Posted on 02/27/2004 6:59:01 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/12/2004 6:06:23 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
SACRAMENTO (AP) - In the bruising, contact sport of campaign fund-raising it appears everyone loves Claudia Alvarez, the 34-year-old Santa Ana City Council member seeking an Orange County state Assembly seat.
While Alvarez does her own-fundraising, groups of corporate and business interests, dentists and senior citizens have also spent an extra $604,392 - the most in any statewide legislative race - to help her beat opponent Tom Umberg on Tuesday and become the Democrats' November candidate.
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Some people never change:
Los Angeles Times
February 11, 1987
Young Guilty on Five Counts of Mail FraudFormer Norwalk Assemblyman Bruce E. Young, once one of the most powerful members of the California Legislature, was found guilty by a federal jury Tuesday of five counts of mail fraud for concealing outside earnings while a legislator and laundering campaign funds to other politicians.
However, Young was acquitted of 23 other counts charging that he illegally received consulting payments from political corruption figure W. Patrick Moriarty and a Los Angeles cable television company while championing legislation benefiting their interests.
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Young, a Democrat who served in the Assembly from 1976 to 1984, had earlier vowed to hold a news conference after the verdict to denounce the government’s failure to prosecute any Republican legislators in connection with the Moriarty probe, but after the verdict, agitated at the results, he declined to comment.
“I think it sucks, that’s what I think,” his wife said.
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