Its great to see the Sacramento District Attorney and the Joint Legislative Audit Committee investigate the misuse of $23 million of Prop 10 funds by the First 5 California Commission. Regardless of the outcomes of the investigations, if Prop 82 goes ahead as is, democracy in our state will have been compromised. Illegally using public funds should never be allowed to determine the outcome of an election.
Prior to the publicly funded ad campaign that compared a limited unrelated program in Chicago to the benefits of pre-school, the majority of Californians did not see the need of publicly financed pre-school. Now prop 82 is supported by two thirds of us.
In all fairness, the opposition to Prop 82 should get a matching $23 million that is earmarked for First 5 to rebut the deceptive ads put out by First 5.
If the DA’s investigation ultimately leads to convictions, the responsible parties should also pay restitution for their misuse of public funds.
Great idea! (and welcome to Free Republic)