Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Those corrupt bastards did it again

Huh?
Nov. 9: OC Is Still the Wild West for Lobbyists (Voice of OC)

     Orange County supervisors on Tuesday voted to remain the state's only large county without any kind of registration requirements for lobbyists.
     The board rejected a plan, proposed by Supervisor Bill Campbell, to establish basic registration requirements for lobbyists who influence county leaders and issues. The plan would have been much less stringent than those in neighboring San Diego and Los Angeles counties.
Newbie Supervisor Shawn Gasbag
     Under the ordinance proposed by Campbell, lobbyists would have to register on a quarterly basis. It would define a lobbyist as anyone who receives more than $1,000 a month for influencing officials.
     In a June report, an Orange County grand jury identified about two-dozen people who fit this bill, calling them a "shadow government."
     In voting down the ordinance, the 3-2 majority essentially argued that such a registration isn't needed in Orange County….

[Campbell and Nguyen voted in favor of the plan; Nelson, Moorlach, and Bates voted against it.]

Prendergast vs. Muldoon: no significant change, few ballots counted since yesterday

Nov. 9:
THOMAS "T.J." PRENDERGAST
109,340 - 50.65%

KEVIN M. MULDOON
106,531 - 49.35%

     Gosh, they've only counted 760 or so ballots since yesterday.
     Yesterday's tally:

THOMAS "T.J." PRENDERGAST
108,949 - 50.6%

KEVIN M. MULDOON
106,160 - 49.4%

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

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