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• Roxann's sister,a National Guard Sergeant, wants the truth known and has begged her sister to tell it.
• Roxann continues to take full responsibility for other's actions
• (ROXANN DID) Roxann complied with all but one facet required for the petition
o She used New Times Roman 12 pt for the title and 10 point for the body
o She did have Mr Holland's signature on the front
o She had three lines that needed to be together as such
o She had no signature blocks on the back side
o She had wording verbatim as the original
o She knowingly agreed with me to remove one line
o She was given all the regulations to change an ordinance, but the one page explaining changing a Charter
was omitted (requiring the supporters listed).
o Roxann asked if she could get 10 signature blocks if she used legal paper or at least 9 per page
o She went beyond the normal standards required of her at her own expense and time
• Roxann did not know how to do the graphic portion (signature blocks)so she asked her sister
• (JANA DID) Her sister made it happen,but did not know the importance of telling Roxann how she did it. It
was she who:
o Changed the font size. Roxann did not know until the day the petition was rejected.
o She wanted to change font to Arial which research has proven that non-serif font is easier on the eyes, but
was told to keep it Times Roman without the reasoning behind it.
o She changed the wording while making a courtesy Spanish translation and never, thought to proof the final
format for the original verbatim—she did not change the intent and actually clarified it more,
o She saw extra space on the reverse side and thought it was a good idea to add 5 more signature blocks
o She used locked text boxes and tables which hid Mr Holland's name and separated three lines meant to be
together.
• Sister witnessed meetings held for volunteers; reproduced copies of the Rules of Engagement, extra large
font petition description, consideration points. She help make volunteers' packages. Roxann stressed polite
attitudes at all times; explained this is for the peoples vote, one way or other; made a public eMail address
for questions or comments, which is monitored by a group.
• Sister witnessed Vic's turncoating from anti-height to no-height-limit within one month's time
• GOT MY DATES WRONG: This computer's clock was two-days and twelve hours off from time of my return
until last week
o I tried to use the on-line Desert Sun Letters to the Editor 10-12 July, but had computer problems
o Wrote a letter to The Desert Sun on 12 July using Word's 'Insert Date,which input 14 July.
o eMailed each Councilman on 17 July at 1029 hours which showed an my cc as 19 July 2229 hours
o eMailed a better copy to City Council an 18 July which showed 20 July,0725 hrs
o Sent eMail to Press Enterprise 26 July via its online'Contact Us' dialogue box.
• Sister finds the City Council unworthy
o Condemn first without knowing the facts
o Watched a councilman use the podium as a campaign speech while condemning Roxann
• ABC Newsman, Ned Potter, repeated a video on Yahoo News 2 August 2006 regarding Cities as Heat Islands.
Cities are 50 hotter than suburbs because of tall buildings, asphalt,and few trees. More deaths are caused by
heat with exceptions of catastrophes like Katrina or the Tsunamis. Buildings create more smog.
• Roxann is not doing this as a campaign catcher. She wants to support anyone who shares similar interests,
and it was family and friends who pressured her to run the last time because we were tired of listening to her
sprouting logical procedures and seeing nothing worthwhile happening.
• Sister lives in what one considers a resort area and is upset with growth_ She was asked if she is so unhappy
why does she not move. She has—four times.
• Sister saw Hardcopy present a serial on the Palm Springs mafia a decade ago. She wants to know what the
difference between the mafia and Palm Springs Council was. She received the answer: The mafia can show
accomplishments.
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Charles--
Please remember to stress:
• Roxann wanted to take full blame, and will not condone my actions.
• CC, Desert Sun, and the Press Enterprise refused to acknowledge the truth-
* I wrote the besert Sun in early July
a I wrote the Press Enterprise three weeks later
n I entailed each Council Member twice
f' first time I received a few out-of-office replies (which means they were off)
+` next day I received no out-of-office replies (which means they ignored)
• Roxann followed the format correctly and asked me to make the signature blocks look like the sample.
o Roxann asked if I could fit ten signature blocks instead of five,or at least nine—I made it happen.
o it was I, who changed the font and did not tell her because I was supposed to leave her work alone.
a Roxann normally uses large font and never Times New Roman—she could not tell a 8.5-font point from a
10-point font and I did not bother telling her because I felt it unimportant.
o I accidentally covered up Holland's name and separated lines because of my graphics formatting.
o I innocently changed the original wording during my Spanish translations and did not tell Roxann.
a I convinced Roxann to fill the extra space on the reverse side with more signature blocks.
o I never asked for the rules nor thought it would be a crime to change any word-1 never told Roxann.
o I did not proof my work and did not see how my graphics moved lines around or covered Holland's name,
• I attended pre-petition meetings and listened to her give instructions to the Petition collectors
o Petitioners were never to hassle, intimidated,or argue with anyone
o Petitioners were supposed to ask signers to sign whether they agreed or not just to let the people vote
o Petitioners were to ask permission from owners or businesses to petition in their area
o Petitioners were not to proceed if anyone showed disinterest, but to thank him for his time-
* Petitioners were to display information so signers wanted to come to them instead of petitioners to them
• I made most of the petition signature collection posters.
o I made a layman's flyer describing the basic points-to-ponder in 24-point font.
o I recopied the petition proposition in 18-point font for those needing bigger print
o I assembled packages for the Council as well as the Petition collectors.
a I printed photographs to go along with the packages
o I printed the rules for the petitioners
• Roxann is not using this as a campaign.
o She wanted to donate money and time to someone willing to run with the same principles
o Families and friends pressured her to run because we believed she should put up or shut up.
o It was Steve Pougnet who viciously used Roxann for a campaign speech
• The Council does not listen. It manipulates petitions to suit its agenda--and to hell with the people.
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From: Ploss, Jana L SGT NGCA
To; onrs@earthlink.net
Date: 9/20/2006 5:04:27 PM
Subject: RE: Please get all the facts
From. Ploss, Jana L SGT NGCA
Sent: 2006 August 03 10:21 AM
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Cc: 'e5jlp@inbox.net'
Subject: Please get all the facts
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-----Original Message-----
From; Ron Oden [mailto:RonO@ci.palm-springs.ca.us]
sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:35 AM
To: Ploss, Jana L SGT NGCA
Subject: Out of. Office 7iutoReply: Please get all the facts
I am having outpatient sinus surgery on the morning of June 22,and will be
recuperating and away from the office until approximately JulylOth. I will
respond to my e-mails as soon as time allows.
If you need immediate assistance, please call my secretary, Martha Edgmon at
760/323-8200.
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Sincerely,
Mayor Ron Oden
Sinny Font
-----Original Message-----
From: Ginny Foat [mailto:GinnyF@ci.palm-springs_ca-us]
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:35 AM
To: Ploss, Jana L SGT NGCA
Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: Please get all the facts
This message has been forwarded on to Council member Ginny Foat, thank you
for your E-mail
chins Milis
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Mills [mailto!ChrisM@ci.palm-springs.ca.us]
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:35 AM
To: P1o5s, Jana L SGT NGCA
Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: Please get all the facts
This message has been forwarded on to Council member Chris Mills, thank you
for your E-mail
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--- Original Message-----
From: Michael McCulloch [mailto:MichaelM@ci.palm-springs.ca.us]
Sent.: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:35 AM
To: Ploss, Jana L SGT NGCA
Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: Please get all the facts
This message has been forwarded on to Council member Michael McCulloch,
thank you for your E-mail
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----- (Do you think he saw the name Ploss and deleted before reading?)
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From: Charles Sachs [mailto:onrs@earthlink.net]
Sent:Tuesday, August 01, 2006 6:7 5 PM
To. Ploss, Jana L SGT NGCA
Subject: RE: Please get all the facts resubmitted in straightforward formatting
Good enough.
This way the public will know and rest exposed to
not allow the truth be told.
—Original Message----
From:
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Sent: 8/1=06 6:02:45 PM
Subject. RE: Please get all the facts resubmitted in straightforward formatting
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u.r mth the Press Enterprise 32 JLOy: than those in pockets do not care for the
truvh fio rncnl fesr rrsel I. You con say that T rave been !keeping obreast enlme and
ccuI6 rot take it any;;oore: that 1 could not go to my sister because she her
innocen-1 shoulders vvou6d carry •i•I-ue burden: thc4- 1 had to be devious to reveal the
truth because 2oxann re-Fuses to fish; dirty.
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From- Ploss, Jana L SGT NGCA
To: onrs@earthlink.net
Date: 9/20/2006 5:13:08 PM
Subject: RE: Please get all the facts
From: Ploss,Jana L SGT NGCA
Sent: 2006 August 04 8:28 AM
To:
Subject: RE: Please get all the facts
Yq;^ YOU, add 'ro IIhe buckst -u hQ-i 1 t r;ed e'i ery rnear"s m cauid conjure i o present the tpulth
and w.ras i9norcd- t i-tct is why 1 cni begging a Pc°m Springs residvit tc :ielp o Pier 6,hnn
?axann w"Ic wrind only soy thing she has 56d to me the past (especially during ,hI
campaign) '! refuse i'o smk to that level of beho.wou- ust becouse others do.'
erem'aer to take the folder w^n^z ail 'i'he-se eMcl Cs vui i`h you as Proof o-hat you speck as my
rnediurn, The Counci! has nay ehkil address unless ecch one deleo•ed as if to say ' ' did no
geo anydhin-lV
From: Charles Sachs [mailto:onrs@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 8:18 PM
To; Ploss,Jana L SGT NGCA
Subject: RE: Please get all the facts
Dais him-
----Original Message W---
From;
To:
Sent: 8/3/2006 8:15:28 PM
Subject: RE: Please get all the facts
i us-� make wire ,chat The one Who cr-i l'icize p®xann for trying to run a ccrul�aign
wvi;h The i-reight-liMhS issue is the some One Who ;-,,cde a campaign speech S!^e
evening he criticized Porc;a;i for leer incapabf;ity of following Gsi.mpleU instruct ions
o put I ogether a petition. AND thzn Paves wo twist The knife -Yhct sne losf,
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From: Ploss, Jana L SGT NGCA
To: onrs@earthlink.net
Date: 9/20/2006 5:14:39 PM
Subject. RP: Please get all the facts resubmitted in straightforward formatting
From: Ploss,Jana L SGT NGCA
Sent: 2006 August 01 12:07 AM
To:
Subject: Please get all the facts resubmitted in straightforward formatting
Charies—
i hope this is stile a good address. T an, so tea up of the criticism against Poxann, i tried writing
The Desert Sun; The Press EnTerprose, and arch Council mernber to no aveil. Caz you rnaike sure
i•hat word gets aboui which shows now I screwed the petition? Poxonn asked ne. to make tree
finishing touches L, Ter she did the basic parts. P.oxonn never uses New Time Roman font nor a
sinali font size i0 Y CIO not tell her i changed the forot beca.:se I did roT think it was omPortant.
She did not recogn,zc. she chc(le
?-, vas T who changed t l'ae wordinq because 1 kept footling nrOUnd with t�IE translation MTo
Spcnish, Again, I d:d nut ask nor did ? think e)<acT wording was smportanT—and ii did change
words mos'-iy by accidena. it was playing around wi-i-h Word reatures ;hat hid and/or move lines
about which I did not retch in proofing
Whcever gave Poxann the dai a for making a Charley' petil-ion, gave her the information for on
Ordinance petition---n page was omitted. s`he only thinq Pcxann could be accused of omit I ing was
one itty-bray section that she did not see the importance.
ncrix- ;an
Ps you have my pempnissior to use my norne end perhaps you can get an editorial printed. if you
Coo, ccn you do IT before teHing �ZaXann? .she wants to take ail responsibillTy
From: Ploss,Jana L SGT NGCA
Sent: Thursday,July 20, 2006 7:25 AM
To: 'oono@al.palm3pnngs.ca.us'; 'ginnyf@ci.palm-springs.ca.us; 'michaelm@ci.paim-springs.ca.us';
'chrism@cLpalm-springs.ca.us'; 'stevep@d.palm-springs.ca.us'
Cc: Ross,Jana L SGT NGCA
Subject: Please get all the facts resubmitted in straightforward formatting
City Council of Palm Springs—
I am resubmitting my Wait of last night because if it looks anything like my sent mail,then it is illegible.
The letter I wrote to the Publisher of The Deseret Sun does not directly copy well into an eMaiI with normal
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Word formatting, This is one reason I screwed-up Roxann Ploss' petition.
jona ploss
City Council of Palm Springs—
Below Is the letter I wrote to the Publisher of The Desert Sun, but anticipate rejection based upon past
experience. Viewing The Desert Sun online, I am appalled in regards to the attacks made upon Roxann Ploss by
the Council. Roxann took all the responsibility for the actions of others, which one does not see often in
Government. She has integrity. She knows where some of the City's skeletons are hidden, but refuses to use
them when it has nothing to do with important objectives. I begged her to use one of them for the last election,
but she refused and demanded that I comply. Now it does not signify anyway.
SGT Jana Ploss
HQ, 223rd Infantry Regiment (Combat Arms)
POB 4460
Son Luis Obispo, CA 93403-4460
805.594.6464, between 0800 and 1000 hours
14 July 2006
Michelle M. Kranz
President and Publisher
The Desert Sun
P.O.Box 2734
Palm Springs,CA 92263
Main Office
750 N Gene Autry Trail,Palm Springs
Pliant:(760)M-8889
78078 Country Club Drive,Bermuda Dunes
Phone:(760)360.2218
Ms Krans—
I have tried contacting the editorial page since Thursday morning, but I cannot digitally send a letter to
the editor because of the operating system. I understand you refuse letters from outsiders although I
spend a great deal of time in Palm Springs for Family purposes. I need to clarify the truth regarding on
injustice. If you cannot print the following letter in the opinion or editorial section, I beg you to set
Roxann Ploss'story straight,somehow,
I access The Desert Sun: I just cannot manipulate some of its options. I hope to see the fallowing in
your paper in about a week. If not, perhaps the Press Enterprise will be more enterprising.
This was my failed online letter attempt:
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Roxann took the blame for the faulty petition. Roxann told me to keep quiet. I do not listen
well and am now out-of-range of flying objects.
Roxann correctly made the first draft then asked me if I could make the signature blocks look
like another sample. She asked me to make 10 signature blocks if I could fit everything on one
page. I made it happen via changed font size. I knew nothing about requirements_ I used text
boxes and tables which hid Mr Holland's name and separated three lines meant to be together. I
did not catch these errors in proofing.
I changed the wording when we did a courtesy copy in Spanish, I thought of the idea to fill
space on the back with S more signatures blocks.
I am appalled with sanctimonious witch-hunters who condemn her `misdeed' without facts.
Roxann could not tell that I changed the font. She made one mistake of leaving out a paragraph.
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She received the regulations for an Ordinance and not a Charier petition, the latter having a
page requiring supporters' signatures.
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From: Ploss, Jana L SGT NGCA
Sent: Wednesday,July 19, 2006 10:29 PM
To: 'rono@ci.palm-springs.ca.us'; 'ginnyf@ci.palm-springs.ca.us'; 'michaelm@ci.palm-springs.ca.us';
'chrism@ci.palm-springs.ca.us'; 'stevep@ci.palm-springs.ca.us'
Subject: Please get all the facts
City Council of Palm Springs—
Below is the letter I wrote to the Publisher of The Desert Sun, but anticipate rejection based upon past
experience. Viewing The Desert Sun online, I am appalled in regards to the attacks made upon Roxann Ploss by
the Council. Roxann took all the responsibility for the actions of others, which one does not see often in
Government. She has integrity. She knows where some of the City's skeletons are hidden, but refuses to use
them when it has nothing to do with important objectives. I begged her to use one of them for the last election,
but she refused and demanded that I comply. Now it does not signify anyway.
SGT Tana Ploss
HQ, 223'd Infantry Regiment (Combat Arms)
PCB 4460
5an Luis Obispo, CA 93403-4460
805.594.6464, between 0800 and 1000 hours
14 July 2006
Michelle M. Krans
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Ms Krans—
I have tried contacting the editorial page since Thursday morning, but I cannot digitally send a lett
editor because of the operating system. I understand you refuse letters from outsiders although I sper
deal of time in Palm Springs for Family purposes. I need -to clarify the truth regarding an injustice. If y
print the following letter in the opinion or editorial section,I beg you to set Roxann Ploss'story straight,
I access The Desert Sun; I just cannot manipulate some of its options. I hope to see the following in y
in about a week, If not,perhaps the Press Enterprise will be more enterprising.
This was my failed online letter attempt:
President and Publisher
The Desert Sun Main Office 78078 Country Club Drive,Bermuda
P.O.Box 2734 750 N.Gene Autry Trail, Palm Springs Dunes
Palm Springs,CA 92263 Phone:(760)322-6889 Phone:(760)360-2218
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