D.A. RACE ADS HIT AS MISLEADING.Byline: Sabrina Sabrina: see Severn, river, England. Decker Staff Writer VENTURA Ventura (vĕnt  `rə), city (1990 pop. 92,575), seat of Ventura co., SW Calif., on the Pacific coast in a farm and oil region; inc. 1866. - A group of county prosecutors took district attorney
candidate Ron Bamieh to task Wednesday for campaign ads they say are
misleading.
But Bamieh said their noontime noon·time n. See noon. press conference was nothing more than an attempt to revitalize re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. his opponent's losing campaign. The election is March 5. The contentious race for the seat being surrendered after 24 years by District Attorney Michael D. Bradbury pits the D.A.'s second-in-command, Assistant District Attorney Greg Totten, against Bamieh, a senior prosecutor prosecutor Government attorney who presents the state's case against the defendant in a criminal prosecution. In some countries (France, Japan), public prosecution is carried out by a single office. In the U.S., states and counties have their own prosecutors. in the office whose father, Sam (1) (Security Accounts Manager) The part of Windows NT that manages the database of usernames, passwords and permissions. A SAM resides in each server as well as in each domain controller. See PDC and trust relationship. Bamieh, is a top Republican Party fund-raiser. ``I was particularly outraged at the ads Mr. Bamieh, who has nine years' experience in (the) office, ran claiming that he was Ventura County's most experienced prosecutor,'' said Peter D. Kossoris, a prosecutor in office since 1966. ``Everyone speaking at this press conference today has more experience than Mr. Bamieh.'' The ad, which aired in October and November, has former state senator Noun 1. state senator - a member of a state senate senator - a member of a senate Cathie Wright - identified only as ``state senator'' - calling upon voters to ``support Ventura County's most experienced prosecutor.'' Bamieh said the ad's claim - which he reviewed prior to its airing - was meant only to compare Totten's record with his own. ``That is absolute baloney,'' Kossoris said. ``That's not what the ad says. If that's what he meant to say, he could have said it.'' Totten said he waited to take issue with the ad, which is no longer running, because he wanted to wait until the Ventura County Prosecutors Association came out with its endorsement. The group of prosecutors endorsed Totten earlier this week, and came out to support him at the press conference Wednesday. Bamieh said the press conference was evidence of a losing campaign. ``Why do you think they're talking about a November ad in February? When you're losing a campaign, sometimes the only option you have is to get extremely negative and hope the people buy the rhetoric you're putting out there,'' Bamieh said. The Totten camp also took issue with Bamieh's claim that he has never lost a felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. case, and that he has handled more than 60 cases. Handling a case is not the same as bringing a case to trial, they said. And Bamieh has brought only 41 cases to trial, documents from Totten supporters show. Bamieh called the copy of his trial record inaccurate, but said he has brought 40 to 50 cases to trial. |
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