Rosenthal finally re-convicted by Feds… but will do no “High” time
In a prosecutorial effort that bordered on unconstitutional, vindictive & inane, San Francisco federal US Attorney George Bevan finally got his conviction on three of the five marijuana-growing charges against author / activist / medical marijuana grower Ed Rosenthal here in court yesterday. The victory is considered almost pointless, since it was predetermined that Rosenthal would not be eligible to serve anymore time for growing pot in an East Bay warehouse after his 2003 conviction was overturned by a federal appellate court in 2006. Said Rosenthal after the third verdict in this matter was handed down was handed down
“I feel like the whole thing is a parody. … It’s not going to really change my life much one way or the other.”
Rosenthal’s lawyers had successfully argued in 2006 that his conviction be overturned because one of the jurors had been intimidated from exercising her right to vote “not guilty” when she realized the case involved medical use advocated as part of a City of Oakland program, which was legal according to California law.
In a case of possibly not knowing when to just keep his mouth shut, the newly vindicated Rosenthal in 2006 encouraged Bevan to keep on pursuing him, so people could see his “hate of marijuana and medical marijuana patients.”
The Feds, offended by Rosenthal & the various local regulations that have decriminalized marijuana cultivation under certain circumstances, went out of their way to see that the jury could not have or consider the information that Ed had received permission from local officials to grow at 1419 Mandela Parkway in Oakland before his arrest in 2002. Hence Ed Rosenthal is convicted, yet remains free… and yet still plans to appeal, and jokingly referred of fleeing to Canada. (Thus creating another one of those only in San Francisco situations ?)
Oakland has since passed measure Z, by 65% of voters in 2004, making private marijuana offenses the lowest police priority and instructs the city to tax and regulate cannabis as soon as possible. In SF Pot club landlord/ district 4 supe Ed Jew was on vacation in China with his accountant Calvin Louie and could not be reached for comment, but assemblyman Mark Leno, currently running for state senate against heavily medicated leukemia patient Carole Migden had this statement ready for the press
“The estimated millions of dollars spent on persecuting Ed could have been used to feed countless seniors, house the homeless, educate our children or serve many of the needs of those less fortunate. Federal prosecutors could better provide for the welfare of our citizens through the prosecution of individuals who pose a real danger to public safety. Through its continued attacks on sick and dying patients, our government is acting in a manner that is nothing short of abusive and unconscionable.”
For a news media report : http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_6027523
For background see http://www.green-aid.com/index.htm
Thank you for the assistance you have given. Please,
do not contact Senator Akaka’s office again, on my
behalf. Unless there is some neccessary secrecy to an
investigation he is doing, all I have received from his
offices is a letter inquiring about funds for the Hawaii
State Library. My concerns extend much further than
this. Hopefully, the light being shed on activities in
the Justice Department will lend itself to some justice
for me. Otherwise it will be nothing but justice
delayed and denied.
I apologize if I have contacted you before, but I can
not give up. I may be going in circles at this point,
but it beats capitulation. One day people will know,
and GOD will bring attention and justice to this
situation. It can’t just be me. If someone would look at
this, I’m sure they will find a class.
March 2007, My complaint to the Dept. Of Ed is
refused on the grounds that they do not fund any programs or
activities at the Hawaii State Public Library System.
If the situation is threatening enough to cause a
change in levels moment to moment, it stands to my reason,
it would remain at a certain level until there is a
sufficient enough change or stabilization to bring it to
a lesser level. But that’s just me.
On the 17th of Oct., I submit a complaint to the
Police Commission relaying concerns about the treatment I
experienced at the security checkpoint at HPD District
1 the previous day.
Returning to the station to locate a article I left, I
am told by Officer Kahele, in the presence of one
officer Hung, and another, that it is mandatory that I
produce ID, and that I remove everything from my pockets,
and take off my belt before passing through the metal
detector.
I point out this information is not on the signs, and
officer Kahele says there will be no furthering of my
purpose if I do not comply. After complying, I am told
by officer Kahele that I must sit down, or she will
not take my report. Previous to this occasion , when at
the HPD headquarters, I was never asked to remove
everything from my pockets and, or to remove my belt, or
that I had to produce ID to enter. Officer Lau, the
sergeant for this post, tells me the same.
I am told by a detective that it is not mandatory to
produce ID, “We don’t care who you are. Anyone has the
right to come in here”. Sergeant Lau, who I am told is
the officer in charge of the post says depending on
the threat level, procedures may change day to day. He
says one may be required to remove everything from ones
pockets etc., or be required to submit to different
procedures. I inform him that on the same day, when I
was there previously, I was not required to do so. He
inform me that the security level may change from moment
to moment.
On Oct. 16, 2006 I submit a complaint to HPD Internal
Affairs relaying concerns about not being asked to
identify the driver of the vehicle that hit me on the 8th
of Sept., and the fact that the person who stood as
Chris Pa at the arraignment was not the driver of the
car.
Oct. 6, 2006, I go to the arraignment of A Mr. Chris
Pa. I am surprised to see that this Mr. Pa is not the
driver I saw, while laying on the hood of the car and
peering through the windshield, and definitely not the
man I looked in the face and spoke to through an
opened window. This may be due to the fact that I was not
asked to identify the person located, arrested, or
cited, on the night of the incident or at any subsequent
time, until I see him at the arraignment. I am directed
by the presiding judge to inform the prosecutors
office, which I do.
Oct. 2, 2006, I am told at traffic court there is no
court date set, but have found online there is one on
Oct. 6, in room 4B, and I am not included as the
victim. I still get correspondence from the insurer’s agents
telling me of medical coverage available, although I
told the driver, the responding officer, and previously
the insurer’s agent, I am OK.
Sept.21, 2006, I go to City Hall to get a voters
registration card and am told it will cost .50 cents.
I am surprised to get a “Certificate”, ala Lens
Crafters, and ask is this it? I am told yes by the clerk.
Today, on “The Bus” I see a man who says he works at the
polls, who tells me there is still a little yellow
card that comes in the mail and is surprised to see the
“Certificate”.
Sept. 8, 2006 I am hit by a car bearing license plate
JST 203, that was stopped at a crosswalk. The driver
is looking at me when he accelerates. The driver
doesn’t wait for police to arrive. They find him at his
home. The police report reads Crime Code 550, which I am
told means, a collision with damage of more than 3000
dollars. I am told the responding police officer
decides if there will be an investigation. More Honolulu
HOKUM.
This is the place where, those who would complain
about wrongdoing are persecuted, harassed, smeared and
railroaded. Where the perpetrators are bribed to keep
quiet, or go along with the cover-up, promoted, and
transferred.
Sept. 7, 2006, a security guard, Solomona Savea, badge
number – 90187, at the Hawaii State Library, calls me
a “ni–er” twice” in the library foyer, in a loud
voice.
Aug. 10, 2006, I have been told by Sen. Barack Obama’s
office, where I sent this same correspondence, that
someone from Sen. Akaka’s office would contact me,
because Sen. Obama’s office forwarded the correspondence to
them. I have yet to hear from Sen. Akaka’s office. Is
there some assistance your office can give me?
July 23, 2006, An Optometrist, Kim Agena at a Lens
Crafters gives me a prescription that is weaker than
the one I had for the previous 7 years. Doctor Au, a
co-owner corrects this, but when I ask for photocopies of
my records the doctor refuses and gives me a hand
written ” Vision Certificate” instead, that is not signed
and does not contain a license number where
applicable. I have made a formal request in writing. They have
told me it will be at a cost of 20 dollars for 10
pages, which seems exorbitant and requested that I not seek
services at any Optometrists in Lens Crafters. The
doctor, Au, is the co – owner along with Dr. Lau, of all
the Optometrist offices in Lens Crafters, in
Honolulu. In other words, I cannot get an eye exam at Lens
Crafters. Is it considered rude or threatening, to ask
for one’s records?
The advice I get here is nothing but a pack of lies.
The local ACLU has written me 3 differing and separate
excuses why they cannot or will not get involved, but
never the conflict I found below.
April 2006, I have had two librarians and a
circulation clerk tell me there is no report possible for
stolen books. They must be lost. This would have caused
fees to be incurred by me. I had to take the police
report to the State Librarian’s Office to settle the matter
and have the fines removed from my account. This all
could have been done at the State Library.
Jan. 2006, I have had two bank accounts effected. One
because a deposit I made to cover my use of overdraft
protection was not credited, they rescinded the
“overdraft” and CLOSED my account. The bank says it had to
be held in the account for a day, to be credited.
Nowhere in the terms and conditions is this stated. The
depletion of the other account, I have been given no
reason for. July 2006, I have written to the Clint
Arnoldus Denis Isono and Susan Tachino asking them to
explain, and have received no response.
Recently, I have made another complaint, in addition
to the previous five, to the USPS – OIG, about mail I
am to receive or have sent. I sent a certified letter
to Richard E. Fairfax, Directorate of Enforcement
Programs – OSHA, in Washington D.C., on the 2nd of
December. The certification number is 7005 2570 0000 6898
2586. I look at the track and confirm feature at USPS.COM
and there is no record of it having been delivered
yet.
My case was dismissed May 24, 2006. How often does
this occur? A case is dismissed with two days difference
between the dismissal date and the termination date,
(May 26, 2004) of the individual filing suit. I will
never understand how the three judges that made
decisions in this case could not see that it is too complex
for anyone who would consider themselves a pro se
litigant, which I do not.
This has been an uphill battle against an opponent
whose underwriters include a Fortune 500 company, FNF.
On 11/14/05, yinsay@aol.com wrote:
Dear Vernon—- Your letter is alarming.I have over
time,recieved calls
from persons very distressed by the Hawaii you know.In
fact I’ve been out of
Hawaii for many months one reason being the hostile
and dysfunctional
nature of things.I’ve even been jailed on a charge it
took the Judge when I
finally got before one 2 minutes to throw out.That all
being said have no
ability to be of help to you other than to give you
encouragement from this
distance.
Sincerely John Goemans
Original Message
From: Eric Grant grant@eric-grant.com
To: yinsay@aol.com
Sent: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 01:06:41 -0500
Subject: RE: Still attempting to contact Mr. Goemans
Mr. Balmer, Mr. Goemans’ address is
john.goemans@gmail.com
Cordially,
EricGrant
Attorney at Law
8001 Folsom Boulevard, Suite 100
Sacramento, California 95826
Telephone: (916) 388-0833
Facsimile: (916) 691-3261
http://www.eric-grant.com
From: yinsay@aol.com [mailto: yinsay@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 7:47 PM
To: grant@eric-grant.com
Subject: Still attempting to contact Mr. Goemans. If
he has one, and you know Mr. Goeman’s e-mail address
kindly forward this to it, please.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have resided here in Honolulu, Hawaii for almost 4
years now. I had intended to stay here when I made the
decision to come, and was happy to have found
employment relatively soon. I found a job working with a
temporary agency for 4 months. I was hired by the client as
a regular employee, Sept. 2002. On my first day of
regular hire, I was shocked to hear, “you know why they
hired him, don’t you”, from one of my co-workers. But,
needing to work for a living and being in a strange
place, I thought it best to ignore this. After all, I
was hired.
At the beginning of my time with the client, Title
Guaranty, I was told by the on site supervisor that if I
was to take a particular bus and call her first,
“there would be more work”. The day after this I handed her
my time card, ready to seek another assignment, when
she acted as though she didn’t know why I would be
doing this. When I explained, she countered with some
nebulous words and said I could work as long as the
company needed me.
Subsequently, the same supervisor would tell me that I
had to give her a key or the combination to the lock
on my locker, “in case of an emergency”. I thought this
to be a strange request, as I could not imagine an
emergency in my locker that would require her or anyone
else to open it without me. I didn’t respond to her
request, and not hearing anything further, I gathered
that it was not company policy at all.
Having a co-worker refer to me as “boy” and another
ask me 3 times – after giving an answer twice – “why do
black people use the N word?”, did not make me feel
very gregarious among them. I was also told by a
co-worker, “all Hawaii is a gang brah.”, and by another,
“it’s all connected”. The supervisor speaking about a
former supervisor said, “we made him quit because he
thought he was smarter than us, cause he was from the east
coast”.
We were housed in a basement of what is now a former
Costco building, with an air-conditioner as the only
ventilation. When I noticed mold growing in a hole, in
the wall beneath the air-conditioner, adjacent to the
room where I sometimes, but mostly my co-workers would
eat lunch, I asked them about it and was told that
management was made aware of it and did nothing. I
decided to inform management myself, considering the
untruths I had previously heard, from some. I was thanked by
the assistant to the woman in accounting who handled
the repairs for the building.
I did not think it was a major undertaking by a very
successful company to fix this problem, and was
surprised at the length of time it was taking to address the
situation, so I informed OSHA, Aug. 2003. This is when
things started to go further south. Strangely, the day
after going to the OSHA offices, the next day at work,
my supervisor stated to a co-worker, “Vernon went to
OSHA.” This information was not given to her or any
co-worker, by me.
When I went to OSHA, the employee did not give me any
type of reference number, or write one in the space
provided on the complaint form, nor did she inform me at
that time that mold is not OSHA’S jurisdiction, which
is what I was told when I went to check on the status
of the complaint.
Neither, did the employee inform me of laws governing
discrimination. I was also told – it not being OSHA’S
jurisdiction – the complaint was referred to the
Department of Health. It was like pulling teeth to get an
answer as to what office at the DOH it was referred to.
Needless to say I could not inquire about the possible
disposition of the complaint, not knowing where to
inquire.
I made a complaint to the EEOC, Jan. 2004, and the
Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Apr. 2004, both of which
were dismissed without an investigation, each agency
sat back and waited for the submission of the company’s
response. Incidentally, I was contacted by the
director of the EEOC, asking me if I wanted to proceed, after
I was shown a copy of the company’s response, which I
don’t believe is proper. I now see in the EEOC’s and
the HCRC’s own publications, matters such as mine that
were investigated and even adjudicated. During the
HCRC’s lack of investigation, I only heard from them at
the intake and when I received their letter of
dismissal.
I furnished the EEOC and the HCRC with names of
co-workers who said they would speak for me. They were not
interviewed. I was informed by an investigator at the
EEOC that no one visited the site. There was a similar
situation here with UPS, where an employee was fired
for doing less egregious acts than his co-workers,
which I believe is the case here. I saw co-workers break
company equipment, cuss freely, ask for sexual favors,
and bring children and friends to the work site.
Throughout this experience I have been told by these
agencies’ staff and lawyers, literally or in effect, “there
is no smoking gun here”. This is only due to there
being no investigation. In the least, there is a pattern
that should compel any thinking person to ask
questions.
Subsequent to this, my work was sabotaged on more than
one occasion, and reports to management only resulted
in them twisting the situation in attempts to placate
me and set me up for these spurious accusations by my
co-workers. Each complaint of mine was a matter of my
erroneous “interpretation”, as stated by management,
while my co-workers complaints were valid descriptions
of my “misconduct”.
As a result of the accusations, I was suspended,
without pay, pending an internal investigation for, I kid
you not, a co-worker accusing me of harassing her by
clapping my hands and signing “Pink Cadillac”, and
another saying, I was teasing her when I asked her to say
my name and that of the manager to see if I could
distinguish the two. Another co-worker accused me of
harassing her by putting an arm around her shoulders while
standing next to her. This same co-worker, who hugged
me twice before witnesses.
I was terminated in May 2004, two weeks after the
dismissal of the EEOC complaint that was not investigated,
and a day after informing management that I overheard
a co-worker saying to the one that accused me of
harassing her by singing, “we’re going to show him the
power of p—-.June 2004 I was denied unemployment
insurance, with a fact-finding interview done over the
telephone that was not reviewed or signed by me, as it
should have been, before it was made part of the official
record and used at my future appeal. The subsequent
appeal Aug. 2004 was biased, prejudiced, and contained
perjured statements by the witnesses for my former
employer. I am now told that the recording of the hearing
does not exist because it was transcribed.
I have initiated a suit in federal court, Jan. 2005
that I can not pursue, due to the lack of time and funds
necessary for an undertaking such as this, and the
skill I do not have in these matters. I have all but
given up searching for representation, believing word has
gotten to many legal ears on the island and no one
wants to go against the state that has all but coddled
and cuddled business here.
I have contacted the ACLU, and given them much
information, but they seem more interested in writing briefs
for exotic entertainers arrested for doing lap dances.
First they tell me they cannot help unless the matter
involves a government agency. Then, they tell me they
can if a decision is against me. Then, they tell me
they do not have the manpower and time. Each of the
criteria, I met at the time I contacted them.
Coincidently, I find a lawyer, Roger Fonseca, at the
firm representing my former employer, is the national
representative for the Hawaii chapter of the ACLU, and
their staff also have a few names that are the same as
those associated with Hawaii real estate. They cannot
help, but they can accept my information.
I have tried to interest many, many lawyers and firms
by email, letters and personal visits, to no avail. I
have had a lawyer in San Francisco who participated in
a well known case here try to find someone without
success. This situation has been surrounded by
complicity, cronyism, and bias.
I have written to the DOJ, only to have my
information shuffled from one agency to another, including the
Department of the Interior, and finally coming full
circle to the Hawaii Department of Labor. I do not think
this is coincidence. At the HCRC, there is a
commission member with the same name as the owners of my former
employer’s business, one Coral Wong Pietsch.
Mrs. Pietsch is a general in the U.S. Army Reserve,
and an attorney, a very powerful position with ties to
D.C., I’m sure. It has long been my suspicion that this
may have played a roll in the lack of effort on the
part of officials that has attended this matter. Each
party’s history I research has some relation to another,
be it professional, academic, and even familial.
I now look at web sites for all the organizations I
sought help at – e-mail to the Governor and Lieutenant
Governor, all representative’s and senator’s offices,
Legal Aid Society, Hawaii Dept. of Labor and the DOL –
national, EEOC – Hawaii, district, and national
offices, NAACP Hawaii, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, ACLU
of Hawaii, Hawaii – Department of Health, HIOSH and
OSHA ( regional and national ), Volunteer Legal Services
of Hawaii, the Hawaii Office of Information Practices,
the Ombudsman’s Office where my letter explaining the
situation and their reply stating they could do
nothing, are the only correspondence I had during it’s
investigation, and the Hawaii State Bar Association, where
the lawyers who are members of the Real Property and
Financial Services Section, are also affiliated with
these other organizations, or directly associated with
my former employer, or the firm that represents them –
Torkildson, Katz. Fonseca, Heatherington, and Moore.
The Real Property and Financial Services Section
includes a lawyer I was assisted by, one Andre Wooten, who
at the time told me nothing of his involvement with
this organization. He was suggested to me by church
members and NAACP officer Alfonso Braggs. I pull up the
staff or the particular board of directors of these
organizations and there are last names that are the same
and have some relationship, mostly with real estate,
and more than a few with ties to California.
Two names in particular are quite suspicious. A
Kouchi, at Volunteer Legal Services, which was the last name
of the HR assistant at Title Guaranty, Pang which is
the name of a front desk worker at the YMCA, who I
complained about signing for my mail. and that of a
Appeals Officer at Department of Labor – Security Appeals
Referees Office. Hirayama the appeal referee, and the
owner of the restaurant at the YMCA. And on and on.
There are too many relationships here to be mere
coincidence and are questionable, at least. My information
was passed by one Elain Chao – Department Of Labor, in
D.C. to Tin Shing Chao Department of Labor here in
Hawaii, who used an erroneous date to nullify my
complaint. This was after a layover in California with Ms.
Alison Pauley at the regional offices. Whose CASPA
investigation stated that I should have made this a written
complaint, when Hawaii law states it does not matter,
whether written or verbal. Could she be ralated to the
Pauley’s who have donated to the University of Hawaii,
and have owned land here?
The complex in Hawaii that houses the Department of
Labor, is also where the HIOSH offices and the Hawaii
Civil Rights Commission offices are located. This name,
Pang, pops up in various places dealing with state
government and real estate. I now know these agencies to
be straw dogs that do everything but contend with the
status quo.
For the most part, the agencies that pretend to help,
most notably the NAACP and ACLU, only collect
information and then say they can do nothing; I wonder what
happens to the information in a state that treats
confidential information as a comodity.
Incidentally my former employer’s representation is
one of the largest contributors to Legal Aid Society.
Concerning Volunteer Legal Services of Hawaii, I have
recently discovered that one of two lawyers they
referred is an attorney at the law firm representing my
former employer, and the other is a realtor in Honolulu,
and also liscensed to practice in California. And
another is the member of a firm with old ties to the
Pietsch family. Who were these lawyers going to “help”?
I mention the YMCA because in 2002, I had complained
about what I believed to be prostitution, facilitated
by staff there. And when I informed the supervisor at
Title Guaranty, her response was to leave well enough
alone, after I informed her that I had, in my opinion
angered some people there. My subsequent report to the
police department was investigated by the police
calling the YMCA and asking them if my suspicions were
true. I think you can see what position this left me in.
In my lay opinion, this was a sloppy and dangerous way
to initiate and conclude an investigation.
I have applied for many positions since my
termination, and have only worked sporadically in spite of my
efforts. I have registered with many staffing agencies –
Olympia, Hawaii Staffing, Snelling, and Hawaii Temp,
CTA Staffing which is now Bishop & Company, Manpower,
Kelly, and POI. I have not worked a complete week and
have not been contacted at all by some. I registered
at Altres in 2004, and was not called in a years time
before I returned. There, I was terminated for ” not
being pro active”. There is no confidentiality law
here, and I believe this also has worked against me. It –
confidentiality – has been frequently cited by my
former employer’s agents and state officials, only to
protect themselves and facilitate their deceptive
practices.
I mostly use the public library to use the Internet,
i.e. write letters and do research. Needless to say,
this is not the most secure environment to do this type
of activity. And I have had problems at this library
with the computers and the staff. At the library, I
have seen the text change when I am typing, without
commands initiated by me. The printer is connected to the
computer at the librarians’ desk. On one occasion, I
was told by a security guard that a librarian had
complained about me harassing her because I asked for her
name to report her behavior.
After contacting the librarian’s office, there is no
record or remembrance of this aspect of the report.
This tactic of “bait and switch” has been used on more
than one occasion, by different entities. After not
being online for 3 days I saw where someone had requested
an Army Knowledge Online account in my name, or I
should say my screen name. I saw an attorney – John L.
Knorek – from the firm representing my former employer
enter the philosophy department and ask for a librarian,
Kathy, by name.
Yee is the name of the head librarian at the State
Library and the name of a former employee of the United
States Attorney’s Office and HCRC, did training for the
Department of Justice, and worked for the
Massachusetts Attorney General. I sent most of this same
information to Sen. Ted Kennedy’s offices in Massachusetts and
was told during a telephone conversation with the
office that, being on the Judiciary Committee, Sen.
Kennedy could not get involved in judicial matters.
Since this is the only avenue I have been given, I
have asked the district offices of the DOL to investigate
by CASPA, Sept. 2005, and have asked for an
investigation for discrimination due to the whistle blower
aspect of the matter. I believe this will be my only chance
at a modicum of justice. But I will always believe
that more realistically this situation can be defined by,
18 USC 241, 242 and 245.
Hawaii, I now entertain, is a state where the dollar
is God, and workers are only a necessary evil to
facilitate that gain. Where the Director of Labor and
Industrial Relations, Nelson Befitel, has unashamedly
professed his desire, and that of the state to relieve the
department of any obligation to penalize businesses for
infractions and, I can see where the natural sequence
would be to alleviate any scrutiny that would expose
abuse of power by the states employees. It is no
wonder; I have experienced what I have. All too often, in
the news here, the term “outsider” is given to any
entity that would look at what is practiced here. But there
is a GOD that sees all and will affect justice for the
oppressed.
Sincerely,
Vernon Balmer Jr.
401 Atkinson DR (211)
Honolulu, HI 96814
November 7, 2005
Richard E. Fairfax, Director
Directorate of Enforcement Programs(DEP)
U.S . Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue N.W.
Washington , D.C. 20210
Dear Sir,
For the past two years at every step in this long
railroad, from my initial complaint filed at the EEOC, and
subsequent to that, the HCRC; the United States
Commission on Civil Rights; the Department of Justice; and
finally through no effort of my own, having it wind up
at the Regional OSHA offices in San Francisco, I have
steadily maintained that I submitted a written
complaint at the state HIOSH offices, here in Honolulu.
I was told that much of what I sent to the DOJ had
been sent to the San Francisco OSHA offices. Evidently
this written HIOSH complaint was not among the papers.
Imagine my surprise when I got this letter from Mr.
Traenkner, informing me that I should not have made this
a verbal complaint. I retrieved the copy of the
written complaint, made for me while at the HIOSH offices,
just to convince myself that those in power are the
ones mistaken, and now I believe with my whole being,
they are in actuality, deceitful and dishonest, practiced
at covering up embarrassing incidents, and downright
criminal.
I am making a request to you for a review by your
national offices, where hopefully someone unbiased, with
integrity, will do the right thing. There was a
Ms.Hirai in San Francisco that said she could see the
discrimination in this matter. Too bad it was not she that
conducted the investigation. I only hope it is
coincidence that there is a Hirai here in Honolulu that is a
lawyer and involved in the real estate business, and a
lawyer formerly in the firm representing my former
employer.
Throughout this situation there have been
relationships, I have noticed in my opposition, which include
professional, academic and familial. It has long been my
suspicion that those ensconced in the cronyism here in
Hawaii have at each step facilitated the lack of
effort in this matter. I am now sure of what I have long
suspected. This cover-up goes much further than what
happens here in Hawaii.
Sincerely,
Vernon Balmer Jr.
401 Atkinson DR (211)
Honolulu, HI 96814
808-941-3344