initiative.

There were 15-20 people already in the lobby of the Mc Kesson building (One Post street) who wanted to see her.

I encourage all of you to do the same thing and go to her office.

Someone from here office came down and said that they were not informed in advance of this and we could not meet in her offices but in the lobby of the building.

People took turn indicating why they came to see her:

• A doctor came ands said her physician’s association supports the Obama health plan and she asked for Diane Feinstein to support it as well. She got a standing ovation.

• A retiree said that after she sent e-mail to Diane Feinstein’s office asking her to support the president’s health initiative, she got an e-mail which thanked her for opposing the president’s health care plan! Obviously, the e-mail was intended to an opponent of the health care initiative and was sent by mistake but it is proof that Diane Feinstein is not supporting the president’s health care plan.

• An older retiree couple from San Francisco said that they had supported Diane Feinstein all their lives from when she started as a city council woman and that they are extremely disappointed by her lack of leadership.

• Another woman said that Diane Feinstein has moved completely to the right

• A gentleman indicated he experienced the French Health care system first hand when he was hospitalized while visiting France and that the entire cost to him was $20. He said: “why can’t we have a system like this here”

I made the following points:

• I will not vote for Diane Feinstein again if she does not support the president’s health care plan and I will ask my friends and family and everyone I know via the web, in person etc… not to vote for her.

• By not supporting the president she is jeopardizing my family’s health and that I will fight her for the rest of my life and make sure she never gets elected to public office again. I reminded the aide that Huffington almost unseated her and that her senate seat is not a given and can be taken out by voters like me: not supporting the president’s health plan is a sure way to lose the seat.

• I mentioned that we have a chance of a lifetime to change the system of health care but that Diane Feinstein is blocking the change. If the president’s initiative fails, Diane Feinstein’s legacy will be as the senator who destroyed America’s health care reform. Many people indicated that if she were to support the heatlh plan it could only benefit her and she would be remembered for it.

Finally, I said I want my elected official to represent me and not the insurance industry.

Prevent Blue Dog "Democrats"from defeating health care reform. READ and ACT NOW!

These Blue dog “democrats”are blocking health care reform. The only way to stop them is for their constituents to call them/e-mail them and get them to support the president’s plan or be voted out.

If you live in these states, call/e-mail them. For a senator it is easy: just look at your state: e,g. Senaror Feinstein in CA opposes the president’s health care reform.

For a representative, you need to live in their district or have friends/family in their district e.g. Jim Costa represents Kern County/Fresno.

If you have friends/family in some of the states below just forward this list to your friends and get them to call/e-mail. You can easily google the e-mail of the senator and representatives. I’ve listed the ones for California.
We all need to ACT on this NOW. If you are going to do one political action in your lifetime this is it, otherwise health insurance companies will continue to deny you and your children coverage when you need it: it is called insurance bad faith, patient dumping and it goes on every day. For the sake of all children and the next generation, do it and pass it on.

Sample message:
Senator/Representative: If you do not support the President’s health care program I will not vote for you in the next election and my family and friends will do the same.FIND THEIR E-MAIL BY ENTERING YOUR ZIP CODE HERE:http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

House:
Jarod Polis(CO-02)
Bart Stupak(MI-01)
Dina Titus(NV-03)
Jim Costa (CA-20)
e-mail: http://www.house.gov/formcosta/issue.htm
Fresno Office
Suite 940
855 M Street
Fresno, CA 93721
Phone:559-495-1620
Fax:559-495-1027
Bakersfield District Office
2700 M Street
Suite 225
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Phone:661-869-1620
Fax: 661-869-1027
Washington, DC Office
1314 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone:202-225-3341
Fax: 202-225-9308
John Barrow (D-GA)
Bart Gordon (D-TN)
Baron Hill (D-IN)
Jim Matheson (D-UT)
Charlie Melancon (D-LA)
Mike Ross (D-AR)
Zack Space (D-OH)

Senate:
Max Baucus (D-MT)
Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Tom Carper (D-DE)
Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
e-mail: http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.EmailMe
San Francisco
One Post Street, Suite 2450
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 393-0707
Fax: (415) 393-0710
Mary Landrieu (D-LA) _
Joe Lieberman (I-CT) _
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)

Irresponsible commissioner allows 6x DUI convict to drive. He kills a little girl.

I encourage all of you to write the same kind of letter and mail it to the commission on Judicial Performance.


COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE
455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 14400
San Francisco, California 94102


July 19, 2009


Commissioners,

Please find attached my complaint against Marin County Commissioner Randolph E. Heubach.

I request that commissioner Hubach be removed for his position for gross incompetence which directly caused the death of a little girl and the amputation of her father’s leg:

Ed Shaefer a resident of Novato who had been convicted of drinking and driving six times before he drove through a Novato crosswalk on his motorcycle, killing 9 year old Melody Osheroff and leaving her father with such critical injuries that doctors had to amputate one of his legs.

Here is Ed Shaefer’s record:

• 1990: Marin County - DUI. 6 months in jail, 3 years probation, license suspended 4 years.
• 1990: Marin County - DUI. 44 days in jail, 3 years probation.
• 1991: Marin County - DUI. 26 days in jail.
• 1995: Marin County - DUI. 4 months in jail, 2 years probation, license suspended 3 years, $2,000 fine, ignition device 1 year.
• 1999: Sonoma County - Alcohol-related Reckless Driving. 30 days in jail. 2 years probation.
• 2004: Nevada - DUI.

In his first four cases, Shaefer faced the same judge: Randolph E Heubach who allowed him to keep his driving privileges four times.

Shaefer should never have been allowed to drive. The commissioner did not permanently take away his driving privileges despite the fact that Shaefer was a danger to the community and allowed him to drive, which directly caused the death of a young girl and the amputation of her father’s leg. Heubach is consequently unfit to serve as a commissioner and should be immediately removed from the court and disciplined.

The events described above have occurred on or about June 2009, have been largely documented, witnesses are available

I am filing this complaint as a California Tax payer, a parent, a Hasting graduate (class of 1995) . I worked for the Alameda’s District Attorney’s office, got to know, watch and argue in front of many commissioners and judges and can unequivocally state that Randolph Heubach is a disgrace to the profession.

I don’t expect the Marin County’s DA’s office to thoroughly investigate this matter given the cozy relationship that exists between the bench and the DA’s office. However, I expect an impartial body like yours to thoroughly investigate this matter and take action.

Should you have any doubt about the competence of this commissioner, ask yourself if you would feel safe as a parent or spouse having Randolph Heuback decide the sentences of drunk drivers.

Respectfully submitted.


Armand Der-Hacobian J.D.
246 Second Street
San Francisco California
(415) 246-4211


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COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE_455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 14400_San Francisco, California 94102
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What Should Be in My Complaint?
. The name of the judge, court commissioner or referee.
. The court in which the judicial officer sits.
. A detailed description of the action or behavior that you believe is misconduct.*
. The names and telephone numbers of any witnesses to the events described.
. The date or dates on which the conduct occurred.
. The type of court case involved and your relationship to the case.
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Literary giant Eduardo Galeano

Senators decry KBR’s shoddy work and ask why the company continues to win contracts.

By Jeremy Scahill

The Department of Defense paid former Halliburton subsidiary KBR more than $80 million in bonuses for contracts to install electrical wiring in Iraq in 2007-2008. The award payment was for the very work that resulted in the electrocution deaths of US soldiers, according to Department of Defense documents revealed today in a Senate hearing. More than $30 million in bonuses were paid months after the death of Sgt. Ryan Maseth, a highly decorated, 24-year-old Green Beret, whose January 2008 electrocution death has been classified by DoD investigators as a “negligent homicide.” Maseth’s death had originally been labeled an “accident.” All of the bonuses were paid to KBR after DoD investigators had officially expressed concerns about the quality of KBR’s electrical work.

This information was revealed at a hearing of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee. According to the committee’s chair, Sen. Byron Dorgan, the rewards KBR received under its LOGCAP contract were supposed to be for work of the “highest quality” with “no deficiencies” or problems. Dorgan said KBR’s work was “shoddy” and “unprofessional.” Some 18 US soldiers have died since 2003 as a result of KBR’s “shoddy work,” according to Sen. Frank Lautenberg. KBR/Halliburton, the “former” company of Dick Cheney, has been the single largest corporate beneficiary of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It continues to operate globally on US government contracts.

Charles Smith, the former Army official who previously managed the contract under which KBR performed electrical work in Iraq testified it was “highly inappropriate” that KBR received these bonuses for what he called “dangerously substandard” work. He said that the Army was well aware of KBR’s “poor performance” since the beginning of the Iraq invasion and yet continued to reward KBR because, Smith says, the military was “afraid” KBR would cease work. He said there was “a culture that decided KBR was too big to fail and too important to be held to account.” The “perverse incentive is that there was no incentive” for KBR to do quality work because they received bonuses for poor work.

Sen. Dorgan said there are “tens of thousands of examples” of unnecessary risks to US soldiers, including deaths that have arisen as a result of KBR’s work. “Why should [KBR] be getting more contracts now that we know all this information?” asked Sen. Bob Casey. “The Defense Department has not answered these questions.”

James Childs, a Master Electrician hired by the Army to review KBR’s electrical work in Iraq during 2008, testified that KBR’s work in Iraq was the “most hazardous, worst quality work” he’d ever seen. He said his investigation found improper wiring in “every” building KBR wired in Iraq (of which there are thousands) and that KBR’s re-wiring work in buildings that were previously safely wired, resulted in the electrical system becoming unsafe. Childs said that KBR did not do any work “according to code.” He also testified that the same risks exist in Afghanistan, which he recently visited. “While doing inspections in Afghanistan, I found the exact same code violations,” Childs said.

Eric Peters, a Master Electrician who worked for KBR in Iraq as recently as 2009 said that 50% of the KBR managed buildings he saw were not properly wired, “I worried every day people would be injured or killed as a result of this work,” Peters testified.He estimated that at least half of the electricians hired by KBR—many of them cheaper-costing Third Country Nationals— to service the US military in Iraq would not have been hired to work in the US, saying they were not trained in US or UK electrical standards. TCNs—from countries such as India, Bangladesh and Bosnia— are estimated to do some 60% of the electrical work for KBR in Iraq. Peters charged that KBR allowed trainees to take notes in to certification tests, making it very easy to be cleared for work.

Peters also charged that KBR “frowned upon” any refusal to sign off on work that Peters deemed incomplete or unsafe. Peters and others who testified said that “all over theater,” meaning everywhere in Iraq, KBR would effectively double bill US taxpayers by leaving electrical work half-done or incorrectly done and then billing taxpayers again to repair its own shoddy work.

Peters characterized KBR managers as “completely unqualified” and said he is not a “digruntled former employee” but rather a “disgusted former employee.”

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