Posted on 11/05/2011 9:32:19 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
Desert Hot Spring City Councilman Karl Baker's name is signed on the back of nearly $15,000 in checks the city wrote to a local businessman.
Baker appears to have endorsed all 22 checks paid to Chryss Home Automation, as recently as a $1,200 check dated Oct. 6.
The owner, Pete Chryss, rents a room in Baker's house and has worked on Baker's Nov. 8 re-election campaign.
I was shocked at what I found. I recognized a familiar signature on the back of the checks for pretty much every check to Chryss Home Automation, Finance Director Jason Simpson told The Desert Sun.
Simpson said he forwarded the checks and other evidence this week to the Riverside County District Attorney's Office, citing a state law that addresses conflict of interest.
I don't know anything about that business, Baker told The Desert Sun in a phone interview Oct. 14. He (Chryss) does his business. I do mine.
I don’t think they have Amish in California do they?
Yvonne Parks Announces Bid For Mayor
April 7, 2009 | Filed under: Desert Hot Springs,News,Riverside County | Posted by: Dean Gray
Wins Endorsement of Prominent Troubled Democrat
Parks predictably received strong support from fellow council member Karl Baker, a prominent Democrat, giving Parks his endorsement.
http://desertstarweekly.com/2009/04/07/yvonne-parks-mayor-announcement-karl-baker-support/
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