Boy, when it rains it pours. California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley is having a really bad week. First he was caught diverting federal funds earmarked for voting machines to fund his campain operatives, then he was caught taking a bribe campaign donation in his state office. Now, the LA Times reports that the soon-to-be-ex-Secretary of State has been using his state-paid employees as bagmen bagpeople campaign donation processors. This is a big state-official no-no.
Considering that Mr. Shelley is the guy who's in charge of counting votes in elections (or recounting them, should it come to that), what are the Democrats waiting for? The problem isn't going away. Quite the opposite, matter of fact. What's next? Assaulting staff? Not unlikely from all reports.
Oh, and then there's this:
Shelley has been battered by news reports and developments in the investigations. A federal grand jury in Sacramento last week called witnesses who made major contributions to his 2002 campaign after receiving payments from a $500,000 state grant that Shelley helped arrange when he served in the state Assembly.Posted by Kevin Murphy at October 1, 2004 12:41 PM | TrackBack