Some Pictures of Hobbs's Takeover of the Jenkel Property

[jkl]

I recently found out that the Rdwood trees recently logged on the property on Hw. 116 N. were all milled and donated to Ft. Ross. At least a little spark of light!

[Iolchan]

Fir Trees ?

Redwood trees

I recently found out that the Redwood trees recently logged on the property on Hwy. 116 N. were all milled and donated to Ft. Ross. At least a little spark of light!

Does anyone know what ever happened to the milled Lumber that was in the one hundred twenty-five year old Grove of fir trees that John Jenkel requested the Hobbs brothers preserve, as the price of his granting free access and right-of-way across the back-side of his (former) *Land* to their initially land-locked nineteen acres?

* Seven Acres of which, of course, have since been severed, and rendered to the HOBBS Winery, L.L.P., on a Silver Platter.

Iolchan wrote:

F) In 1998, A young wiz-kid vintner, Paul Hobbs, and his brother Matthew Hobbs, bought nineteen land-locked acres adjacent, and just to the North of Mr. Jenkel’s 15 acres on hwy 116. Fact.

G) The Hobbs brothers approached Mr. Jenkel and asked him if he would grant them an easement through his property so that they could gain access by road to their land-locked 19 acres; allowing them to build a winery – which was represented to Mr. Jenkel as a wooden, Mid-Western style, Barn. Fact.

H) John Jenkel agreed to grant them this easement; asking for no money at all – merely the consideration: 1) That they would leave intact, and agree not to log a grove of sixty trees which he loved, that were one hundred and twenty-five years old, adjacent to his own land, and 2) That they would grant an easement for a Public trail along the northern boundary of their property, that would link a foot-trail from Santa Rosa, with a foot-trail to the Coast. The Hobbs brothers agreed to these terms. Fact

N) Also, in 2002, the Hobbs brothers cut down four of the trees in the grove that they had promised to protect under the terms of the easement agreement they had signed with Mr. Jenkel. From that time, Mr. Jenkel informed them that he wanted nothing more to do with them. Fact.

T) On the home front, even while he was out on the streets, and in the city councils and Courthouses, fighting the "good fight," John Jenkel found himself being put upon by his winery neighbors, through a series of mandamuses and torts. He retaliated, in Court, with a series of Responses & Petitions; and at home, by lining up a bunch of old junk cars along the driveway of the easement he had granted to the Hobbs Winery, LLP, and placing anti-war and anti-winery propaganda on the rusted hulks of these junk cars. Fact.

U) Somehow – no one who was not present in the Courtroom for all of the pre-trial motions, & hearings, et cetera, et cetera, knows how - John Jenkel was found guilty of god knows what by the Superior Court of Sonoma County, and ordered to pay 350,000 dollars in damages to his winery neighbors, for allegedly damaging some of the trees in the grove they had promised to maintain for the consideration he had requested; for the easement he had freely granted them in the first place. Convoluted, I know; I didn’t make it up… Facts? – Please! - Open to Inquiry…

V) This alleged “damage” was supposedly done because Mr. Jenkel’s well was spitting out sand for a period of seven months one winter, after it had run dry on account of the winery having run the water-table down. Water from Mr. Jenkel’s well supposedly ran down a thirteen degree slope above the trees, and caused one of the trees to fall down. Fact? – Open to Inquiry…

W) The trees – all of them - were cut down, anyway, by the Hobbs LLP, and instead of one “Mid-western wooden barn,” there is a complex of four very ugly steel-beamed buildings that Mr. Jenkel likens to Auschwitz, and calls “Stalag 116.” Fact.

= I agree with him: it does look like Auschwitz. =

X) Mr. Paul Hobbs and his LLP partners, were then able, somehow – again God knows how - to swing a sweetheart deal with the Court and purchase seven acres of what was formerly Mr. Jenkel's land in three allegedly closed to the general public “Auctions” in a back room of the Sheriffs Department, for cents on the dollar. The last piece, a parcel of three acres, was acquired by Paul Hobbs in a closed “auction” for a mere one thousand dollars. – Facts? - Allegations ? – Worthy points of Inquiry, certainly.

Y) Mr. John Jenkel maintains that he has been defrauded of his property and tenements by a Limited Liability Partnership who were willing to be used as a proxy by former governor Arnold Shwarzenegger and his sponsor and financial uncle, Enron investor Warren Buffett in their vendetta to punish him because of his nine-year political career of tirelessly stumping for repeal of Public Law 107-243, and the repeal of Martial Law, that has been in place, ever since the traumatic aftermath of 9/11. John Jenkel maintains that such procedures and land- seizures are inherently un-Constitutional, and could only happen because we are still under Martial Law. And - lo and behold - Public Law 107-243 is still in effect. Fact.

[Barry]

I recently found out that the Rdwood trees recently logged on the property on Hw. 116 N. were all milled and donated to Ft. Ross. At least a little spark of light!

Where on 116? Are you talking about near the 101 interchange or the Jenkel property (near Harmony Farm Supply) or ?

[Imagery]

I recently found out that the Rdwood trees recently logged on the property on Hw. 116 N. were all milled and donated to Ft. Ross. At least a little spark of light!

If it's from the Jenkel property, I piss on that "spark of light". Property stolen in a back room deal, permits rushed through in record time so no one could have due process on the raping of the landscape in order to expand the vineyards...

...and the only reason this f***er would donate anything is for the tax write-off he'd be receiving. He's bound to rape the land even further...'cause he doesn't give a f*** about anything but money.

[Imagery]

When I listened to Carrillo at the Sebastopol Library a week ago he trashed Hobbs (he also said he would probably vote again for the massive new winery at occidental and 116 and would judge the merits of "preservation" ranch, a 1600 acre deep rip of coastal timberland for vines, when the eir is delivered). from the county government perspective, hobbs is now the bad boy of grape growers.

I have to wonder, did the room wind up smelling like the "Sonoma Aroma" after he finished speaking? Did you have to wipe the cow dung off your trousers? Paul Hobbs will simply make a significant "contribution" to the re-election campaign, and Efren will be bought and paid for - and listen to his puppet master and vote what he's told to vote. Notice the "probably" - gives him wiggle room in case Mr. Hobbs does make his "contribution".

Having Efren Carrillo "judge the merits" of Preservation Ranch is very much like having a fox judge the tastiest chicken in the coop contest...

...he'll NEVER vote against big business, or the monoculture of wine.

[rossmen]

i went there to check out carrillo, having not met him before. i was impressed, smart, well spoken, willing to take risks, comes across as caring about people. not so much about the natural world.

pretty clear he intends to vote for preservation rip. his take on hobbs was a possible redo of scenic road regulations. jenkel, no mention. when i asked him about the elephant in the room, the black industry of indoor grow, sucking increasing juice off the grid, prohibition insanity, he was stimulated and mostly clueless. a local power company? this guy does not have it to make this happen. oh well...

I have to wonder, did the room wind up smelling like the "Sonoma Aroma" after he finished speaking? Did you have to wipe the cow dung off your trousers? Paul Hobbs will simply make a significant "contribution" to the re-election campaign, and Efren will be bought and paid for - and listen to his puppet master and vote what he's told to vote. Notice the "probably" - gives him wiggle room in case Mr. Hobbs does make his "contribution".

Having Efren Carrillo "judge the merits" of Preservation Ranch is very much like having a fox judge the tastiest chicken in the coop contest...

...he'll NEVER vote against big business, or the monoculture of wine.