California recall candidate Larry Elder appears to have not properly disclosed his finances

[Judi Lynn]

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Source: Fresno Bee / Los Angeles Times

ADAM ELMAHREK AND PAUL PRINGLE LOS ANGELES TIMES
AUGUST 13, 2021 04:49 PM

LOS ANGELES — Larry Elder, the leading contender vying to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom if he is recalled, appears to have not properly listed his business holdings on a financial disclosure statement designed to reveal a candidate’s potential conflicts of interests, the Los Angeles Times has found.

Like all candidates in the Sept. 14 election, Elder was required to file a public Statement of Economic Interests that shows his sources of income, business ownership, investments, gifts and loans. The Republican talk show host did not disclose any stake in Laurence A. Elder & Associates Inc., a company he appears to own, experts said.

Elder did list the company as a source of personal income. However, state law requires a separate disclosure of income received by any business in which a candidate holds at least a 10% ownership interest. Sources of income to the business above certain amounts also must be identified.

In response to questions from the Times, a spokeswoman for Elder’s campaign said, “It appears there might have been an oversight.” She did not specify further.

Read more: https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article253485454.html

[secondwind]

1. Hope this doesn't derail his campaign.. I read today that he would be a good second choice if

something happened with Newsom....

[Budi]

3. He's a Republican who said "Masks & Vax Mandates will be suspended right away."

"Elder, in his first press conference since announcing his candidacy July 12, told reporters that if he replaces Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in the Sept. 14 election, then any mask or vaccine mandates in place at that time “will be suspended right away.”

He would be a disaster, like Texas's Gov Abbott

[secondwind]

13. Thanks for the correction. I was thinking of someone else.

[Budi]

14. Noted. He's not a familiar name unless you've followed CA

[JohnSJ]

8. Good second choice? If you want someone who wants to get rid of minimum wage, against a woman's

right to choose, doesn’t believe in climate change, and is an extremist right wing republican in the mold of rand Paul

One of the worst right wing alternatives

[Nasruddin]

11. As in ...

Somebody who could quickly be impeached due to violation of some law or other?

We have got to reform this recall provision in CA.
The idea of it has some merit but two recalls of reasonable Democratic governors in 20 year - that stinks.
The prospect of some outsider claiming the office with a 5% plurality when there's a perfectly fit Lt Gov available (Gov & Lt Gov elections are not a ticket in CA) is quite broken.

[Beaverhausen]

19. Where did you hear that?

I'm curious.

[dalton99a]

24. Elder is a Trump-worshiping, science-denying, gun-humping Uncle Tom Republican

[Budi]

2. "It appears there might have been an oversight."

[bahboo]

22. priceless....he fucked up and got caught...

[lonely bird]

4. A Republican screwed up something related to finance?

I’m stunned. Stunned, I tell you.

[Mr.Bill]

5. He should just say,

Yeah, I did it. So what? He'll go up ten points in the republican polls.

[mountain grammy]

6. Oh Pleeeease California Dems.. please

show up and vote down this recall. Just shut these fuckers up already!

[olddad65]

7. The recall election is a cheap trick by the wealthy power brokers

Do Californians have no memory of how bad for California Arnold was? How stupid would we have to be to go down that road to nowhere again.

[JohnSJ]

9. The alternative candidate rethugs are far worse than Arnold ever was

[olddad65]

12. Or at least worse than you thought that pig was.

[JohnSJ]

18. No. schwarzenegger was pro choice, believes in climate change, minimum wage, etc unlike the other

rethugs

[George II]

10. Republican of course. Guess what buddy, "an oversight" doesn't cut it.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

15. The Newsom recall is a GQP attempt to overturn an election they didn't win.

They want to overturn the will of the 7,721,410 California voters who chose Newsom to be governor. His 61.9 percent share of the vote was greater than any Democratic candidate for governor in state history.

Repugs have learned that fewer Democrats vote in the mid-term elections. They see using a recall election as a "do-over" to correct what they see as a grievous wrong i.e., they lost. Since there is no recall provided for president, T***** has had to resort to a coup.

[rickford66]

16. How does the recall election work ?

Is Newsom running against several candidates ? There's never been a recall anywhere I've lived.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

25. I think there's two things to vote on.

#1: Should Gov Newsom be recalled? (yes/no)

#2: Who should take his place?

If a majority of #1's vote are "yes" then Newsom is removed from office and...
get this...
the person who won the most votes for #2 becomes governor.

https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/2021-ca-gov-recall/newsom-recall-faqs

In my opinion, it's the only way the GOP will ever regain control of California. There's just too many Democratic voters in the state, but the GQP knows that our weakness is usually off-year elections. So they do this.

[Mr.Bill]

17. How convenient that this was found out

after ballots have started to be mailed out.

[Mike Nelson]

20. Shocking!

... he seems to be a big Hannity pal... and we know how honest all those "fair and balanced" F0X friends are.

[IcyPeas]

21. California is the 5th largest economy in the world... the WORLD

Do we really want a right wing hate radio big mouth in charge of controlling that?

[oasis]

23. Elder in control of Cali 's fortunes? .....oh hell no!

[not fooled]

26. To red don's deplorables, being a financial crook

is a plus.

[JudyM]

27. Locking

This may just end up being a paperwork error that can be amended and not enough for a scandal. The hosts voted to lock it as not being important news yet… to explain: if there’s an official determination about it that impacts the race, that would be important news of national interest.

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