Builder Sues Forest Service Workers Under RICO Act

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: bosley.john () bls gov
Date: December 20, 2004 12:36:59 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Builder Sues Forest Service Workers Under RICO Act
Reply-To: bosley.john () bls gov

This story was sent to you by: John Bosley

The legal climate under the Bush-Schwarzenegger regimes just gets more 
and more bizarre, Dave.

John

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Builder Sues Forest Service Workers Under RICO Act
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By Henry Weinstein
Times Staff Writer

December 20 2004

FAWNSKIN, Calif. — Biologist Robin Eliason has been a model 
employee of the U.S. Forest Service since 1989, winning a certificate 
of merit every year and establishing a reputation as the government's 
expert on bald eagles in the San Bernardino National Forest.

 But now Eliason, her husband, Scott, a Forest Service botanist, and 
their boss, San Bernardino National Forest Supervisor Gene Zimmerman, 
have had to hire their own attorney to defend them in a lawsuit 
accusing them of racketeering.

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-eagles20dec20,0,5251990.story

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