Monthly Archives: September 2010

For those who don’t believe in Dracula

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Jan Tucker

Some people I meet doubt the existence of Gyula Tamas Zubovicz, aka Dracula, who headed (actually as he is “un-dead” he still heads) the Dracula Crime Family of the Hungarian Mafia (see my past blog postings on Tales of the … Continue reading →

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Violence Against Transgender People

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Jan Tucker

Last Friday, Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 633, which was designed to alleviate and prevent violence against incarcerated Transgender people.  According to a University of California Irvine study  commissioned by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 69 percent of transgender inmates report … Continue reading →

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End of an Era & a New Beginning

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Jan Tucker

I received an unexpected tribute Saturday night (9-26-10) at the California Association of Licensed Investigators (CALI) “President’s Banquet.”  The President’s Award, the Distinguished Achievement Award (DAA), and the Governor of the Year Award were scheduled to be given out that … Continue reading →

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White Flag of Surrender

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Jan Tucker

Your email:  As my regular readers will know, I’ve had a series of disagreements with some members of my profession over issues involving Mandatory Continuing Education (MCE), professional ethics, and legislative matters in general.  One of the most vociferous of … Continue reading →

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Re-trial in 30+ Year Old Murder Case ends with another “Hung” Jury

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Jan Tucker

NEWS RELEASE J.B. Tucker & Associates P.O. Box 433 Torrance CA 90508-0433 Tel:  310.618.9596 Cell:  818.720.3719 www.janbtucker.com pr@janbtucker.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  September 21, 2010 FOR INFORMATION:  J.J. Little 310.622.9527, Jan Tucker 310.618.9596 1976 MURDER CASE DECLARED MISTRIAL ON 2ND “HUNG … Continue reading →

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Al Gore: “You Ain’t seen bad yet, but it’s commin’”

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Jan Tucker

If you’ve ever seen the movie Next of Kin starring Patrick Swayze, there’s this great line where he tells actor Andreas Katsoulas, “Bad?  You ain’t seen bad yet, but it’s commin.”  That’s one of the all time greatest lines in … Continue reading →

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Open Letter to President Obama on the Plight of the Roma (Gypsies)

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Jan Tucker

Your email:  September 16, 2010 Honorable President Barack H. Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington DC 20500 Honorable President Obama: Some time ago I watched you on television when during a national address on financial reform, you … Continue reading →

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“Labor Donated” Isn’t Subject to Re-definition

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Jan Tucker

A discussion is taking place in Peace and Freedom Party cyber-circles as to whether it is legitimate for their candidates to use the terminology “Labor Donated” on their literature. I used to be the investigator for the Southern California Allied … Continue reading →

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Children of Abraham II

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Jan Tucker

Today as I watched Secretary of State Hilary Clinton at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas I was thinking that one of them should mention, in the spirit of peace, that the … Continue reading →

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Why Chicano Studies; Why Arizona is Afraid of Chicano Studies

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Jan Tucker

LAMC 9-1-10 Click the above link to hear my speech at Los Angeles Mission College on September 1, 2010.  Mission College, after a long struggle, has finally initiated a Department of Chicano Studies.  The interdisciplinary Chicano Studies program (now to … Continue reading →

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