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The following comments were made to the Modesto City Council on January 2nd, 2007. Why would the former Mayor have any obligation to pay the legal fees for his bogus prosecution? The Board of Supervisors and District Attorney’s Office spent over a half million dollars to have him prosecuted and lost. In the history of Stanislaus County, no person has ever paid more than $1100.00 for his public defender fees. REMARKS BY FORMER MAYOR CARMEN SABATINO I UNDERSTAND THAT MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL VOTED IN CLOSED SESSION TO DEMAND THAT THE OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARGE ME WITH A FELONY FOR PROVIDING THE MODESTO CITY COUNCIL WITH BEFORE MEETING DINNERS. FORMER CITY ATTORNEY MICHAEL MILICH, WHO NOW WORKS FOR POLITICAL BOSS MIKE ZAGARIS, MISUSED THE OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY TO FABRICATE THIS CHARGE IN RETALIATION AGAINST ME BECAUSE I ATTEMPTED TO HAVE MR. MILICH FIRED FOR MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE. IN RESPONSE TO MY CLAIM FOR LEGAL FEES, PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF MODESTO, ON NOVEMBER 3, 2006 I RECEIVED A NOTICE DATED DECEMBER 18, 2006 FROM THE ASSISTANT RISK MANAGAER FOR THE CITY OF MODESTO. RISK MANAGEMENT, NOT THE CITY ATTORNEY, STATES THAT MY CLAIM, “HAS BEEN REJECTED BY OPERATION OF LAW ON DECEMBER 18, 2006.” THE CLAIM IS NOT UNTIMELY BY OPERATION OF LAW. ANY CLAIM FOR FEES IS PREMATURE IF FILED PRIOR TO THE TERMINATION OF THE COURT PROCEEDINGS. IT SEEMS THIS COUNCIL HAS GIVEN RISK MANAGEMENT EXPRESSED AUTHORITY TO REJECT OR ACCEPT CLAIMS WITHOUT COUNCIL VOTE BY CLAIMING “OPERATION OF LAW”. ACCORDING TO THE APPELLATE COURT, COUNTY COUNSEL MICHAEL KRAUSNICK NO LONGER DESIRES STANDING IN THIS MATTER. WE AWAIT A RESPONSE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND A DECISION FROM THE APPELLATE COURT FOR FURTHER RESOLUTION, THE NOTICE ALSO PRESUMES TO ISSUE A “WARNING” AS TO MY LEGAL RIGHTS WHICH SHOULD BE THE FUNCTION OF AN ATTORNEY. TONIGHT. I DO NOT PRESUME TO OFFER THIS COUNCIL A WARNING OR FOR THAT MATTER ANY ADVICE . IF THIS COUNCIL DESIRES TO REJECT THIS CLAIM IT MUST DO SO BY VOTE JUST AS YOU VOTED IN CLOSED SESSION TO “GET THE MAYOR”. THOSE WHO VOTED TO CHARGE THE MAYOR MUST KNOW THAT THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BE CALLED TO STEP FORWARD. I AM SURE THAT THIS WHOLE EPISODE IS NO LONGER FUN FOR SOME OF YOU. BELIEVE ME, I HAVE NOT FOUND IT ENJOYABLE UNTIL RECENTLY. I WISH TO SHARE WHAT I NOW REGARD AS THE NUMBER SIX MOST HUMOROUS EVENT IN THE CIRCUS POLITICAL TRIAL OF THE FORMER MAYOR OF MODESTO. THE MOESTO CITY COUNCIL AND MIKE MILICH CLAIMED THAT THE MAYOR PROVIDED SPAGHETTI AND MEAT BALLS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR PROFIT. THE COUNCIL ATE THE FOOD AT NO COST TO ANY COUNCILMEMBER. THEY DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE FOOD COULD HAVE BEEN ILLEGAL. I MEAN, WHAT DID THEY KNOW? GET THIS! DURING THE TRIAL A DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY CAME TO COURT TO PROTECT THE CITY’S INTEREST BY DEMANDING RESTITUTIION FOR THE FOOD THAT THE CITY PURCHASED AND ATE. I PRESUME THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS NO LONGER DEMANDING A FREE LUNCH.
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