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For the 10 months he’s been in office, District Attorney John
Sarsfield and his supporters (Sara M. Jones) have continued to
whine about the backlog of uncharged cases left behind by the past
administration (Harry Damkar). He claimed just this week in the
local weekly that it took him 8 months to clear up the backlog.
He has used this ‘backlog’ as an excuse for not going to court,
for being behind in his charging of new cases, for not filing Fish
and Game cases, for his attorney staff not being able to catch up
on their work and for his inability to deal with victims of crimes.
Just this week he told the Fish and Game commission he had 12 boxes
of uncharged cases and it took 8 months to get those cases
charged.
“For the 10 months he’s been in office, District Attorney John Sarsfield and his supporters (Sara M. Jones) have continued to whine about the backlog of uncharged cases left behind by the past administration (Harry Damkar). He claimed just this week in the local weekly that it took him 8 months to clear up the backlog.
He has used this ‘backlog’ as an excuse for not going to court, for being behind in his charging of new cases, for not filing Fish and Game cases, for his attorney staff not being able to catch up on their work and for his inability to deal with victims of crimes. Just this week he told the Fish and Game commission he had 12 boxes of uncharged cases and it took 8 months to get those cases charged.
Mr. Sarsfield has once again been caught in an out and out lie. Remember the DOJ denying ordering the Brady investigations?
The Board of Supervisors had a meeting on March 11, 2003, at 10:10 a.m. At that time, Mr. Sarsfield made what he called was his ’60 day report.’ He told the Board that there had been a backlog of cases and that he had processed all but one box and that he would have that box processed by the following week.
I just dropped off a copy of the video of that meeting at Harry Damkar’s office.
Mr. Sarsfield stop lying to us. Just do your job and start going to court. NO MORE EXCUSES. NO MORE LIES.”
“I read the Citizens Voice that spoke about Sara Jones who claimed she works in the DA’s office. And how this person was a false name. I took it a bit further. So Sarsfield has a pen name. Here is the complete answer to this puzzle. Sara-Sarsfield Jones-John. So Sara Jones is John Sarsfield? It has a ring to it, doesn’t it? The Free Lance and Citizens Voice is so fun. I can’t wait to read more.”
“I am writing about the Robert Orabuena case. Having been out of town, I was sorry to read the bold headline, ‘Orabuena found guilty.’
Several weeks ago, I had written my thoughts to Citizens Voice and Hotline, asking why do we have two sets of rules? It seems even though Bill Johnson was drunk at the time of that tragic accident, he only received a slap on the wrist.
I know Bill Johnson’s and Joe Judnick’s families are suffering. I do know because I lost my husband, my children lost their father in a tragic accident, which no one was punished for.
I have known Robert Orabuena and his family for a number of years. They were employed by my husband. Robert’s father was killed on July 4, 2002 in a tragic accident due to no fault of his. I am sure July 4 will never be the same for that family either.
I doubt if Robert got in his van in Gilroy on July 4 and headed to Hollister with the intent to kill someone. He was accused of being under the influence and was labeled a murderer. He lost his job and spent over a month in jail away from his family.
Why is it he didn’t get a slap on the wrist? Is it because he didn’t have all his family and friends write letters pleading for his innocence? Or maybe he didn’t have money to grease someone’s palms because he is Hispanic.
Robert’s family has suffered also. He could spend time in jail. It will never undo the tragic accident. It seems to me Mr. Judnick could be held responsible for a share of the accident. He was driving much too fast. Was he wearing a helmet?
It was an accident!”
