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LEE COUNTY COMMISSION – PUBLIC CORRUPTION

DEFENDANT JOHN E. MANNING

DEF. LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER
JOHN E. MANNING
LEE COUNTY PUBLIC CORRUPTION
 “SIX COMMISSIONERS FACED CRIMINAL CHARGES”

NEWS-PRESS, July 9, 2010, www.news-press.com

By Gabriella Souza, gsouza@news-press.com

“Manning comes with …”

“At the time, the board [of Lee County Commissioners]

was in turmoil. Commissioners and county staff came
under fire for illegal dealings and between 1983 and
2000; six commissioners faced criminal charges.
"It was a revolving door of county commissioners and
county managers," Manning said.
Manning, who had decided not to run for re-election, was
prosecuted in 2000. He said he wanted to end his time as
a commissioner so he could go back to the private sector.”

LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER JOHN E. MANNING

CHARGED IN RECORDS CASE

NEWS-PRESS, May 11, 2000, www.news-press.com

Failure to disclose meetings alleged …

By Lee Melsek

“Prosecutors filed criminal charges against Lee County

Commissioner John Manning on Wednesday for failing to
disclose years of private meetings with lobbyists seeking
such things as land-use changes, roads and multimillion-
dollar county contracts.
Manning, who voted to approve the county law he's
accused of violating, claims he misinterpreted the law. He
is charged with a second-degree misdemeanor …”

LEE COUNTY COMMISSION – PUBLIC CORRUPTION

NEWS-PRESS, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

July 10, 2010, www.news-press.com

“The News-Press exposed his failure to obey that law,

local prosecutors then charged him with violating the
disclosure law and the courts fined him after he pleaded
no contest.”

LEE MELSEK
Fort Myers Beach
LEE COUNTY PUBLIC CORRUPTION
LEE COUNTY PUBLIC CORRUPTION
LEE COUNTY COMMISSION – PUBLIC CORRUPTION
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 DEFENDANT CORRUPT LEE COUNTY COMMISSION

NEWS-PRESS, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

July 10, 2010, www.news-press.com

Recall Past Actions

“Don’t you just love the integrity of politics? John Manning

back as commissioner because he has experience? John
Manning is the commissioner who wrote an ordinance,
then broke his own ordinance, and his attorney then called
Manning’s ordinance a stinky little law or something to that
effect. I wonder if Charlie Crist was aware of this when he
appointed Manning back to the Lee County Commission?”

RON SMILEY
Fort Myers
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NEWS-PRESS, July 13, 2010, www.news-press.com

TRANSPARENCY ABOVE ALL ELSE: EDITORIAL

“We expect our elected officials to be law-abiding citizens

who seek to uphold the rules they create. When they
don’t, we question their integrity and ability to serve.
Recently, criticism has surfaced about newly appointed
interim Lee County Commissioner John Manning’s
decade-old no contest plea and $1,000 fine for violating
the county’s lobbyist disclosure ordinance. He had a been
a three-term county commissioner at that point and helped
craft the ordinance.
That no contest plea has come back to haunt him in
letters to the editor, for example, as he was appointed to
the post and is seeking election to it.
At least one of his opponents, former Cape Coral
Economic Development Director Mike Jackson, sees it as
old news, and after 10 years, it likely is. Manning’s also
facing former Cape Coral Councilman Chris Berardi and
former Lee County School Board Member Bob Chilmonik.
This issue should still matter, however. Voters have a right
to take into consideration the whole record of a candidate.
In a questionnaire for The News-Press Editorial Board,
Manning affirmed his support for the Sunshine Law —
open records and open meetings laws — opposing
exemptions to it and looking to expand it further.
That’s a good sign, and redemption certainly is an
American value. Manning has a chance to correct his past
error by striving to be the most transparent public official in
our community.
Anything less than that should be grounds to vote for one
of his opponents in the Aug. 24 primary election.”

Sunshine Dimmed
“Re: “Manning comes with polished reputation,” July 9.
Only a single sentence in an otherwise fawning profile of
Manning hinted that something was not quite right during
his earlier time on the commission.
Alas, there was no attempt whatsoever to detail to readers
and voters the betrayal of the public trust Mr. Manning
committed while a commissioner in the late ‘90s. Only this
vague reference to the fact “he pleaded no contest for not
following the county’s lobbyist disclosure law and paid
$1,000 in fines and court costs.”
The law, which Manning voted to adopt in the early ‘90s, is
an important Lee County addendum to the state’s open
government requirements. The Lee County law requires
commissioners to keep logs of their private meetings with
lobbyists. They must disclose the names of the lobbyists,
the dates of the meetings, the issues they discussed and
the people and companies those lobbyists represent. It’s a
noble attempt to prevent government in the shadows
much like other counties have adopted.
It lets the public know who is influencing, or attempting to
influence, our elected commission behind closed doors.
While the other four commissioners were dutifully obeying
that law and filing their disclosure logs every three months
with the Clerk’s Office Minutes Department, John Manning
chose to ignore it for the entire four years of his last term
in office. He chose government in the shadows as he met
with companies and their high-priced lawyers and
lobbyists seeking votes and favors in the privacy of his
office or theirs.”
 Case 2:07-cv-00228-JES-SPC Document 434 Filed 07/22/10 Page 1 of 2

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION

JORG BUSSE

Plaintiff,

vs. Case No. 2:07-cv-228-FtM-29SPC

LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA; BOARD OF LEE

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; THE LEE COUNTY
PROPERTY APPRAISER; STATE OF FLORIDA
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL
IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND, STATE OF
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION,

Defendants.
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ORDER

This matter comes before the Court on review of defendant’s

Motion for Entry of Order Directing Public Sale of Real Property

(Doc. #432) filed on May 21, 2010. No response has been filed and

the time to respond has expired.

Upon review, the Court desires a response from plaintiff.

Recognizing that a Pre-Filing Injunction (Case No. 2:09-cv-791-FTM-

36SPC, Doc. #245) was issued on July 20, 2010, prohibiting any

further filings without leave of Court, the Court will grant

plaintiff leave to file a single responsive document to defendant’s

motion.

Accordingly, it is now

ORDERED:
 Case 2:07-cv-00228-JES-SPC Document 434 Filed 07/22/10 Page 2 of 2

Plaintiff may file one response to defendant’s Motion for

Entry of Order Directing Public Sale of Real Property (Doc. #432)

within FOURTEEN (14) DAYS of this Order. If no response is

received, the Court will rule on the motion without the benefit of

a response and without further notice.

DONE AND ORDERED at Fort Myers, Florida, this 22nd day of

July, 2010.

Copies:
Plaintiff
Counsel of record

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PUBLIC CORRUPTION COMPLAINT
AGAINST DEFENDANT BEVERLY B. MARTIN
CORRUPT U.S. CIRCUIT JUDGE

CERTIFIED DELIVERY
Federal Bureau of Investigation
5525 West Gray Street
Tampa, FL 33609
Phone: (813) 253-1000

DEFENDANT BEVERLY B. MARTIN

RECORD LACK OF IMMUNITY - PERPETRATION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS
1. The Plaintiff public corruption victims are suing Defendant Beverly B. Martin (“Martin”) in
her private individual capacity and official capacity as U.S. Circuit Judge. Defendant
Martin’s unlawful and criminal acts on record were outside any immunity and official
capacity.
FELONIES OUTSIDE ANY “official” CAPACITY
2. Under color of undocketed and/or falsified Cases ## 2010-10963 and 2010-10967, Def.
Martin falsified official records and documents and caused others to falsify for criminal and
illegal purposes of extorting money and property under fraudulent pretenses of “frivolity”.
3. Def. Martin knew and concealed that the only paid judgment of record had been in the
amount of $24.30. When the Plaintiffs conclusively proved the prima facie criminality,
illegality, and nullity of a falsified “$5,048.60 judgment”, which could nowhere be found,
Case No. 2:2007-cv-00228, Def. Martin retaliated with further case fixing on “Jul 19 2010”.
COERCION, EXTORTION UNDER FALSE PRETENSES, AND COVER-UP
4. Def. Martin coerced the Plaintiff corruption victims to refrain from redressing their
grievances of a facially falsified and un-recorded “$5,048.60 judgment”, fake “writ of
execution”, Doc. # 425, and forged “land parcels”. No court had ever reviewed the record
forgeries of said fake “land parcels”, and Def. Martin conspired with other Offenders to
keep it that way and keep Plaintiffs out of Court. Just like a Government whore, Def. Martin
procured her order through brazen fraud on the Court, Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.540; see also 1.550.
CONTEMPT OF FLORIDA LAW, CHAPTERS 55, 56, 71, 73, 74, 95, 712, FLA. STAT.
5. Def. Martin concealed that here nothing could have possibly become a lien on Plaintiffs’
property under Ch. 55, 56, 71, Fla. Stat.
MARTIN’S KNOWLEDGE OF CRIMES AND UNLAWFUL ACTS
6. Defendant Corrupt Martin had knowledge of the actual commission of felonies such as, e.g.,
the falsifications of
a. a “$5,048.60 judgment”;
b. an appeal [see Case ## 2010-10967, and/or 2010-10963];
c. a “writ of execution” [Case No. 2:2007-cv-00228, Doc. # 425];
d. “land parcels” “12-44-20-01-00000.00A0” and “07-44-21-01-00001.0000”;
e. a “regulation”, “resolution 569/875”, “legislative act”, and/or “O.R. 569/875”.
However, Def. Martin concealed and conspired to conceal said record falsifications. Here
even though Def. Martin had knowledge of, e.g., judicial Co-Defendant Polster Chappell’s,
 Steele’s, Pizzo’s, and Lazzara’s obstruction of justice and fraudulent concealment of
facially forged “land parcels”, a falsified “writ of execution”, falsified “$5,048.60
judgment”, Corrupt Martin did not make the same known to some judge or person in
authority, but covered up for said Offenders in exchange for bribes, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3, 4.
ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT
7. Defendant Crook Martin knew that Defendant principal Offenders Steele, Chappell, Pizzo,
and Lazzara had committed record offenses and assisted said Offenders, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3, 4.
In particular, Martin assisted said Offenders with a facially fraudulent “writ of execution” and
the falsification and/or destruction of official records.
DELIBERATE DEPRIVATIONS UNDER COLOR OF FAKE “writ” AND “resolution”
8. Defendant Martin deliberately deprived the Plaintiffs, e.g., under color of a fake “writ of
execution”, “resolution 569/875”, and “frivolous appeal”, 18 U.S.C. §§ 241, 242.
RECORD RETALIATION UNDER COLOR OF WRIT OF EXECUTION & SANCTIONS
9. With the intent to retaliate, Corrupt Martin knowingly took actions harmful to the Plaintiff
public corruption victims, which included interference with Plaintiffs’ livelihood and record
land ownership, because the Plaintiff landowners had provided truthful information relating
to the commission of Federal offenses to law enforcement, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1513.
EXTORTION ASSISTANCE UNDER COLOR OF “FRIVOLOUS APPEAL”
10. Knowingly, Def. Martin assisted the extortion of Plaintiffs’ property and/or threatened to do
so, with corrupt intent to retaliate against the Plaintiffs because the Plaintiffs had blown the
whistle on public corruption; in particular, because the Plaintiffs had produced records and
testimony conclusively evidencing Government corruption and fraud, and information about
the commission of Federal offenses by Government Officials. Here, Plaintiff Government
crime and corruption victims had the right to be reasonably protected from the Government
Offenders and Judges of record, 18 U.S.C. § 3771.
CONSPIRACY TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE AND COURT ACCESS
11. Def. Martin conspired with other Defendants and Officials to “restrict Appellant’s ability to
pursue future appeals” for, e.g., criminal and unlawful purposes of concealing:
a. Facially forged “land parcels” “12-44-20-01-00000.00A0” and “07-44-21-01-
00001.0000”;
b. Falsification of [a recorded “$24.30 judgment” into] an un-recorded“$5,048.60”-
extortion-and-execution scheme;
c. Falsification of a “writ of execution” in the absence of a recorded “$5,048.60”
“judgment”;
d. Destruction and falsification of official Court records.
EXACTION OF MONEY BY THREAT OF, E.G., ARREST AND CIVIL CONTEMPT
12. Def. Martin conspired to exact money from Plaintiffs under color of, e.g., “frivolous appeal”
even though Martin knew that no legal basis for and justification of “frivolity” had ever or
could have possibly ever existed.
CONSPIRACY TO ASSIST EXTORTION AND BLACKMAIL
13. In particular, Def. Martin conspired and assisted to extort $5,048.60 and property in the
absence of any recorded authentic judgment and justification. Martin caused other
Government Officials to falsify, alter, and destroy official records for criminal and illegal
purposes of concealing other Defendant Officials’ extortion, coercion, obstruction of
justice and other crimes of record.

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14. Def. Martin made unlawful communications and threatened Plaintiff public corruption
whistleblowers with obstruction of court access and deliberate deprivations of Plaintiffs’
express fundamental rights to redress Government grievances, own property, and exclude
Governments.
MISCONDUCT AND EXTENSION OF RECORD CRIMES AND FALSIFIED “WRIT”
15. Under prima facie fraudulent pretenses of “frivolous appeal”, Def. Martin recklessly
extended the record Government crimes, and FIXED and “DISMISSED AS
FRIVOLOUS”. Def. Martin assisted and conspired the reckless perversion and
falsification of a recorded “Judgment” and “Bill of Costs” in the amount of $24.30 “issued as
mandate on 06/11/2009” for criminal and illegal purposes of extortion, coercion, and
retaliation against the Plaintiff corruption whistle blowers. In order for the record fraud
under said fake “land parcels” to continue and for illegal purposes of silencing the Plaintiff
landowners, Def. Martin “SUSPENDED” and perverted the Rules and caused the Clerk to
“discard” more documents.
FALSIFICATION OF APPEAL NUMBERS
16. The payment records regarding Plaintiffs’ multiple appeals conclusively proved the
falsifications and fabrications of “Appeal Number 10-10963 and/or 10-10967”. See U.S.
District Court payment records and receipts. The U.S. Clerk refused to certify and
authenticate the payment record. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 44.
17. Def. Martin pulled “frivolity” out of her ass without any explanation and/or justification
whatsoever. Review of the recorded judgment patently clearly evidenced that the District and
Circuit had fabricated “lack of jurisdiction” for illegal purposes of concealment and cover-
up. Plaintiffs were entitled to defend their unimpeachable, unencumbered, and marketable
record title against Government extortion and fraud, which of course had invoked Federal
jurisdiction directly under the express guarantees of the Federal and Florida Constitutions.
18. Here with wanton disregard for the law, and including Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.540, 1.550, Ch. 55,
56, 71, 73, 74, 95, 712, Fla. Stat., Def. Martin conspired to oppress Plaintiffs with prima
facie non-existent and/or illegal orders, judgments, and/or mandates…

/s/Jorg Busse, M.D., M.M., M.B.A.

c/o International Court of Justice
Peace Palace
The Hague, Netherlands

/s/Jennifer Franklin Prescott

c/o International Court of Justice
Peace Palace
The Hague, Netherlands

CC
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
U.S. Department of Justice
The Florida Bar
Real Property Probate and Trust Lawyer Section, The Florida Bar
Barack Hussein Obama
Eric Holder

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