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9/5/17 – Struggling to explain her 2008 decision to recklessly spend $17M on a Police Station Banning could never afford, councilmember Debbie Franklin has claimed that “a Sea of Blue” pressured her to approve the spending. The record is clear, however, that Franklin received ample warning at the time that this spending would wreak financial havoc for the City in the years to come.

Franklin’s 2008 decision is the reason Banning may soon be facing a 100% increase in water rates.

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Debbie Franklin has long been exposed as a pathological liar (see another video for example) , so why bother taking her explanation seriously?

Well, as it is with most liars, there is usually a grain of truth embedded in their twisted stories. It is that grain of truth that this article will attempt to identify.

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INTRODUCING FRANKLIN’S “PRINCE IN BLUE”, GREG HERRINGTON

Who or what was the “Sea of Blue” that Franklin claimed “pressured” her?

During the 2008 time frame, it was an open secret within the Banning Police Department that Debbie Franklin allegedly had an extramarital affair with a Banning Police Sergeant named Greg Herrington.

For many years, Franklin is said to have relentlessly pushed to make Herrington Banning’s Police Chief. She did so even after the Banning Police Department had taken disciplinary action against Herrington and terminated him.

Franklin relentlessly insisted on re-hiring Herrington, who she considered to be the most qualified Chief out there.

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BIRDS OF A FEATHER : HERRINGTON FIRED REPEATEDLY, ARRESTED FOR BATTERY, CURRENTLY CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE FELONIES

Just like lying Debbie Franklin, Greg Herrington also is real piece of work.

Before coming to Banning PD, Herrington had been fired from the Glynn County Police Department in Georgia in 1996, according to press reports.

Eventually Herrington ended up being also fired from Banning PD for disciplinary reasons in 2009 . After being ousted by Banning PD, Herrington became – believe it or not – Police Chief of McFarland, CA (see story here)

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While Herrington insisted that he left McFarland PD “voluntarily”, it appears that he was eventually fired there also, this time for promoting a convicted criminal within his department.

According to 2014 press reports, Herrington knowingly promoted an officer that originally had 6 criminal charges brought against him. After this officer was convicted in a plea deal, Herrington promoted him to Police Corporal, ( see story here ).

But it only got worse after that. In 2015 Greg Herrington was arrested for battery in Palm Springs, allegedly for beating up his girlfriend at the time, (see story here).

It went even further downhill from there, when – also in 2015 – Debbie Franklin’s alleged love interest was charged with identity theft and with forgery, both felonies, when he tried to launch a career as a Private Investigator, (to see felony charges and arrest warrant – click here).

Herrington’s criminal trial is currently pending, however, the State of California has already revoked Herrington’s PI license in a separate proceeding (click here to view the decision by the “Bureau Of Security And Investigative Services”).

So here we go. The citizens of Banning have already learned the hard way just how crooked Debbie Franklin really is. It therefore shouldn’t surprise anyone that her alleged lover, Greg Herrington, would turn out to be a crook as well.

As the old saying goes : “Birds of a feather flock together” ……

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WAS THE POLICE STATION A GIFT TO FRANKLIN’S ALLEGED LOVE INTEREST AND “PRINCE IN BLUE”, GREG HERRINGTON?

With her relentless, almost obsessive support for Greg Herrington, would it seem far fetched to assume that Franklin tried to build a palace for her alleged  lover and “Prince in Blue”?.

Was the pressure from the “Sea of Blue” that Franklin said she succumbed to, just coming from one single person who she tried to appease and promote to Police Chief?

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CONCLUSION

As stated above, even the biggest liars usually include a grain of truth in their stories.

Was her alleged love interest, Greg Herrington, the real reason why Debbie Franklin didn’t care if she wrecked Banning’s finances down the road? Was the “Sea of Blue” she was trying to appease none other than Greg Herrington, her choice for Police Chief?

Did Debbie Franklin sell out Banning in order to build a Palace for her “ Prince in Blue” ?

You be the judge.

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