{"id":4761,"date":"2012-10-24T23:02:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T06:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/?p=4761"},"modified":"2014-11-05T01:25:54","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T08:25:54","slug":"keyt-profile-of-lois-capps-mentions-raymond-morua-scandal-but-fails-to-name-dist-director-mollie-culver-the-focus-of-an-fbi-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=4761","title":{"rendered":"KEYT Lois Capps profile mentions Raymond Morua scandal but fails to name Dist. Director Mollie Culver, who became the focus of an FBI investigation in June"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"KEYT%20Lois%20Capps%20profile%20mentions%20Raymond%20Morua%20scandal%20but%20fails%20to%20name%20Dist.%20Director%20Mollie%20Culver%2C%20who%20became%20the%20focus%20of%20an%20FBI%20investigation%20in%20June\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>What follows is a partial script of<a title=\"KEYT profile 10.22.14\" href=\"http:\/\/www.keyt.com\/news\/rep-lois-capps-sets-her-sights-on-9th-term\/29293224\"><strong>\u00a0reporter Tracy Lehr of KEYT&#8217;s<\/strong> profile<\/a> of <strong>Congresswoman Lois Capps<\/strong>\u00a0broadcast Oct. 22nd. In the piece she\u00a0mentions the <strong>Raymond Morua<\/strong> scandal and the recent Tea Party protest calling for the ouster of Mrs. Capps&#8217; District Director <strong>Mollie Culver.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But while the profile shows Ms. Culver in a recent campaign appearance with Mrs. Capps (below right) it never mentions her by name. Nor does it credit\u00a0<a title=\"News-Press 5 part series\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newspress.com\/morua-capps\/\"><strong>The Santa Barbara News-Press<\/strong><\/a> for publishing a five-part investigative series in April with evidence that Ms. Culver forged two VA forms in a scheme to get Mr. Morua (then Mrs. Capps District Rep.) out of jail and into a federally funded treatment facility after he was arrested for the DUI hit-and-run accident that eventually took the life of 27 year-old UCSB graduate <strong>Mallory Dies. <a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.33.27-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4762\" title=\"Screen Shot 2014-10-24 at 10.33.27 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.33.27-PM-300x196.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.33.27-PM-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.33.27-PM.png 593w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the<strong><a title=\"LA Times story\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-la-probe-capps-aide-20140612-story.html\"> L.A. Times<\/a> <\/strong>reported in June that series\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Death on pl.com\" href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=3153\">&#8220;Death On The American Riviera&#8221;<\/a> <\/strong>spawned a probe by the<strong> FBI <\/strong>and<strong> Department of Justice <\/strong>which began in late May.<\/p>\n<p>Two days after the KEYT profile ran,<strong> Matt Dies, the\u00a0<\/strong>father of the victim,\u00a0<a title=\"Matt Dies piece\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.com\/news\/2014\/oct\/24\/lois-capps-does-character-matter\/\">challenged Mrs. Capps<\/a>\u00a0in <strong>The Santa Barbara Independent<\/strong> to take responsibility for the accident and admit that Mr. Morua was on the job and working for the congresswoman as he attended\u00a0The Indy&#8217;s<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Holiday Bash were he drank six vodkas prior to the fatal accident just after midnight on December 6th.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do not be fooled by the feigned concern, the soft public voice, or her claims of long and loyal service. When this crisis came to her, did she have the fortitude to stand up and say, &#8216;We were wrong, and this horrible tragedy is our fault. We didn\u2019t monitor Raymond Morua as we should have. We regret and apologize for our negligence that took lovely young Mallory Dies in the flower of her youth. I know that we cannot turn back the clock and make this tragedy never to have happened, but I personally take responsibility and only want to know how I can help the Dies family and their organization\u00a0VOW4MAL.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The day after Mr. Dies letter appeared online\u00a0<strong>Todd Capps,<\/strong> Mrs. Capps son, submitted a lengthy <a title=\"Todd Capps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.com\/news\/2014\/oct\/24\/about-lois-capps\/\">endorsement of his mother<\/a> on the Independent&#8217;s website,\u00a0assuring voters in the upcoming November 4th election that,<strong>\u00a0&#8220;<\/strong>Lois Capps is guided solely by a profound sense of obligation to do the right thing. She always has, in everything she does \u2014 even at the expense of her own well-being. You may or may not agree with her politics, but I can assure you that she seeks nothing more than to stand up for and act in service to what she believes will better the lives of her constituents, the community, the country, and the health of the planet.&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.35.33-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4785\" title=\"Screen Shot 2014-10-24 at 10.35.33 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.35.33-PM-300x222.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.35.33-PM-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.35.33-PM.png 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"KEYT Tracy Lehr profile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.keyt.com\/news\/rep-lois-capps-sets-her-sights-on-9th-term\/29293224\">KEYT By Tracy Lehr October 22nd, 2014.<\/a>\u00a0Lois Capps filled her late husband&#8217;s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives\u00a0 16 years ago.\u00a0 She is now running for her 9th term. Lois and Walter Capps were married for 37 years. They attended Yale together and then settled in Santa Barbara where she worked as a public school nurse and he taught courses on religion and the Vietnam War at UCSB. Walter Capps died during his first time en route to Washington. \u00a0Capps was urged to run and has never lost a race. But during her time in office she experienced another tragedy, the loss of one of her daughters to lung cancer. Capps, the daughter of a Lutheran Minister, wanted to keep working to help families like hers that have endured ups and downs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.31.37-PM1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4780\" title=\"Screen Shot 2014-10-24 at 10.31.37 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.31.37-PM1-300x175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.31.37-PM1-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.31.37-PM1.png 652w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>On a typical day in the nation&#8217;s capitol she said she does her best to work with the opposing party to get things down. She also serves on the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. When she is not on the house floor the former\u00a0 in her 24th district office. She said she is concerned about the future of children, the economy, and war.<br \/>\nHer recent tenure has been marked by controversy. Protesters picketed outside her Santa Barbara campaign office this month.\u00a0 They blame Capps and her district director for enabling a war veteran staffer to drink and drive the night to beloved local bar tender died. The victim&#8217;s father wrote a letter opposing her re-election.<a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.29.49-PM1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4781\" title=\"Screen Shot 2014-10-24 at 10.29.49 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.29.49-PM1-300x193.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.29.49-PM1-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-24-at-10.29.49-PM1.png 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Capps said women are still the minority in the House. She said she hope to see the house better reflect the population in years to come. Her opponent is Republican Chris Mitchum, the son of late actor Robert Mitchum. Both candidates have plenty of name recognition. On Nov.\u00a0 4th voters will decide what name to put at the helm of\u00a0 the 24th district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"KEYT%20Lois%20Capps%20profile%20mentions%20Raymond%20Morua%20scandal%20but%20fails%20to%20name%20Dist.%20Director%20Mollie%20Culver%2C%20who%20became%20the%20focus%20of%20an%20FBI%20investigation%20in%20June\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>What follows is a partial script of\u00a0reporter Tracy Lehr of KEYT&#8217;s profile of Congresswoman Lois Capps\u00a0broadcast Oct. 22nd. In the piece she\u00a0mentions the Raymond Morua scandal and the recent Tea Party protest calling for the ouster of Mrs. Capps&#8217; District Director Mollie Culver. But while the profile shows Ms. Culver in a recent campaign appearance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[526,1211,531,193,527,529,189,540,511,518,513,519,533,517,541,201,542,508,522,534,523,510,532,538,539,535,126,528,509,536,520,512,525,1221,516,524,608,515,521,530,537,514],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4761"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4855,"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4761\/revisions\/4855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}