Gabino Aguirre’s Secret Political Past (CA redistricting commissioner is MEChA, LaRaza partisan!)

Cal Watchdog ^ | July 15, 2011 | JOHN HRABE

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The California Citizens Redistricting Commission, the 14-member independent panel of average citizens, was created to end partisan gerrymandering and draw political boundaries in an open process, without the influence of special interests.

An investigation by CalWatchDog.com reveals that at least one commissioner, Dr. Gabino T. Aguirre, has made multiple political campaign contributions to Democratic candidates — contributions that were previously undisclosed to the Commission; a long history of political activism in support of Latino causes; and an extensive web of connections to a special interest group that has submitted its own redistricting proposals to the commission.

A spokesman for the commission said Aguirre would be unavailable for comment before this article was scheduled to publish.

This new evidence about Aguirre raises serious questions about the fairness and objectivity of the Citizens Redistricting Commission, which has been charged with restoring fairness and integrity to the redistricting process. With the commission’s announcement this week that it will not release the second draft of its redistricting maps, the public deserves insight into what groups, causes and issues all commissioners are sympathetic to.

[americanophile]

The whole process is corrupt!

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Of course.

[americanophile]

"An independent review of state campaign finance documents revealed what state auditors missed: three campaign donations to Democratic candidates for state office. In November 2008, Aguirre contributed $100 to Ferial Masry, the Democratic nominee for the 37th State Assembly District. A year later, he doubled his political giving with a $200 contribution to Gloria Romero, a former Democratic State Senator and candidate for state superintendent of public instruction. It’s understandable why the state’s nonpartisan investigators missed Aguirre’s final political contribution: it posted on the California Secretary of State’s website nine days after the California Bureau of State Audits completed its background report."

How convenient.

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... Were Gambino's parents citizens?

Gambino is just a retired high school principal who got his education and degrees while employed and paid by the taxpayers of the USA.

For heaven's sake, what has he got to gripe about.

[NormsRevenge]

Yup. This is typical of California.. so wrapped up in special interests by groups like this and econuts, it can only mean one thing in the end..

W.A.S.S.!

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