Clients of fraud suspect ask to alter money rules

San Francisco Chronicle / SFGate.com ^ | Saturday, October 1, 2011 | Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau

[thecodont]

Sacramento --

Attorneys representing the alleged victims in a suspected fraud scheme involving millions of dollars in campaign funds from as many as 400 candidates, officeholders and committees asked the commission that oversees political fundraising in California to make urgent changes in regulations to ensure funding for their political work.

The Fair Political Practices Commission held a special meeting Friday to hear from clients of Kinde Durkee, a campaign treasurer for the hundreds of politicians and political organizations, nearly all of them Democratic. Durkee was arrested Sept. 2 by the FBI and charged with stealing or misappropriating $670,000 from the campaign of state Assemblyman Jose Solorio, D-Anaheim.

Attorneys for a host of the alleged victims asked commissioners to consider changes in campaign finance reporting laws or creating some type of exemption because they said it would be impossible to file accurate reports as they do not know how much money is in the accounts, where it came from or where it was spent.

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[Farmer Dean]

I wonder where the money really went.

[ken5050]

She took millions, probably tens of millions, over the years..no way you can put that much up your nose..she’s have OD’s long ago.and it doesn’t cost much for her mom’s nursing home..so I suspect it all went in Vegas...she’s a degenerate compulsive gambler..or maybe the track...

[ConservativeChris]

She still has plenty I bet, did they look under her mattress?

[fifedom]

it would be impossible to file accurate reports as they do not know how much money is in the accounts, where it came from or where it was spent.

That's true for all the Rat money--not just with this sleazy accountant.

Regardless the result of this hearing, does anyone think the government employees' unions will not spend the money required to get their puppets elected?

[az_gila]

...that oversees political fundraising in California to make urgent changes in regulations to ensure funding for their political work re-election campaign.

Fixed it - the original was an interesting way of putting it...:^)

[Calvin Locke]

Any body running against them should use this incident as why not to
vote for people that are so careless with money given to them.

"Do you really think they will manage YOUR tax dollars, YOUR CHILDREN'S, AND YOUR GRAND-CHILDREN's money any better?"