RANDY ECONOMY: MY WORLD: RONALD BEILKE: Criminal trial against ex-Pico Rivera Mayor wraps up on Tuesday. Jury to have final say on his future as a free man. It has been a "whose who" of Pico Rivera and Political figures at the trial in Downtown LA

Monday, January 17, 2011

RONALD BEILKE: Criminal trial against ex-Pico Rivera Mayor wraps up on Tuesday. Jury to have final say on his future as a free man. It has been a "whose who" of Pico Rivera and Political figures at the trial in Downtown LA

By Randy Economy
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
Monday, January 17, 2011
4:30 p.m.

Los Angeles, CA

Prosecutors are wrapping up their criminal case against former Pico Rivera Mayor Ronald Beilke, and the case could be heading to the Jury as early as Tuesday afternoon.

If Beilke is found guilty on all charges, he could face up to six years and two months in prison.

Assistant District Attorney Sandi Roth has presented a very good case against Beilke, but his Defense Attorney Anthony Willoughby has provided some well known political figures to serve as "character" witnesses on his clients behalf, including a current Member of Congress.

The WHITTIER DAILY NEWS REPORTER RUBY GONZALES has covered the trial for the past several months, and did a TERRIFIC job tracking all the developments during the last 10 day. I encourage ALL of my readers to visit the Whittier Daily News Website for all the "ins and outs" of this fascinating case that in being held in Downtown Los Angeles.

The DA is charging that Belike, a former councilman and mayor in Pico Rivera lied about the value of 433 free movie tickets he received and voted on contracts that benefited his business, the Wienerschnitzel restaurant at 6749 S. Rosemead Blvd. within city limits.

It has been a literal "whose who" of local political figures and Pico Rivera city hall staffers and other "insiders" who have testified this past week including:

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Witness: US Rep. Grace Napolitano

United States Rep. Grace Napolitano (a long time political friend)
Former Pico Rivera City Manager Chuck Fuentes
Pico Rivera City Clerk Daryl Betancur
Former Pico Rivera public works director Michael Moore
Leah Kabbara, owner of Kabbara Engineering
Michael Cummings, vice president of operations for Krikorian Theaters
Eric Ward, General Manager of the Krikorian Theater in Pico Rivera
Beilke himself also took the stand and denied any wrong doing.

As soon as the case goes to the jury, and a verdict is announced, I will be updating you. Stay tuned and check back here beginning Monday late afternoonish....

So...tell me what you think about this case? Is Beilke guilty? Should this case have ever been brought to trial in the first place?

Do you trust your local elected city council members?

Hit my comment section below.

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Ray Ray Pico said...: I say he is GUILTY and NEEDS TO PAY for HIS MISDEEDS.; Monday, January 17, 2011 5:37:00 PM

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You may know me from my role as the Senior Advisor and Official Media Spokesman for the Recall Gavin Newsom campaign that established a worldwide blitz of interviews. I conducted more than 2,200 media interviews on behalf of “The People’s Recall” during a 10-month period from November 2020 to September 2021. The iconic magazine Mother Jones in a dramatic feature article called me “A ‘Superhero Pirate’ Radio Host, (and) Gavin Newsom’s Strangest—and Most Dangerous—Threat. Meet Randy Economy, the man behind the effort to recall California’s governor.” I appeared on more than 330 media outlets around the world in my capacity with RecallGavin2020. Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Newsmax, NBC Nightly News, ABC News, as well as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Politico, and dozens of other media outlets aired featured reports on my work on behalf of “The People’s Recall.” I am and will always consider myself to be a journalist. Sometimes I think I bleed ink. My talents as an Investigative Journalists in California earned me FIVE top awards from the prestigious Los Angeles Press Club in 2013, 2014, and 2016. I am tenacious. My reporting over the years has led to the prosecution of several elected officials in California. While working for a tiny community newspaper in Southeast Los Angeles County, I worked doggedly to expose the biggest public corruption case in Los Angeles County history when I unearthed a massive pay to play scheme inside the Assessor’s Office that led to the arrest of then Assessor John R. Noguez and four others. However, politics has been in my DNA since I was a child. I have worked on more than 300 political campaigns as a consultant and advisor since 1982 for candidates from all sides of the political spectrum including Democrats and Republicans, and even Libertarians. I am also a small business owner, serving as the President and CEO of Hot Water Studio & Production, LLC. My company works with media outlets across the state, nation, and world exposing public corruption via several new media platforms. I have also overcome personal challenges. I am legally blind with zero vision in my right eye and only 40 percent vision remaining in my left eye. I sometimes wear an eyepatch due to my failed vision. (Hence the nickname of “America’s Political Pirate.”

Monday, January 17, 2011

RONALD BEILKE: Criminal trial against ex-Pico Rivera Mayor wraps up on Tuesday. Jury to have final say on his future as a free man. It has been a "whose who" of Pico Rivera and Political figures at the trial in Downtown LA

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