Quick Nips

Despite the fact that most people in Bakersfield objected, and in spite of the fact that Castle & Cooke withdrew their offer, the new Federal Court House will be built in the southwest.  Apparently the U.S. General Services Administration gave us all a big middle finger and basically said “you’ll build it were we SAY to build it.”  

Whaddayagunnado?


The charges against ex-sheriff Carl Sparks were dismissed Monday when a judge decided there wasn’t enough evidence to try the case.  Sparks burst into tears (as he often does) at the news.  In the end the Board of Supervisors ended up looking pretty stupid.  They went after Sparks and seven others for the sum of $39,000 in over time pay.  They ended up spending twice that amount without successfully convicting a single one of them.

Lesson learned.


Bruce Sons fourth trial began yesterday in Santa Maria and this time prosecutors really have somethin’ new.  Sons’s ex-stepson, Jeremy, is going to testify for the prosecution in exchange for being let out of jail.  Jeremy refused to testify in the first trail, was convicted of second degree murder, served his time, was released and then hunted down like a dog during the second trial, finally turned himself in, refused to testify in the third trial, was held in contempt of court, and has been locked up ever since.

I don’t imagine he’s going to be the most cooperative witness around.