First time I have commented on the Andy Lopez shooting also. Just yesterday I saw the photograph of the two guns, the real AK47 and the 'toy' AK47....I'm wondering why it is okay to make and sell a...

First time I have commented anywhere on the Andy Lopez shooting by the police. I didn't have all the facts, so did not feel I had enough information to have an opinion. I did wonder why so many...

His Supe salary has to be a factor: Andrian doesn't work cheap.

Today's PD story quotes Carrillo as saying, “Ironically, it seems that my own testimony, my own honesty and candor, has largely...

There's an unspoken premise, as well, i.e., "a handsome stud like EC," that makes it impossible to answer your question without agreeing to this premise. That's the primary point I was trying to...

Answering your question as you originally pose it would imply agreement with its premise. Since I--and apparently several others--don't agree with that premise, I commented instead. But to get a...

My question goes to the heart of the jury selection process. I didn't witness it, but Andrian said he preferred women jurors; and I imagine he preferred ordinary, lower middle class housewives.
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Jbox; " much ado about not very much"? Move on? Really? That kind of thinking is exactly the problem. I suspect you are a male and who is not aware of subconscious disregard for women. This is the...

This post--I've deleted most of it, for brevity's sake--assumes that getting over traumatic events is an act of volition. I do not believe this is true and it is certainly not always true. Why do so...

And now for a little humor on the subject. Have you heard that John Beck from the PD wrote a song about the case called A Couple of Pliny's (The Ballad of Efren Carrillo)? You can hear it online...

I respectfully disagree, Shandi. I don't believe that the system always works. But it's a good system, and, over time, it evolves. I do agree that it doesn't always work the way we'd like it to. ...

Abraham Lincoln said that if you want to know a man's true character, give him some power, ignore what he says, and watch what he does. Mr. Carrillo has shown us all his true character. Please join...

Forgive, forget, and "move on"? I think not.

All Carrillo's day in court told us, is that he was found not guilty of the least of possible charges: attempted peeking.

That doesn't mean he was...

I totally agree, Oliviathunderkitty and Imagery. There has been entirely too much discussion about Efren and very little about the impact his noctournal visit had on his neighbor. His apologists...

For what it is worth, here is my take. I keep going back to what he did. If I had been the woman, in bed, likely sleeping, when a hand tore my screen and reached in--or even just reached in--I would...

Efren may as well have told the jurors that he believes in Sharia law, does NOT respect women, and will do whatever he wants because he is ABOVE the law.
Someone needs to knock his ego back down to...

"Progressives", "small minded" and "bigoted"? Really jbox?

Elected officials with big egos and (perhaps) a drinking problem should not be putting their hands through the bedroom window screens of...

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Proof that we have a system - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't...

And what evidence do you have to support that Efren Carrillo would not engage in any type of sexual assault or misconduct? You just assume it.

I have heard too many statements from too many...

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I am basing both these 'should have been charged' purely on lifelong observations of what charges have been brought on people for what, and frequently being surprised about how something...

Tonight I watched Efren's testimony, then the lucid cross-examination

Check our this video 6, forward to about 6 minutes into it to hear him answer what he was doing there.
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The PD has three videos, with opening prosecution and defense arguments, here:
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140422/articles/140429900

It does not look any better for Efren. His sense...

Yes; a jury has been selected. Barry, the issue with jury selection is not whether twelve jurors can be found who never heard of the case, but whether 12 jurors can be found who have formed no clear...

Because it is NOT a "minor" case...

You forgot the "underwear" part...

Yesterday, I wrote on the PD comment board that:

"I am glad that this is going to trial. We have heard much talk of two sides of this story. But Efren and his lawyers have done nothing to advance...

Correct, and the PD spinning, bias and favoritism has been deplorable. The PD first reported how Carrillo was actively plea bargaining for 2 full days, followed by a spin that he was too ethical a...

Library hours in Sonoma County have been slashed from 52 to 40 hours at all 11 County libraries for the past three years. They are closed Mondays for the first time in a century. :hmmm:

A new poll...

Yes indeed. We have a very successful worker operated enterprise only a few miles away- the Alvarado Street Bakery- 30 years old, over 100 worker managers, and last year the average person there made...

just tonight, i ran into a woman who i'd met at the sebastopol grange 5th district meeting, called to voice our thoughts and feeling about what to do about 'our' supervisor. she reminded me of the...

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Geez!

I dont see anyone making it worse than it was. The terrified victim told 911 that someone was rustling the blinds. You can't rustle them if you are truly on the *outside*, can you?

I remain FOR a recall effort. This is not an individual who is fit for office.

This is the LAST straw! Tell Carrillo he has to go and go now. Don't stop telling him until he leaves. Contact him everyday through any or all of the contact info below. Email him. Phone him. Fax...