CA: Perata amends reports on income (the nickel a bullet tax guy)

SFGate.com ^ | 3/9/04 | Christian Berthelsen - SF Chronicle

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State Sen. Don Perata, who is the subject of a legislative ethics review, received more personal income from a business associate in each of the past two years than he has previously acknowledged, newly filed state documents show.

Perata, an Oakland Democrat, recently amended his economic interest forms to show that he was paid more than $100,000 in 2002 by Staples Associates, a consulting firm run by business associate Timothy G. Staples. Previously, Perata reported on state forms receiving between $10,000 and $100,000 from Staples Associates for that year.

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Wasn't this the guy who negotiated the screwball deal to get the Raiders to come back to Oakland? Everyone's been messed over by that deal -- the Raiders, the city of Oakland, the fans, the Coliseum Commission, the Oakland A's -- everyone.

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Yup, same guy.