MISSION STATEMENT
Authors - John E. Foddrill Sr. - Former Telecommunications Manager - City of San Antonio TX / Whistleblower
and members of CAPCWFA - Citizens Against Public Corruption Waste Fraud and Abuse
THE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY CONTINUES
Corrupt City of San Antonio, Texas officials / employees have since 1982 secretly , illegally
dumped invoices, bills, fake statements , altered documents, etc. into an internal
telephone billing account - the “telephone variable” and used the City’s Avaya Telephone Contract to
fraudulently bill individual city departments, state/federal agencies and others for “ghost” expenses.
These bogus invoices and bills were not for 911 / telephone costs, were not associated with state/federal
grants, were not the responsibility of the department/entity being billed, were altered to hide the true identity
of the user, contained known fraudulent accounting of hours worked and other expenses, were used for
illegal contracts with unauthorized vendors containing huge markups and were NEVER approved by
Council / taxpayers. Since 1982 up to $5.2 million a year was spent with no Council approval, no public
input, no open bidding, no Finance Dept approval, no City ordinance, etc. fraudulent use of the “variable”
violated the Law, City Administrative Directive 6.12, City ordinances, open bidding regulations,
state/federal grants rules, Local Government Code, OMB regulations, HUD regulations, etc.
Internal City documents describe the magnitude of the fraud as “a bottomless pit of money” and “millions
of dollars of goods and services”. Up to $5.2 million a year for EVERY year since 1982 was funneled
through the “variable”- most of the money for illegal purposes. …Instead of addressing the criminal activity
and exposing the three decades of fraud / theft officials ( led by City Attorney Michael Bernard - brother
of White House Social Secretary Jeremy Bernard ) , law enforcement, judges, attorneys, etc.
conspired to conceal the RICO-like criminal conspiracy
In February 2009, City Attorney Michael Bernard ( brother of White House Social Secretary Jeremy
Bernard) conspired with corrupt Bexar County 57th District Judge Antonia Arteaga, attorney Malinda
Gaul, attorney Mark Kosanovich, attorney Deborah Klein, City IT Director Hugh Miller, City CIO Richard
Varn and others to defraud our Judicial System, to conceal material evidence and to present a well-rehearsed, totally fabricated “soap opera skit” to the Court in an effort to conceal the ongoing
RICO-like criminal conspiracy inside City Hall, SAPD, the DA’s Office, BCSO and our Courts.
On July 1, 2009 illegal, unconstitutional acts were committed to cover up the criminal activity
when all proof of the crimes was confiscated from City Council , instructions were issued by City
Attorney Bernard and Chief McManus not to discuss the criminal activity and an unconstitutional
“Criminal trespass Warning” letter was issued by Bernard and SAPD Chief McManus barring entry
into City Hall, Main Plaza ( City Council chambers), etc. The illegal, unconstitutional ban
lasted almost four years - July 2009 to April 2013 during which time Julian Castro and other corrupt
officials knowingly participated in illegal meetings in violation of the Texas Open Meeting Act, the US
Constitution and other laws.
On July 2, 2013 , Mayor Julian Castro ( representing the City of San Antonio), SAPD Chief William
McManus, city attorney Michael Bernard and attorney Shawn Fitzpatrick defrauded the Federal
Court of corrupt Judge Xavier Rodriguez in an effort to conceal the ongoing criminal conspiracy by
submitting false statements saying that there is no conspiracy and there was no perjury in the 57th
District Court....two LIES. In typical Bexar County fashion, Judge Rodriguez, attorney Joseph Hoelscher
and attorney Dan Moore played along with the fraud upon the court, refused to call for an evidentiary
hearing and refused to call for criminal charges . While corrupt Judge Rodriguez was helping McManus,
Bernard, Castro and Fitzpatrick defraud our Judicial System and hide the ongoing criminal conspiracy
he was acting as a liaison and negotiating a deal with the Defendants and the City of San Antonio TX
for a building site for a new Federal Courthouse. City ordinances concerning the transfer of land /money
were approved during illegal city council meetings ( July 2009-April 2013) that would be declared
null /void by a ruling against the Defendants .
and members of CAPCWFA - Citizens Against Public Corruption Waste Fraud and Abuse
THE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY CONTINUES
Corrupt City of San Antonio, Texas officials / employees have since 1982 secretly , illegally
dumped invoices, bills, fake statements , altered documents, etc. into an internal
telephone billing account - the “telephone variable” and used the City’s Avaya Telephone Contract to
fraudulently bill individual city departments, state/federal agencies and others for “ghost” expenses.
These bogus invoices and bills were not for 911 / telephone costs, were not associated with state/federal
grants, were not the responsibility of the department/entity being billed, were altered to hide the true identity
of the user, contained known fraudulent accounting of hours worked and other expenses, were used for
illegal contracts with unauthorized vendors containing huge markups and were NEVER approved by
Council / taxpayers. Since 1982 up to $5.2 million a year was spent with no Council approval, no public
input, no open bidding, no Finance Dept approval, no City ordinance, etc. fraudulent use of the “variable”
violated the Law, City Administrative Directive 6.12, City ordinances, open bidding regulations,
state/federal grants rules, Local Government Code, OMB regulations, HUD regulations, etc.
Internal City documents describe the magnitude of the fraud as “a bottomless pit of money” and “millions
of dollars of goods and services”. Up to $5.2 million a year for EVERY year since 1982 was funneled
through the “variable”- most of the money for illegal purposes. …Instead of addressing the criminal activity
and exposing the three decades of fraud / theft officials ( led by City Attorney Michael Bernard - brother
of White House Social Secretary Jeremy Bernard ) , law enforcement, judges, attorneys, etc.
conspired to conceal the RICO-like criminal conspiracy
In February 2009, City Attorney Michael Bernard ( brother of White House Social Secretary Jeremy
Bernard) conspired with corrupt Bexar County 57th District Judge Antonia Arteaga, attorney Malinda
Gaul, attorney Mark Kosanovich, attorney Deborah Klein, City IT Director Hugh Miller, City CIO Richard
Varn and others to defraud our Judicial System, to conceal material evidence and to present a well-rehearsed, totally fabricated “soap opera skit” to the Court in an effort to conceal the ongoing
RICO-like criminal conspiracy inside City Hall, SAPD, the DA’s Office, BCSO and our Courts.
On July 1, 2009 illegal, unconstitutional acts were committed to cover up the criminal activity
when all proof of the crimes was confiscated from City Council , instructions were issued by City
Attorney Bernard and Chief McManus not to discuss the criminal activity and an unconstitutional
“Criminal trespass Warning” letter was issued by Bernard and SAPD Chief McManus barring entry
into City Hall, Main Plaza ( City Council chambers), etc. The illegal, unconstitutional ban
lasted almost four years - July 2009 to April 2013 during which time Julian Castro and other corrupt
officials knowingly participated in illegal meetings in violation of the Texas Open Meeting Act, the US
Constitution and other laws.
On July 2, 2013 , Mayor Julian Castro ( representing the City of San Antonio), SAPD Chief William
McManus, city attorney Michael Bernard and attorney Shawn Fitzpatrick defrauded the Federal
Court of corrupt Judge Xavier Rodriguez in an effort to conceal the ongoing criminal conspiracy by
submitting false statements saying that there is no conspiracy and there was no perjury in the 57th
District Court....two LIES. In typical Bexar County fashion, Judge Rodriguez, attorney Joseph Hoelscher
and attorney Dan Moore played along with the fraud upon the court, refused to call for an evidentiary
hearing and refused to call for criminal charges . While corrupt Judge Rodriguez was helping McManus,
Bernard, Castro and Fitzpatrick defraud our Judicial System and hide the ongoing criminal conspiracy
he was acting as a liaison and negotiating a deal with the Defendants and the City of San Antonio TX
for a building site for a new Federal Courthouse. City ordinances concerning the transfer of land /money
were approved during illegal city council meetings ( July 2009-April 2013) that would be declared
null /void by a ruling against the Defendants .