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Judges and Judiciary

Nov. 4, 2006

A Woman Scorned: Is Clerk a Legitimate Whistle-Blower?

MONTEREY - She still has the wedding gown hanging in the back of her closet, never used. Longtime court clerk Crystal Powser said she bought the $600 white dress after Richard Rutledge, a Monterey County traffic commissioner, proposed to her on their date in August 2004.

By Donna Domino
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      MONTEREY - She still has the wedding gown hanging in the back of her closet, never used. Longtime court clerk Crystal Powser said she bought the $600 white dress after Richard Rutledge, a Monterey County traffic commissioner, proposed to her on their third date in August 2004.
      Rutledge was not new to courthouse romance. He was in th...

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