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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Ed Boks, Edward Boks "resigned" FIRED from Yavapai Humane effective immediately

UPDATE: 11/10/2022 Ed Boks was somehow hired at Bayou Animal Services in 3100 Deats Rd, Dickinson, Texas. He's been there since May 2022. Did they not Google this person? He was fired from last three jobs. He's been sued multiple times and lost or was forced to settle. He lost the lawsuit I filed against him as the city settled on his behalf. On his last day on the job Ed Boks wrote and posted a fake city press release. City ripped it down the second they saw it then changed the codes. Had I seen it I would have sued him instantly for defamation. He was physically locked out of Yavapai premises. He was sued for racial discrimination in New York and lost. He was sued for sexual harassment and lost/was forced to settle.

Ed Boks lied about improving New York, Arizona and Los Angeles. He lied about raising funds for the Los Angeles animal shelters. That money was raised ten years before he got here. He continues to defame and harass me yet Bayou Animal Services hired him. They clearly did not do their due diligence and will probably be sued when his mistakes, sexual harassment, defamation become public again.

https://www.facebook.com/bayouanimalservices

https://www.bayouanimalservices.org/
@bayouanimalservicestexas

UPDATE: Word is Edward Boks, Ed Boks' exit from Yavapai was rather contentious. Yavapai was smarter than Los Angeles. In LA Ed Boks negotiated two months salary if he left the building immediately. LA forgot to change the door locks and website, blog passwords. Ed Boks on his last day put up a fake LA City press release. Ed Boks also refused to turn over the Dept blog. I made this blog for the city. http://laanimalservices.blogspot.com Ed Boks deleted all of the many blog posts and hard work by employees. He kept the traffic by using it to refer to his new blog i.e. "LA's top dog." http://latopdog.blogspot.com/ Definitely not "LA's top dog." He doesn't even live in LA.

Lest anyone forget the City Council of Los Angeles made a motion for a vote of no confidence in Ed Boks before he was fired. Link to the city motion in city website.

http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2009/09-0697_mot_3-31-09.pdf

This motion was made by Councilmember RICHARD ALARCON and Seconded by Councilmembers TONY CARDENAS, BERNARD PARKS, GREIG SMITH, DENNIS ZINE. All councilmembers were for the motion.

Here is a link to a YouTube video where Ed Boks is called out by a Santa Monica City Councilmember about that vote of no confidence. Boks' reply is ridiculous.

https://youtu.be/Np0DUXLHC_A?t=5m56s

Image of the motion.

Ed Boks, Edward Boks vote of no confidence by entire Los Angeles City Council

Anyone who hires Ed Boks for anything related to animals ought to have their head examined. I can't think of a worse person in relation to animals. He doesn't even like animals.

July 23, 2016: More news about Ed Boks' departure from Yavapai Humane. Turns out things ended very, very ugly when Boks was leaving. There may be litigation. He told people he had no job lined up and has nowhere to go. In the meantime Ed Boks did the same thing he did when he was fired from Maricopa, New York and Los Angeles. He doesn't remove his title from his Facebook page. Oddly enough Yavapai instantly removed his name. If you go to this link, it says "page not found."

http://www.yavapaihumane.org/team/executive-director-ed-boks/

Being fired from his last few jobs doesn't bother Ed Boks at all. He did the same thing he did when he was booted out of LA Animal Services. He started offering his wonderful consulting services.

Ed Boks begging for work

I think I can help Ed Boks out with some "examples of what I can do." Scroll below and you can see the many lawsuits caused by Ed Boks. Every shelter was sued because of Ed Boks' actions. The shelters LOST the lawsuits. When the city wanted to settle with me I told them I didn't want the money from them. I wanted it only from Ed Boks as the suit was caused by his behavior. They got back to me that he had no money. If I was to get any settlement, the city would have to pay the entire amount and they did.
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I think I may have found out why he was fired, resigned. He got a DUI while working for Yavapai. He just got another traffic ticket for speeding. Knowing Boks he was probably in the city car both times. He got in an accident with the city car here in LA, was sued and lost. Here is info on the very recent Arizona case. Boks may have been on probation for the DUI. Maybe this was a probation violation? Just read it more carefully. Ed Boks will be arraigned tomorrow 07/20/2016. Maybe he will be sentenced to jail tomorrow?

I just read his old DUI a little better. He was over .08 at .13, may have also been on drugs. He was driving on the wrong side of the road. That is super drunk. They sent him to jail for that. The Judge warned Boks about being a repeat offender. Judge said the charges will be harsher next time. His probation was 11 months. I think it's been over 11 months so maybe not probation violation but repeat offender. Here is link to last case.

http://71.216.160.127/csp/pcc/csp4.csp?BOKS,EDWARD_ALBERT&DKT=2013090073C&REP=3140&TOT=1

Edward Boks, Ed Boks criminal record, DUI, DWI, traffic accident, fired, resigned, Yavapai Humane

Here is the current case. I searched here. His birthdate is August 1951. Search Edward Boks. It says "Cal: Arraignment." I take that to read calendar arraignment.

https://apps.supremecourt.az.gov/publicaccess/caselookup.aspx

Case Number:	M-1347-TR-20161494
Title:	ST OF AZ VS BOKS EDWARD ALBER	Category:	Traffic
Court:	Prescott Valley Municipal	Filing Date:	6/21/2016
Judge:	None	Disposition Date:	7/8/2016

EDWARD ALBERT BOKS DEFENDANT - D 1

Date of Birth: 08/1951

Citation	Count	Description	Disp. Date	Disposition
C000000001602147	1	LESS THAN 65 IN 55 / WASTE OF FINITE RESOURCES	7/8/2016	BAIL/DEPOSIT GIVEN/FORFEITED

Case Activity

Date	Description	Party
7/20/2016	CAL: ARRAIGNMENT
7/12/2016	READY FOR PURGE
7/8/2016	FUND:PROBATION ASSESSMENT	D 1
7/8/2016	FUND: 2011 ADDTNL ASSESSMENT	D 1
7/8/2016	FUND: VICTIM RIGHTS ENF ASSMNT	D 1
7/8/2016	FUND: BASE FINE	D 1
7/8/2016	GLTY/RSPN. FINE PD. CODE 12	D 1
7/8/2016	FUND: COURT ENH FEE 83%	D 1
7/8/2016	FUND: 2012 SURCHARGES (83%)	D 1
6/27/2016	COMPLAINT FILED-UNIFORM CITATN	D 1

Here is/was Ed Boks' mugshot. It is his booking photo.

Edward Boks, Ed Boks mugshot

Ed Boks, Edward Boks resigned or was most likely fired from Yavapai Humane effective immediately. Ed Boks resigned/was fired from Maricopa Animal Control in 2003. Ed Boks resigned/was fired from New York Animal Control 2005. Ed Boks resigned/was fired from Los Angeles Animal Services in 2009.

http://www.dcourier.com/news/2016/jul/19/ed-boks-resigns-executive-director-humane-society/

Here is his goodbye column. Every time he leaves a shelter he writes the same ridiculous article.

http://www.dcourier.com/news/2016/jul/20/carrying-legacy/

I'm posting this so another animal shelter doesn't make the mistake of hiring him. Ed Boks here negotiates his resignations so he can get a job somewhere else. He was so hated at Yavapai Humane that they were willing to state he resigned instead of firing him just to get rid of him. He did the same at Los Angeles, New York and Maricopa. Ed Boks threatened to sue the city if they fired him even though they had cause.

Yavapai Humane did not bother to check out Ed Boks' history before they made the big mistake of hiring him. Ed Boks told them HE raised the $150,000,000 to build the new animal shelters in LA. The Prop F fund raised the 150 million. Ed Boks had nothing to do with the new shelters which were planned over ten years before he arrived in Los Angeles. Ed Boks was hired a few weeks before one opened yet he took credit for it.

When the city settled with me Ed Boks had the audacity to forge a city press release. I was told it was on the city site for less than half an hour. The city took it down. Ed Boks posted it his last day on the job. His last two months on the job were at home. He illegally accessed the city computers to post the fake press release. The blog entry is below.

Below are a few articles written about the many troubles of Ed Boks.

2009 Sued for racial discrimination. Judge found Ed Boks did racially discriminate against a black employee.
http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2009/04/37536.php

Mary Cummins sues Ed Boks. Yes, this is my lawsuit against him. What Ed Boks actually did was much worse.
http://marycumminsrealestatemarycummins.blogspot.com/2014/06/mary-cummins-cobb-vs-city-of-los.html

2009 Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa fires Ed Boks. Ed Boks begs to resign.
http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2009/04/37571.php

Ed Boks another DUI
http://animaladvocatesmarycummins.blogspot.com/2015/06/ed-boks-edward-boks-edward-albert-boks.html

Ed Boks fails in Los Angeles
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2007/03/194547.html

More of Ed Boks' failures
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2007/08/205730.html

Ed Boks Wikipedia page removed
http://animaladvocatesmarycummins.blogspot.com/2014/11/ed-boks-edward-boks-edward-albert-boks.html

Ed Boks' false shelter statistics
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/23/18474388.php

Ed Boks' failure in Los Angeles
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/21/18494347.php?show_comments=1

Ed Boks about to be fired in Los Angeles
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/06/18543174.php?show_comments=1

Mayor accepted bribe in exchange for hiring Ed Boks
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/29/18630796.php

Petition people at Yavapai made to get Ed Boks fired
https://www.change.org/p/yavapai-county-board-of-supervisors-remove-ed-boks-as-director-of-yavapai-humane-society

Ed Boks was sued for unlawful termination. I was told the city spent $285,000 in legal fees fighting the case. Ed Boks and Yavapai Humane's attorney partially settled the case for money. The complaint is linked in there. Wherever Ed Boks has worked he manages to get sued.

http://www.acluaz.org/issues/free-speech/2011-12/1556

Ed Boks, Edward Boks faked an official LA City press release. He tried to get a job as shelter director in Bellingham, Washington after he was fired from Los Angeles. One of them was wise enough to Google his name and saw my lawsuit against him which I won. They asked him to explain. He then said my lawsuit was "frivolous." He then gave them this fake, forged, fraudulent press release dated the last day he was on the job. See the image below. They of course gave the press release to me.

Ed Boks, Edward Boks fakes an official LA City press release - fraud, forgery

The official press release which was released that day is on the left. See the LA Animal Services logo and the seal of the City of Los Angeles? See the phone number, address, weblink? Notice the one of the right is missing all of that. Also note the phone number is Ed Boks cell phone number. He wants you to verify his fake press release with him. His fake press release is 100% totally false! I went over every sentence and statement proving it was totally false in writing to the shelter. They did not hire Ed Boks. If Ed Boks and his wife Adele Langdon were not totally broke, I would have sued them. Alas they are penniless.

Ed Boks' stories get even more grandiose! He applied for a job with Yavapai Humane. He told them that HE got the $150,000,000 bond for new animal shelters in LA. I was on the Prop F Committee. He had NOTHING to do with this.

He said he designed, constructed, raised the $150,000,000 himself and opened them in 2006. The bond was promoted by Don Knapp the GM from over ten years earlier. He and many others including the fire department got it approved. Since then Jerry Greenwalt, Guerdon Stuckey worked on approving the plans and constructing the shelters. Ed Boks just happened to be on the job two weeks before the first shelter opened.

Ed Boks told Yavapai that he raised $150,000,000 for LA. He said if they hired him, he could raise millions for them. If he could, it would cover his salary. Makes sense? No, he of course lied. The board believed him and hired him even though others warned them.

Since then Ed Boks has done a shit job of again juggling animals, numbers, getting sued and losing. Now he has defamed me (thank god as the GM of Yavapai Humane) and they will have to pay again. They just lost a lawsuit against him recently."

Below is a cease and desist I had to send again to Yavapai Humane. Ed Boks posted the identical thing in his Facebook page. After I sent the first cease they forced Ed Boks to remove it. Then he just posted it again. Ed Boks faked an LA City press release. How pathological can one get?

From: Mary Cummins <mm*****@aol.com>

Date: May 11, 2014 1:55:30 PM PDT

To: rmurray@yavapaihumane.org, ldarling@yavapaihumane.org, donate@yavapaihumane.org,vmcbrady@yavapaihumane.org, mstucker@yavapaihumane.org, jcoleman@yavapaihumane.org,volunteer@yavapaihumane.org, jobs@yavapaihumane.org

Subject: Second Cease and Desist Ed Boks Yavapai Humane Society

Ed Boks posting as the GM of Yavapai Humane has again defamed and libeled me. He posted his forged and faked City press release again. Below is an image capture of the post he made yesterday.

You will see that it the same fake, forged City press release he previously made. He forged a City document. The City told me in writing they did not write that. They did not post that. That is not their letterhead or phone number. They had already FIRED Boks. He wrote this forged release the last day he was on the job before they booted him out the door. The below link proves this.

In fact Boks threatened to sue the City if they did not state "Boks is done with his work here. Thanks." He hired his own lawyer in those proceedings. Boks wanted me to sign a gag order but I refused.

Ed Boks is posting even worse items about me on Facebook calling me a criminal who commits animal cruelty. What he posted is completely untrue.

Farther below is this older email I sent to you which discusses my case. I sued for sexual harassment. As soon as the City saw all of his drunk, revolting, inappropriate emails and his written admissions of guilt, they offered to settle and they did. I got $130,000.

Please, force your GM to remove his libelous post. He is posting as the GM of Yavapai. If not, I will have to file a complaint. All of my Facebook friends emailed me what he posted. Thanks.

Mary Cummins

Animal Advocates"

I found a copy of my first cease and desist. He really makes up some huge lies. Ed Boks currently is friends with and supports people who commit animal cruelty.

http://www.animaladvocates.us/Second%20Cease%20and%20Desist%20Ed%20Boks%20Yavapai%20Humane%20Society.pdf

Here are some of Edward Boks' lawsuits just in Los Angeles County. It appears Ed Boks and the city of LA were sued for a car accident caused by Ed Boks. Looks like they lost. The restraining order was from Cherylynn Costner an animal rescuer against Ed Boks.

BOKS EDWARD A.(GENERAL MGR. OF ANIMAL	Writ - Administrative Mandamus (Unlimited)	03/12/2009	Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse
BOKS EDWARD A.	Writ - Administrative Mandamus (Unlimited)	04/18/2008	Stanley Mosk Courthouse	3
BOKS EDWARD ALBERT	AUTO (Limited)	01/29/2008	Stanley Mosk Courthouse
BOKS EDWARD	Wrongful Termination (Unlimited)	07/20/2007	Stanley Mosk Courthouse	42
BOKS EDWARD	Writ - Administrative Mandamus (Unlimited)	11/20/2006	Santa Monica Courthouse
BOKS EDWARD	Injunct Relief-not Dom/Harrassmt (Unlimited)	11/25/2008	Stanley Mosk Courthouse	19
BOKS EDWARD	Writ - Administrative Mandamus (Unlimited)	12/23/2008	Stanley Mosk Courthouse	14
BOKS EDWARD	Civil Harassment (Unlimited)	11/25/2008	Stanley Mosk Courthouse

Here is the auto accident case. Ed Boks used to get drunk and drive the city car drunk. This was also right before he was fired.

Case Number: 08K02099
MORALES, HECTOR VS BOKS, EDWARD ALBERT

Court: Stanley Mosk Courthouse
Filing Date: 01/29/2008
Case Type: AUTO (Limited Jurisdiction)
Status: Disposed

Future Hearings

None
History Information

Parties
Plaintiff: MORALES HECTOR
Attorney: LAW OFFICES OF JOHN C YE & ASSOC

Defendant: BOKS EDWARD ALBERT
Attorney: ROCKARD J DELGADILLO CITY ATTORNEY

Defendant: CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Attorney: ROCKARD J DELGADILLO CITY ATTORNEY

More lawsuits in Arizona

J-0303-TR-20000029	EDWARD ALBERT BOKS	DEFENDANT	08/1951	SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85257	Fredonia Justice
M-1347-TR-20161494	EDWARD ALBERT BOKS	DEFENDANT	08/1951	PRESCOTT, AZ 86301	Prescott Valley Municipal

Ed Boks DUI in Arizona

http://animaladvocatesmarycummins.blogspot.com/2015/06/ed-boks-edward-boks-edward-albert-boks.html

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Mary Cummins-Cobb vs City of Los Angeles, Ed Boks, Edward Boks,

Mary Cummins-Cobb vs City of LA, Ed Boks, Edward Boks - Animal Advocates, Mary Cummins

Ed Boks, Edward Boks, lawsuit, Los Angeles, Mary Cummins

This post is to clear up some misconceptions about my lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles and Ed Boks. Rick Orlov asked me for a comment for his article but my lawyer told me not to comment. I signed no confidentiality clause even though Ed Boks wanted me to sign one. I can share the settlement agreement. It is not confidential. l received 60% of $130,000 plus an award from the Department. I will reply to all of these allegations in this article. My reply will be in blue.

"$130,000 to settle sex harassment suit against outgoing Animal Services director

By Rick Orlov, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/01/2009 07:49:35 PM PDT

Animal Services Director Ed Boks, seen here in a March 27 file photo, is leaving the post amid controversy. (Tina Burch/Staff Photographer)
In one of the last official actions involving departing Animal Services Director Ed Boks, the City Council on Friday approved paying $130,000 to settle a sexual harassment suit filed by a former worker.
Mary Cumins-Cobb, who worked briefly as an Web master for the city agency, claimed that Boks subjected her to harassment that included lewd comments, inappropriate touching and showing up drunk on her doorstep to ask her for a date, according to court documents.

l offered the City a free website from 2001 to 2005. They never accepted my offer. January 2006 soon after Boks became the new GM the Mayor's office told me to meet with him. l had no idea why l was meeting with him. Boks told me that the Mayor's office said l offered a free new website. He told me to create a new website which l did as a volunteer.

Within five minutes of meeting him Boks was already talking about inappropriate things which l ignored. After only a week he asked me out to dinner even though he had a girlfriend. I ignored his offer hoping he'd get the hint. l was living with my boyfriend which I made sure to mention frequently.

She claimed she was fired for rejecting his advances and that she also lost her job with a private animal foundation because of Boks.
The settlement of the Los Angeles Superior Court suit, filed in 2007, now goes to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for approval

l was fired because l rejected his advances. I was also fired because Boks blamed me for the blogs. Boks ordered me to set up the blogs. l told him he should ignore the haters. That's the same advice l gave to the two previous GMs. He insisted so l set up his blog and another blog for him. l did not post on his blog. l in fact told him many times not to post what he emailed me yet he did. l did not make all the posts on the other blog. l still have a copy of that blog with the identities of everyone who posted on it. Boks wrote some of the posts, so did people who worked in the Department besides others. Boks approved all of the posts. When the blogs became a heated issue, Jimmy Blackman from the Mayor's office told Boks to shut it down. Boks never told me that. He continued to write the blogs and encourage people to post on it. l was fired because of the scandal the blogs caused. l was the scapegoat. In fact after I was fired Boks then blamed me for all the mistakes he made, even mistakes he made after l was fired.

PDF: Complaint filed against Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Ed Boks by Mary K. Cummins-Cobb
Aides said he would have no comment.
Councilman Tony Cardenas, who has criticized Boks for his handling of the department, said he hoped the general manager's recent resignation and the settlement of the suit will enable the city to move forward.
"These issues have become a distraction within Animal Services," Cardenas said. "I hope this will allow the department to refocus its goals and reinvest in its commitment toward becoming a no-kill city," Cardenas said.
Boks said he was advised by the City Attorney's Office to not comment on the case.
Cummins-Cobb said she was prohibited from discussing the suit or the settlement.

My lawyer told me not to comment for this article. l regret not commenting because there are so many errors. Rick Orlov is not to blame for the errors. Rick is a very nice guy and a good writer even though he misspelled my name in the first paragraph.

In court documents, Cummins-Cobb said she began volunteering with the Animal Services Department in 2001 and was hired in March 2006 to help with the department's Web site.

l built the new website for free from January to March. Boks was having me spend many hours a day adding pages, making edits. l finally told him l have to work so l can pay my bills. He then said he would ask the Foundation to pay me. The Department at that time had no webmaster. She went on maternity leave then she quit because she hated the Department and job. She then went to work for Chameleon/Pet Harbor. l think l started getting paid around March 2006.

She said the hourly position was funded through a grant from the Found Animal Foundation, which had employed her in February 2006.

l was hired as an independent contractor for the Found Animals Foundation. Dr. Gary Michelson offered me the job after he saw my presentation at the Ed Boks "Meet and Greet" when l unveiled the new website. Everyone loved the new website.

Soon after being hired by the city, she said in her complaint, Boks began to engage in "inappropriate and unprofessional conduct" with her, including touching, hugging and trying to kiss her.
Although she rebuffed his advances, Cummins-Cobb said she was assured she would not be fired.
But she said the inappropriate behavior continued. Court documents said Boks used vulgar and sexual language, emailed or phoned her up to 20 times a day, frequently asked her out and also showed at her house, uninvited and apparently under the influence of alcohol.

Boks engaged in inappropriate behavior with many, many female rescuers, not just me. l would tell him repeatedly, don't go out with local animal people. He said they were the only women he was meeting even though he had a page on Match.com and a girlfriend in New York. l also told him to stop putting these inappropriate things in writing. Someone could do an info act request and get a copy then he'd be fired. l told him if he was going to write something he didn't want the world to see that he should use the phone instead. He could not stop drunk emailing. l thought he would never fire me because he put the most inappropriate things in writing. lf he were to fire me, of course l'd turn over all the emails, which l ultimately did. Boks admitted to all of his inappropriate acts in email and even apologized, again, in email. He also shared emails from the Mayor's office, City attorney, Bob Ferber, Commissioners, employees, rescuers, LAPD....with me and others.

The documents also claim Boks asked Cummins-Cobb to post anonymous blog comments defending him from Internet attacks written by critics. She said her identity was quickly revealed, and that animal activists subsequently spread false rumors about her to city officials.
Among the lies told about her by activists, she said in documents, was "that she was a `911 terrorist,' `a prostitute,' and `a practitioner of squirrel pornography."'

Boks wrote some of the posts, so did others with the Department including Commissioners. The rest is true.

Cummins-Cobb said she was forced to remain inside her house because of the activists and lost her job with the Found Animal Foundation because of Boks. In July 2006, she said she was fired by the city.
Boks continued to harass her, the documents said, calling her up to 10 times a day and asking her for sex, documents said. When she refused, she said, her permit to work as a wildlife rescuer was not renewed.

l did lose my job at the Foundation because of Boks. The blog and Boks became a scandal. The head of the Foundation, Dave didn't like Ed Boks. He knew all about his tricks with the numbers. l didn't yet realize that Boks was failing and euthanasia had increased. Boks had us all fooled into thinking euthanasia was down. l supported him because l thought he was saving animals' lives. l could not have been more wrong. l stopped supporting Boks when l saw the annual numbers. Things had not improved. l shut down the other blog at that time.

Boks did call me repeatedly. lf he called after 7 pm, l wouldn't pick up because l knew he would be drunk. He'd leave a message, instantly call again and again and again. Sometimes his drunk phone messages were so garbled that l would not have been able to tell it was him without called lD. He lived close to me and would just drive over drunk in a City vehicle. l would turn all the lights out in the house to pretend to be away and wait for him to leave.

My wildlife permit was renewed. The problem was the permit officers insisted on inspecting my house again. They only inspected me the first year. There was no such thing as an annual inspection. The permit officers did not like me because Ed Boks embarrassed them at the Banksy art show. In front of people he called them on not looking at the paint or checking the temperature in the trailer as l had. Boks has very poor people skills. l complained about this new "annual" inspection. Boks did not stop them from inspecting my house. They came to my house and looked at everything except my caging. The caging is the only thing they are supposed to inspect. No one else was inspected annually.

In their written response to her complaint, city officials said Cummins-Cobb was a volunteer and was never paid by the city as an employee. Boks said in his written declaration that the city never submitted invoices to the foundation for her work.

I was never a City employee. Boks sent a request to the Foundation to hire me to work for him. l was told by Dave to do whatever Boks needed. l was also still legally a volunteer for the Department at the same time but that involved work in the shelters.

In his statement he also implied it was not his own decision to let Cummins-Cobb go.
"I was advised in mid-2006 to release Ms. Cummins as a volunteer," he said, without specifying who advised him.

Jimmy Blackman from the Mayor's office told him to fire me. So did the City Attorney. They told him to fire me because of the flak they were getting because of the blogs. lt was basically ADL and three or four mentally ill people who complained about the blogs. The letter the City, Boks sent to me said "thanks for all your help but we no longer need it." Boks didn't even warn me that l was going to get a letter or get fired. He felt bad so he wrote me a letter of recommendation which l will dig up and post. He wrote it January 2007. He predated the letter of recommendation to the day before l was fired. You can tell because the commissioners are different.

After l was fired from the Foundation, lost my grant and was fired as a volunteer for the City, Boks accepted all responsibility for my firing and apologized, all in writing. He told me he would make it up to me. He promised me he would find me a new job with Best Friends. l would be making the same amount of money. He said l would do their website and work for them. He kept saying he just had to get together with me for dinner to go over the details. By then l'd wised up a little so l told him just to hook me up with the job over the phone, no need for dinner. After a month of him begging l agreed to meet for drinks in a very public place. l wore a suit. He showed up tipsy then drank four more drinks. He asked to come over to my place and l said no. He showed up later with a bottle of booze at my door acting totally drunk. My boyfriend was out of town. l knew Boks couldn't drive any farther without getting in a major accident so l let him come in and crash on the sofa. l had a fear if he got a DUI, he'd be fired. After he did some crying about how kittens were ruining his numbers he passed out. He woke up late the next morning missing his first few appointments. He later emailed me that he had a great time. He obviously blacked out and remembered nothing but wanted to cover his bases just in case.

While I was fired July 2006, I did not sue Boks and the City until July 2007. I knew I had a one year statute of limitations to sue. I kept waiting for Boks to get me the new job and grant he promised. I finally asked him for the job and grant again. He said "I never promised you that." Then I sued him. I did not want to sue for sexual harassment even though it did happen. I only wanted to sue for unlawful termination. I did not like losing my job. It was my lawyer's idea to sue for sexual harassment.

Gary Michelson, CEO of the Found Animal Foundation, said in a written court declaration that Cummins-Cobb was fired from the foundation because of the quality of her work and not because of pressure from the city.
"When I saw her work, I was also dissatisfied with the quality of her work," Michelson said in the declaration. "Because of her poor performance, we terminated our relationship with Cummins. No one at the City of Los Angeles influenced or attempted to influence my decision."

Dr. Gary Michelson is a liar. ln his statement he said he fired me. Michelson did not fire me. The head of his Foundation Dave fired me. Dave said he wanted to "take the Foundation in a different direction" which just meant l was fired. He mentioned the blogs and Boks while he fired me. Michelson wasn't even in town when l was fired. Michelson always told me he loved my work. We corresponded back and forth. He told me he didn't even know that l was fired. Then Michelson yelled at Dave for not paying me. He told Dave that he liked my work. He asked Dave why he fired me. Dave told me all of this.

Keep in mind my lawyer Solomon Gresen did a horrible job with my case. He did such a horrible job that l reported him to the bar. Besides many other mistakes Solomon Gresen never gave me a copy of any document he sent or received. lt turns out he also never read the City's reply to the complaint. He's the type of lawyer who files many lawsuits to try to get a settlement or two without doing any work. He never read Michelson's statement. lt came up in mediation six months later. The mediator said my boss said he fired me. l instantly called up Dave who was my boss and he said he made no such statement. l thought it was another bluff from the City. First time l saw Michelson's statement was when l asked Rick Orlov for it. BTW the mediator stated that she felt my lawyer committed malpractice.

l was totally shocked when l saw the statement. All the time l was working with the City l was supporting, protecting, defending Michelson and his strange behavior when no one else was. Michelson did indeed promise the Mayor money if he hired Ed Boks. The Mayor's office kept asking me "where's the money?" They said "Michelson is a flake, he promised money, where is it, he's crazy." Boks was saying the same things all in email. Boks even said that he was "strange looking" and "gay." Other groups were asking me why Michelson hadn't given them the money he promised. l had to keep telling them he was just busy. l didn't realize he was actually a flake who makes promises but doesn't follow through. l still defended Michelson because l thought he was saving animals' lives with his Foundation. l thought he truly would make LA "nokill" as he promised. l was again wrong.

After Gary Michelson fired his Foundation Director Dave, Michelson started spreading false rumors about Dave saying he embezzled money from his Foundation. Dave did not embezzle money. Michelson just got buyer's remorse after giving money to Dave for his pet kiosks and microchips. Michelson tried to file a police report with LAPD but they refused to take the report because no crime had been committed. Michelson asked the Mayor's office and Ed Boks to tell LAPD to arrest Dave. They called LAPD who told them there was no crime and Michelson is crazy and a liar. Michelson gave the money to Dave. Boks repeated this to many people. ln the meantime Gary is telling everyone that Dave will be arrested. l would even tell Michelson where Dave was. Gary asked me to write a statement about Dave and l said yes. l never did write a statement. Also FTR l never signed a confidentiality agreement with Michelson. l was asked but they never gave me one to sign.

Michelson kept libeling, slandering, defaming Dave. Dave finally sued him, Case Number: SC095697, David T. Loftus VS. Gary Karlin Michelson, M.D. Et. Al., Filing Date: 10/18/2007. Michelson quickly settled. After l saw Michelson's libelous statement about me l contacted the same lawyer so he could sue Michelson. He said Michelson is very mean and nasty. He doesn't want to have to go up against him again. l couldn't find anyone that was willing to go up against Michelson because of his reputation of being very nasty in legal battles.

Boks resigned in April after a turbulent few months in which he faced harsh criticism for his decision to abruptly end a voucher program offering coupons to reduce the cost of spay and neutering pets.
The City Council had authorized the vouchers to help residents comply with a law requiring the sterilizatoin of all pets six months or older - a program advocated by Boks.

Boks was fired. He did not resign. He threatened to sue the City. They decided to make it look like he resigned so he could try to find work somewhere else. His golden handshake was two months worth of salary. He did the same when he was fired/left New York and Arizona. He was basically fired from NY and AZ because of audits which showed poor performance. He was also sued for racial discrimination in NY and lost. Boks even got the Mayor of LA to write a letter saying "thanks for your service" kind of like the one the City, Boks wrote to me. FTR Boks wrote and signed my termination letter.

Under pressure from council members and saying he was suffering some health problems, Boks resigned effective June 30.
He is using vacation and medical leave this month and plans to work during June to help in transistion.
Neither Villaraigosa or the Animal Services Commission have released any guidelines on their plan to hire a successor. It has been a difficult post to keep filled. The city has had five directors in the past 10 years.

lt's a very difficult position. l wouldn't wish the GM position on my worst enemy. Dealing with the Union, City red tape, employees, rescuers, volunteers is a very tough job.

l just dug up Boks' thank you letter to me and Ed Muzika. Those are his spelling errors.

How do I begin to THANK YOU for all you have endured this past year? Too be sure, your willingness to endure the wrath of the uninformed and malicious radicals has been instrumental in securing the future success of the deparment.

I want to thank-you for all the effort you expended to defend the department this year and the sacrifices you made to do so. You went to war and put up with a lot of flack.

Thank your for your support despite all the noise and controversy. It's been an "interesting" year on that front, but I know better days are yet to come thanks to you! This is something I would say to the entire world!

Ed (Boks)

Here is his letter of recommendation. l sound "fantastic." Boks told me that he recommended me to Gary Michelson for a position in his Foundation. Had l known that Gary wrote that false statement about me l obviously would not have applied. Michelson shut down his Foundation while he was looking for a new Director after he fired Dave.

http://www.animaladvocates.us/edboksletterofrecommendation.jpg

My termination letter

http://www.animaladvocates.us/laasterminationletter.jpg

Look at the two letters side by side. The correctly dated letter is on the left, my termination letter. Boks dated his letter of recommendation the same day that l was fired. Notice different letterhead, font, commissioners. lf they were both written on the same day, the letterhead would have been the same.
http://www.animaladvocates.us/images/twoletters.jpg

The old profile

http://my.eponym.com/profiles/399383/index.html

The last post on Eponym. The blog is still there with all the logs. l just have it hidden.

http://www.animaladvocates.us/lastpostoneponym.pdf

Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

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Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

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Mary Cummins Animal Advocates Los Angeles California Wildlife Rehabilitation Real Estate

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