Supervisor’s Assistant Faces Perjury Charge

Armijo is incredible!!!! He drives his car drunk (when he plead guilty that fact is not up for debate any longer), comes up with some silly story, and then tries to point fingers at everyone but himself! This is what is wrong with people, absolutely no ability to take responsibility for their actions. I am so furious that he is wasting everyone’s time, including the DA and then he has the audacity to blame the DA for prosecuting him when he lied!!!! Seriously, if there is a female that drove have her come forward!!! What is wrong? You can’t find a female willing to come forward for you?

It troubles me that Supervisor Centeno employees Armijo and I wonder if his pay is really coming from taxpayer’s money. INDEPENDENT, can you please investigate where Armijo’s salary comes from? If it is from taxpayer’s money I will be the first leading the charge to get him fired and will never vote for Centeno if he doesn’t do the right thing and dump this guy.

This guy is fairly begging for some jail time - he needs to take a long hard look at himself and should be ordered to make some restitution for all the public monies he has caused to be squandered in dealing with his pathetic attempt to deny what he did. Disturbing that Centeno hasn't put him on leave or simply fired him.

Compare and contrast to the very rough treatment an Assistant to Janet Wolf got a couple of years ago (forced to resign). And it was for DUIs that had happened years before the staff member started work for the County.

A double standard is there.

I'm certainly no fan of Armijo's but I can smell a skunk when it's around. This man has already been convicted of d.u.i. and now the District Attorney's office wants to waste my taxpayer dollars to prosecute him for perjury? Why won't the District Attorney's office go after violent criminals like the gang members who run free on the streets.

Shame on Armijo and shame on the District Attorney's office. They are both scoundrels!

"Why won't the District Attorney's office go after violent criminals like the gang members who run free on the streets." says Buckwheat.

A blasé statement like this without any examples is worthless. I guess the Jesse James Hollywood case that is running right now means nothing to you. I guess the DA's unpopular hard-line stance of trying 14 year old for murder as an adult means nothing to you. Do you even live in Santa Barbara? Do you know anything about local cases that the DA tries here? By your statement I would say that you don't know anything... sad.

I say they should do everything in their power to go after him for perjury. If we cannot have the truth in court or an official proceeding then the very basis of our legal system will be invalidated.

Until the DA tells the community the truth about the cause of the Tea Fire I won't have any confidence in their office.

I don't know Armijo or anything about this case. Seems that if he was pulled over by the police for a DUI there should not be any questions about who was driving.

Still the DA needs to come clean with the community about the Tea Fire investigation and until they tell the truth about that disaster, they have no business accusing anyone of lying.

I completely agree with Cappy regarding his comments about the way the DA handled the Tea Fire investigation because they never released the names until it was too late and then all they did was give those responsible a slap on the wrist. After reading the article about this DUI case what I do not understand is why the DA charged him with a misdemeanor for driving and is now charging him with a felony for driving. This doesn't make sense to me. My female intuition tells me that he is not lying about driving. I think he is lying about who he was having sex with and doesn't want to tell. This sounds like a sequel to Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. I don't think it is the role of the DA to waste money on a person's private sex life. Who cares? Doesn't the DA have anything better to do? Like maybe reveal what really happened in the Tea Fire?

Hmm I smell something fishy here with the last two posters...

User profile: Cappysgoat
Joined: June 23, 2009
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User profile: Cindysins
Joined: June 23, 2009
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Both users are the only ones in support of Armijo, both created screen names on the same day, and both have only posted on this article. Smells funny, like it is the same poster; they even type the same. Could it be Armijo himself? Probably a good bet. Indy check the IP address from where the last two posters came in from, bet it is the same. Nice try.....

I think you're paranoid InTheKnow because it seems like you are the one pushing people to believe this guy is guilty. I don't really care about the case itself so leave me out of your childish paranoia. Why didn't you address the issue of the Tea Fire investigation?

Well stated Cindy.

I've had a username before and never made another because I bought a new computer.

However after reading the rude remarks InTheKnow made to Buckwheat, I thought I'd through my two cents in for all it was worth.

It's sad -- nay, pathetic -- that some people cannot engage in civil discussion when one takes or has a different opinion than that person, who then attempts a slashing cowardly turn to intimidation.

Enought said.

I shall opine with the the exact closing Cindy made which is, "Why didn't you address the issue of the Tea Fire investigation?"

Yea,
Great detective work "intheknow'
....just kidding
I noticed that you are a 'multiple' poster- and long winded. that's a little fishy in my book.
Cindysins has made some brilliant deductions. Also the fact that nearly 1/2 a million dollars has been spent to prosecute this man is utterly foolish. If he is convicted and spends time in jail, it will cost even more taxpayer money (my money).
Bite me Mr. DA
(Anonymous on purpose)

Cappysgoat and Cindysins are obviously sockpuppets created to support Armijo.

This is a frequent problem on the Independent site, but they won't do anything about it. In fact, when I last complained about it Randy Campbell insulted me and closed the thread to further comments.

Here's one way to prove it. Cappysgoat, you said you had a login name before. What was it?

I would easily answer your question Kratatoa but you made a false assumption that I am supporting Armijo?

I enjoy reading the Indy on-line and it was an article that caught my interest.

Other than that, I do not have a dog in this hunt.

You will find my other username if you look at the postings when the Iny was running their Tea Fire stories.

I asked then what I am asking now, which is, why doesn't the DA tell the truth about the Tea Fire?

In an Indy story if I recall correctly, the Sheriff gave the DA what they said was the cause of the fire.

But for whatever reasons the DA did not do anything with that evidence.

So the lingering question is why didn't the DA act upon that information as quickly as possible.

Why did they take so long to charge the people responsible?

Personally I do not think the DA is not telling the community the truth about the Tea Fire.

Cappysgoat, you said you had a login name before. What was it?

Kratatoa said I am a "sockpuppets created to support Armijo."

I said he was lying by saying, "Seems that if he was pulled over by the police for a DUI there should not be any questions about who was driving."

So how did you make the leap by claiming my post is supporting Armijo?

Kratatoa, now address the issue of the Tea Fire investigation which is what I found so ironic about this perjury story and stated as much.

Or admit it is you with the agenda not those you are falsely labeling with your illogical speculation about being sockpuppets whatever that label means.

Whoa! This stuff is so far off line. At least some attention should be directed to the claim that the DA is uniquely prosecuting someone for what was said at a DMV hearing. This is certainly rare--DAs almost never even know what happens at such hearings. DDA Perlin's comments that Amijo pled 'no contest' to the DUI and this is proof that he lied is also absurd. Perlin and any person handling such matters knows that the PRIMARY purpose of entering a no contest plea is to avoid saying "guilty." Such a plea means the defendant understands the evidence is strong enough to convict him and the court will treat him as guilty but he is not saying that. It preserves rights to challenge such a claim in subsequent proceedings.
All together this prosecution does smell of pettiness and personal vendetta.

commit a crime, do the time.

shoot frist -- question later

you make the best argument for guin control

The DA must be in their glory and partying like crazy now that Michael Jackson is dead.

Didn't the DA prosecute Jackson a few years ago?

Cappysgoat, you said you had a login name before. What was it?

The point is...Armijo appears to have lied about his "lady friend," and then pled "no contest" to his DUI.
He would be much better off if he would look at himself in the mirror, acknowledge that he has a major problem with alcohol abuse and get treatment!
Why spend all this time, energy and money trying to throw red herrings at the fundamental issue: he blew a .16 BAC and was behind the wheel of a car, putting lives at risk.
Give it up, Joe, and get on with a better life. You can find meetings at www.santabarbaraaa.com.