The CHP and the CPUC

At about 1:50 pm, November 2, 2010, two highway patrol officers showed up at my front door. They had driven from San Francisco, which is about a 1 hour trip each way. The Officer who did the talking was Aleksandr Yankovskiy. His business card is shown below.

"SSP" (Safety Services Program) officers act as the State Police, and as part of their duty, they protect State Employees. (http://www.chp.ca.gov/depts_divs_offs/ssd.html).

The Officer emphasized that I had done nothing wrong, but that Janice Grau, a CPUC judge, was concerned that I was going to harm her.

The CHP Officer told me that Judge Janice Grau claimed to have received anonymous phone calls and threatening letters, and that she thought I had something to do with it.

I had no idea about what he was talking about, and the Officer refused to show me the letters or provide me with any details of the threats or phone calls.

I told the Officers that I had nothing to do with this, and they could check phone records and find where the threats were coming from. They told me they had no reason to believe I had anything to do with the letters or phone calls.

I told the Officer that Janice Grau is a corrupt judge (which is noted in the police report). The Corrupt Judge and the Denial for Rehearing

I told the Officer I had no contact with her, since the Formal Complaint, except for some emails back in 2007, telling her that her refusal to follow the Rule of Law, led to more phone related problems. In October 2007, I received a letter from Angela K. Minkin, CPUC Chief administrative law judge, telling me not to contact Janice Grau, which I fully complied with.

The Officer told me he had read the emails and looked at the webpage, "A Phone Number for the President". He agreed the emails were non-threatenening, and that I had not done anything wrong or illegal. He told me they had done background checks on me, and there was no reason for them to believe I would threaten anyone. Furthermore, the Officer told me that if they thought I had made any threats, he would have "busted down the front door, and put [me] in handcuffs."

Because the Officer mentioned that he looked at the webpage, "A Phone Number for the President", I provided the Officer a photograph and asked him what the phone number looked like. He told me it was "not within the scope of the investigation." He knew exactly why I asked about the number, and it was obvious he had been ordered not to answer the question.

The Officer thanked me, shook my hand, and left.

Two days after the Officer showed up at my front door, I received the police report, which provided details of the Judge's complaint against me. I am now grateful that the Officer's showed up.

The Police report provides four red flags that the Judge is corrupt, as well as evidence that Judge Grau is not capable of providing a fair hearing. According to an expert in human behavior, the Judge will probably say she was under a great deal of "stress" to explain her odd behavior. The Police report also provides evidence that CPUC Safety Director, Richard Clark, had a hand in telling the Judge what to say to the State Police in order file a false police report.

1. The Judge stated, "Knell alleged the poor service resulted in his business suffering a monetary loss. Knell wanted the PUC to order AT&T to pay him for money lost." This is untrue statement. Nowhere in the Formal Complaint, did I ask the CPUC to order AT&T to pay me for business losses.
2. I have had no contact with the Judge since Ocotober 2007, when I sent her a few emails, showing that her refusal to follow the Rule of Law, led to more ongoing problems with phone service. After a period of over three years, Why would she suddenly believe I would cause her bodily harm? The only logical reason is that Richard Clark and/or Paul Clanon had something to do with it, because of the emails I sent to them on October 20, 2010 and Ocotober 22, 2010.
3. The only logical reason for the Judge to fear me, is in the statement, "Judge Grau expressed concern for her safety because she had uncomfirmed information that Knell had threatened bodily harm on several AT&T employees in the past." If the Judge acknowledged that AT&T created a fictional phone number ("85093" A fictional phone number and a blatent act of perjury), or that the Trouble Code 98 was an indication of trouble on my phone lines, it would provide legal proof that the "unconfirmed [threats] of bodily harm on several AT&T employees," was a fraud. Instead, the Judge's Decision falsely stated the DAML was admittedly defective. The Corrupt Judge and the "admittedly defective DAML"
4. The Judge's fear that I will harm her because of the "unconfirmed [threats] of bodily harm on several AT&T" is evidence of exparte communication, or coercion by her superiors (see "Richard Clark, "Tough Guy" below)). After I provided photographs of the AT&T internal documents to the CPUC that proved AT&T was using defective phone lines, AT&T never again stated I threatened people with bodily harm -- at least not publicly.
5. The Judge's statements in the police report are a clear indication that Judge Grau was prejudiced against me, and incapable of providing a fair hearing.
   

The information provided in the police report explains why the CPUC hasn't fined PG&E for the death of a man in Rancho Cordova due to PG&E's negligence -- not enough people were killed to justify a fine. The San Bruno PG&E fire and the link to the fictional phone number.

• Also, the PUC normally does not impose fines for individual issues, unless a claim of the same nature is filed by numerous individuals.

The Commission's Decision to refuse to fine a Utility for violations to individuals, is willfully violating the Rule of Law, and allows Utilities to selectively harrass and harm individuals with impunity, and the Utilities know this.

The Judge's complaints against me are rediculous:

• Judge Grau received a letter at her residence which talked about her husband having an affair with someone. Judge Grau did not know who the letter came from.
• Judge Grau received several letters at her residence from the Republican Party requesting political contributions. Judge Grau thought the letters were unusual because she was a registered Democrat and because political contribution requests she received in the past were always addressed to Janice Grau. These letters were addressed to Janice Lynn Grau (her full name).
• Within the past year, Judge Grau also received three phone calls at her residence regarding a vehicle for sale. She never advertised the vehicle mentioned. Judge Grau called the advertising agency and requested her phone number be removed from the listing. Judge Grau did not receive any more phone calls regarding the vehicle.
• Within the last year, Judge Grau also received several hang up phone calls at night at her residence.
• Judge Grau expressed concern for her safety because she had unconfirmed information that Knell has threatened bodily harm on several AT&T employees in the past.

As I have stated on the webpage A Phone Number for the President if it can be proven that AT&T committed perjury by creating a fictional phone number with the last five digits of "85093,' the "unconfirmed information that Knell has threatened bodily harm on several AT&T employees," can be proven to be a fraud, because all of the documents claim the phone lines tested ok.

Furthermore, the fact that the AT&T legal department created the fictional phone number links the legal department with creating the "unconfirmed information that Knell has threatened bodily harm on several AT&T employees." See Pacific Bell Response to Data Request, October 1, 2001

This is what I think happened, which caused the CHP to show up at my front door:

On September 9, 2010, a PG&E pipeline in San Bruno failed, killing eight people, burning 20 people, and destroying dozens of houses. The San Bruno PG&E fire and the link to the fictional phone number.

The State Senate ordered a hearing. After watching Richard Clark, the Director of Safety and Consumer Protection, being questioned by the State Senate, I sent an email to Richard Clark on October 20, 2010, asking to schedule a meeting regarding problems with the CPUC that he may no be aware of. He did not respond.

I called Mr. Clark's Office and spoke to his assistant about evidence that Judge Grau is corrupt. Mr. Clark's assistant called me back on October 22, 2010, at 10:54 a.m., and told me I would have to contact Paul Clanon. The caller ID shown below confirms that fact.

On October 22, 2010, I emailed Paul Clanon, the director the CPUC, to have a meeting regarding the problems I had during the Formal Complaint.

The emails were polite, and I told the CHP Officers that I sent emails to Richard Clark and Paul Clanon.

The Highway Patrol Officer told me he had read the email I sent to Richard Clark and Paul Clanon, he told me they were non-threatenening.

The fact that Janice Grau contacted the CHP after I contacted Paul Clanon and Richard Clark is evidence that Richard Clark and/or Paul Clanon are abusing their powers to intimidate consumers. I have not had any contact with Janice Grau since October 2007, a period of over three years. The timing of this claim that I could be threatening her is the fourth time I have been accused of threatening to harm people after filing a complaint and/or asking for a meeting with the CPUC or AT&T.

RICHARD CLARK "TOUGH GUY"

A report by the State Senate Office Oversight Committee, Gaps Emerge in Telephone Consumer Protections, provides evidence that the CPUC's CAB Division, which is headed by Richard Clark, has a history of refusing to respond to thousands of informal complaints filed by consumers.

I spoke to the reporter, and she informed me that Richard Clark had a background in law enforcement, and he liked to act like a tough guy. Some of the words used in the police report, such as "threats of bodily harm," probably came from Richard Clark.

In the Answer to the Formal Complaint, AT&T claimed I repeatedly threatened to kill its employees. During the Formal Complaint, AT&T did not use the words "threats of bodily harm." Furthermore, after I photographed internal AT&T documents, AT&T never again stated I threatened to kill its employees.

If Janice Grau had contacted the police on her own free will, she would have told the Police that AT&T claimed that "Mr. Knell had repeatedly threatened to kill ..." She would not have used the words, "threats of bodily harm."

Further evidence that Richard Clark had coached Janice Grau into making a false police report are the statements that I asked the CPUC to order AT&T to pay me for business losses. This did not happen during the Formal Complaint which was filed in 2001, but it did happen in an informal complaint I filed in March 1997. In March 1997, I did not understand the jurisdiction of the CPUC, and I did ask that the CPUC order AT&T to pay for business losses, but when the law was explained to me, I never again asked the CPUC to order AT&T to pay me for business losses.

How is it possible that the police report states I asked the Judge to order AT&T to pay me for business losses? It isn't possible, unless Richard Clark had told her to say that in a false police report.

I believe that Richard Clark (and perhaps Paul Clanon) had coached the Judge into making a false police report in an attempt to intimidate me from meeting with Paul Clanon.

The pattern of behavior is very clear. It shows that the CPUC is now behaving exactly like the utilities to conceal problems, and to intimidate consumers.

FOLLOW UP ON POLICE VISIT, AND MEETING REQUEST FOR COMMISSIONER FLORIO

On March 15, 2011, I filled out and faxed a "MEETING REQUEST FORM" asking Commissioner Mike Florio to contact the State Police, and ask them to investigate if AT&T committed perjury when AT&T stated the phone number had the last five digits of "85093, ( The Fictional Phone Number, and a blatant act of Perjury) and to investigate if AT&T committed perjury when AT&T stated the trouble code "98" was not an indication of trouble. ( Trouble Code 98).

I called to confirm that his office received the MEETING REQUEST FORM. His office said they had received the fax. On March 23, I called to see if Commissioner Florio could schedule a meeting. His staff could not find the MEETING REQUST FORM. Typical.

From 1997 through April 2011, every MEETING REQUEST FORM I have sent to the CPUC has been ignored or lost.

last updated 11/04/2011