Following reporter Serdar Tumgoren’s series, we call on District
Attorney Dolores Carr to investigate
The tales of woe associated with Paul Greer’s former towing business – B&C Towing – are many. They are sad tales of working people getting slapped with questionable legal judgments garnishing their wages.
They are stories of people who claim the car that Greer charged them a bundle for hadn’t belonged to them for a long time. They are stories, ultimately, of seeming injustice served up on a platter and stamped by a system either incapable of pursing the truth, or worse, indifferent to it.
Santa Clara County District Attorney Dolores Carr should initiate a no-holds-barred investigation. If people of little means are being preyed upon – and there is clearly enough testimony to support that as a distinct possibility – then it’s Carr’s duty to use the power of her office to investigate the perpetrators and, if warranted, prosecute them.
Besides Greer’s business and legal dealings, there are questions about process serving, document tampering and the administration of justice that deserve a thorough investigation.
Efreen Gonzalez, for example, said he didn’t live at the residence where a process server swore he delivered him legal papers. A property manager corroborated his story. Gonzalez, however, lost his case and $4,000. He’s the father of three children. Justice served? We need to know the truth.
The Gonzalez case is one of 363 small claims suits Greer filed since 2003 in San Benito and Santa Clara counties, Staff Writer Serdar Tumgoren reported. That’s one man keeping the court very busy. Odd? It’s worth looking into.
There are numerous complaints. The California Highway Patrol took the extraordinary step of blackballing Greer’s company in 2004 for three years citing numerous violations. Now, there should be an investigation by the DA’s office.
Anything short of that would be sending a simple, but powerfully cynical message: Nobody in this county really does care.
