Terri Patraw: On Transparently Corrupt Officials
I ran across this quote by Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto in a recent newspaper article:
“The attorney general’s office is dedicated to assuring the law is followed . . . ”
I laughed out loud when I read it. AG Masto is not dedicated to assuring the law is followed. I met with her personally, along with a few other citizens, regarding the corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno. AG Masto nervously assured us she would look into our allegations.
We then informed her that we had concerns about her office conducting a legitimate investigation as there were many conflicts of interest among her investigative team and UNR officials. We specifically singled out one individual in her office who was clearly incapable of running an objective investigation of these allegations due to his own admitted bias.
Masto's response was to put this person in charge of overseeing the investigation! Shortly after they began their investigation, another investigator in the AG's office called us to ask us if we would drop our complaint. We could not believe they were so transparent! We said no to this ridiculous request.
This investigator then dismissed the complaint . . . ignoring over 135 allegations, covering up several others, and refusing to meet with witnesses, including the citizens who made the complaint!
A funny thing happened though. Literally the day after the AG's office dismissed the complaint, the Nevada Supreme Court ordered an evidentiary hearing in the district court to hear evidence of corruption by UNR officials. The district court responded to the citizens presentation at this hearing by stating that there was enough evidence to convene a crimial grand jury investigation of UNR.
The investigator from the AG's office (the same bozo who asked us to drop our complaint) called and asked if we were going to use his investigation as evidence for the grand jury! He knew his investigation was a fraud and that we could implicate him with it.
Good to know how your tax dollars are being spent in Nevada, huh? The AG is supposed to be the top cop in the state. What a bad comedy act AG Masto's office is.
Another bit of information . . . UNR General Counsel Mary Dugan and Assistant General Counsel Charles Hilsabeck were previously employed in the AG's office. Dugan and Hilsabeck are leaders of the retaliation and corruption at UNR. What does this say about the level of integrity one needs to possess in order to work for the Nevada Attorney General?
The corrupt have no shame!
“The attorney general’s office is dedicated to assuring the law is followed . . . ”
I laughed out loud when I read it. AG Masto is not dedicated to assuring the law is followed. I met with her personally, along with a few other citizens, regarding the corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno. AG Masto nervously assured us she would look into our allegations.
We then informed her that we had concerns about her office conducting a legitimate investigation as there were many conflicts of interest among her investigative team and UNR officials. We specifically singled out one individual in her office who was clearly incapable of running an objective investigation of these allegations due to his own admitted bias.
Masto's response was to put this person in charge of overseeing the investigation! Shortly after they began their investigation, another investigator in the AG's office called us to ask us if we would drop our complaint. We could not believe they were so transparent! We said no to this ridiculous request.
This investigator then dismissed the complaint . . . ignoring over 135 allegations, covering up several others, and refusing to meet with witnesses, including the citizens who made the complaint!
A funny thing happened though. Literally the day after the AG's office dismissed the complaint, the Nevada Supreme Court ordered an evidentiary hearing in the district court to hear evidence of corruption by UNR officials. The district court responded to the citizens presentation at this hearing by stating that there was enough evidence to convene a crimial grand jury investigation of UNR.
The investigator from the AG's office (the same bozo who asked us to drop our complaint) called and asked if we were going to use his investigation as evidence for the grand jury! He knew his investigation was a fraud and that we could implicate him with it.
Good to know how your tax dollars are being spent in Nevada, huh? The AG is supposed to be the top cop in the state. What a bad comedy act AG Masto's office is.
Another bit of information . . . UNR General Counsel Mary Dugan and Assistant General Counsel Charles Hilsabeck were previously employed in the AG's office. Dugan and Hilsabeck are leaders of the retaliation and corruption at UNR. What does this say about the level of integrity one needs to possess in order to work for the Nevada Attorney General?
The corrupt have no shame!
Posted by Terri Patraw at 1/18/2010 10:03 PM 
Categories: Terri Patraw
Tags: Terri Patraw Milton Glick University of Nevada Reno Charles Hilsabeck Mary Dugan
Categories: Terri Patraw
Tags: Terri Patraw Milton Glick University of Nevada Reno Charles Hilsabeck Mary Dugan
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