EMERGENCY ------ THAT WASN' T

PRINCIPLES During life, most things can be taken from us. There are exceptions. Among the things that

cannot be taken but can be casually tossed away as invaluable include the principles of HONOR,

HONESTY, and INTEGRITY. When a child steals a candy bar from a merchant or when Dillinger robbed

a bank, they both gained the title of " thief " We attempt to instill these principles into our children and

grandchildren. With sadness we question the poor examples of a few of our national leadership, sports icons,

entertainment headliners, educators and others holding public trust who throw away the above personal

treasures. It now appears we should exercise caution before we label certain city leadership as positive

roll models. Shady Cove Police Department case No. 02-125, filed on 6 February, is a complaint questioning

one or more of the following.

1. Misuse of public property.

2. Theft of public property.

3. Assignment of a public employee to perform a private duty.

4. Falsifying a police/fire line. Shocking is that the material involved would cost less than five dollars but was

blatantly, perhaps arrogantly displayed before our children and grandchildren as example of abuse of

leadership power. On the evening of 7 February, in city council chambers, the person in question offered to

provide autographed pieces of the material in question. That elevated the issue to undeniable

" in your face " arrogance.

Yet to be determined is whether the property, a tape warning, " POLICE / FIRE LINE - DO NOT CROSS",

was taken or if a public servant, to win points, gave the tape and their public time to string it.

Either would be violation of law and oath of office as well as discharge of the above principles.

The tape is not available for public purchase, the location was not a fire, crime, nor accident scene,

and only a fireman or policeman is authorize d to determine such. This was the scene of asphalt paving!

Now we face other dilemmas.

1. Will our city leadership cease turning a blind eye and ask for resignations when positions of power

and oaths of office are misused or violated?

2. Will temporary Chief of Police McKean join with Senior Officer Adams to;

(A). Investigate and file report with an appropriatecourt of jurisdiction,

(B). Turn the incident over to an independent police agency, or

( C). Continue Shady Cove's history of having no interest in questions of law violation if it becomes " sensitive"?

3. Will our Administrator continue to provide a turned head to open displays of public trust violation?

4. Will the mayor repeat his statement in a recent past council meeting to the effect that if the citizens

don't like what they do in city hall, "they know what they can do" or will he again expound a very

recent but already infamous filthy retort he gave to a prominent citizen who telephoned to inquiry and complain?

5. Will the March Insider cast the blame for the questioned violation upon Collier or other branded "troublemakers"

6. Will this administration's recently published supporters take up collection to return the value of the

people's property and where will they collect to recover the principles and trust that were so casually cast out?

Again, both a shoplifting child and Dillinger carry identical titles. That is defined as having PRINCIPLES!

{IN FRONT OF HWY. 62 MARKET SHOWING POLICE / FIRE LINE TAPE FOR NEWLY LAID ASPHALT}

For clarity of this misuse of the tape, drive by the burned out hulk of the old Guadalajara restaurant .The tape

that surrounds that cold fire scene only says "CAUTION". Doesn't figure. Seem unimportant?

Not so. For while the city turns its eyes from this, city hall brings their wrath down upon those they disagree

with by having the Police Department and Public Works assigned to place their adversaries under close

harassment and surveillance. This misuse of public employees provides the city with excuse that they are

undermanned to accomplish the functions and responsibilities which would benefit the general populace.

Are we experiencing shades of 1933 Europe by selective targeting?

Les Weaver.

Digital Photos furnished by Bob Hawkins.

Video and 35mm of two vastly differing taped scenes by Les Weaver.

cc: T. Guyer M. Huddleston, C Adams, R. McKean

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government." ---Patrick Henry

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