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On Tuesday, Joe Canciamilla, Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder, confirmed he has resigned from his position as county clerk-recorder and Thursday will be his last day.

Canciamilla said Tuesday that he thought it was a good time to retire and is leaving the County in good hands.

“The office is running well and I believe, for a number of reasons that now is a good time to move on.  It has been a real honor to lead this department and I know that I am leaving it in good hands.  After being in public service for most of my life I am looking forward to what comes next,” said Canciamilla in an email.

Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, who served with Canciamilla on the Board of Superivsors, said will be missed.

“Joe has provided a lifetime of dedicated public service to our county’s residents – as a school board member, city councilmember, county supervisor, state legislator and county clerk. He will be missed,” said Gioia.

Supervisor Karen Mitchoff called him a great public servant.

“Joe has been a great public servant. I am sorry to see him leave county service but understand his desire to pursue other personal interest and I wish him well,” said Mitchoff.

Supervisor Diane Burgis thanked Canciamilla for his service.

“I wish Joe the best after a lifetime of public service and thank him for all he has done for our Contra Costa County. He will be missed,” said Burgis.

Canciamilla was first elected to public office at the age of 17 when he earned a seat on the Pittsburg Board of Education where he served 4-terms before moving onto the Pittsburg City Council.  By 1996, he was elected to the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors and served in the California State Assembly.

Canciamilla became Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder after succeeding Steve Weir in 2013. He then won election in 2014 and 2018.

The County Board of Supervisors will get to decide how to fill the County-Clerk position either through a special election or an appointment process at a future meeting.

Back in April, we had Joe Canciamilla on our podcast.

We chatted about how Conditional Voter Registration works, possibly going to 100% vote by mail, upcoming primary next March, what election night is like for him. Finally, we get into the need for the public to get educated on candidates/issues and demand more transparency from government rather than accept mediocrity.

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The Impossible Connections - Victims posted in 2017

The Impossible Connections

Pete Bennett is very good at meeting people. He tried to run for office in Walnut Creek - six weeks later relatives of his family and high school friends murdered.

When Pete Bennett files claims via Public Law they either beat the hell out of him, shoot his witnesses dead or kill his attorney. It's true you have to understand the connections

• Jineva Driscoll June 2005 Walnut Creek / Sonoma (2)
• Emery Strack - Sept 2014 / Springville UT (5) /
• Gavin Buchanan June 2017 - Father General Contractor / El Dorado County (3)
• Sara Hoda GhostShip Fire Oakland CA (38)

The Federal Court Monitor 

According to PG&E Proceedings a Federal Monitor from Kirkland 

When Pete Bennett files claims via Public Law they either beat the hell out of him, shoot his witnesses dead or kill his attorney. It's true you have to understand the connections

• Jineva Driscoll June 2005 Walnut Creek / Sonoma (2)
• Emery Strack - Sept 2014 / Springville UT (5) /
• Gavin Buchanan June 2017 - Father General Contractor / El Dorado County (3)
• Sara Hoda GhostShip Fire Oakland CA (38)

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Ex-cop Tanabe convicted in 'dirty DUI' scandal

Tanabe was a parent at Green Valley Elementary School Danvile, he never said he wa a police officer, he was in my house as part of cub scouts between 2001 and 2004 (est.)

Tanabe along with other officers tipped off Private Investigator Chris Butler about the attempted murder by Danville Building Inspector
Gary Vinson Collins who died in a murderous fall leaving a wife and seveal children, one that found me in Walnut Creek via my blogs.

Collins fate was nefarious, his wife was employed at IT Director at the Town of Danville where I suspect she was able to deflect or modify police reports.

By
Justin Berton

Updated


11:16 pm PDT, Tuesday, September 3, 2013



A former Contra Costa County deputy sheriff was convicted Tuesday on charges that he accepted a pistol from a private investigator in exchange for arresting two men who the investigator had baited into driving drunk in elaborate stings known as "dirty DUIs." However, jurors acquitted the former officer of a charge stemming from one of the private investigator's most startling claims - that the ex-deputy also accepted cocaine to facilitate a third
drunken driving arrest.


Stephen Tanabe, 50, of Alamo, appeared dejected after the jury in U.S. District Court in San Francisco delivered a verdict that marks one of the final
chapters in a lurid saga that has now resulted in the conviction of five former Bay Area law enforcement officers. Two and a half years after his arrest,
Tanabe, a former Danville patrol officer, turned to his family in the front row of the gallery, exhaled hard, and shook his head. He was convicted on one
count of conspiracy, two counts of extortion and three counts of wire fraud, and will be sentenced in December.

Tanabe's involvement in the unseemly world of former investigator Christopher Butler, 52, began in the mid-1990s, when both men were officers for the
Antioch police force. Tim Pori, Tanabe's attorney, maintained that Butler - the government's star witness, who testified in exchange for leniency in his
own case - was a master manipulator who made a living framing people. He deemed Butler a "sociopathic narcissist" who made Tanabe his latest mark.
"This was another 'designed coincidence,' " Pori said outside court, employing a term coined by the private investigator, "where Butler took the available
evidence and framed Tanabe."
In closing arguments, Assistant U.S. Attorney Hartley West portrayed Tanabe as an officer who'd sold his badge when he allegedly accepted an eighth of an
ounce of cocaine and a Glock pistol from Butler to ensure the drunken driving arrests  "His integrity was for sale," West told jurors. "And it was for
sale for cheap."
Butler was the architect of "dirty DUIs," prearranged busts of men he had been hired to tarnish. Three targeted men who testified at Tanabe's trial - a
Livermore winemaker, a Verizon executive, and a former software salesman - were in the midst of divorce or custody disputes with ex-wives who sought to
gain an advantage.
The women, prosecutors said, paid Butler to design stings in which female "decoys" approached the men online or in bars. Or actors would pose as reporters,
inviting the marks out for an "interview" over drinks.

In two stings involving Tanabe, Butler said, he arranged for his friend to park outside a Danville wine bar and arrest the victims on Butler's cue.
The sprawling scandal around Butler, which included allegations of drug dealing and prostitution, sparked an FBI corruption probe and led to the federal
convictions of Bay Area police officers from four different agencies.
One defendant remains: Mary Nolan, a divorce attorney who, according to prosecutors, hired Butler to install listening devices inside the car of a client's
ex-husband.11/12/13 Ex-cop Tanabe convicted in'dirty DUI' scandal - SFGate
During his testimony at the Tanabe trial, Butler said he was hired by Nolan to conduct a "dirty DUI" sting on a Clayton man, who was arrested and
convicted. Nolan has pleaded not guilty.
Justin Berton is a San Francisco Chronicle staf writer. E-mail: jberton@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @justinberton


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