[BC] Thank You Guys..

[Keith Hammond]

JYRussell at academicplanet.com wrote:

> Just out of curiousity... might there be any connections from Shamrock
to
> SanAntonio (money, not physical) ??

 
  Predatory lending schemes, money laundering, restriction of trade
violations (if you're not "one of 'em"), armed robberies in broad
daylight, illegal seizures of property for no reason, crime controlled
media (except for the radio station and it is vitally important to bring
that under control ASAP), government sanctioned methamphetimine
factories on almost every city block...

  The best possible example of what's going on in this area would be our
district attorney:
http://www.statesman.com/search/content/metro/stories/03/6roach.html

  His assistant has been appointed to be his replacement and, despite
signed affidavits affirming the fact that she "was aware of Mr. Roach's
drug related activities long before someone else reported the activities
to federal authorities", she is running unopposed in the November
elections.

  Roach was also elected to office despite stories and rumors of his
alleged (this was before his indictment and subsequent confession) drug
use and dealing.

  My own personal "hell" began when our station was burglarized and,
during the "investigation" into that burglary, certain "improprieties"
in the operation of the office of the district attorney were discovered
and reported on-air. (This was all just before the big federal
investigation that resulted in his indictment.)

  One of his last big "claims to fame" was to serve up an indictment of
the radio station owner (me) and to railroad the thing through to a
conviction by having his assistant (now appointed as his replacement)
tell a jury that "The KBKH license to broadcast is a known forgery and
the owner of that station is in posession of that forged federal
document so, as a jury, you are instructed to ignore that license as
such."

  What did he have me indicted for? Depositing checks, made payable to
MY station, into my station's business account. The indictment read that
I had "stolen money, in US currency, from the local city". The
contention was that the radio station was a "city owned" business
because former LMA holders had financed a building and the city had
co-signed the bank note while "assuming" the station license would be
used as collateral.

  Now, most of us are very well aware that a broadcast license cannot be
used to secure a loan, particularly when the people borrowing are only
leasing the station to begin with. But, to a determined enough
drug-dealing prosecuter who wants to keep his "extracurricular
activities" from being spotlighted by an "uncontrolled media", it can
surely be an important thing to return an indictment before too much is
revealed by that "uncontrolled media".

  Sorry about the long post but, this should serve to explain the
"Shamrock, Scamrock" jokes we've been passing back and forth.

  I swear to you, all of this is 100% true and correct, despite your own
innermost temptations to say, "This can't happen in America!" It can!
I'm living it! I've even had all of my advertisers cancel because of
memos sent out from the office of the Chamber of Commerce (and signed by
it's director) asking local businesses to not trade with the radio
station as it is a city owned business that has been stolen by an
outsider.

  At one point, our local newspaper (financed by one of those insidious
"city backed loans") reported that the station owner (me) "was arrested
because he has allowed the expression of opinions on both the radio
station and his website". Hey! Where I'm from, that's called a First
Amendment Right! Here, it's just something that cannot be allowed
because a majority of the "opinions" expressed concerned a means of
stopping the local drug manufacturing industry and distribution network.
This included the office of the district attorney, who was dealing
DIRECTLY FROM THE COURTHOUSES!!!

  For helping to reveal this, I am now in the process of filing appeals
and winding my way through the (very expensive) legal system so that I
will not be labeled a "convicted felon" (and, subsequently loose my
station's license) all because I saw crime in the community and took
action to correct the situation.

  It seems that, according to EVERY attorney I have contacted, Texas law
makes *no* allowances for acts performed by an outgoing district
attorney who's on his way to the federal peniteniary for dealing drugs
through his office in various courthouses. This seems to also apply in
instances in which the allegations of wrong-doing against the DA prove
to be true and result in indictments and confessions in federal
courts...

  As should always be expected, the ultimate effort at providing
community service will almost always result in the ultimate punishment
for the person attempting the service. (Honestly, I thought I was doing
a good deed for the community! I also had NO idea as to just how deeply
entrenched this horrific substance is in the area.)


Keith Hammond
KBKH-FM
Shamrock, Texas