Posted on 10/16/2008 9:09:20 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
State Sen. Carole Migden and California's political watchdog agency have settled their lawsuits against each other.
The litigation was initiated in Sacramento federal court with a lot of huffing and puffing but bowed out with a whimper.
Under terms filed Wednesday, Migden, a volatile San Francisco Democrat, will pay the Fair Political Practices Commission $40,000 to resolve allegations she violated a host of campaign finance regulations.
Contrast that to the agency's countersuit, filed three weeks after Migden sued the FPPC for preventing her in this year's campaign from spending money she raised before being elected to the Senate. The FPPC sought $9 million in penalties, contending Migden and her campaign apparatus failed to report large monetary transactions, reported other large transactions that never occurred and made expenditures out of investment accounts.
Ross Johnson, chairman of the FPPC, accused Migden of trying to bully the agency "and distract our staff from their investigation."
Migden's political consultant, Richie Ross, retorted that Johnson, a former GOP legislator, was indulging in a "retaliatory, Nixonian tirade."
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
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