Shelley controversy deepens ( fund-raiser for Kerry )

[Kadie]

Shelley controversy deepens

Internal reports document how election funds were spent at Democratic events.
By Gary Delsohn -- Bee Capitol Bureau

Published 2:15 am PDT Wednesday, September 22, 2004

New information released by Secretary of State Kevin Shelley's office Tuesday shows that consultants paid with federal election funds served as his staff at Democratic political events, including a Sacramento lunch that raised money for presidential candidate John Kerry and a fund-raiser for Assembly Democrats.

"Staff activity reports" released to The Bee and other newspapers under the state's Public Records Act show that several of the consultants recorded whom Shelley met at events he attended, introduced him to people and kept track of his activities.

In a report on one of the more blatantly partisan events, consultant Jason Vega wrote that he went with Shelley to a Kerry fund-raiser at the Sacramento home of Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis. She's the daughter of millionaire developer Angelo Tsakopoulos, one of the biggest financial contributors to Democratic candidates in the country. While at the event, according to Vega's report, Shelley spoke individually with more than two dozen prominent Democrats and two people - Julie Sandino and Dan Weitzman - who have raised money for past Shelley campaigns.

"It doesn't look good," said Tony Miller, special counsel to Shelley, a San Francisco Democrat. "It is hard to justify when you see something like this submitted."

more...
http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/ca/story/10831492p-11749449c.html

[papau]

1. But todays Arnold Cigar Tent Flood is the headline in CA

got ta love it!

:-)

[okieinpain]

2. man, is this guy stupid or something.

[progressivebydesign]

3. And Bush uses White House staff to respond to campaign issues..

.. no one has been hollering about that, except me. Scott McClellan is routinely used as the spokesperson to respond to the Kerry campaign. The White House frequently uses THEIR staff to prepare and release communications for campaign issues... that's illegal, but no one seems to care.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

4. There is nothing of relavance on Shelley. Ahhunld...........

just wants a Rethug to replace Shelley so that he can do his "Austrian Duties". (a.k.a: rigging the election so that * wins California)

on edit: :puke: