Posted on 01/29/2005 9:52:19 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Sacramento -- California campaign-finance regulators are investigating whether Secretary of State Kevin Shelley illegally accepted a political donation in his government office from a contributor seeking help with a tax problem, The Chronicle has learned.
Investigators from the state Fair Political Practices Commission have met with at least one potential witness in the case, seeking details about a meeting in June 2003 between Shelley and the donor, and about how the campaign check was delivered, according to a person who was questioned.
"They were clearly trying to dot their i's and cross their t's," said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Investigators also want to know whether Shelley staff members did campaign work for the San Francisco Democrat on state time, including collecting and processing donation checks from a campaign mailbox during work hours, according to the source.
In September, The Chronicle reported that Santa Cruz County motel owner Suresh Patel said he gave Shelley a $2,000 contribution in his state office in San Francisco during a meeting in which he asked Shelley to take his side in a tax dispute with the state. A former top deputy to Shelley confirmed that the meeting took place and said that Shelley gloated about his fund-raising prowess afterward.
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I like Amerigomag's observation.
I now want Shelley to hang in there and fight...
and take down every scummy dem with him in the process!
I can't wait for PeRATa's turn under the scope, personally.
It's gonna be a long hot summer in Stinkymento with lots of wailing and gnashing.
If this guy was a Republican he'd have been hounded from office already. And indicted.
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