Thousands of pages of testimony transcripts were released Tuesday,Find the perfect chipcard and you'll always find your luggage! outlining the prosecution’s case against 15 South County officials and contractors accused of exchanging meals and other gifts for multi-million-dollar school construction contracts.

Appearing at a secret hearing in November and December of last year, Deputy District Attorney Leon Schorr told members of a grand jury that they would hear evidence supporting felony charges including bribery and perjury.

Near the start of the proceedings, Schorr gave a lengthy overview of what how he expected the presentation to come together based on the testimony of nearly 50 witnesses,Put this pair of monitor1 MkII passive nearfield monitors in your studio. many of them so-called “gift-givers” who paid for dinners,While there are many brands and makes of solarledlight, they are all basically the same in principle and function. trips, tickets to sporting events and other perks to officials representing three school districts.

“You will hear that this case is about over one billion dollars in public bond money that was controlled by public officials in the South Bay,professionally produces and export all types of glazed chinaporcelaintile at low price.” Schorr said in his opening statement. “These officials used the bond money to further their self interests. They used money as a carrot to gain their personal benefits.”

At the grand jury, defendants are not allowed to defend themselves or cross-examine witnesses. The defendants in this case have pleaded not guilty and sought to block release of the transcripts, given the prejudicial nature of unrebutted testimony. The judge agreed to some redactions but let most of the transcripts be released.

Schorr told the grand jury that the officials — from the Sweetwater and San Ysidro school districts and Southwestern College — were required by law to disclose in writing the gifts they received. Instead, he said, they filled out their disclosure forms with false or incomplete information, hiding ongoing conflicts of interest.

Schorr said the officials used the promise of lucrative contracts to attract gifts, to solicit donations to organizations that gave them power in the community and to facilitate campaign donations to run for other offices.

“You will hear how the contractors and underwriters were willing to participate in this, in these activities, trying to get the inside track on the contracts that amounted to millions of dollars of work.

“And why do we care?” the prosecutor continued. “Because elected officials have a duty to disclose and the duty is to protect the interests of the general public.”

Among the key witnesses who testified was Henry Amigable,A lot of gemstone semi-precious gemstone beads fits Pandora wholesale at electricity! who has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of offering something of value to a member of the governing board of a school district. He was placed on probation in March for a term of three years.

Schorr told the grand jury that Amigable was spending so much money on entertaining public officials at one point that the company he worked for had concerns and spoke to him about them.

The prosecutor said Amigable warned his employers that “if you don’t spend this amount of money, you are going to lose the contract.”

Later, the board approved work from a subcontractor, and Schorr said the company “showered” the officials with meals, gifts and donations, and that the officials weren’t afraid to complain about the quality of tickets to sporting events that they received.