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Baby seller case: Not first time a child taken from Fousek because of meth ...

A jury Tuesday convicted a Salinas man of endangering the baby girl he exposed to methamphetamine and offered to sell in a Walmart parking lot last year.

What the jury did not know, and what Judge Pamela Butler will take into consideration when sentencing Patrick Fousek, is that it's not the first time one of his children has been taken from him because of methamphetamine exposure.

In 2006, his young son was removed from the Fousek family home on Old Stage Road in Salinas after probation officers conducting a routine search on Patrick Fousek found a methamphetamine lab in the bedroom of his twin brother, David Fousek.

Prosecutor Rolando Mazariegos said the prior incident is added proof that Fousek was aware of the dangers of exposing 8-month-old Alexandra "Stormy" Fousek to the drug and chose to ignore them. Mazariegos said he will use the 2006 incident to urge Butler to sentence Fousek to the maximum prison term on Nov. 30.

Source: San Jose Mercury News

Walker and His Henchmen Try Rolling Back More Civil Rights ...

by Scot Vee

Wisconsin state senators considered rolling back even more civil rights on Tuesday as they heard testimony on SB 207, a bill that allows employers to discriminate against people with felony convictions, whether or not the circumstances of those convictions substantially relate to the circumstances of the particular job for which they are applying.

The bill further prohibits any county, city, village, or town from adopting any provision concerning employment discrimination based on arrest or conviction record that prohibits any activity that is allowed under the state fair employment law. This is just one in a long line of other Republican-sponsored bills in process or already passed this year that fly in the face of the traditional Republican values of small government and local control.

When the localities in question contain large numbers of non-white voters and when they make decisions that make it more difficult for businesses to engage in unfair practices or to exploit a vulnerable population, Governor Walker and his henchmen in the legislature have decided to step in and “protect business owners” by bringing down the heavy hand of the state. They’ve gone after local fair housing ordinances, residency requirements for county and city workers, and the paid sick day ordinance in Milwaukee, the largest Democratic and minority base in the state....

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by Terry Shropshire

Tiffany Aliche makes being frugal fun, fanciful and fabulous. She can help you look like you just walked out of a store on Rodeo Drive or Fifth Avenue and barely break a twenty. Yes, you read that right. This is a woman who, when she was making just $35,000 a year as a pre-school teacher, saved more than $40,000 in two years. She is a person who traveled to over 14 countries last year and spent less than $4,000 total — for all 14 countries. Admit it: we like financial constraints about as much as we like walking into a port-a-potty in middle of August. But Aliche is a person who has somehow made budgeting fashionable and hip. Usually, getting financial advice is about as exciting as scrubbing your kitchen floor with a toothbrush. But @TheBudgetnista has turn it into a participatory sport. And she wants to teach you how she plays the game – and win. Being ‘The Budgetnista’ is not about money. I want to teach you to live a...

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Baby seller case: Not first time a child taken from Fousek because of meth ...

San Jose Mercury News - Dec 31, 1969

But at 12:45 am, officers responded to a noise complaint and found Alexandra rolling around the squalid, stinking apartment in her walker and her parents apparently high on methamphetamine. Tomasini, who has since pleaded guilty to child endangerment

Baby-selling case goes to jury

Monterey County Herald - Dec 31, 1969

They found Stormy rolling around the stinking, squalid apartment in a walker at 12:45 am, her parents apparently high on methamphetamine. Fousek refused to cooperate or be tested for the drug. But Tomasini, who has pleaded guilty, was too high to

'Batman: Arkham City' game widens franchise

Variety - Dec 31, 1969

For example, Toys R Us hosts a launch event next week from its Times Square store, while Walmart, Best Buy, GameStop, nVidia and Samsung will cross-promote the game with their own advertising efforts. WB has also let its consumer products arm play with