He was not an “inmate,” he was being kept at the jail, after entering his plea in mental health court, until a mental health bed opened up–likely the next morning. He was not serving a sentence at the jail

Said person claimed to be a personal advisor to the Sheriff and then flashed credentials issued by the sheriff that was supposed to be some kind of honorary sheriff’s badge CCW permit.

The business ties shared by this person are intertwined with Plaza Loans that has very close ties to The Sheriff’s Advisory Board and The Santa Clara County Public Safety Alliance. Both groups feature high numbers of their membership who have those coveted permits.
So, Michael Patrick O’Connor, care to guess who this someone is?

If you aren’t just kissing ass, then you are ignorant.

Do some digging. Relying on the media for any kind of truth is naive at best.

However, you must have a Beavis for a sidekick.

The owner of a news outlet covering for a corrupt POS politician is such an insult to readers intelligence I called him on it.

I posted within ten minutes of Michael Patrick O’Connor. Brown nosing the owner gets your comment immediately.

SJI – if you are a new poster the post is held in moderation – unfortunately that can be a couple days – especially over a weekend. so you will see some posts show up days after they were made.

SJS – moderation is OK during working hours – then slows considerably, on weekends it is once a day and even less sometimes – and the spotlight must use its “authors” (journalists are supposed to try to be unbiased) as moderators – because your post will usually be dropped if it conflicts too much with the spotlights advocacy purposes.