Thanks for your hard work Terry! Can we go cruising one day? Perhaps even rent a busload and charge them a fee. Peace out.

I just updated the article. Friday's hearing lasted about an hour in front of Hearing Officer Holguin. Deputy Avila did indeed show up but wasn't much interested in my Rule 13 invocation where I submitted my prepared statement & exhibits for his review before the start of the hearing. In return, Avila stated he had no prepared documentation to present to me in front of the hearing office but this proved to be false when I cross-examined him regarding his incident report that he had on-hand. The same incident report I had requested from the PCSD two months earlier in a public records request along with other info that the sheriff's department has still failed to fill (and looks like will be the subject of a special action in superior court for violation of the public records law). I asked that the record reflect that Avila had essentially violated Rule 13 and it was entered into the record accordingly. Avila also tried to limit testimony and exhibits to just those dealing specifically with the alleged horn honking violation as opposed to the roadblock and the reason why Avila was even there in the first place (special assignment under Operation Stonegarden). The Hearing Officer allowed all my testimony and exhibits to be entered into the record however given that it was all directly related to the horn honking citation. After Avila testified for about five minutes or so, I cross-examined for about twenty. I then testified for another twenty five minutes or so with a fourteen page prepared statement. After I was done, Holguin took it under advisement and said he would make a ruling in about two to three weeks. I have a request out to the court now for audio transcripts of the hearing and will post again once the hearing officer has entered his ruling.

So what happened Fri? Judge doesn't want to hear. Dismissed without prejudice? Avila shows up?

Recidivist. Why do you hate America? I bet you have a Santa Muerte bobble-head in your glovebox.

this is obliviously harassment. it is a tragedy these people trade the stolen money for the benefit of the overlords. Disgusting!

Avila did file the paperwork with the court but whether or not he actually shows up for the hearing is another matter entirely. Deputy Audetat from last year essentially did the same thing to me except charged me with stopping unnecessarily in the lane of traffic (despite being seized by two federal agents in front of two stop signs). I showed up in court but Audetat didn't. The court refused to impose sanctions and refused to dismiss with prejudice. Who would have guessed? Anyway, I've got an outstanding Open Records request to the PCSD for all their Operation Stonegarden documentation along with all of Avila's deployments under the grant, the amount of overtime he's received for participating in the federal program and copies of his incident reports while deploying under the program. As you can imagine. I haven't heard a peep from the PCSD in two months now, a little fact I'll be sharing with the judge. I'll also be presenting a legal analysis of the horn honking statute & how I was in compliance with the statute by warning others of the unsafe conditions created for other drivers by the BP along with how the statute is overly broad and involves prior restraint against 1st amendment protected expressive speech. The Washington Supreme Court recently ruled that a very similarly worded statute there violated the 1st amendment. Anyway, it should be an interesting hearing if Avila actually shows up. The court has set aside one minute for the hearing. I'm thinking it will last a little longer than that.

Want to bet the paperwork will never get filed with the court?