Charter School Cases Delayed...Again...Ramos Just Now Turning Over 4 year old evidence? Wow!

Interesting article [Press Enterprise piece on August 21, 2011 @ /www.pe.com/columns/cassiemacduff/stories/PE_News_Local_D_cass20.3e6d82a.html]--keep in mind that when these guys got arrested, the assets were seized and none of them could hire outside lawyers. Were the charter school funds distributed as campaign funds as rumor had it? Where was the school district? Why wasn't the school district board auditing the use of the money? Why wasn't the County Superintendent of Schools (Fisher?) keeping an eye on the money? Why wasn't the State Superintendent keeping an eye on the money? How could you miss an almost exponential growth of a charter school campus system? Hard to miss and not ask what is happening to the State funds? Also there were rumors that a group supposedly met in the upstairs conference room of the Desert Community Bank in Victorville and campaign plans and funding decisions were often discussed. Does anyone really think that a charter school bought jet skiis for personal use? Was the price above list? Were the products returned for refunds and paper trails lost? Were the items traded out for cash which went into campaign activity? Or good ole fashion graft? Mismanagement of this case is at many levels. Why outside conflict counsel was not appointed and fees paid by the county to get to the information, prepare the case and find the assets before they dissipated is a question that will not get answered, but is at the core of the delay. That the defense in just now getting access to 2007 grand jury reports/evidence is a shocking and inexcusable delay. The prosecution should have given that discovery to the defense nearly 4 years ago. I remember Mike Ramos one time saying we are never going to "prosecute ourselves out of this corruption"--I agree that with such egregious delays, nothing will get done any time soon.