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The crosswalk cover-up on Canon Street
FISH ROTS FROM HEAD TO TAIL! Dorian… I noticed the name of **PATTI BOEKMAN** in this Article. **PATTI BOEKMAN** was the Director of The City Engineering and Public Works Department. In 2010, employment of Patti Boekman openly TERMINATED by **MAYER JERRY SANDERS**. Then TONY HEINRICHS became the Director of Engineering. Soon after, **AFSHIN OSKOUI** , who was assistant director of Patti Boekman quit The City of San Diego. Then immediately, **JAMES NAGELVOORT** became the Assistant Director of **TONY HEINRICHS**. In late 2013, TONY HEINRICHS retired. Then J**AMES NAGELVOORT** became the Director and head of The City Engineering and Public Works Department. In 2010 and early 2011 there was “**Management Crisis**” and “**Internal Politics**” among managers in the City Engineering Department. At the time of “**Crosswalk Report**” by Residents of Point Loma, Patti Boekman was the Director of The City Engineering and Public Works Department. At the time of the Accident in Point Loma James Nagelvoort was Director of the City Engineering Department. **ALL OF THE ABOVE THREE (3) DIRCETORS** were **INCOMPETENT DIRECTORS**. In particular, **TONY HEINRICHS** and **JAMES NAGELVOORT** who were against “**Public Safety**” and “**Public Record Act**”. Unfortunately, such a corrupted director like **JAMES NAGELVOORT** is still the current Director of the City Engineering and Public Works Department.— March 6, 2017 1:51 p.m.
The crosswalk cover-up on Canon Street
Dorian… I noticed the following statement in your article: ***According to court documents obtained by the Reader, Aavang’s attorneys say opposing counsel has spent the better part of a year refusing to turn over evidence. And when emails are given, they have been heavily redacted and are illegible***. This conduct of the City and Office of The City Attorney is **NOT NEW** to me. In my Cases, the City even had unlawfully **ALTERED/FALSIFIED** some documents with use of **WITE OUT** and Office of the City attorney even had submitted documents after fraudulently **removed/destroyed some important pages** of the documents. This conduct of the City was **FELONY**. Per CA Penal Code Sec. 132 the City was even guilty of Felony. I was a **PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY** in my cases; as a result Judges did not take me serious and **EASILY** disregarded my oppositions against the Unlawful Conducts of The Office of The City Attorney, although I had submitted many documents to the court for opposing the conducts. Per CA Penal Code Sec. 132: **Every person who upon any trial, proceeding, inquiry, or investigation whatever, authorized or permitted by law, offers in evidence, as genuine or true, any book, paper, document, record, or other instrument in writing, knowing the same to have been forged or fraudulently altered or ante-dated, is guilty of felony** Office of The City Attorney has constituted **PATTERN** of committing these types of unlawful conducts.— March 6, 2017 2:47 a.m.
The crosswalk cover-up on Canon Street
Dorian… after reading your article, it has come to clarity for me that APPARENTLY Office of The City Attorney has constituted **PATTERN** of causing “**Calculated Willful Delays**”, “**Concealment of Evidences/Material Facts**”, “Perjury” and “**Attempt of Exhausting Energy and Resources of Opponent Parties**” by all means and in various Cases. In **October 2014**, for the **First Time** I had a meeting in Office of The City for my First Case against the City. In that meeting on 10/23/2014, **Sharon L. Brashear, The City Attorney Investigator** stated to me that ***((((((((******YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT WE ARE GOVERNMENT!!! OUR RESOURCES ARE UNLIMITED COMPARE TO YOURS (ie. Me). WE CAN EASILY EXHAUST YOUR RESOURCES AND CREATE A NASTY SITUATION FOR YOU TO FOLLOW YOUR COMPLAINT FOR FIVE (5) YEARS******))))))))***. In Two (2) cases, I reported, **IN WRITTEN**, this statement of **Sharon L. Brashear** to two Judges, **HONR. JUDITH F. HAYES** and **HONR. JOEL M. PRESSMAN** in San Diego Superior Court, but they did **NOTHING** against the Unlawful conducts of The Office of The City Attorney. After reading your Article, it has come to clarity for me that apparently Office of The City Attorney is following the same conduct in AVANG Case. In the meeting in October 2014, **Sharon L. Brashear** and **DCA Keith Phillips** were attendees.— March 6, 2017 1:35 a.m.
The crosswalk cover-up on Canon Street
Dorian… I read the allegation of Attorney of Aavang Family against “**THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY**” in your Article for conduct of “**PERJURY**”, “**CAUSING WILLFUL DELA**Y” and “**CONCEALMENT OF EVIDENCES**”. It was not surprising to me. “**PERJURY**” is part of a “**COMMON UNLAWFUL TACTIC**” of The Office of The City Attorney in particular during DISCOVERIES. Their TACTIC is to first “COMMIT PERJURY” during discoveries to cause “**CALCULATED DELAYS**” in litigation and finally served the incomplete documents. I first encountered this unlawful conduct during litigation of **Case#37-2014-00018267** against the City which repeated later until present in **Case#37-2016-00024296**. Office of the City Attorney is “**HORRIBLY CORRUPTED**”. Since 2014 until present, I have been involved in **THREE (3) CASES** as “**OPPONENT COUNSEL**” of the City of San Diego. In all of the three (3) Cases, Office of The City Attorney “**OUTRAGEOUSLY**” conducted against me. Unfortunately, in ALL of the three (3) Cases I was ““PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY**” and Judges in San Diego Superior Court did not take me serious. Since 2014 until present, I have filed **OVER TWENTY (20) SUBMISSIONS TO THE COURT** against Unlawful conducts of The Office of The City Attorney. For multiple times I even requested Judges to consider “**PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY**”, but Judges easily disregarded my requests. For multiple times, I even filed “**MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE JUDGES**” mainly because of **BIAS ANIMUS OF JUDGES** which allow The Office of The City Attorney to unlawfully conduct against me with Peace of Mind. This matter even made Judges “**RETALIATORY**” against me. Until present, Office of The City Attorney has repeatedly committed the following conducts against me which I have reported to the Court: ”**PERJURY in Violation of CA Penal Code Sec. 118**”, “**FELONY in Violation of CA Penal Code Sec. 132 in Falsification/Alteration of documents/Evidences**”, “**Subornation of Perjury**”, “**Abuse of Process**”, “**Crime of Tampering with Evidences**”, “**Crime of Planting with Evidences**”, “ **Crime of Obstruction of Justice by Abusing SDPD for conduct of Threat**”, “ **Threat**”, “**Intimidation**”, “**Harassment**”, “**Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress**”, “**Attempts for exhausting Energy and Resources of Opponent Party**”. I have come up with this **FACT** that if necessary, Office of The City Attorney easily violates even “**STATE AND FEDERAL PENAL CODES**” in serious cases. The following individuals in the Office of The City Attorney have conducted against me: “**DCA KEITH PHILLIPS**”, “**DCA WILLIAM GERSTEN**”, “**DCA CHARLES BELL**”, “**SHARON L. BRASHEAR City Attorney Investigator**”. Attorney for AVANG family should be in particular be attentive to conduct of “**Calculated Delay**”, “**Perjury**”, “**Subornation of Perjury**”, “**Misdirecting the Judges**” and even violation of “**CA Penal Code Sec. 132**” by The Office of The City Attorney.— March 6, 2017 12:17 a.m.
The crosswalk cover-up on Canon Street
Dorian… I am going to post more comments in this Article. Please do not remove any of my comments. A seven months old baby girl has lost her life who even could not talk at the time of the accident in Point Loma. This matter should not be disregarded. Furthermore, The Conducts of the City, Mayer and Office of The City Attorney in Point Loma Case is “Frustrating” and “Distressing” for anyone who is familiar with “Internal Issues/Problems” in the City. After reading your articles about the Accident in Point Loma, it came to clarity for me that the City employees had even conducted against their “PERFOMANCE PLANS” in Point Loma Accident. ALL “CLASSIFIED” Public Employees should sign “PERFORMANCE PLANS”. “Performance Plan” for each “Job Title Classification” is Standard and Public Employees should sign it. A copy of the signed “Performance Plan” should be placed in “Classified Public Employee” personnel file. In “Performance Plan” of Classified Public Employee, based on their duties, there are statements in regards to “**DUTY OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEE” for “PUBLIC SAFETY”** and “***BEING ALERT, TACTFUL AND RESPONSIVE”, “DOCUMENTATION”, “COMMUNICATIONS”, “ACCURACY”, “DEAD LINES”, etc. In regards to “SAFETY”, even the word “MAY” has been used in statements such as “BEING ALERT TO CONDITIONS THAT MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO WORKERS AND THE PUBLIC, RPORTING TO THESE CONDITIONS TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION***”. Without any doubt, in Point Loma Case, many of the statements in “Performance Plan” of “Public Employees” have been VIOLATED and the City even SHOULD NOT ARGUE about this matter in AVANG CASE. As a former employee of the City, this is OBVIOUS to me. Most of the managers and decision makers in the City are “AT-WILL PUBLIC EMPLOYEES” that usually do not have “TYPICAL PERFORMANCE PLANS” but they have more responsibility for “PUBIC SAFETY”. They are even responsible to make sure that employees follow their Performance Plans. Please see the pictures in this post to find my signed Performance Plan, in Job Category of Assistant Civil Engineer, at the time of the start of my employment in the City in 2008. All other Classified Public Employees have similar statements in their “Performance Plans” of their Job Title. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/m… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/m… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/m… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/m… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/m… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/m…— March 5, 2017 1:56 p.m.
The crosswalk cover-up on Canon Street
Dorian…. My name is Farhad J. Bastani and I am former employee of the City. My name is also in the Article. Actually, I had not been aware of the occurrence of the accident in Point Loma and what happened for Avang family, until February 2017. I have recently read your articles about the accident in Point Loma. I have “NO DOUBT” that the City is “THE MAIN RESPONSIBLE PARTY” for causing harm and injury in Point Loma Case. What happened in Point Loma is “EXACTLY” what I had “ANTICIPATED” couple years prior to the accident in Point Loma. See the uploaded Email dated 05/30/2013 in this comment. In 2013 and following high count of unlawful conducts of the City against me in the work place, I decided to hold a meeting with “TONY HEINRICHS”, Director of The City of San Diego Engineering and Public Works Department. At that time, I was under retaliations in the work place. I was the City employee who had repeatedly opposed the conduct of the City against “Public Safety” with straight forward language. In 2011, a 56 years pedestrian lady had lost her life in an Accident in the area of one the assigned projects to me in “Camino Del Sur”. The 2011 accident was preventable. ONCE AGAIN, in 2013, I received an item in a Reprimand for sending an email to one of the residents of San Diego and notifying him by EMAIL of an “Unsafe Situation”. On 02/25/2013, my supervising team even had attempted to “CONCEAL” and “FALSIFY THE FACTS” about the accident in 2011, even by abusing my “ANNUAL PERFOMANCE EVALUATION” which had elevated CHAOS and TENSION between me and supervising team, both verbally and in written. In the meeting on 05/30/2013, Daniel Mottola, Manager of the Human Resources of Public Works Department was presented. During the meeting, I notified “TONY HEINRICHS” about conducts against me in the work place. Then, I clearly stated to “TONY HEINRICHS” that: ***“THE EXISTING POLICY IN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THAT DAVID ZOUMARAS (DEPUTY DIRECTOR) HAS CLARIFIED [ie. On 05/15/2013] IS AGAINST PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC RCORDS.THE CITY IS NEGLIGENT AGAINST PUBLIC SAFETY. THE CITY SHOULD NOT CONCEAL AND FALSIFY THE RECORDS. IF SUCH NEGLIGENCES AND CONDUCTS NOT BEING CORRECTD, MORE PEOPE WILL BE INJURED AND EVEN MAY LOSE THEIR LIFE IN FUTURE…***” Then suddenly, Tony Heinrichs got upset and in an INSULTING MANNER left the meeting room and did not let me to finish my opposition. TONY HEINRICHS even did not like to LISTEN to the problem. Tony Heinrichs came back to the meeting room after Ten (10) minutes and the meeting continued for another 5 minutes. Even important matters such as “Public Safety” and conducts against “Public Records” was not important for Managers such as “TONY HEINRICHS”. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2017/m…— March 5, 2017 1:02 p.m.
The treacherous Camino Del Sur in Black Mountain Ranch.
DAVID ZOUMARAS in LADIES OUTFIT. Dorian... Today 11/01/2016, DCA Keith Phillips with The Office of The City Attorney contacted me. He was very upset of the "Picture of David Zoumaras in Ladies Outfit" in this page. 1- Actually, the issues behind this picture is that David Zoumaras, had "offensive" and "insulting animus" against "MINORITIES" . In a Ceremony in San Diego, he selected "Ladies Outfit". Then he first started making Joke on "Ladies". Then started making Joke on "Gays" in the Office of Work, while "Gays", as a society minorities" pay "TAXES" to The City of San Diego. In my opinion, "MAYOR KEVIN FAULCONER" should "APOLOGIZE" the Public of San Diego for existence of such "Managers" in the City. Yesterday, 10/31/2016, I introduced David Zoumaras to "San Diego Gay/Lesbian Community" via the email below for claiming against The City of San Diego: [email protected] Without any doubt , The City of San Diego should not "INSULT" this minority of the society. They pay TAXES to the City of San Diego and part of their TAXES goes directly to the pocket of individuals such as "David Zoumaras" and they should not be "INSULTED" during "WORKING HOURS" of a "PUBLIC SERVICE" by a "Public Paid Employee" like David Zoumaras. 2- Another issue with this picture is that with many respect to "Gay Communities", I have been always "STREIGHT", but David Zoumaras was "PARANOID" that I had "Sexual Tendency" to him, after he appeared in Ladies Outfit. During my employment, I had reported him to James Nagelvoort for such paranoid animus. In 2016, I discovered evidences that David Zoumaras, even had perception that I had "CHASED HIM" to Costco at Fraiars Rd. because of these types of "Paranoid Animus". This person was totally an INCOMPETENT Manager. I had clarified for the City that I am "STRAIGHT" and did not like any "Relationship" and/or having any "Sexual Tendency" to David Zoumaras. I am not even aware of "Actual Sexual Orientation" of David Zoumaras and it was not even important to me. Please do not remove this picture, even if The Office of The City Attorney contacted you.— November 1, 2016 3:25 p.m.
The treacherous Camino Del Sur in Black Mountain Ranch.
Dorian... Another example of "Unlawful Practice" of the City of San Diego: Managers/Supervisors in the City are "Sensitive" about "Sharing Safety Information" with Citizens. As a former employee of the City of San Diego, it was **CLARIFIED** for me for Multiple times that "**NOTHING**" in regards to any "**Hazardous/Unsafe**" conditions should be **SHARED** with Citizens "**EVEN IF**" there was a possibility of "**HARM**" and "**INJURY**" for the Citizen. This was a "**RED LINE**" for an employee in The City. As some examples please see the **PICTURES** of the EMAILS in this comment. In **April 2013**, one of residents of San Diego sent an email to The City asking for recommendation for a situation which was occurred for him during construction. I was **AWARE** (**Per my observations and other's Experience/ Observations**) that the Situation could potentially be **Hazardous/Unsafe**. I notified the resident by email and clarified the situation for him. As a result of my email,I received an ITEM in a "**WRITTEN REPRIMAND**" 3 weeks later, because I had passed the "**RED LINE**". See some recommendation by Section Head , **LISA ADAMS**, in the emails as: ***"This is why we do not want the private citizen’s email on the internal emails. (I know you understand this)" (Lisa Adams's Statement)*** Or **"Whine[While] you forward emails from citizens I recommend deleting the citizens email address"** Unfortunately, this is an **ESTABLISHED UNWRITTEN POLICY** by **MANAGERS** in The City of San Diego against The Public and "Public Record". One of the "**IRRESPONSIBLE**" managers in The City of San Diego who is "Supportive" of this unlawful practice/policy is "**JAMES NAGELVOORT**" , **DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.** Without ANY DOUBT , The City of San Diego is "RESPONSIBLE" for any "INJURY/DAMAGE/DEATH" to the Public as a result of this unlawful Practice/Policy. Farhad Bastani http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2016/o… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2016/o… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2016/o… http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2016/o…— October 31, 2016 6:16 p.m.
The treacherous Camino Del Sur in Black Mountain Ranch.
Dorian... Currently I have a case against The City of San Diego. This is my Second Case against the City. In both Cases, I have been "Self- Representative" and encountered "Discriminatory Judges" who have been "BIAS" in favor of "The City of San Diego". The name of the presiding Judge in my current case is "JOEL M. PRESSMAN". I should wait and see how this "Discriminatory Judge" make decision and manage a FAIR JUDGMENT which should be his duty. This Judge, Joel M. Pressman, is fully aware of the conduct of The City of San Diego against me, Public Safety and "Public Records Act". Following is the Picture of the Judge: So far this Judge, attempted to "UNLAWFULLY SUPPRESS" me in the court. I am self-represented and he has assumption that I do not understand his unlawful conducts. This Judge is abusing his "Judicial Immunity" against me in favor of The City of San Diego and against the "Public of San Diego". It is "RIDICULOUS" and "FUNNY" that how this JUDGE , click with the "Deputy City Attorney" in the court hearings against me !!! I have filed a "Motion to Substitute" this Judge from the Case. Farhad Bastani http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2016/o…— October 30, 2016 6:13 p.m.
The treacherous Camino Del Sur in Black Mountain Ranch.
Dorian.... I was hired by The City of San Diego in 2008. My first so called 'Supervisor', (who was a very incompetent/dishonest supervisor), was Reza Taleghani. He was the "FIRST" individual in The City of San Diego who elaborated "Unwritten City Policy" against "Public Records Act" for me. His statement was worse than the statement of David Zoumaras in the article against "Public Records Act". Reza Taleghani, for multiple times, elaborated for me that there should not be "Any Written Evidence/Track" of sensitive topics in the City Email System. He called this matter as one of the "RED LINES" of the employees in "The City of San Diego" for the managers. In an incident in 2010 and in an "Email" to the Section Head in the City , Lisa Adams, I opposed against one of his "Fraudulent Concealment". In 2011, He was also one of the individuals in the City , who rejected and denied my "Safety Warning" which resulted in death of Ms. Joan Milazzo. Taleghani's repeated words for me was ((((( ***WHO CARES*** )))). In 2012, I declared , in written, the participation of Reza Taleghani against "Public Safety" to the Deputy Director, David Zoumaras. In another incident in MAY 2011, I noticed the possibility of development of "MICRO CRACKS" in "LUSARDI BRIDGE" in San Diego and requested the "Bridge Section" for Bridge Inspection. Reza Taleghani "CRITICIZED" and "BLAMED" me that why I had brought this matter to the attention of "The City Bridge Section Head", Frank Gaines , by email, and Taleghani had no other choice to be involved in the "Email String". He requested me not to involve him in any EMAIL with subject of "Public Safety", although he was a so called "Supervisor". Shockingly, I encountered the situation that even "FRANK GAINES" , The City Bridge Section Head, was "ANGRY" and "UPSET" of me that I had brought up the "SENSITIVE SUBJECT" of "DEVELOPMENT OF MICRO CRACK" in "LUSARDI BRIDGE". In 2011, Reza Taleghani had requested Lisa Adams (Section Head), that he DOES NOT LIKE to be in the EMAILS with subject matter of "Public Safety" because of the "Possible Responsibility" that might be caused for him. Following is the picture of this Irresponsible so called "Public Employee". I strongly believe that the existence of such "Irresponsible Individuals" in supervisory positions is "WASTE OF THE TAX PAYERS MONEY". These individuals are against the people of San Diego. Farhad Bastani http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2016/o…— October 30, 2016 3:40 p.m.