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Police Covered-Up Grandmother's Complaint Against Suisun Councilman

The Suisun City Police Dept. - investigating a complaint that a Suisun City Council member harassed and accosted a grandmother gathering signatures to recall him from office - did not make any real attempt to seriously explore the charges, a spokesperson for a community group said here today.

Police have told civil rights attorney Jeff Kravitz, representing Suisun grandmother Mina Guerrero, that the Solano District Attorney did not found any to pursue the criminal probe - but police also failed to interview any eye witnesses, or even the accused, councilman Michael Hudson.

"We are not at all surprised. The police association has put up billboards announcing its opposition to the Recall Election. Despite their assurances, we knew they would not fully investigate the charges," said Cres Vellucci, a spokesperson for "Save Our Suisun."

"We did, though, expect them to at least interview eye witnesses and Michael Hudson. But, they did not even do that," added Vellucci. He added that an outside agency, possibly the California Attorney General's office, is being contacted to oversee a objective investigation.

Members of "Save Our Suisun" - since they began gathering signatures in April - have been sued, threatened with arrest by the same police who did not probe the Hudson matter and accosted by Hudson, and other Recall opponents. SOS has until August 8 to submit about 2,030 signatures to force an election to recall Hudson, Mayor Pete Sanchez and Vice-Mayor Jane Day.

Sanchez, Hudson and Day are the targets of a recall because, said "Save Our Suisun," they risked public safety by approving a Wal-Mart SuperCenter near Travis Air Force Base, despite the warnings of air safety experts.

The councilmembers also raised their own compensation plans 118 percent and have made a series of questionable city financial decisions. In addition more than $100,000 is missing from the city coffers, according to one tally.