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COSTA MESA CITY PROSECUTOR: MAYOR ALLAN

MANSOOR "UNDER INVESTIGATION"

Saturday, February 4, 2006

COSTA MESA, CA -- Dan Peelman, an attorney with Jones

and Mayer, a Fullerton-based law firm, and an

"independent prosecutor" on contract with the City of

Costa Mesa, opened up an investigation Friday into

allegations contained within a "letter of complaint"

that was filed against Mayor Allan Mansoor with

Kimberly Hall Barlow, the City Attorney, on Tuesday,

January 17th.

The complaint, which was submitted on behalf of the

Tonantzin Collective by Duane Roberts, a member of the

group, asked Barlow to "open an investigation to

determine whether or not Mayor Allan Mansoor violated

Section 2-60 of the municipal code when he engaged in

conduct which unlawfully disrupted a meeting of the

Costa Mesa City Council on the evening of Tuesday,

January 3, 2006."

The complaint alleges, among other things, that

"[e]vidence exists suggesting that Mayor Mansoor has

willfully ignored well-established protocols governing

the way City Council meetings have been traditionally

conducted in the past and has behaved in an arbitrary,

capricious, and vindictive manner against persons whom

he disagrees during public comments."

As an example of this, the complaint specifically

cites the January 3rd incident, where Mansoor abruptly

cut off Coyotl Tezcatlipoca from speaking before his

time was up, and allegedly had police forcibly remove

him from Council Chambers while the meeting was not

legally in session. The Orange County District

Attorney's office has declined to file charges against

Tezcatlipoca.

According to The Orange County Organizer, the website

that first broke this story, Mansoor "would face

misdemeanor charges with a maximum fine of $1,000 and

up to six months in jail" if Peelman determines there

is sufficient evidence to go forth with a criminal

prosecution. Barlow, however, is quoted as saying that

such an outcome is “highly unlikely” if he were

convicted.

See the following link for more information about this

breaking news story:

http://www.ocorganizer.com/html/coyotl.html

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