We now have evidence that Gold Bar’s city attorneys Keating, Bucklin, and McCormack Inc. i.e. Shannon Ragonesi (basically a disbarred NY State attorney who just happen to get licensed here in Washington State) are also representing Snohomish County Prosecutors, Sara Di Vittorio, Sean Reay, and Seth Fine, City of Duvall, Port of Seattle, and the City of Gold Bar.
According to the City of Gold Bar, City of Duvall, Port of Settle, and Snohomish County confirmed via public records response that there is no “conflict waiver” between Ragonesi and the City of Gold Bar for Ms. Ragonesi to represent multiple parties in the same suit Block v WSBA et al. 2016 02 19 Block v WSBA Amended RICO Complaint
We now know that Keating, Bucklin and McCormack Inc and Shannon Ragonesi are not attorneys for any particular agencies, they are Special Assistant Attorney Generals, paid by Washington State Attorney Generals Office.
Association of Washington Cities late last week confirmed it was not paying the legal bills nor contracting with Keating, Bucklin, and McCormack for legal services for the City of Gold Bar and/or any party in Block v WSBA et al.
Hence why Joe Beavers laughed at the Court of Appeals Div One proceedings, because the Washington State Attorney Generals Office represents the Judges, the Courts, Prosecutors, and every party involved in 2016 02 19 Block v WSBA Amended RICO Complaint including, but not limited to, the City of Gold Bar and Snohomish County Superior Court’s attorney Sara DiVittorio.
Beavers also stated that ” he used Washington State Attorney’s Model Rules to win cases” What Gold Bar’s former Mayor Joe Beavers left out was ” the Washington State Attorney Generals, Sara DiVittorio and Shannon Ragonesi, are representatives for every Washington State County Court, judges, and prosecutors and are in fact employees of the Washington State Attorney General’s Office.
In the case of Shavlik v Phil Sayles ( where a citizen sued attorney Phil Sayles for fraud) the Attorney Generals Office allowed Snohomish County Special Deputy Prosecutor Joseph Genster to misuse county monies and resources to defend Phil Sayles.
For those of you not familiar with how Snohomish County Prosecutors are handpicking incompetent public defenders like Tom Cox, Phil Sayles, Jason Schwartz, and appellate attorneys like Thomas Kummerow, to throw criminal defendants under the bus in favor of the state, you should read https://goldbarreporter.wordpress.com/tag/everett-attorney-phil-sayles-caught/
Hard to lose when the Court is hearing and deciding cases involving themselves and their attorneys and the State is handpicking criminal defense attorneys. This RICO conduct reminds us of tactics committed by Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler would be quite proud of America today, while Elizabeth Cady Stanton would be quite ashamed.
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From: Reay, Sean
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 2:59 PM
To: Di Vittorio, Sara; Cummings, Jason
Subject: RE: PRR 15-03289 and K003165
Thanks. She emailed Shannon Ragonesi to ask her if she was representing me and Seth Fine in the new RICO. I guess it’s coming in the two weeks.
Regards,
Sean Reay
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Civil Division
Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
3000 Rockefeller Avenue, M/S 504
Everett, WA 98201-4046
phone: (425) 388-7387 fax: (425) 388-6333
NOTICE: All emails, and attachments, sent to and from Snohomish County may be subject to disclosure pursuant to the Public Records Act (Chapter 42.56 RCW).
From: Di Vittorio, Sara
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 2:15 PM
To: Reay, Sean; Cummings, Jason
Subject: FW: PRR 15-03289 and K003165
FYI
Sara Di Vittorio
Public Records Deputy Prosecutor
Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
Robert J. Drewel Bldg., 8th Floor
3000 Rockefeller Avenue, M/S 504
Everett, WA 98201-4060
425-388-6343
NOTICE: All emails, and attachments, sent to and from Snohomish County are public records and may be subject to disclosure pursuant to the Public Records Act (Chapter 42.56 RCW).
Double Standard for those not Special Attorney Generals (SAAG) like Shannon
Attorney Bradley Marshall was disbarred by the Washington State Bar Association for not having a conflict wavier in writing signed by all the parties when there’s a possible conflict of interest. Here in Gold Bar, two Mayors have confirmed that no conflict wavier was signed nor agreed to by the City of Gold Bar with co-defendants DiVittorio ( which we now know is Snohomish County Judges/Prosecutors attorney), and Ragonesi ( who we now know represents Snohomish County, Duvall, Port of Seattle, Attorney General’s Office, and Gold Bar. Association of Washington Cities stated in a public email to us Thursday that they do not employee Shannon Ragonesi nor her firm of Keating, Bucklin, and McCormack.
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AETH v Dept of Health & Human Services, outlines a great case racketeering charges to brought against Attorney General Sara DiVittorio and
Two weeks ago, the Washington Court of Appeals Div. I issued an opinion documenting that Snohomish County Prosecutor Sara DiVittorio are legal counsel for Snohomish County Superior Court, Judges, police officers, clerks, employees, and GALs.
Sara DiVittorio is an Attorney General who works for the State of Washington, and reports directly to Attorney General Bob Ferguson. DiVittorio is not a Snohomish County Prosecutor.
In August 2009, Gold Bar’s Mayor Joe Beavers was bragging to a council member that they, Snohomish County Courts and attorney Sara DiVittorio, have the courts all locked up. In other words, Joe Beavers declared that Snohomish County Superior Court was “fixing cases.”In re Dependency of AETH Snoho Superior behaving badly
Jeffrey Meyers, an Association of Washington Cities attorney, who is being paid as a Special Assistant Attorney General, who first represented the City of Gold Bar, then Snohomish County’s Dawson Place ( alleged 501 (3) (c ) started by Judge Janice Ellis and operated by Snohomish County Prosecutors, said ” we cannot settle this case because they will not let Anne Block win!”
They, Jeffrey Meyers was referring is the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. The Attorney General has been illegally using public monies to fund the legal battle against Gold Bar Reporter Anne Block for over ten years here in Gold Bar.
Mr. Meyers was assigned to the City of Gold Bar to cover up Crystal Hill Pennington ( nee Berg 2x convicted of bank fraud, 2000, 2005, North Carolina and Snohomish County, respectively), and guilty of abusing children; and Mayor Joe Beavers, a convicted felon from Texas, to cover up their felonious criminal racketeering conduct detailed in 2016 02 19 Block v WSBA Amended RICO Complaint& RICO Statement
For over ten years, Gold Bar’s Mayor Joe Beavers covered up the fact that Crystal Hill Pennington ( aka Crystal D. Pennington; Crystal Berg) had pled guilty to bank fraud, stole over $200,000.00 from the City of Gold Bar, was sleeping with four Snohomish County employees including but not limited to Mark Roe, Sean Reay, John E Pennington ( a child molester who is guilty of kidnapping, raping, and attempted murder a 5 year old girl from Cowlitz County in 1992).
Former Gold Bar council member said ” Crystal Hill was being passed around like a blanket” and former Mayor Joe Beavers screamed three times in Executive Session ” Crystal Hill is a whore!”
Now, the Court of Appeals Div One confirms that Snohomish County Superior Court heard cases in which their attorneys Sara DiVittorio and Shannon Ragonesi were their attorneys of record.
Pretty easy to win cases when you have the Court’s attorneys arguing cases in front of the their clients.
Last month the Court of Appeals Div One let the cat out of the bag as to why Joe Beavers was bragging that he had cases against Gold Bar Reporter fixed. Kind of hard to beat the agency when Washington State Attorney General’s SAAG’s Shannon Ragonesi and Sara DiVittorio are representing the Court, the Prosecutors, the Judges, and the City of Gold Bar. If this isn’t cases fixing, we’re not sure what is.
See 769642 In re the Welfare of AH Amended MAR
Excepts of the above case record:
Following a 2013 trial, Judge Linda Krese found Apple H. dependent.1 Two years later, a different judge presided over a termination trial. With the support of Judge Krese, the Superior Court itself appeared through counsel in the termination proceeding. Judge Krese met with other judges to discuss the case, filed a declaration on behalf of the Superior Court, and sat in the courtroom as the court’s attorney urged the trial judge to enter a termination order. Throughout the dependency and termination proceedings, Judge Krese, her staff, and the court’s attorney met privately and crafted informal policies hindering parents’ efforts to obtain discovery from the Superior Court’s Volunteer GAL Program. This allowed the program to steer the case toward termination while hiding activity later found to be misconduct. The trial judge concluded that Superior Court employees had withheld discovery, destroyed evidence, lied to the court, and endangered the child. When she learned that the Superior Court itself had participated throughout the litigation, she recused herself. Six months after announcing her recusal, the trial judge entered an order terminating the mother’s parental rights. From thousands upon thousands of pages of documents and transcript, three themes emerge. First, judges, their staff, and the Superior Court’s attorney participated in the litigation. Second, the Superior Court’s Volunteer GAL program committed misconduct designed to thwart reunification. Third, Superior Court employees lied, destroyed evidence, and retaliated against the mother’s attorneys for exposing misconduct.
Judge Krese’s Role
In response to Judge Farris’s orders to show cause regarding party
status, the Court/Program filed a declaration signed by Presiding Judge
Linda Krese. CP 12880-12882. This was not Judge Krese’s first contact
with the family. In her declaration, she avowed that she was “personally
familiar with this case.” CP 12880-12882.
At the start of the dependency, Judge Krese had signed the pick-up
order removing Apple H. from her parents’ care. CP 12314. Following a
contested shelter care hearing, she had entered an order placing the child
in foster care. Trial Ex. 8. She had presided over the dependency trial,
found Apple H. dependent, and refused to order an in-home dependency.
Trial Ex. 9. Presiding Judge Krese had also appointed Brook and the
Court/Program as the child’s GAL in the dependency proceeding. CP
1234.
Judge Krese met with other Superior Court judges to discuss this
case while it was pending.119 CP 12880-12882. She held this meeting one
day before Judge Farris began a round of hearings regarding Court Program misconduct. RP (3/23/16) 1222. Judge Krese also had two conversations about the case with Judge
Farris. CP 12880-12882. According to Judge Krese, these conversations
required Judge Farris to recuse herself because Judge Farris made false
statements about them.120 CP 12880-12882.
The Court/Program reiterated this point in its pleadings, arguing
that Judge Farris’s “inaccurate statements” required recusal. CP 12820
12825; see also CP 12883-12888. The Court/Program claimed it would
call Presiding Judge Krese as a witness if Judge Farris did not recuse her
self.121 CP 12820-12825. The Court/Program also noted that Presiding
Judge Krese herself believed there was a conflict. CP 12820-12825.
In her declaration, Judge Krese asserted “that there is a conflict”—
at least on the sanctions motion—and “that such a conflict cannot be ad
dressed by ‘a wall.’” CP 12880-12882. According to Judge Krese, she
would not have told Judge Farris “that we can maintain a wall so as to
avoid any conflict…”122 CP 12880-12882.
Presiding Judge Krese did tell Judge Farris “something to the Court/Program misconduct. RP (3/23/16) 1222. Judge Krese also had two conversations about the case with Judge
Farris. CP 12880-12882. According to Judge Krese, these conversations
required Judge Farris to recuse herself because Judge Farris made false
statements about them.120 CP 12880-12882.
The Court/Program reiterated this point in its pleadings, arguing
that Judge Farris’s “inaccurate statements” required recusal. CP 12820
12825; see also CP 12883-12888. The Court/Program claimed it would
call Presiding Judge Krese as a witness if Judge Farris did not recuse her
self.121 CP 12820-12825. The Court/Program also noted that Presiding
Judge Krese herself believed there was a conflict. CP 12820-12825.
In her declaration, Judge Krese asserted “that there is a conflict”—
at least on the sanctions motion—and “that such a conflict cannot be ad
dressed by ‘a wall.’” CP 12880-12882. According to Judge Krese, she
would not have told Judge Farris “that we can maintain a wall so as to
avoid any conflict…”122 CP 12880-12882.
Presiding Judge Krese did tell Judge Farris “something to the effect of ‘it would be good if [this case] got wrapped up.” CP 12880 12882. In her declaration, Judge Krese announced her belief that “it was in the best interests of… the child… and the court, for the case to be resolved.” CP 12880-12882.
Prior to the next hearing, Judge Farris received an anonymous communication in her internal message box, which was accessible only to court personnel. CP 12630-12631. The communication was a “Judicial Ethics Bulletin” addressing disqualification of judges. CP 12630-12631.
Judge Farris took this as an attempt to sway her decision. CP 490-492.
Presiding Judge Krese, as well as another Superior Court Judge, at
tended the next hearing on the case. CP 479-480. The two judges sat be
hind prosecutor DiVittorio as she presented argument on behalf of the
Court/Program. RP (11/4/16) 393-518; RP (11/18/16) 1852-1853; CP 479
480. Far from a common occurrence, this got Judge Farris’s attention. RP
(11/18/16) 1852-1853. She described it later:
They brought two judges to the courtroom for the hearing, including the presiding judge…. [T]hey brought the presiding judge to the hearing, and then asked [me] to rule in “the Court’s” favor. RP (11/18/16) 1852-1853.
( Interesting to note that “they” was Sara DiVittorio and GAL Attorney Haugen)
Judge Farris saw this as an attempt to “improperly influence or pressure
the trial judge” and to “intimidate or pressure the parents’ attorneys.” CP
480.
THE COURT: So the acts of the VGAL program and its employees are acts of the court? MS. DI VITTORIO: Yes. RP (11/4/16) 401.
Judge Farris also asked if anything had been done to screen judges
from active cases.
THE COURT: Is there anything being done by the court to separate and keep independent the VGAL program from the court? MS. DI VITTORIO: I can’t answer that question, Your Honor. RP (11/4/16) 402.
THE COURT: Is there any effort by the court to treat that particular arm differently than other arms of the court? MS. DI VITTORIO: I guess I don’t understand what you’re getting at, Your Honor. I mean, there’s a program administrator that administrates that program. …. I’m not – I’m not understanding what kind of separation you would be thinking of. THE COURT: All right. RP (11/4/16) 403.124
AETH v DHHS, In re Dependency of AETH Snoho Superior behaving badlyfirst time detailed almost to the T every allegation the Gold Bar Reporter made against Snohomish County and Attorney General’s Office Sara DiVittorio i.e. threats, obstruction our right to conduct discovery in public records cases, fixing cases with Snohomish County Superior Court Judges and its attorneys DiVittorio and Ragonesi, two Special Attorney Generals brought up to Snohomish County to cover up the criminal acts of public officials documented nicely in 2016 02 19 Block v WSBA Amended RICO Complaint & RICO Statement
almost the same issues the lawyers for AETH documented and now a Published Decision from Washington Court of Appeals Div One.
A special thank you to three wonderful attorneys who give me hope that not every attorney inside Washington State Bar Association is corrupt. 769642 In re the Welfare of AH Amended MAR & Washington Court of Appeals Div One for finally protecting the integerity of the rule of law.
The rule of law shouldn’t just apply to those of us with the knowledge and money to purchcase it.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, (which includes prisons, jails, probation, and parole) the cost to house prisoners amoutns to $74 billion, with 2,298,300 people incarcerated out of a population of 324.2 million.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Justice Alex Kozinski ( who is my judicial hero of the 21st Century) was asked a couple of years ago “how many people are in prison wrongfully?” said without batting an eye ” about 50 %.”
When the Attorney General’s Office is funding the legal battle for agency employees who committ crimes, as they have here in Gold Bar and Snohomish County, we believe it’s no more felonious conduct ( reeks of Sherman Anti-Trust) than robbing a bank.
Some good news for Gold Bar Washington residents. The new Mayor Bill Clem and the 2019 City Council has an Ordinance restricting a person who has been convicted of crimes like Crystal Hill, Joe Beavers, and Bonnie Scruggs Dierkson Jones, from being elligible for employment with the City of Gold Bar.
No one, like Crystal Hill who pled guilty to and served time in jail for bank fraud, should have access to bank accounts and credit cards. In Gold Bar, Crystal Hill stole over $200,000.00 through bank fraud and check cashing schemes. With the new law, thieves like Crystal Hill Pennington ( aka Crystal Berg), and violent felons like Joe Beavers, would not be eligible for any type of employment in Gold Bar including elected positions.
The tide is turning for the City of Gold Bar, and with Sara DiVittorio, an Attorney General, representing the Courts, Judges, and Prosecutors, now exposed for racketeering, Gold Bar may be one step closer to coming clean.
The Washington State Attorney General’s Office has been paying the legal bill against the Gold Bar Reporter for over ten years, and Joe Beavers lies to the public stating that Gold Bar was going broke paying to defend public records lawsuits.
Joe Beavers criminal conduct included operating and posting articles on John Pennington and Crystal Hill’s Sky Valley Chronicle, he belongs in prison with Washington State Attorney Generals Sara DiVittorio, Shannon Ragonesi and Amanda Butler for racketeering.
Good news for those of us who have been defamed by the Washington State Attorney General little law firm scams as outlines herein, the Washington State Court of Appeals Div One just held that they are not exempt from lawsuits when they commit fraud, publish false statements, and/or commit perjuryy like Shannon Ragonesi and Amanda Butler did in every case involving the Gold Bar Reporter.
The Washington Court of Appeals Div I just opened up the door for the Gold Bar Reporter to sue Keating, Bucklin, and McCormack. See Ogden Murphy and Wallace sued for fraud
The Gold Bar Reporter has never been sued. for any reason.
Snohomish County Prosecutors and attorneys tampering with FBI National Crime Information Center data
Ann Marie Soto Shannon Ragonesi
In November 2017, the City of Gold Bar’s attorneys Ann Marie Soto and Shannon Ragonesi decided to have a meeting with a federal witness Brandia Tamuu. Besides the obvious, tampering with a federal witness ( a felony in Washington), both entered into a bribery scheme to remove the witness’s criminal arrest warrant and criminal history from the National Crime Information Center’s (NCIC) criminal data base.
Public records from the City of Gold Bar, from November 21 to December 20, 2017, document that in November 2017, Shannon Ragonesi and Ann Marie Soto were contacted for a meeting by a convicted animal abuser Brandia Taamu.
Ms. Taamu was desperate for money, had in fact tried extort the Gold Bar Reporter for money/car, and had offered to meet up with Ragonesi and Soto at the Law Firm of Keating Bucklin McCormack Inc in downtown Seattle. Brandia Taamu needed money as she was being threatened with eviction from her home. In exchange for meeting with Ragonesi and Soto, the woman would get money and her City of Everett arrest warrant and conviction for animal abuse would be cleared. Taamu claimed to have dirt on the Gold Bar Reporter, but had nothing of value except speculation on why the Gold Bar Reporter moved West, and it was quite apparent from an insider at the law office that the woman is suffering from mental health issues.
According to the woman, Ragonesi and Soto agreed to clear her criminal arrest warrant and conviction from NCIC via ACCESS.
Ragonesi and Soto also told the woman that they could issue secret subpoenas for any document they so desired, and further offered to help the woman get a restraining order against the Gold Bar Reporter’s news reports. One witness said that the woman recorded their meeting, but we have no knowledge of whether this is true or not.
The Washington State Patrol turned over the woman’s criminal history one week before and a week after the Ragonesi and Soto November 2017 bribery meeting, and it is clear that just days after this meeting, the criminal conviction record and arrest warrant were wiped from NCIC via ACCESS. The person who cleared the woman’s ACCESS records was Michael Meyers, King County police officer.
The City of Gold Bar, at the bequest of Ann Marie Soto and Shannon Ragonesi, illegally claimed that the meeting records were exempt from public disclosure. Obviously, a lawsuit forcing disclosure is coming, and Ms. Soto and Ms. Ragonesi will be deposed.
In early 2018, Gold Bar’s new Mayor Bill Clem agreed to an interview with the Gold Bar Reporter and he said ” those people who are threatening you are now threatening me.”
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