M E D I A A D V I S O R Y
CONTACT:
Duane Roberts
duaneroberts92804@yahoo.com 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 ###