First of all, you piece of garbage, I wasn't the originator of the "thong" email, although I agree fully and repletely that she is scum of the earth and not fit for any public-trust job, much less broom pusher. I will write said criticism as I so choose.

Please, I beg you, Mr. Dirt-bag, bring on your "necessary actions." I'm already going to see you in court for chilling my iron clad protected first amendment rights. A second, counter complaint, will suit me, et al, just fine.

P.S., Happy to discuss this on the phone at anytime, you have my number several times over. Pursuant to your cowardly personal constitution, I doubt I'll hear from you anytime soon.

Oh, and this is great further evidence in the case I will already be filing against your city that you have no qualms about threatening and chilling a citizen''s free speech rights.

It's called the "spam" button. Ever heard of it, you f'ing moron?

Thank you, Richard Shapiro

"Larkin, Donald" wrote: Mr. Shapiro   Your recent correspondence is offensive, unreasonable and unnecessary for the conduct of business with the City. Pursuant to Government Code section 12940(j), the City is required to make reasonable efforts to protect its employees from unlawful harassment by members of the public. You have crossed the line, and it must stop. If you continue to abuse the City's e-mail system by making offensive, harmful or false accusations against City employees, we will take all reasonably necessary measures to protect our employees.     Donald Larkin
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  City of Palo Alto
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  From: POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY. WHEN? [mailto:buzz1857@yahoo.com]  Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 9:58 AM
           

 restorative.justice.for.all@gmail.com wrote:   Chief Johnson's "Thongs" set for auction!   To cover her legal expense's on pending Children's Theater litigation     

    The discription reads:...a little "crusty with skid marks" It is has also been reported....she will throw in the "Oil painting by Munks" to boot! (see description below)                     

    On 5/19/08, restorative.justice.for.all@gmail.com <restorative.justice.for.all@gmail.com> wrote:                       

  Her habit of rubbing people the wrong way goes back a long time..........        

  Chief Lynne Johnson even donned "appropriate clothing," as she put it, and posed as a masseuse,                                    

    Then and Now http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2008-5-11-then-and-now   

    Palo Alto's own sex in the city   

    By Matt Bowling / Daily News columnist   

  According to the late newspaper editor and historian Ward Winslow, Palo Alto once had an "unwanted reputation as the Peninsula's largest sex-shop center."  

 These days that may seem a little hard to imagine, but in the mid-1970s, the El Camino Real strip through Barron Park was lined with massage parlors. And as it turned out, they were offering a little more than just your basic stress-relieving rubdown.  

 The onslaught of adult fare came to Palo Alto in 1972 when a few mature bookstores moved in to empty properties along El Camino Real. They were soon joined by the X-rated Copenhagen Theatre at 3898 El Camino Real, the same building that later held the Santa Clara County Democratic Headquarters.  

 Before long, a number of massage parlors began to pop up throughout the city and by the winter of 1974, 10 massage parlors with names like "The Streaker" and "The Foxy Lady" blanketed an eight-block stretch along the old King's Highway.  

 Crime and blight soon followed. Women complained of being propositioned while walking down the street and more family friendly businesses struggled to survive. Crime reports in the area were up, and sales were down. And by 1974, questions were being raised about what was really going on inside those massage parlors.  

 The Palo Alto police, at no small cost, organized a sting operation. Using mostly undercover officers from cities nearby, police confirmed that most of the parlors were little more than houses of prostitution. They accumulated more than 100 sworn statements that they then took to court.  

 As was later reported to the press, various sexual services were being offered as "extras" at the parlors with prices ranging between $30 and $100  

 Police spokesmen were quick to add that undercover officers had turned down all such offers.  

 Many of the parlor owners were actually legal Nevada brothel owners importing registered prostitutes to offer their services in Palo Alto.  

 Following the precedent set the previous year in Fremont, the Palo Alto police sought to close the parlors under the Red Light Abatement Act - a state anti-prostitution law dusted off from 1913. Armed with a court order from Judge Peter Arnello, the police acted quickly and decisively. At dawn on Friday, Dec. 3, 1976, teams of police officers, locksmiths and movers closed down most of the parlors down in hours, padlocking all 17 illegitimate massage parlors in Palo Alto.  

 In so doing, further evidence collected essentially ended any real hopes for the parlors to reopen in the city. Operators and masseuses were fined and, in some cases, put in jail. The police also went after some of the "Johns," as well. Current police Chief Lynne Johnson even donned "appropriate clothing," as she put it, and posed as a masseuse, catching men on record asking for services which were not quite legal. One arrested attorney allegedly intended to pay for the services with a check from his wife with a note that read "Happy Birthday."  

 Following the raid, the Palo Alto City Council put heavy restrictions on adult businesses that wanted to set up shop. A string of tight controls were also put on massage parlors - including bans on halter tops, tipping and massages after 11 p.m. Such rules have sometimes made business more difficult for legitimate relaxation centers. However, it's been more than 30 years since the massage parlor crackdown, and there has not been much X-rated activity about the city since.           

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