California must repay $2.38 million in federal funds to its own state election fund and $536,122 to the U.S. Treasury.
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Incredible. This shmells to high heaven.
Why the squander of this particular three million warrants such outrage is beyond me.
Three million dollars wasted isn't why California taxes are among the highest in the country and businesses are fleeing the state. The California state budget is over 130 billion dollars a year. 130,000 million. Again, 130 thousand million.
Making a public issue over this bureaucrat's malfeasance is like Congress debating their annual raise. Political posturing for the sensationalist press while ignoring the brontosaurus in the room.