Daily Commentary – Friday May 25th, 2007 – Charles Manson Denied Parole Again

Dana discusses why:

• Charles Manson Was Denied Parole Again
   

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Texas EquuSearch Hogs & Horses Fund Raiser … Mission for the Missing, Part 1

On Saturday May 19, 2007 Texas EquuSearch held its 3rd annual Hogs and Horses, “Mission For the Missing” Fund raiser. The event was a tremendous success raising an estimated $62,000. Scared Monkeys attended the event and will have numerous pictures to follow of the event and of the weekend in Texas with Tim Miller and TES. Listen to the Dana Pretzer, Scared Monkeys radio live broadcast at the event, HERE.

Thanks to Cheryl Benskin and all her hard working people who put it all together. A very special thank you to Courtney Zavala, Channel 2 News, for always wanting to be a part of helping TES and the families of missing persons. We were honored to have Dave Holloway as our special guest to join us in the festivities. Red from Scared Monkeys is always a pleasure to have around and we were so glad he could make it. You can catch some coverage and photos of the event on his website www.scaredmonkeys.com . (Texas Equusearch.org)

Scared Monkeys would like to thank Tim Miller, Dave Holloway, Cheryl Lawless, Cindy Wisdom, Cheryl Benskin, Gene Robinson and the numerous others in attendance that we talked to at the event. We would also like to thank the many well wishers who came up to us during the event and most importantly the generosity of so many that made the event such a great success. Your giving will provide for future searches for missing loved ones.

(Tim Miller, TES)

Why they call it “Hogs & Horses”

OJ Simpson Tackled for a Loss … Judge Orders OJ funds to Goldmans

A judge has put the squeeze on OJ Simpson and order  the Juice’s funds held by an attorney to be given to the Goldman family. Although the money the Goldmans will receive is a mere slice of the $33.5 million that OJ Simpson judgment against Simpson, it is a shot across the bow. Maybe this is a good sign for things to come as the Goldmans are fighting over the money rights to OJ’s ill-fated book, “If I Did It”.

Attorney Leonardo D. Starke is believed to be holding about $3,500 for Simpson in a client trust account in Florida, where the former football star now lives, Goldman attorney David Cook said Wednesday.

The amount is small but the court ruling could have broader implications for the Goldman family, which has tried for a decade to collect on a $33.5-million judgment against Simpson. Virtually none of the money has been collected, and the family has accused Simpson of trying to conceal his income.

“It is a shot over the bow,” Cooke said. “It’s significant that we’re reaching money over state lines, and it’s a significant message to Mr. Simpson that we will find every asset there is.” (Yahoo News)

Still Looking For Joran

When the search for Joran did not turn up any clues in Rotterdam, the Simian Search has moved on to Southern Taiwan. There is no report yet but the search was eventful according to this video.

Here are some outtakes that did not make the video.

and another.

Those Monkey types will never give up, will they…

Traffic Fatalities Up in Aruba, Drug Confiscation Up & that 2005 Crime still Unsolved

So you are thinking about renting a car at the airport on “One Happy Island”? You may want to rethink that choice, traffic fatalities are up in 2007. Although there are no traffic accident statistics in this article it does appear that there always seem to be a bad accident covered in the pages of Diario and Bon Dia.

Police Corps Aruba ( KPA ) is very concerned about the 11 persons that died in traffic this year, and we are only in the fifth month.   In the entire year of 2006, the number of persons that died in traffic was 14.       The reasons for the accidents were in almost all the cases irresponsible driving.   This has to change, because if it continues, the figures of 2007 will be much higher. (Amigoe)

Check out the amount of drugs that have been confiscated in Aruba by the police in 2007 as compared to 2006. Does anyone think there is not a rise in drug use to correlate with this number?

Another priority of the KPA is tackling the local drug dealings and sale.   It causes inconvenience and criminality.   Compared to 2006, the police have confiscated almost 600 cocaine and 50 kilo heroine versus 109 and 12 in 2006.

(Vanderbilt – ’07)

There were 12 reported robberies a day in Aruba in 2006. Wow, that seems like an extremely large number for an island on 100K in population. Then there is the final statistic, the number of deadly criminal offenses in 2006. However, it is not the solved deadly criminal offenses in 2006 that is Aruba’s problem. It is that one unsolved crime  in 2005 that hangs over Aruba like a dark cloud and will continue to do so in to the future until there is “Justice for Natalee”.

Amigoe; May 22, 2007: Police The number of fatal traffic accidents has to drop    

Already eleven fatalities in traffic in 2007, and that is unacceptable for the police.

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