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THE MORNING MAYOR SHOW KMPH 840 AM Daily at 10 The valleys only local talk and news radio show January 7, 2008 BREAKING NEWS ON KAMILOS SUPPORTER DONNA WORLEY This morning on KMPH 840 AM at 10. January 6, 2008 The Sabatino Report The Morning Mayor Show and the Patterson Irrigator report what Modesto Bee ignored Online blog tied to SoCal media firm
Written by Jonathan Partridge / Patterson Irrigator Saturday, 05 January 2008
“I am angry that I’ve become the object of this small-town witch hunt, and I demand that it stop now”
- Donna Worley
The truth about an online blog that criticizes local leaders and community activists is that it bears many similarities to a site registered by a Southern California media company representative. Burbank resident Teressa Merrill shows up as the registered owner of the Web site www.truthabout
patterson.com, a defunct site with a similar name to the online blog www.truthaboutpatterson.org.
Merrill, who is known as Terry Merrill-Wilcox, is chief executive officer of Los Angeles-based Multiplicity Media Productions. Jonathan Wilcox, president of Multiplicity Media, is an adjunct professor of journalism at University of Southern California.
Wilcox has been a former speechwriter for several Republican leaders, including Gov. Pete Wilson. He also did public relations in the campaign to recall Gov. Gray Davis in 2003.
Several members of an opposition group to the proposed PCCP West Park industrial project said they saw Merrill-Wilcox at the Nov. 19 Patterson Unified School District meeting, when the board deliberated about whether to oppose West Park’s plans for the Crows Landing Air Facility.
However, she could not be reached for comment this week.
Tackling the ‘Truth’
The Truth About Patterson began posting blogs in late May 2007. In addition to criticizing Dallas-based Hillwood, a firm that at one time sought to develop the 1,527-acre former Crows Landing naval airfield, it has targeted Patterson City Council members, local developers and the local school board. It also has targeted WS-PACE.org, a group that opposes developer Gerry Kamilos’ proposed 4,800-acre industrial project that would go in and around the Crows Landing Air Facility.
It particularly has lampooned the group’s vice president, Claude Delphia, referring to him as “Dirt Claude” and comparing him with actor and singer Burl Ives.
By contrast, it has treated Kamilos and the West Park project more gently.
“Like many of my friends and neighbors, I’m not sold on Kamilos’ idea, either,” the blog writer stated June 24. “But I’m not reflexively opposed, either.”
Kamilos said once again this week that the blog is not affiliated with West Park. It is registered through the site Domains By Proxy, allowing the author to remain anonymous.
Video link questioned
Meanwhile, another Web site criticizing local leaders received loads of attention this week after it became evident that a local activist, who used to live in Burbank, bought videos identical to those used in a hit piece on Stanislaus County Supervisor Jim DeMartini.
The Dec. 16 YouTube video repeatedly compares DeMartini with former Rep. Gary Condit, D-Ceres.
Condit gained national notoriety after a young woman who he reportedly told police he had an affair with was murdered.
The video includes footage of DeMartini from the local “Westside Stories” show, produced by Patterson resident Gordon Barbosa.
Barbosa said the maker of the YouTube video illegally used segments from the show, failing to give him credit for the copyrighted material. As a result, he said, he plans to show documentation to YouTube verifying that the material was used illegally.
Barbosa said he sold copies of the DeMartini interviews to only one person. After a Sacramento television station linked the tapes to Patterson resident Donna Worley, Barbosa said she had been the one to buy them.
Stating her case 
Worley Worley, an advocate for West Park who is sponsoring term limits and slow-growth measures for the city of Patterson, said this week she had never even seen the YouTube video or been on that Web site.
She said she bought the tapes of the interview segments with DeMartini to educate herself about local issues. She said what she had heard about the video sounded as if it was in poor taste and that she would not criticize the supervisor because he is a fellow Republican.
Worley added that she did not have the know-how to design a Web site even if she wanted to. For instance, she said, she has had help with the Web site www.reformpatterson.com, which touts the city ballot measures she has proposed.
The Reform Patterson site, like the Truth About Patterson, uses the Domains By Proxy service. The same is true of www.sanjoaquinblog.com, which announced Dec. 20 that the YouTube video was being circulated, more than a week before area newspapers reported on the video.
Worley said she did not want to say who had helped her with the effort, and she also would not comment on whether she had let someone else view the tapes featuring DeMartini. She said she works with many volunteers, though she denied knowing Merrill-Wilcox.
“You take the help that’s offered you,” she said.
Under fire
Worley also said she has been repeatedly harassed by local residents for her stances, saying her mail has been tampered with and that she was even followed by a cab driver once while driving from place to place.
“I am angry that I’ve become the object of this small-town witch hunt, and I demand that it stop now,” she said Thursday.
She said she is tired of being harassed for her stance, and she believes members of the group WS-PACE.org and former Modesto Mayor Carmen Sabatino should be held accountable for accusations they have made about her being a paid activist.
While both Worley and Kamilos have repeatedly said they are not connected, Sabatino has proclaimed that they are on his show.
He said by phone Thursday that a former Rialto City Council member had announced during a meeting in August that Worley was a paid consultant for another corporate firm.
Councilman Ed Scott, who made those accusations, could not be reached for comment this week.
Sabatino also said Worley has admitted that she had made money for her advocacy work in the past.
However, Worley said she gives of her time freely, focusing on issues she is passionate about. For instance, the city of Rialto has poor water quality, and she said she felt strongly about that issue. She said Sabatino had left out parts of a clip of the Rialto City Council meeting that showed that council members had learned she was a Burbank resident because she had written that information on a card. At the time, she was renting a home in Patterson, but still had Burbank as her permanent residence, she said.
She also questioned Sabatino’s tactics, saying he had called her ex-husband to try to “trick him” into saying certain things about her. Sabatino said he called the ex-husband to question him about Worley’s background, and the ex-husband promptly hung up and said he did not want to talk.
Sabatino said he had more information that he would not reveal, but he wanted to wait to announce it at a later time.
Meanwhile, Kamilos of West Park said the whole situation is “bizarre,” and he does not have time these days to focus on anything but the project itself.
“We’re dealing with the facts and technical issues and on coming up with a plan that’s feasible,” he said. “We can’t afford to be distracted by all the kinds of stuff that’s going on.”
To reach Jonathan Partridge at the Irrigator, call 892-6187 or e-mail him at
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Submitted by Administrator
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Sunday, 06 January 2008 |
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I just got this information sent to me from Danny Gottlieb. We should all read this important article, and avoid this stuff like the plague.  THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
Here's another report that what's in those little yellow packets ..."Splenda" pose health dangers. "Splenda" was suppose to be the 'saving face' for FDA and food industry to replace the 'toxic burden' of "Blue Packets"...'Equal' with Aspartame that can methylate in a breakdown in heat to form a carcinogen.
Solution: Just go back to pure Sugar or Honey as sweetners!
Danny G.
P.s. Avoid brain damaging 'Excitotoxins' !
Reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excitotoxicity
Reference News 1/05
"PRODUCT PLUNDER OF THE WEEK:
SPLENDA GOES TO COURT
A federal court has rejected a request for summary judgment in a lawsuit launched by the Sugar Association against Splenda. The plaintiff alleges Splenda, a Johnson & Johnson company, is falsely advertising to consumers with its marketing slogan "Made from sugar so it tastes like sugar". Splenda is the synthetic compound sucralose, discovered in 1976 by scientists in Britain seeking a new pesticide formulation. The artificial sweetener is made by replacing hydroxyl groups in the sugar molecule with chlorine. There are no long-term studies of the side effects of 'manufactured' Splenda in humans. The manufacturer's own short-term studies showed that sucralose caused shrunken thymus glands and enlarged livers and kidneys in rodents. But in this case, the FDA decided that because these studies weren't based on human test animals, they were not conclusive. As a result, Splenda is now one of the most ubiquitous ingredients in low calorie processed foods.
Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_9306.cfm
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Submitted by Tux
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Friday, 04 January 2008 |
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The Morning Mayor Show KMPH 840 AM Daily at 10 The valleys only local talk and news radio show It works if you e-mail this to your list December 30, 2007 The Sabatino Report Vasche abuses power constitution gives the press “I never again will take freedom of the press for granted” a column by Executive Editor of the Bee, Mark Vasche. (Sunday Dec, 30th Modesto Bee) Dear Mr. Vasche, Does it always have to be about “you”? Your use of the word “I” in a column praising journalists who have been brave enough to suffer retribution and loss of life for their craft is inappropriate. Their efforts certainly do not apply to you. You sir, do not deserve to be in their company. You are safe on the top floor of the Modesto Bee Building cowering like a coward and being careful not to offend the politically powerful. You have failed to protect the people of this community, their economy, and their quality of life. The greatest threat you face is being transferred to another newspaper or being fired. Unfortunately, neither of those options has happened. You were accepting $180,000 in advertising from the City of Modesto until Carmen Sabatino became Mayor and with a unanimous vote of the council during a budget cutting process reduced the item to $90,000. Today you accept $265,000 in advertising from Stanislaus County. Of course you are not a fool. Business is business, but taking money from government unnecessarily is called being on the “take”. The City of Modesto without a contract was paying you over $40 per column inch of advertising while the Modesto Irrigation District was paying $21.50 per column inch with a contract. You could have offered the city a contract or criticized the city for being too stupid to ask for a contract, but of course, business is business. You were successful in removing the Mayor of Modesto from office, but you failed to jail him or destroy his credibility. Even though you were part of the prosecution team against the former Mayor you refused to testify at his trial. You sir, refused to talk to a jury and had the Bee media attorney quash your subpoena on the basis that you knew nothing about the case. Your attorney cited California’s shield law as a reason to quash the subpoena. What sources were you protecting? You were a witness, a participant, not a reporter of any truths. You refused to talk to a jury, but you boasted to the California Newspaper Publishers Association how you successfully quashed the subpoena. Circus Master and judge, Franklin Stephenson, who did not want to open “a can of worms”, quashed your subpoena along with those for, real estate magnate Mike Zagaris, Supervisor Ray Simon, and Sonora attorney Roger Brown. Attorney Frank Carson faced five charges for contempt of court in his attempt to have an open and fair trial. You or your attorney provided the California Newspaper Publishers Association with an account of the events that the jury was not allowed to know about. Thanks to Judge Franklin Stephenson. The CNA reported that, “Vasche was attending a regularly scheduled meeting with Sabatino and Modesto’s City manager when investigators served search warrants and seized materials from the mayor’s city hall office. Carson sought to question Vasche about the day’s as well as other knowledge he or the paper had of the investigation. Olson cited California’s shield law in successfully arguing for the subpoena to be quashed.” Sir, how fortunate you are that you were not forced to perjure yourself at the trial. How shameful it must be that you lied to your peers in journalism and the California Newspaper Publishers Association. The simple truth is that the meeting was not “regularly scheduled” and the “city manager” was not present. I recall how disappointed you were that I continued the meeting in the conference room across the hall while the search was being conducted. You wondered how I could continue to discuss city business while it was obvious you no longer wished to continue because you invited me to “speak to a reporter” out in the hall. Not only was there a reporter in the hall but a photographer as well. Once again sir, you have failed to protect the people of this community, their economy, and their quality of life. You are not an elected official. You have not received one vote. Who is it that pulls your string? Sir, you pretend to be what you are not. Who are you? In the interest of open government you are invited to the Morning Mayor Show for a further discussion of the United States Constitution and what it has to say about “civil rights”.
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Submitted by Tux
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Friday, 04 January 2008 |
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 Hillary wins third place in a beauty contest. Seriously, I believe we have seen the people speak that they want change, and fresh young ideas. It is going to take some "Clinton" magic to rebound from the thumping she took in Iowa tonight. Tonight I fear she will be running for the shelter of her mother's little helper. Sleep well Hillary. Tux The Rolling Stones
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Submitted by Bill Taxpayer
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Thursday, 03 January 2008 |
Observations by Lee IacoccaSo here's where we stand:We're immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving.We're running the biggest deficit in the history of the country. We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia , while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs.Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy. Our schools are in trouble. Our borders are like sieves. The middle class is being squeezed every which way.These are times that cry out for leadership. But when you look around, you've got to ask:"Where have all the leaders gone?" Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, competence, and common sense?I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point.Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo? We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened.Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane, or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the storm. Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen again. Now, that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out what you're going to do the next time.Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when "the Big Three" referred to Japanese car companies?How did this happen? And more important, what are we going to do about it?Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debt, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening. But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry.I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity.What is everybody so afraid of? That some bobble head on Fox News will call them a name?Give me a break. Why don't you guys show some spine for a change? Had enough? Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope. I believe in America In my lifetime I've had the privilege of living through some of America 's greatest moments. I've also experienced some of our worst crises:The Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War, the Kennedy assassination, the Vietnam War, the 1970s oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11. If I've learned one thing, it's this: You don't get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it's building a better car or building a better future for our children, we all have a role to play.That's the challenge I'm raising in this book. It's a call to action for people who, like me, believe in America . It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close. So let's shake off the horseshit and go to work. Let's tell 'em all we've had enough.Excerpted from "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?".(Copyright) 2007 .
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