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Friday, February 17, 2012

Moreno Valley Unified School Board member Mike Rios was arrested Thursday morning on Suspicion of Attempted Murder.

February 16, 2012 - Police say One of Moreno Valley Unified’s Board of Trustees - Mike Rios, fired at two men in front of his home but initially portrayed himself as the victim.(Again)

/RIVERSIDE COUNTY See any Bullet Holes?

(Actually, This is not Rios' house. It belongs to some other
poor sucker. I just neededd a picture to use. Thanks Reader
Marion... I didn't even know we had a reader!?)

Sheriff's Derpartment

Original story BY JOHN ASBURY AND LAURIE LUCAS

P.E. STAFF WRITERS

Originally published, February 16 2012 04:05 PM

Edited by I, Praetorian

· WEBLINK PE: Moreno Valley trustee's wife facing deportation (Nov. 28, 2011)

· WEBLINK PE: Newly elected Mike Rios hopes to shake up school board (Nov. 28, 2010)

· WEBLINK Mike Rios' blog

A Moreno Valley Unified School board member who reported two men shot at him early Monday was himself arrested Thursday by police who say it was actually him who shot at the men after arguing with them at a nightclub. Mike Rios, 41, was booked on suspicion of attempted murder at Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside, where he remained Thursday evening. Bail was set at $1 million, standard in attempted-murder cases. Rios has not yet been charged. Riverside County prosecutors are expected to review the case next week to determine what charges should be filed.

Moreno Valley Unified Superintendent Judy White said she would meet with the school board in closed session before Tuesday’s regular meeting to discuss how to handle the situation.

Fellow school board members and others who know Rios reacted to the news Thursday with a mix of shock and sadness.

Trustee Jesus Holguin said it’s not for him to decide whether to keep Rios on the board. “I don’t think it’s for me to say. The people elected him; they should have their say,” Holguin said.

Do you mean all 8,600 of them? They’ve all gone back to the cities they live in.

Trustee Harold “Rick” Sayre called it “a sad day for Moreno Valley, the city and the school district.” He accorded Rios “the presumption of innocence. We need to let the system take its course. Nonetheless, getting yourself involved in such an accusation is beyond belief.”

Another way of Sayre saying… ‘I got you, I got you! Ha Ha’

Moreno Valley Police Chief John Anderson said the arrest and the incident were unrelated to Rios’ school board duties “This has nothing to do with his elected status,” Anderson said. “We have to look at the evidence and handle this just like any other case.”

CONFLICTING STORIES

Rios called police about 2:20 a.m. Monday, Anderson said Tuesday, speaking while the investigation was in its initial stages. Police said Rios told officers he had been involved in an argument with two men at the Bahama Mama’s nightclub on Sunnymead Boulevard in Moreno Valley. Police do not know what sparked the argument.

Rios said he drove to his home in the 25700 block of Palm Shadows Drive, and the men followed him, police said. Rios claimed one of the men pulled a gun and shot at him outside his house, then the men sped away in a compact sedan. Exclusive film footage to come!

HEY! That’s what Mike Rios did to me just prior to the November 2010 Board election. He was driving a silver Toyota pickup registered to Victoria Baca. Luckily I spotted him following me and lost him in Riverside. He might have shot at me too, alledgedly!

Officers arrived at Rios’ home minutes after he called 911. They searched the area but could not find any suspects or the vehicle Rios described.

Moreno Valley detectives later interviewed the two men Rios had described and processed their vehicle for evidence, including bullet holes, Anderson said Thursday. Neither of the men was arrested. Did anybody (read any reporter) bother to get their names? Or their statements? Police said evidence and interviews with nightclub patrons and neighbors who witnessed the shooting contradicted Rios’ version of the story.

Anderson said police believe the two men did go to Rios’ home, but that he fired at them. Officers conducted a second interview with Rios on Thursday morning, and he was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and witness intimidation or persuasion, according to jail records. Anderson said he was not aware of what led to the accusation of witness intimidation or persuasion. Police may explore whether Rios filed a false police report, Anderson said.

DIVISIVE FIGURE

Rios, who calls himself “the people’s candidate,” was the top vote-getter in an eight-person race in November 2010 for three seats on the school board.

His win followed a 2008 loss to Robin Hastings for a City Council seat.

He has said that he wanted to challenge Hastings this November, but through redistricting he now lives in an area represented by Mayor Richard Stewart. That seat won’t be on the ballot for another two years, a move Rios has called political and unfair.

Since his election to the school board, Rios has been harshly criticized for flip-flopping on issues and making outlandish statements in public. But he has ardent supporters, as well. Harold Rick Sayre, with whom Rios has clashed on the board, said he doesn’t put much credence in Rios’ statements. “You never get a straight answer out of him,” Sayre said. “Sometimes it’s hard to know if he’s telling the truth.” Unfortunately many district employees say the same about Sayre. Besides, Sayre can’t comprehend the meaning of “credence.”

Thanks again reader Marion!

Former MVUSD board trustee Victoria Baca called his arrest “embarrassing” to the city. Who would know better than Victoria when it comes to embarrassing the city, the school district, Telemundo, voters, etc, by being arrested for a dangerously asinine publicity stunt.

Tom Jerele Sr., who said he is a close family friend, was upset upon hearing of Rios’ arrest. “Unbelievable,” he gasped. He said Rios has never lied to him and he had no idea Rios even had a gun. Jerele said he’s concerned about Rios’ two children at home, a daughter, 11, and a son, 17. He has two older children as well. “This is very sad for the family,” Jerele said. “I’m praying for him.” Rios’ wife, Dora Landaverde-Torres, is also in jail, facing deportation to her native El Salvador. She has been held by federal immigration officials in Santa Ana since her arrest in September during a nationwide operation focusing on convicted criminal aliens. She was convicted of a felony drug charge and deported in the 1990s. Landaverde-Torres’ attorneys are seeking to reopen her deportation case.

I'll bet Pacheco is happy about this...

1 comment:

Marian the Librarian said...: Thanks for the kudos however, I still have problems with your statement that Sayre can't comprehend the word "credence." I even looked the word up to make certain I had the same meaning as you did. This is what I found... belief as to the truth of something. Hmmm...I am telling you Rick Sayre is the most credible board member we have. If people don't like him it's because he is brutally honest. How many times do you find that in a politician? Definitely not Mike Rios. It's weird I knew Mike Rios really well, almost too well. I knew the liar that he was. Nevertheless, today it was sad for me to hear he's going to be locked up for a long time. Karma is a bitch, isn't it? LOL... I think it's also lesson O.J. Simpson has learned all too well.; Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The Art of SETTING LIMITS, Its not as easy as it looks.

Art of Setting Limits Setting limits is one of the most powerful tools that professionals have to promote positive behavior change for their clients, students, residents, patients, etc. Knowing there are limits on their behavior helps the individuals in your charge to feel safe. It also helps them learn to make appropriate choices.

There are many ways to go about setting limits, but staff members who use these techniques must keep three things in mind:
Setting a limit is not the same as issuing an ultimatum.
Limits aren’t threats—If you don’t attend group, your weekend privileges will be suspended.

Limits offer choices with consequences—If you attend group and follow the other steps in your plan, you’ll be able to attend all of the special activities this weekend. If you don’t attend group, then you’ll have to stay behind. It’s your decision.
The purpose of limits is to teach, not to punish.
Through limits, people begin to understand that their actions, positive or negative, result in predictable consequences. By giving such choices and consequences, staff members provide a structure for good decision making.
Setting limits is more about listening than talking.
Taking the time to really listen to those in your charge will help you better understand their thoughts and feelings. By listening, you will learn more about what’s important to them, and that will help you set more meaningful limits.
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SYSTEMATIC USE OF CHILD LABOR

CHILD DOMESTIC HELP
by Amanda Kloer

Published February 21, 2010 @ 09:00AM PT
category: Child Labor
Wanted: Domestic worker. Must be willing to cook, clean, work with garbage, and do all other chores as assigned. No contract available, payment based on employer's mood or current financial situation. No days off. Violence, rape, and sexual harassment may be part of the job.

Would you take that job? No way. But for thousands of child domestic workers in Indonesia, this ad doesn't just describe their job, it describes their life.

A recent CARE International survey of over 200 child domestic workers in Indonesia found that 90% of them didn't have a contract with their employer, and thus no way to legally guarantee them a fair wage (or any wage at all) for their work. 65% of them had never had a day off in their whole employment, and 12% had experienced violence. Child domestic workers remain one of the most vulnerable populations to human trafficking and exploitation. And while work and life may look a little grim for the kids who answered CARE's survey, it's likely that the most abused and exploited domestic workers didn't even have the opportunity to take the survey.

In part, child domestic workers have it so much harder than adults because the people who hire children are more likely looking for someone easy to exploit. Think about it -- if you wanted to hire a domestic worker, wouldn't you choose an adult with a stronger body and more life experience to lift and haul and cook than a kid? If you could get them both for the same price, of course you would. But what if the kid was cheaper, free even, because you knew she wouldn't try and leave if you stopped paying her. Or even if you threatened her with death.

Congress Aims to Improve Laws for Runaway, Prostituted Kids

by Amanda Kloer

categories: Child Prostitution, Pimping

Published February 20, 2010 @ 09:00AM PT

The prospects for healthcare reform may be chillier than DC weather, but Democrats in the House and Senate are turning their attention to another warmer but still significant national issue: the increasing number of runaway and throwaway youth who are being forced into prostitution. In response to the growing concerns that desperate, runaway teens will be forced into prostitution in a sluggish economy, Congress is pushing several bills to improve how runaway kids are tracked by the police, fund crucial social services, and prevent teens from being caught in sex trafficking. Here's the gist of what the new legislation is trying to accomplish:

Shelter: Lack of shelter is one of the biggest vulnerabilities of runaway and homeless youth. Pimps will often use an offer of shelter as an entree to a relationship with a child or a straight up trade for sex. In the past couple years, at least 10 states have made legislative efforts to increase the number of shelters, extend shelter options, and change state reporting requirements so that youth shelters have enough time to win trust and provide services before they need to report the runaways to the police. Much of the new federal legislation would make similar increases in the availability and flexibility of shelter options.

Police Reporting: Right now, police are supposed to enter all missing persons into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database within two hours of receiving the case. In reality, that reporting doesn't always get done, making it almost impossible for law enforcement to search for missing kids across districts. This hole is a big problem in finding child prostitution victims and their pimps, since pimps will often transport girls from state to state. The new bill would strengthen reporting requirements, as well as facilitate communication between the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the National Runaway Switchboard

Indigent services program has more than doubled

Here are three good reads to help fill the enormous gap between the surface hullaballoo about the nation's education crisis generated by WFS and Education Nation and the angry mob of teachers and educators who are seething against what some are calling the "war on teachers," (and their unions) -- Dana Goldstein's piece in The Nation about the successes of union-management collaboration (here), Jonathan Gyurko's piece on what Guggenheim left out of his piece (here), and Nick Lemann's New Yorker commentary about the overheated crisis rhetoric surrounding so-called reform (here). I'm hoping that there will be more about this in the mainstream sometime soon -- sketching out not only the controversies surrounding Guggenheim's proposed solutions but also the practical and political limits of going to war against traditional schools as we now now them. You'd think that the resounding defeat of Fenty and Rhee would have made this clear, but perhaps there wasn't enough time for it to sink into the journalistic consciousness enough before the WFS media juggernaut came through. Thank you. Alexander Russo July 19, 2010 Education Week.

I've really got to stop plag... recycling these articles.