Carol Migden: Another Power Abuser (and all around crook)

I'm a little late following up on this however, nothing I or anyone else can say or do would make one bit of difference to this deplorable woman.

(San Francisco Sentinel) State Sen. Carol Migden was sentenced this morning in Solano County Superior Court to two years summary probation for a reckless driving incident in May, the Solano County District Attorney’s Office said.

The San Francisco Democrat pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor reckless driving charge that was filed this morning and was also assessed $710 in fees and fines, the district attorney’s office said.

Migden, 58, did not appear in court. The plea was entered by her Ukiah attorney Ann Moorman. Migden must also be formally booked, then released from the Solano County Jail by Oct. 9.

The Solano County District Attorney’s Office said under summary probation, the defendant is not required to report regularly with the county probation office.

The California Highway Patrol had recommended Migden be charged
with reckless driving causing bodily injury.

The CHP said Migden’s 2007 Toyota Highlander collided with a Honda that had stopped on Beck Avenue at state Highway 12 in Fairfield injuring a Vallejo woman May 18.

The CHP also said Migden’s vehicle hit a guardrail on Interstate Highway 80 in Fairfield before that crash.

Migden later revealed she has been taking medication to fight leukemia and that might have contributed to her behavior.

In California, California Vehicle Code§ 23103.5 states:

a) Any person who drives any vehicle upon a highway in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.

(b) Any person who drives any vehicle in any offstreet parking facility, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 12500, in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.

(c) Persons convicted of the offense of reckless driving shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than five days nor more than 90 days or by a fine of not less than one hundred forty-five dollars ($145) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment, except as provided in Section 23104. Amended Sec. 19, Ch. 739, Stats. 2001. Effective January 1, 2002.

Reckless Driving: Bodily Injury Vehicle Code 23104

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), whenever reckless driving of a vehicle proximately causes bodily injury to any person other than the driver, the person driving the vehicle shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than six months or by a fine of not less than two hundred twenty dollars ($220) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment.

(b) Any person convicted of reckless driving which proximately causes great bodily injury, as defined in Section 12022.7 of the Penal Code, to any person other than the driver, who previously has been convicted of a violation of Section 23103, 23104, 23109, 23152, or 23153, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison, by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than six months or by a fine of not less than two hundred twenty dollars ($220) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by both the fine and imprisonment. Amended Ch. 216, Stats. 1984. Effective January 1, 1985.

Do you think that an ordinary citizen - let's say for instance, one of the people Migden hit, would receive the unusually light sentences she received?

Migden was described by the 41 callers to 9-1-1 as "obviously drunk," "swerving, speeding, hitting the median," "she's talking on her cell phone and she's been all over the lanes the last two or three miles."

At some points, he reported, she was driving above the speed limit, at times below it.

Near the American Canyon Road exit, a male caller reported, "There's an impaired driver who's going to cause a major injury accident," "She's crossing three lanes at a time, wandering back and forth," he said. "She's been on the phone, reading a book ... She's really scary. Watch out."

She finally rear-ended another car on Beck Avenue at state Highway 12 in Fairfield -- sending a Vallejo woman and her 3-year-old daughter to the hospital. I wonder what happened to the woman and her daughter... haven't heard a word. I truly hope the state did not pay them off... now wouldn't that be a scam? I mean sham.

Migden claimed that her wild driving was a result of leukemia medication. However, Migden has not been treated for leukemia for more than one year.

(Marin Independent Journal) Bob Jordan, 57, of Turlock was involved in the crash Friday. He said immediately after the accident he saw two men confront Migden for her erratic driving prior to the accident. They apparently followed her when she turned off the freeway in Fairfield, then confronted her about her poor driving after the subsequent accident.

"They were getting onto her and all she was saying was, 'You can't talk to me like that, I'm a state senator," Jordan said. "That's all she would answer."

Jordan said he heard one Fairfield police officer say to another, "This must be the car we got the call about driving erratically on Highway 80." Fairfield police officials could not be reached Tuesday for comment.

Jordan was struck by Migden's behavior.

"There was something wrong with her. I told both the highway patrol and the city police that arrived that either she's drunk or on something. She just wasn't coherent, nor could she stand there steady," Jordan said.

Migden was required to submit a report of the accident to police unless she decided to use her own insurance to cover the costs, said Alicia Trost, a spokeswoman for state Senate Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland. Isn't it funny how we haven't heard how this was handled. Take a guess.

(Marin Independent Journal) After announcing that Sen. Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, was at fault for rear-ending another car and reckless driving that included twice striking a guardrail in the center median on Interstate 80, the California Highway Patrol reversed itself Friday.
"Unfortunately, there was information that was related incorrectly," said CHP Sgt. Les Bishop.

Bishop said that despite CHP reports to the contrary, the CHP's investigation into Migden's accident on May 18 is not complete. Migden's 2007 Toyota Highlander struck a 2005 Honda, injuring a Vallejo woman and her toddler daughter in a crash near Fairfield.

No stupid, her car did not strike a 2005 Honda - she recklessly and wilfully drove her Toyota Highlander into a Honda driven by a woman.

And this is not Migden's first brush with bad driving: Migden was sued in 1997 for her role in a car accident that involved injuries, when she ran a stop sign near the Capitol, according to the woman whose car was hit.

Teresa Latham, a tax technician at the state Board of Equalization, said she still harbors bitter feelings about the accident that totaled the car she had paid off eight months earlier.

She said Migden barely spoke to her and didn't seem worried about her welfare after Latham's car was spun onto O Street from 15th Street, causing the air bag to go off.

"It's really odd at my age that I just can't get over it," Latham, 47, said. "I think it was just the whole situation. There was no concern on her part." (Sacramento Bee)

Carol Migden is a despicable person who has abused her office and the power that goes with it.

Now, how do we get her thrown out?