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LEE COUNTY COMMISSION – PUBLIC CORRUPTION

DEFENDANT JOHN E. MANNING



DEF. LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERJOHN E. MANNING



LEE COUNTY PUBLIC CORRUPTION



“SIX COMMISSIONERS FACED CRIMINAL CHARGES”

NEWS-PRESS, July 9, 2010, www.news-press.com

By Gabriella Souza, [email protected]

“Manning comes with …”

“At the time, the board [of Lee County Commissioners]was in turmoil. Commissioners and county staff cameunder fire for illegal dealings and between 1983 and

2000; six commissioners faced criminal charges."It was a revolving door of county commissioners and county managers," Manning said.Manning, who had decided not to run for re-election, wasprosecuted in 2000. He said he wanted to end his time asa commissioner so he could go back to the private sector.”

LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER JOHN E. MANNING

CHARGED IN RECORDS CASE

NEWS-PRESS, May 11, 2000, www.news-press.com

Failure to disclose meetings alleged …



By Lee Melsek

“Prosecutors filed criminal charges against Lee County

Commissioner John Manning on Wednesday for failing todisclose years of private meetings with lobbyists seeking

such things as land-use changes, roads and multimillion-

dollar county contracts.

Manning, who voted to approve the county law he's

accused of violating, claims he misinterpreted the law. Heis charged with a second-degree misdemeanor …” LEE COUNTY COMMISSION – PUBLIC CORRUPTION

NEWS-PRESS, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

July 10, 2010, www.news-press.com

“The News-Press exposed his failure to obey that law,

local prosecutors then charged him with violating the

disclosure law and the courts fined him after he pleaded

no contest.”

LEE MELSEK

Fort Myers Beach



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DEFENDANT CORRUPT LEE COUNTY COMMISSION

NEWS-PRESS, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

July 10, 2010, www.news-press.com

Recall Past Actions

“Don’t you just love the integrity of politics? John Manning

back as commissioner because he has experience? John

Manning is the commissioner who wrote an ordinance,

then broke his own ordinance, and his attorney then called

Manning’s ordinance a stinky little law or something to that

effect. I wonder if Charlie Crist was aware of this when he

appointed Manning back to the Lee County Commission?”

RON SMILEY

Fort Myers




NEWS-PRESS, July 13, 2010, www.news-press.com

TRANSPARENCY ABOVE ALL ELSE: EDITORIAL

“We expect our elected officials to be law-abiding citizenswho seek to uphold the rules they create. When theydon’t, we question their integrity and ability to serve.Recently, criticism has surfaced about newly appointedinterim Lee County Commissioner John Manning’s

decade-old no contest plea and $1,000 fine for violatingthe county’s lobbyist disclosure ordinance. He had a beena three-term county commissioner at that point and helpedcraft the ordinance.That no contest plea has come back to haunt him inletters to the editor, for example, as he was appointed tothe post and is seeking election to it.

At least one of his opponents, former Cape CoralEconomic Development Director Mike Jackson, sees it asold news, and after 10 years, it likely is. Manning’s alsofacing former Cape Coral Councilman Chris Berardi andformer Lee County School Board Member Bob Chilmonik.This issue should still matter, however. Voters have a rightto take into consideration the whole record of a candidate.In a questionnaire for The News-Press Editorial Board,Manning affirmed his support for the Sunshine Law —open records and open meetings laws — opposingexemptions to it and looking to expand it further.That’s a good sign, and redemption certainly is anAmerican value. Manning has a chance to correct his past



error by striving to be the most transparent public official inour community.Anything less than that should be grounds to vote for oneof his opponents in the Aug. 24 primary election.”

Sunshine Dimmed

“Re: “Manning comes with polished reputation,” July 9.Only a single sentence in an otherwise fawning profile of Manning hinted that something was not quite right duringhis earlier time on the commission.

Alas, there was no attempt whatsoever to detail to readersand voters the betrayal of the public trust Mr. Manningcommitted while a commissioner in the late ‘90s. Only thisvague reference to the fact “he pleaded no contest for notfollowing the county’s lobbyist disclosure law and paid$1,000 in fines and court costs.”The law, which Manning voted to adopt in the early ‘90s, isan important Lee County addendum to the state’s opengovernment requirements. The Lee County law requirescommissioners to keep logs of their private meetings withlobbyists. They must disclose the names of the lobbyists,the dates of the meetings, the issues they discussed andthe people and companies those lobbyists represent. It’s anoble attempt to prevent government in the shadowsmuch like other counties have adopted.

It lets the public know who is influencing, or attempting toinfluence, our elected commission behind closed doors.While the other four commissioners were dutifully obeyingthat law and filing their disclosure logs every three monthswith the Clerk’s Office Minutes Department, John Manningchose to ignore it for the entire four years of his last term



in office. He chose government in the shadows as he metwith companies and their high-priced lawyers andlobbyists seeking votes and favors in the privacy of hisoffice or theirs.”



UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTMIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

FORT MYERS DIVISION

JORG BUSSE

Plaintiff,

vs. Case No. 2:07-cv-228-FtM-29SPC

LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA; BOARD OF LEECOUNTY COMMISSIONERS; THE LEE COUNTYPROPERTY APPRAISER; STATE OF FLORIDABOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNALIMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND, STATE OFFLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTION,

Defendants.___________________________________

ORDER

This matter comes before the Court on review of defendant’s

Motion for Entry of Order Directing Public Sale of Real Property

(Doc. #432) filed on May 21, 2010. No response has been filed and

the time to respond has expired.

Upon review, the Court desires a response from plaintiff.

Recognizing that a Pre-Filing Injunction (Case No. 2:09-cv-791-FTM-

36SPC, Doc. #245) was issued on July 20, 2010, prohibiting any

further filings without leave of Court, the Court will grant

plaintiff leave to file a single responsive document to defendant’s

motion.

Accordingly, it is now

ORDERED:

Case 2:07-cv-00228-JES-SPC Document 434 Filed 07/22/10 Page 1 of 2



Plaintiff may file one response to defendant’s Motion for

Entry of Order Directing Public Sale of Real Property (Doc. #432)

within FOURTEEN (14) DAYS of this Order. If no response is

received, the Court will rule on the motion without the benefit of

a response and without further notice.

DONE AND ORDERED at Fort Myers, Florida, this 22nd day of

July, 2010.

Copies:PlaintiffCounsel of record

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Case 2:07-cv-00228-JES-SPC Document 434 Filed 07/22/10 Page 2 of 2



PUBLIC CORRUPTION COMPLAINT

AGAINST DEFENDANT BEVERLY B. MARTIN

CORRUPT U.S. CIRCUIT JUDGE

CERTIFIED DELIVERYFederal Bureau of Investigation

5525 West Gray Street

Tampa, FL 33609

Phone: (813) 253-1000

DEFENDANT BEVERLY B. MARTIN

RECORD LACK OF IMMUNITY - PERPETRATION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS

1. The Plaintiff public corruption victims are suing Defendant Beverly B. Martin (“Martin”) inher private individual capacity and official capacity as U.S. Circuit Judge. Defendant

Martin’s unlawful and criminal acts on record were outside any immunity and official capacity.

FELONIES OUTSIDE ANY “official ” CAPACITY

2. Under color of undocketed and/or falsified Cases ## 2010-10963 and 2010-10967, Def.Martin falsified official records and documents and caused others to falsify for criminal andillegal purposes of extorting money and property under fraudulent pretenses of “ frivolity”.

3. Def. Martin knew and concealed that the only paid judgment of record had been in theamount of $24.30. When the Plaintiffs conclusively proved the prima facie criminality,illegality, and nullity of a falsified “$5,048.60 judgment ”, which could nowhere be found,Case No. 2:2007-cv-00228, Def. Martin retaliated with further case fixing on “Jul 19 2010”.

COERCION, EXTORTION UNDER FALSE PRETENSES, AND COVER-UP

4. Def. Martin coerced the Plaintiff corruption victims to refrain from redressing their grievances of a facially falsified and un-recorded “$5,048.60 judgment ”, fake “writ of execution”, Doc. # 425, and forged “land parcels”. No court had ever reviewed the record

forgeries of said fake “land parcels”, and Def. Martin conspired with other Offenders tokeep it that way and keep Plaintiffs out of Court. Just like a Government whore, Def. Martin procured her order through brazen fraud on the Court, Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.540; see also 1.550.

CONTEMPT OF FLORIDA LAW, CHAPTERS 55, 56, 71, 73, 74, 95, 712, FLA. STAT.

5. Def. Martin concealed that here nothing could have possibly become a lien on Plaintiffs’ property under Ch. 55, 56, 71, Fla. Stat.

MARTIN’S KNOWLEDGE OF CRIMES AND UNLAWFUL ACTS

6. Defendant Corrupt Martin had knowledge of the actual commission of felonies such as, e.g.,

the falsifications of a. a “$5,048.60 judgment ”; b. an appeal [see Case ## 2010-10967, and/or 2010-10963];c. a “writ of execution” [Case No. 2:2007-cv-00228, Doc. # 425];d. “land parcels” “12-44-20-01-00000.00A0” and “07-44-21-01-00001.0000”;e. a “regulation”, “resolution 569/875”, “legislative act ”, and/or “O.R. 569/875”.However, Def. Martin concealed and conspired to conceal said record falsifications. Hereeven though Def. Martin had knowledge of, e.g., judicial Co-Defendant Polster Chappell’s,



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Steele’s, Pizzo’s, and Lazzara’s obstruction of justice and fraudulent concealment of facially forged “land parcels”, a falsified “writ of execution”, falsified “$5,048.60 judgment ”, Corrupt Martin did not make the same known to some judge or person inauthority, but covered up for said Offenders in exchange for bribes, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3 , 4.

ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT

7. Defendant Crook Martin knew that Defendant principal Offenders Steele, Chappell, Pizzo,and Lazzara had committed record offenses and assisted said Offenders, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3 , 4.In particular, Martin assisted said Offenders with a facially fraudulent “writ of execution” andthe falsification and/or destruction of official records.

DELIBERATE DEPRIVATIONS UNDER COLOR OF FAKE “writ ” AND “resolution”

8. Defendant Martin deliberately deprived the Plaintiffs, e.g., under color of a fake “writ of execution”, “resolution 569/875”, and “ frivolous appeal ”, 18 U.S.C. §§ 241, 242.

RECORD RETALIATION UNDER COLOR OF WRIT OF EXECUTION & SANCTIONS

9. With the intent to retaliate, Corrupt Martin knowingly took actions harmful to the Plaintiff public corruption victims, which included interference with Plaintiffs’ livelihood and recordland ownership, because the Plaintiff landowners had provided truthful information relating

to the commission of Federal offenses to law enforcement, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1513.EXTORTION ASSISTANCE UNDER COLOR OF “FRIVOLOUS APPEAL”

10. Knowingly, Def. Martin assisted the extortion of Plaintiffs’ property and/or threatened to doso, with corrupt intent to retaliate against the Plaintiffs because the Plaintiffs had blown thewhistle on public corruption; in particular, because the Plaintiffs had produced records andtestimony conclusively evidencing Government corruption and fraud, and information aboutthe commission of Federal offenses by Government Officials. Here, Plaintiff Governmentcrime and corruption victims had the right to be reasonably protected from the GovernmentOffenders and Judges of record, 18 U.S.C. § 3771.

CONSPIRACY TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE AND COURT ACCESS

11. Def. Martin conspired with other Defendants and Officials to “restrict Appellant’s ability to pursue future appeals” for, e.g., criminal and unlawful purposes of concealing:a. Facially forged “land parcels” “12-44-20-01-00000.00A0” and “07-44-21-01-

00001.0000”; b. Falsification of [a recorded “$24.30 judgment” into] an un-recorded“$5,048.60”-

extortion-and-execution scheme;c. Falsification of a “writ of execution” in the absence of a recorded “$5,048.60”

“judgment”;d. Destruction and falsification of official Court records.

EXACTION OF MONEY BY THREAT OF, E.G., ARREST AND CIVIL CONTEMPT

12. Def. Martin conspired to exact money from Plaintiffs under color of, e.g., “ frivolous appeal ”even though Martin knew that no legal basis for and justification of “ frivolity” had ever or could have possibly ever existed .

CONSPIRACY TO ASSIST EXTORTION AND BLACKMAIL

13. In particular, Def. Martin conspired and assisted to extort $5,048.60 and property in theabsence of any recorded authentic judgment and justification. Martin caused other Government Officials to falsify, alter, and destroy official records for criminal and illegal purposes of concealing other Defendant Officials’ extortion, coercion, obstruction of justice and other crimes of record.



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14. Def. Martin made unlawful communications and threatened Plaintiff public corruptionwhistleblowers with obstruction of court access and deliberate deprivations of Plaintiffs’express fundamental rights to redress Government grievances, own property, and exclude Governments.

MISCONDUCT AND EXTENSION OF RECORD CRIMES AND FALSIFIED “WRIT ”

15. Under prima facie fraudulent pretenses of “ frivolous appeal ”, Def. Martin recklesslyextended the record Government crimes, and FIXED and “DISMISSED AS

FRIVOLOUS”. Def. Martin assisted and conspired the reckless perversion andfalsification of a recorded “ Judgment ” and “ Bill of Costs” in the amount of $24.30 “issued asmandate on 06/11/2009” for criminal and illegal purposes of extortion, coercion, andretaliation against the Plaintiff corruption whistle blowers. In order for the record fraud under said fake “land parcels” to continue and for illegal purposes of silencing the Plaintiff landowners, Def. Martin “SUSPENDED” and perverted the Rules and caused the Clerk to“discard” more documents.

FALSIFICATION OF APPEAL NUMBERS

16. The payment records regarding Plaintiffs’ multiple appeals conclusively proved the

falsifications and fabrications of “Appeal Number 10-10963 and/or 10-10967”. See U.S.District Court payment records and receipts. The U.S. Clerk refused to certify andauthenticate the payment record. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 44.

17. Def. Martin pulled “ frivolity” out of her ass without any explanation and/or justificationwhatsoever. Review of the recorded judgment patently clearly evidenced that the District andCircuit had fabricated “lack of jurisdiction” for illegal purposes of concealment and cover-up. Plaintiffs were entitled to defend their unimpeachable, unencumbered, and marketablerecord title against Government extortion and fraud, which of course had invoked Federal jurisdiction directly under the express guarantees of the Federal and Florida Constitutions.

18. Here with wanton disregard for the law, and including Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.540, 1.550, Ch. 55,56, 71, 73, 74, 95, 712, Fla. Stat., Def. Martin conspired to oppress Plaintiffs with primafacie non-existent and/or illegal orders, judgments, and/or mandates…

/s/Jorg Busse, M.D., M.M., M.B.A.c/o International Court of JusticePeace PalaceThe Hague, Netherlands

/s/Jennifer Franklin Prescottc/o International Court of JusticePeace PalaceThe Hague, Netherlands

CCFlorida Department of Law EnforcementU.S. Department of JusticeThe Florida Bar Real Property Probate and Trust Lawyer Section, The Florida Bar Barack Hussein ObamaEric Holder



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