It’s good to be back in the Pacific Northwest, a place I call home for many reasons. Hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, etc. But I do love Europe, and find myself vacationing often.
For my readers, thanks for following and reading even after weeks of rest.
The main reason why I love Europe is because I view Europeans as ” free thinkers, people who question government officials, respect our environment, love coffee and tea, read, write and speak their mind, understand the principles of Darwin, people with integrity, and persons with backbone to stand up for what they believe in.”
Besides these facts, I am the great-granddaughter of immigrants from Germany. This truly makes me an American as most of us have ancestors from different parts of the World. Diversity and the First Amendment ( free speech, free press, free from religion) is what makes America strong. Take away the First Amendment, and we’re no better than China, Russia, or Saudi Arabia.
Some call me a “tree hugger”, a leftist liberal, an Atheist, a label I claim and proudly carry along with an ACLU card, while others like Gold Bar’s former Mayor Joe Beavers call me (yesterday) in Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Dingledy’s Court Room yesterday ‘an asshole” – and often refers to me as “a Boston Jew Bitch.”
The Jewish part, yes, it does appear that my ancestors were Jewish immigrants from Germany. But I’m not from Boston ( although I love Boston as that’s where America’s history started and remains) and well he’s entitled to his opinion as it relates to calling me a bitch.
Gold Bar’s Mayor Joe Beavers bizarre, erratic, and unethical conduct was captured quite nicely on camera in Judge Marybeth Dingledy’s courtroom yesterday. Sadly for open government, Judge Dingledy was not yet seated to see Joe Beavers’s court performance.
Joe Beavers is the reason why Gold Bar Washington is often referred to by Seattites as “Hickville.” A scarlet letter we educated people in Gold Bar Washington are trying to desperately to change. But the likes of people like Joe Beavers aren’t helping Gold Bar residents with this type of public display ( above) likening his conduct to Rocky & Bullwinkle or Randle McMurphy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randle_McMurphy )
Frankly speaking, I feel very sorry for Joe Beavers’s wife Ann. She must be ashamed . . . perhaps after this article she will finally get the message that intervention is not a scarlet letter when people need mental health treatment, or is Beavers simply acting this way in an attempt to escape liability. Only a jury can determine this issue.
In August 2017, Gold Bar’s Mayor Lee Hodo asked to have a one on one conversation with my partner and myself. Topic for conversation, how to resolve the public records issues with the City.
Now, anyone who has been truly following this story with any objective viewpoint, should acknowledge one fact, any agency that hides public records at its law firm ( Kenyon Disend, PLLC) for over nine years is hiding something.
See Deposition of Joe Beavers.
During our August 6, 2017, meeting with Gold Bar’s Mayor Lee Hodo, he noted that the law firm of Keating, Bucklin and McCormack had submitted a $30,000 legal bill from May to July 2017. Since litigation has been minor recently, we were baffled why such an outrageous legal bill, so I requested access to the City of Gold Bar’s legal bill pertaining to the same.
What I got back from convicted criminal and Gold Bar’s fine choice of a public records officer Bonnie Jones was ” no such record exist.” Just more of the same from Gold Bar’s criminals in charge – hiding public records. (Bonnie Jones’s criminal history will be a topic for a whole another article soon.)
In less than two weeks of hearing from Mayor Lee Hodo that Shannon Ragonesi and her firm, Keating McCormack and Bucklin, submitted a legal bill to the City of Gold Bar for $30,000.00, we soon discovered just how big this little racketeering group is.
This story is simply an extension on how King County is providing more evidence of RICO. Judge Beth Andrus’s exparte actions in three separate public records case helped us expose a major corruption scandal, and a major member is King County Superior Court Judge Beth Andrus.
As a journalist here in Washington State, I file public records request. As real journalists, like Amy Goodwin, Louise Mensch, Claude Taylor, myself, etc. experience all too often from agency employees is retaliation or collusion to cover up criminal conduct of agencies employees.
In late August 2017, while litigating in three separate public records cases in King County, Judge Andrus without notice to me ( violating basic Due Process principles every person has to be notified of adverse actions) consolidated three public records cases I have for access to public records. She did this without notice and without a motion from any party.
So the first question I have for Judge Andrus is: Did you have ESP to know I was litigating three public records cases at the same time inside King County, Block v Gold Bar, Block v Duvall, and Block v Snohomish County? Or did someone make exparte contact with you seeking a little judicial corruption otherwise known as Washington State Bar favors?
I’m not much for extraterrestrial beings, so one can assume that since Judge Andrus did not have a Motion to Consolidate in front her, someone asked her to make a exparte ruling consolidating three public records cases involving records I seek from three different agencies. Noting for my readers that every agency in Washington State has its own burden under Public Records Act, unless of course the Plaintiff is Anne Block.
In violation of every constitutional law principle, King County Superior Court Judge Andrus held that Gold Bar’s duty to comply with RCW 42.56 ( the Public Records Act) is somehow contingent on the City of Duvall; Snohomish County’s duty to comply with RCW 42.56 is somehow contingent on Gold Bar’s duty to comply with RCW 42.56; and City of Duvall’s duty to comply with RCW 42.56 is somehow contingent on City of Gold Bar’s duty to comply with RCW 42.56.
Why did Judge Beth Andrus assert herself into three public records cases unilaterally and without notice to me is simple, because over the last four years since I filed two racketeering suits against Gold Bar public officials, several members inside the Washington State Bar Association, City of Duvall and one corrupt Duvall Cop named Lori Batiot ( who was recently fired for lying in my case and added to the dirty cop list, otherwise known as the Brady List), King County Sheriff’s Officer Cary Cobltantz ( who placed an illegally tracker on my US Passport claiming I was wanted back in the US for a felony warrant when none existed causing me to be raped at London Heathrow Airport in May 2015 and then illegally seized at Seattle Tacoma International Airport in violation of basic constitutional law principles every police officer is presumed to know), Gold Bar’s former Mayors Crystal Hill Pennington ( convicted of bank fraud 2005, 2000) and Joe Beavers ( WA State Auditor cited City of Gold Bar while he was Mayor for misappropriation of over $1.5 million dollars), and the man responsible for the rape of a 5 year old child from Cowlitz County Washington, John E. Pennington ( now working for Pierce College), to stop me from gaining access to public records documenting that each are guilty of racketeering and should be in a federal prison.
Judge Andrus asserting herself into three public records cases which she was not the assigned Judge ( as all cases are assigned to a specific Judge in King County) only provides more evidence of far this little racketeering scandal extends.
A source from Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office said ” everyone knew that Beavers misappropriated millions from Gold Bar’s water funds, and couldn’t pay the bill. Shannon called the Washington State Bar, who then called in a favor from Judge Andrus to consolidate the cases calling all three cases Block v Snohomish County, this way Snohomish County Prosecutor Mark Roe could misappropriated the $30,000.00 to pay Ragonesi’s law firm. You’re right, its RICO! ”
The Honorable Justice Alex Kozinski one time said something like I don’t think its a good idea to say bad things about judges ( paraphrased). I respect Justice Kozinski more than he will ever know, especially after his scathing opinion in the Joshua Frost Case, but unless he has experienced the wrath of public agencies criminals in charge here in Washington State, he should reconsider exceptions to making statements about judges.
The Washington State Bar Association is a proven criminal enterprise and must be exposed as such before they make criminals out of non-criminals violating Sherman Anti-Trust to fill the pockets of their hearing officers like Spokane County attorney and Washington State Bar Hearing Officer Lin O’ Dell and Washington State Bar President Robyn Haynes.
For those of you who missed my story dated June 24, 2017, the WA State Bar President was charged with theft
President of Washington State Bar Association resigns hours before criminal warrant issued
“When honor and the Law no longer stand on the same side of the line, how do we choose[?]” Anne Bishop
On June 23, 2017, Washington State Bar Association’s (WSBA) President Robin Lynn Haynes was notified of pending criminal charges for theft.
Some of you may not have known this since the Seattle Times (Washington’s most circulated newspaper) assisted the WSBA by not reporting.
In 2015, the Gold Bar Reporter contacted Seattle Times Editor Mike Carter, after having ample evidence that WSBA Hearing Officer Lin O’ Dell was using a convicted killer, Mark Plivilech, to steal from O’Dell’s elderly clients, but instead of reporting on WSBA O’Dell theft and fraud, Seattle Times Editor Mike Carter wrote ” Who cares.”
With no surprise, the biggest story involving WSBA corruption, President of WSBA resigns after her arrest warrant is issued, and the Seattle Times does what any embedded ( reporters who are spoon fed stories to look the other way on behalf of advertisers) journalist would do, not report the real news.
Not only was WSBA Hearing Officer Lin O’ Dell found guilty of stealing from her clients using a convicted killer to harass them inside their homes, the duo also unlawfully diverted money to Mark Plivilech, a convicted killer, and Lin O’Dell’s fraudulent companies. Companies the duo started so that Lin O’ Dell could transfer client’s money from the elderly person’s trust account to pay Mark Plivilech and mafia friends to make home repairs on elderly clients homes ( many who are over 80 and bed ridden).
In December 2013, Judge Monasmith Steven County Washington found Lin O’Dell guilty of trust embezzlement. The WSBA has yet to take any disciplinary action against O’Dell ( June 24, 2017).
From sources, the WSBA received twelve complaints against Lin O’Dell over the last twenty years for stealing and the WSBA broomed every single one. An insider from the WSBA said ” it’s common knowledge that lead counsel Linda Eide worked with Lin O’Dell inside the guardian scam” hence why so many complaints were dismissed.
Since 1993, attorney Lin O’Dell has been stealing from Washingtonians, almost all elderly and vulnerable adults. In one case from Pierce County, the Simpson case, the daughter who was caring for her father ended up dead, their house burnt down and a Caboose was stolen by Lin O’ Dell.
Over the last four years, we found at least ten clients Lin O’Dell has been stealing from and committing SSA fraud ( diverting clients SSA funds into her own bank account). One fact is clear, Lin O’Dell and Mark Plivilech didn’t steal by themselves, they had a lot of help, including one Spokane County Commissioner, one Spokane County Superior Court Judge, one Stevens County Superior Court Judge, and one Dr Zimmerman ( who fled to Denton Texas once we started reporting on Lin O’Dell’s fraud).
In late August 2017, I finally understood why attorney Shannon Ragonesi and her Law Firm of Keating, Bucklin and McCormack had submitted a $30,000 legal bill from May to July 2017.
Attorney Shannon Ragonesi ( who with no surprise is a member of the Washington State Bar Association Rules Committee) was writing and getting ready to file a “Motion to Stay Public Records Proceedings” against me ( a small online news source reporting on corruption here in Washington State). Although Ms. Ragonesi is mandated to contact opposing parties prior to filing any motion, she seems to be one of the few lawyers that can do whatever she wants and gets away with violating well settled Washington Court Rules.
What’s even more disturbing is that Shannon Ragonesi represents multiple parties ( City of Gold Bar, Snohomish County, City of Duvall, Gold Bar’s Mayor Joe Beavers, Crystal Hill, former Executive Officers Aaron Reardon, Jon Rudicil in four different lawsuits), in gross violation of Washington State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct prohibiting conflict of interests without having a waiver in place.
How we know Gold Bar has no waiver of a conflict of interest in place? We sent a public records request and the City said ” no records exist.”
But as members of the Washington State Bar Association’s little racketeering club, Shannon Ragonesi gets a free pass when violating well settled rules. In my opinion, gross felonious conduct in violation of Sherman Anti-Trust which amounts to racketeering.
What’s even more concerning about Shannon Ragonesi’s unethical conduct and crimes she’s committed against City of Gold Bar and City of Duvall is this, she resigned instead of being disbarred in New York State. And if that’s not bad enough, Ms. Ragonesi was also ordered by US Federal Court Judge Robart to take remedial classes on civility.
See http://abovethelaw.com/2013/04/city-gets-benchslap-with-a-rolled-up-newspaper-over-dead-dog/
After attorney Shannon Ragonesi basically spent $30,000.00 of Gold Bar taxpayers money writing frivolous motions with no judicial precedent to support it, her motion was set for a hearing in Judge Marybeth Dingledy’s courtroom.
On September 22, 2017, one day after Judge Marybeth Dingledy plead guilty to drunk driving, she also made a proper ruling against the City of Gold Bar and in favor of open government, DENYING CITY OF GOLD BAR’S MOTION TO STAY my public records cases filed in Snohomish County Superior Court, pending the outcome of my federal racketeering suit, now pending in the 9th Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals.
Over the last two years, I have used the Public Records Act to expose the following facts:
Terminated Snohomish County Director of Emergency Management John E Pennington is the man responsible for the rape of a 5 year girl in Cowlitz County.
Crystal Hill Pennington plead guilty to bank fraud in Snohomish County, 2005; and served time in North Carolina in 2000 for the same, using aliases of Crystal Berg and Chris Hill.
WA State Bar Hearing Officer Lin O’Dell and her convicted killer husband accepted financial bribes from John E. Pennington and Crystal Hill Pennington using a United States Post Office Box, # 70, in Duvall, to fix a case against me.
WA State Bar Hearing Officer Lin O’Dell was found guilty of trust embezzlement and the Guardian Board is now in the process of permanently revoking her Guardianship license.
Joe Beavers committed fraud on my public records case by only lodging one set of records ( when Judge Okrent ordered him to lodge two sets), because one set contained illegally retrieved information on me and my family ( violating HIPPA) while the other set of records not lodged would have won a monetary judgment against the City of Gold Bar for withholding.
Former Snohomish County Executive employee John Pennington was found liable for forgery ( against the Gold Bar Reporter) in King County in March 2017 in his attempt to shut down our news reports on his criminal racketeering conduct. John Pennington forged court records attempting to get a restraining order against me, and was caught on camera.
… and the list of criminal racketeering offenses exposed over the last two years of litigation using the Public Records Act goes on… one thing is clear, we have motions to vacate in all three federal RICO cases for fraud.
As a Washingtonian, with RCW 42.56 in place, I am proud to call Washington State my home.
Why Shannon Ragonesi filed such a frvilious motion to stay proceeding was simply to stop me from exercising my rights to access public records to support my RICO suits, now pending in the 9th Circuit. With each public records release, I am getting closer to exposing the Washington State Bar Association members racketeering crimes committed against taxpayers as “risk management” in Washington State.
This now brings me this to the subject of this article, which was sadly brought to my attention by the Seattle Times this morning. Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Marybeth Dingledy plead guilty to drunk driving.
Judge Dingledy’s drunk driving wasn’t my biggest concern, it was the fact that she felt a need to apologize to the officer who arrested her. See Seattle Times article below.
On August 26, 2017, Judge Marybeth Dingledy was driving with a Blood Alochol ( BaC) level at least .115 to .122. Now for my readers who say Wow, lets take this in a little context what a level of .115 to .122 means.
A person’s BaC is measured by weight. Now for someone like me, I can have 4 drinks within a two hour period before registering a BaC over the legal limit. However, Judge Marybeth Dingledy, this level of a BaC probably only means she cant have no more than 3 drinks during the same time period.
As I discovered by personally seeing her, Judge Dingledy is petite in appearance.
In addition, let’s put out another fact. Judge Dingledy didn’t hurt anyone. No one was killed nor injured as a result of her drunk driving. She also did the right thing and plead guilty to a crime she was guilty of, thus saving the taxpayers from having to conduct a trial.
Drunk driving conviction, yes, bad person or bad judge, may be not.
Marybeth Dingledy, 48, has served as a Snohomish County Superior Court judge since 2012. Judge Dingledy’s appointment to Snohomish County Superior Court came at the bequest of former Executive Aaron Reardon making a phone call to then Governor Christine Gregoire. After Dingledy met with the Governor, she received an appointment to Snohomish County Superior Court.
Judge Dingledy claims to have been wine tasting with a friend in Woodinville just before crashing her car. It was Judge Dingledy who called 911 reporting the accident, and remaining at the scene. Once the officer arrived, she was placed under arrest for investigation of drunken driving.
Now here’s what seems a little more concerning “She has apologized to the officer and to the court, and most importantly to her community. Judge Dingledy has great respect for the law and she is terribly sorry about this incident,” her attorney Anna Goykhman said.
Why did the Judge Dingledy feel a need to apologize to the officer is of the outmost concern as I believe that most officers are honest, hard working citizens just like me. Did she do something that she should be ashamed of? Was she belligerent to the police officer for arresting her? Did she try to misuse her political influence to avoid being arrested?
I don’t have the answers to these questions yet, but I did request copies of public records relating to this issue and will update this article with copies soon.
What is clear is that King County Prosecutor Mark Larsen ( who heads the criminal division) isn’t giving Judge Dingledy a free pass. King County is recommending that Dingledy spend a day in jail and pay a $350 fine plus court costs.
The proposed sentence would suspend roughly a year behind bars, and more than $4,600 in fines that could be imposed if she reoffends. Since she has no prior convictions this seems just and appropriate.
“It was a guilty plea as charged,” said Dan Donahoe, a spokesman for the King County Prosecutor’s Office. “It looks like it is a pretty standard recommendation for a DUI,” he added.
Sadly, Judge Dingledy worked for years as a public defender. She, like my mother, struggled with breast cancer. She loves the outdoors, like me, but these drunk driving charges did stain her chances to retain her judicial seat, and certainly makes her ineligible to hear drunk driving cases. However, I do not believe her career should end simply because of one bad decision.
Any one who has struggled with cancer and beat it, is tough and deserves respect, and someone I admire. Drunk driving not so much. But the Judge did the right thing, she plead guilty to a crime she was guilty of and will face the Court for sentencing on November 1, 2017.
My question for my readers is simple: Does a drunk driving conviction make Judge Dingledy a bad person/judge?
More importantly, the bigger issue for us here in Snohomish County is: should the Judge resign?
I’m not convinced that she should resign, especially without seeing the whole police file relating to this issue. Regardless of this bad decision, Judge Dingledy is a survivor and will overcome this latest obstacle in life. She did the right thing and plead guilty to a crime she was guilty of.
My hope is that the Judge gets educated that drunk driving kills people before its too late for another family.
There’s never a day that goes by when I don’t wish my wish my parents were still here.
Anyone that beats breast cancer ( or any cancer), has my respect as its a vicious disease. One bad decision should not be a career ender especially when you take responsibility for your wrongful actions.
Sentencing is set for Nov. 1 before King County District Court Judge Arthur Chapman. The Gold Bar Reporter will be in the Courtroom.
My partner and I purchased a BAC Tracker and carry it in my purse. In today’s World of Amazon, there’s no reason why people with resources cannot purchase the following BAC alcohol measuring device:
When in doubt about your level of BAC, please call UBER for a ride:
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