District Attorney Kamena is quick to remind anyone who will listen that the petition to put her recall election on the ballot had only to do with family law court issues stemming from the Carole Mardeusz case, and nothing to do with her stance on medical use of marijuana or anything else. As voters prepare for the May 22 election, each will have to decide whether to consider the wide range of other concerns being voiced by recall supporters. Recall proponents say that Kamena s record in office was hemorrhaging with problems that all the various claims have substance and validity and that it only took creation of the proper forum to bring them all out. A couple additional appear below. County Jail Cover-up Prisons are one of the fastest growing industries in the United States.
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Claims of inadequate medical treatment in prisons are common. Paula Kamena did not single-handedly invent this status quo, but, in Marin County, responsibility for handling those claims ultimately falls to the District Attorney. Right now, there is at least one case in federal court that names Paula Kamena as having turned a deaf ear to complaints of inadequate medical attention and treatment in the Marin County jail. Sanford Gossman, who filed the suit, also alleges that Deputy DA Jack Ryder unofficially but forcefully guided Judge William McGivern to a course of action which profoundly and unlawfully restricted Gossman's right to due process by creating a situation in which Gossman was prematurely and wrongfully incarcerated. Gossman believes that Deputy County Counsel John Govi participated with Ryder in orchestrating this event.