Social Media
Twitter:
@PSP_USA
YouTube videos:
PublicSafetyProjecthttp://www.youtube.com/user/PublicSafetyProject
ALERTS
NONE.
There are no alerts at this time.
2016: Obama’s America
Meta
May 2013 M T W T F S S « Feb 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 -
Recent Posts
- Sporting Ammunition in a Fire is Safe for Firefighters if it is NOT Loaded in the Chamber of a Firearm
- State Ballot Measures – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Michael D. Robbins
- No to Proposition 30 – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Kurt Schweter
- Wrong Choice – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Bob White
- R.B. schools have received enough – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Mitch Kimball
Recent Comments
- Why “Hate Crime” Laws are Immoral and Counter-Productive, by Michael D. Robbins | Public Safety Project™ on Hate Crime Law Supporters Weakened Our Criminal Justice System and Self-Defense Rights, by Michael D. Robbins
- El Segundo firefighter Michael Archambault arrested at Costco for allegedly shoplifting five products worth $354.95 (Booking Photo) | Public Safety Project™ on Could Firefighter’s Arrest be the Result of a Culture of Entitlement?
- Special Email – RE: Chevron Chamber Package – 1-4-2012.pdf – Adobe Acrobat Standard | Public Safety Project™ on Are Chevron’s Taxes Too High?
- Special Email – FW: Chevron Chamber Package – 1-4-2012.pdf – Adobe Acrobat Standard | Public Safety Project™ on Are Chevron’s Taxes Too High?
- Eye-Popping El Segundo 2009 City Employee Compensation Data Now Available | Public Safety Project on Eye-Popping El Segundo 2009 Firefighter Compensation Data
Archives
- February 2013
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- January 2010
- October 2009
- April 2008
- August 2005
- August 2004
- April 2004
- August 2001
- April 1996
- March 1996
- January 1994
- November 1991
Categories
- 9-11 Terrorism Attack
- ATM Machines
- Banking
- Beach Reporter Letters
- Bombings
- California
- Crime Control
- Crimes
- Daily Breeze Letters
- Doug Willmore's Great Chevron Shakedown
- Doug Willmore’s Great City Shakedown
- El Segundo
- El Segundo Chevron Public Records Act Request
- El Segundo Election Coverage
- El Segundo Herald Letters
- El Segundo News
- El Segundo Tax and Fee Increases
- Elections
- Firefighter and Police Union Compensation and Pensions
- Firefighter Union Corruption
- Firefighters Commiting Crimes
- Government Employee Compensation and Pensions
- Gun Control
- Hermosa Beach
- Historical News
- Humor
- Identity Theft
- Islamic Terrorism
- Israel
- Letters to the Editor
- Library
- Manhattan Beach
- Manhattan Beach News
- Mass Murders
- Measure P – Firefighters Union Initiative
- Middle East
- News
- Police Union Corruption
- Political Corruption
- Politics
- Position Papers
- Redondo Beach
- Research
- RKBA
- School Teachers Union Corruption
- Security
- Self-Defense
- Self-Defense and Gun Rights
- Tax Policy and Issues
- Terrorism
- Uncategorized
- Union Corruption
- United States
- Videos
- Violent Crime
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
Pages
Blogroll
- Documentation
El Segundo Police Officers' Association (ESPOA) Exposed
Response to the El Segundo Police Officers’ Association City Council Endorsements- Pension Tsunami Unfunded pension liabilities and excessive and unsustainable government pensions threaten bankruptcy.
- Plugins
- Suggest Ideas
- Support Forum
- Themes
- WordPress Blog
- WordPress Planet
Tag Archives: email archive
Email – Contact – El Segundo Finance Director Deborah Cullen provided phone/address book (VCF) file for Steve Stark at MuniServices
From: Cullen, Deborah
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 7:07 AM
To: Doug Willmore
Subject: Contact
Attachments: Steve Stark.vcf; ATT00001..txt
Steve Stark.vcf (695 B)
ATT00001..txt (292 B)
Hi Doug,
I don’t have Don’s number but MuniServices/Steve Stark would have it.
Deb Continue reading
Posted in El Segundo Chevron Public Records Act Request
Tagged Chevron, Deborah Cullen, Doug Willmore, El Segundo, email, email archive, gas, local government, oil, Public Records Act request, shakedown, Steve Stark
Comments Off
Email from Carol Wingate to entire City Council re Doug Willmore
From: Carol Wingate [cwingate@socal.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 5:05 PM
To: *ALL CITY COUNCIL
Subject: Doug Willmore
Mr. Willmore was hired by the council to improve the financial picture of El Segundo. With
fresh eyes and an outside perspective he followed directions. This process uncovered some
unwelcome facts that seem to be hard for the established political entities to accept. If,
as it appears, Mr. Willmore was fired for doing his job; the City Council might reexamine
their hearts to discover if their loyalties lie with the citizens of El Segundo or
Chevron.
I anticipate your response.
Sincerely,
Carol Wingate
Sent from my iPhone
Notes by Michael D. Robbins:
There were many good cause reasons to fire El Segundo City Manager Doug Willmore. However, he was fired without stating any of the good cause reasons, to reduce the City’s exposure to frivolous litigation. Even so, Doug Willmore filed frivolous lawsuits against the City of El Segundo (i.e., the City’s taxpayers), and personally against each of the three City Council members who did their duty and voted to fire him – Carl Jacobson, Suzanne Fuentes, and Don Brann.
Doug Willmore did not follow the direction of a majority of El Segundo City Council members, but instead catered to and followed direction from Mayor Eric Busch on important issues. His habitual lying to City Council members made it difficult if not impossible for them to trust him. His failure to follow direction, his poor negotiation results, and his written offers to the City employee unions with apparently unauthorized terms unnecessarily cost the City many millions of additional tax dollars per year.
References: … Continue reading
Posted in El Segundo Chevron Public Records Act Request
Tagged Carol Wingate, Chevron, Doug Willmore, El Segundo, email, email archive, gas, local government, oil, Public Records Act request, shakedown
Comments Off
Special Email – FW: MuniServices Gas UUT Audit for Chevron
… There was an audit performed by MRC back in the early 1990’s. Out of that audit MRC determined Chevron owed unpaid
gas utility users tax of $3,431,600. The City reached a settlement agreement with Chevron for $800,000 and MRC received
25% or $200,000 as a result of its contract with El Segundo. The settlement agreement provided for an annual charge of
$150,000 per year subject to CPI adjustments annually in satisfaction of Chevron’s gas utility users tax liability.
Deborah and I are trying to determine … Continue reading
Posted in El Segundo Chevron Public Records Act Request
Tagged Cathy Domann, Chevron, Deborah Cullen, Doug Willmore, El Segundo, email archive, gas, local government, MuniServices, oil, Public Records Act request, shakedown, special email, Steve Jones
Comments Off
Special Email – El Segundo Police Officers union board member Sgt. Jeff Leyman thanks Doug Willmore
From: Willmore, Doug
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:01 PM
To: Tagle, Mickie
Subject: FW: Thank You
From: Willmore, Doug
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:49 AM
To: Leyman, Jeff (Patrol Sergeant)
Subject: RE: Thank You
Thanks a lot for the feedback, Jeff. I appreciate it. And, thanks for the great work that you and your team does.
From: Leyman, Jeff (Patrol Sergeant)
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 3:03 PM
To: Willmore, Doug
Subject: Thank You
I was waiting to speak to you personally after the 2 PM meeting but Chris Thomason was talking and I didn’t want to interrupt. I wanted to thank you for exploring the Chevron tax matter. Several employees including myself have thought the relationship between Chevron and El Segundo was peculiar, as we knew they paid very little in taxes. We need a guy with courage right now and you seem to be that guy.
Thanks again,
Sgt. Jeff Leyman Continue reading
Posted in El Segundo Chevron Public Records Act Request
Tagged Chevron, Doug Willmore, El Segundo, El Segundo Police Officers Association, email archive, ESPOA, gas, Jeff Leyman, local government, Mickie Tagle, oil, Patrol Sergeant Jeff Leyman, police union, Public Records Act request, shakedown, special email
Comments Off
Special Email – FW: Note attachment – Threatening Note Doug Willmore said he found on his car windshield
From: Willmore Doug
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 10:35 AM
To: L Segundo/cn=Recipients/cn=MHensley; mhensley@localgovlaw.com
Subject: FW: Note attachment
Attachments: Willmore 12-0063.pdf
From: Bermudez, Jaime (Patrol Lieutenant)
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 6:28 PM
To: Willmore, Doug
Cc: Tavera, Mitch (Chief of Police)
Subject: Note attachment
Doug,
I attached an electronic copy of the note for your records. The number (12-0063) is the report number in our records. Let me know if you need anything else.
Jaime Bermudez, Lieutenant
El Segundo Police Department
348 Main St., El Segundo, CA 90245
(310) 524-2253 Office
E-Mail: JBermudez@elsegundo.org
www.elsegundo.org/depts/police … Continue reading
Posted in El Segundo Chevron Public Records Act Request
Tagged Chevron, city attorney, Doug Willmore, El Segundo, email archive, gas, local government, Mark Hensley, oil, Public Records Act request, shakedown, special email
Comments Off
Special Email – RE: Chevron Chamber Package – 1-4-2012.pdf – Adobe Acrobat Standard
From: Giordano
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 9:22 AM
To: dwillmore@elsegundo.org
Subject: RE: Chevron Chamber Package – 1-4-2012.pdf – Adobe Acrobat Standard
Thanks for note; will not forward. Mary
Mary Giordano
Assistant City Manager – Office of the City Manager
City of Torrance | 3031 Torrance Boulevard | Torrance CA 90503 | 310.618.5880 voice | 310.618.5891 fax |
MGiordano@TorranceCA.gov | www.TorranceCA.gov
From: Willmore Doug
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 4:49 PM
To: MGIORDANO@TorranceCA.gov
Subject: FW: Chevron Chamber Package – 1-4-2012.pdf – Adobe Acrobat Standard
Attachments: Chevron Revenue Analysis.pdf
Mary,
This is an email I sent to my Council and I’m sending it for background. Please don’t forward the email on or quote it in any way.
Doug
From: Willmore, Doug
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 6:58 PM
To: Busch, Eric (Mayor)
Subject: FW: Chevron Chamber Package – 1-4-2012.pdf – Adobe Acrobat Standard
All,
Attached is a comparison of Chevron’s refinery in El Segundo to the other five largest refineries in municipalities in CA. The ES refinery is the largest (by volume) in the state of CA. As you can see, by almost any useful measure or ratio or method of comparison, the tax revenue we receive from Chevron is far below those of other refineries in other cities in CA.
You should know that before I had decided to present revenue per acre as one of the ways to evaluate Chevron’s tax burden, I spoke to a couple of people who I trust who are knowledgeable about local tax structures. They were my brother Brad, an investment banker in the SF Bay area, and Darrin Casper, my CFO at Salt Lake County. Brad used to do energy deals for Solomon Brothers on Wall Street and has done more than 15 utility or oil and gas mergers or acquisitions of up to $5B and knows the business inside and out — especially how they pay their taxes. Darrin used to do energy financing for oil and gas deals for the firm Lewis Young in the investment banking world before becoming a CFO. Both Brad and Darrin suggested to me to use revenue per acre as not just one way to analyze Chevron’s local tax structure, but as THE best way. Brad and Darrin both said comparing one refinery to another is useful, but not as useful as comparing this refinery to other land uses in your City.
As you know, when constructing a revenue collection system for any public entity, the fundamental criteria has to be fairness and equity. That is the reason that both Brad and Darrin suggested the revenue per acre comparison. I’ll get into the additional reasons why they said so in the next paragraph. … Continue reading
Posted in El Segundo Chevron Public Records Act Request
Tagged Chevron, Doug Willmore, El Segundo, email archive, gas, local government, Mary Giordano, oil, Public Records Act request, shakedown, special email, Torrance
Comments Off
Special Email – FW: Note attachment – Email from Doug Willmore to L.A. Times writer Jeff Gottlieb about the threatening note.
From: Willmore Doug
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 6:54 PM
To: jeff.gottlieb@latimes.com
Subject: FW: Note attachment
Attachments: Willmore 12-0063.pdf
Hi Jeff,
FYI – someone left this on the windshield of my car on Friday night.
Doug
From: Bermudez, Jaime (Patrol Lieutenant)
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 6:28 PM
To: Willmore, Doug
Cc: Tavera, Mitch (Chief of Police)
Subject: Note attachment
Doug,
I attached an electronic copy of the note for your records. The number (12-0063) is the report number in our records. Let me know if you need anything else.
Jaime Bermudez, Lieutenant
El Segundo Police Department
348 Main St., El Segundo, CA 90245
(310) 524-2253 Office
E-Mail: JBermudez@elsegundo.org
www.elsegundo.org/depts/police … Continue reading
Posted in Doug Willmore's Great Chevron Shakedown, El Segundo Chevron Public Records Act Request, El Segundo News
Tagged Chevron, Doug Willmore, El Segundo, email archive, gas, Jeff Gottlieb, KCET, local government, Los Angeles Times, oil, Public Records Act request, shakedown, Small Town Big Oil, SoCal Connected, special email, Vince Gonzales
Comments Off
Special Email – FW: Chevron Chamber Package – 1-4-2012.pdf – Adobe Acrobat Standard
From: Willmore Doug
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 4:49 PM
To: MGIORDANO@TorranceCA.gov
Subject: FW: Chevron Chamber Package – 1-4-2012.pdf – Adobe Acrobat Standard
Attachments: Chevron Revenue Analysis.pdf
Mary,
This is an email I sent to my Council and I’m sending it for background. Please don’t forward the email on or quote it in any way.
Doug
From: Willmore, Doug
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 6:58 PM
To: Busch, Eric (Mayor)
Subject: FW: Chevron Chamber Package – 1-4-2012.pdf – Adobe Acrobat Standard
All,
Attached is a comparison of Chevron’s refinery in El Segundo to the other five largest refineries in municipalities in CA. The ES refinery is the largest (by volume) in the state of CA. As you can see, by almost any useful measure or ratio or method of comparison, the tax revenue we receive from Chevron is far below those of other refineries in other cities in CA.
You should know that before I had decided to present revenue per acre as one of the ways to evaluate Chevron’s tax burden, I spoke to a couple of people who I trust who are knowledgeable about local tax structures. They were my brother Brad, an investment banker in the SF Bay area, and Darrin Casper, my CFO at Salt Lake County. Brad used to do energy deals for Solomon Brothers on Wall Street and has done more than 15 utility or oil and gas mergers or acquisitions of up to $5B and knows the business inside and out — especially how they pay their taxes. Darrin used to do energy financing for oil and gas deals for the firm Lewis Young in the investment banking world before becoming a CFO. Both Brad and Darrin suggested to me to use revenue per acre as not just one way to analyze Chevron’s local tax structure, but as THE best way. Brad and Darrin both said comparing one refinery to another is useful, but not as useful as comparing this refinery to other land uses in your City.
As you know, when constructing a revenue collection system for any public entity, the fundamental criteria has to be fairness and equity. That is the reason that both Brad and Darrin suggested the revenue per acre comparison. I’ll get into the additional reasons why they said so in the next paragraph. … Continue reading
Posted in El Segundo Chevron Public Records Act Request
Tagged Chevron, Doug Willmore, El Segundo, email archive, gas, local government, Mary Geiordano, oil, Public Records Act request, shakedown, special email, Torrance
Comments Off
Special Email – Re: Mickie’s Blog checked out by Chevron, SR too… – Snyde remarks
From: Willmore Doug
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 8:46 PM
To: mickie.tagle@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Mickie’s Blog checked out by Chevron, SR too…
Mickie – that is spooky – why don’t you take it down for a little while? No telling what these freaks will
do.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 6, 2012, at 7:18 PM, “Mickie Tagle”
http://mickietagle.blogspot.com/
Posted in El Segundo Chevron Public Records Act Request
Tagged Chevron, Doug Willmore, El Segundo, email archive, gas, local government, Mickie Tagle, oil, Public Records Act request, shakedown, special email
Comments Off
Special Email – Doug Willmore tried to convince the next City Treasurer Chris Powell to support his proposed $10 million tax hike on Chevron
[ NOTE: This released email was missing the preceding text. ]
them more and having them subsidize Chevron’s obligation to pay a fair share for the operations of the City).
For a variety of reasons, CA tax structures for many cities are all over the map. Cities across CA have created all sorts of different taxes to compensate for Prop 13’s impact on commercial property. As a result, you end up with taxes that inversely impact some businesses and not others. That’s what we have here in El Segundo.
According to the analyst I spoke to at Oppenheimer, CA refineries as a whole are the most profitable in the US, and this one is the highest volume and, in their opinion, the most profitable refinery in CA. I don’t buy at all the pulling up stakes and moving or shutting down argument. The CA market is a huge market and Chevron will be a player here regardless of whether their tax burden in El Segundo is $5M or $15M. The business model here in El Segundo, given the marine terminal and given the pipeline to LAX among other things, can’t be beat. The same threats of closing were made in Richmond 2 and 3 years ago. And yet, despite being the highest volume refinery in the state, their taxes here in El Segundo, by almost any meaningful measure or ratio are half of the next lowest refinery, and in some cases ¼ of other large refineries. Rod’s response to me is that he can’t verify the numbers.
I have not yet heard any argument from anyone that sincerely makes a case that the tax burden shared by Chevron and the rest of our business community is a fair split. If there is an argument that someone has to make supporting the current arrangement, I’d love to hear it. All I have heard is that we need more time to talk. Which is fine if there is a commitment to a resolution. However, Eric never heard back from Frank if there was a commitment to a resolution from Chevron on this. If there is no commitment to a resolution, where does that leave us? It takes two to tango.
Doug
From: Chris Powell [mailto:CPowell@washingtoniron.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 3:01 PM
To: Willmore, Doug
Subject: RE: How does this look?
Thanks Doug. I will take a look at it. This is definitely a better comparison than comparing different general plan zones within the city. Have you also been comparing M 1 zone acreage rates in various surrounding tax jurisdictions? I wasn’t sure if that was a valid comparison as well.
Chris J. Powell, CFO
Washington Iron Works
310-217-9130
From: Willmore, Doug [mailto:dwillmore@elsegundo.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:16 PM
To: Chris Powell
Subject: FW: How does this look?
Chris,
Attached is a summary of the five largest refineries in municipalities in CA and their resulting revenue ratios. As you can see, El Segundo lags far behind the rest when you look at their relative contribution to the city. … Continue reading
Posted in El Segundo Chevron Public Records Act Request
Tagged Chevron, Chris J. Powell, Deborah Cullen, Doug Willmore, El Segundo, email archive, gas, local government, oil, Public Records Act request, shakedown, special email
Comments Off