"Neither candidate seemed very interested in talking about the money that went into the campaign. McShane didn’t respond to an email, and Root Askew said only that she looks forward to serving her constituency." voicesofmontereybay.org/2020/11/20/the…
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Wini Chambliss, the one Black, female candidate was frosted out by the local machine.
"[Alex Miller] said he and Wini Chambliss, the fourth candidate, spent a total of about $20,000. “We couldn’t compete,” he said."
This should get a lot more play because Alex Miller is right on this issue.
“I really think that we need a limit on campaign contributions for county supervisor, like our neighbor county has,” Miller said.
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Local "do-gooders" from both parties came out against restricting campaign cash - @WendyRootAskew what will you do as a newly elected supe to change this "legal" quid pro quo?
(our government is broken but I feel like that is stating the obvious)
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“We used the money for what it was intended. We put all of our people back to work,” said Don Chapin Jr., president of the Don Chapin Co. “We provided work from home and multiple training opportunities. We did exactly what the (government) wanted us to" montereyherald.com/2020/07/09/cor…
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DON CHAPIN and others are under @FBI investigation for their money dispensary - the @SVLGroup.
I wonder what sort of political pressure the FBI is under (we all know that
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exists) from Leon Panetta (the most powerful politician in California and life long enabler of the mafia/OC)?
Leon Panetta and Monterey County is no stranger to manipulating the FBI. When young copper Sue Stryker arrested a now extinct FBI resident agent for DUI multiple
Can you explain your relationship with Plasha Will and her relationship to Chris Marohn, his wife Megan, John Fickas & others?
What was their relationship to the Democrats in Monterey County, the Republicans in San Luis Obispo County and the RW?
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What was Plasha Will and John Phillips' role with "Californians for Law and Order PAC" which registered in San Benito County to hide their role in the Miller/Bernal 2014 Sheriff's race?
Did John Fickas, @SupervisorAlejo and Sergio Sanchez run phone banks using disposable
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cell phones (as they were known to do for fmr. Supe. Lou Calcagno & fmr. #Salinas Mayor Dennis Donohue) later claiming they knew nothing about nada?
Do you see?
What was the CFLO PAC's relationship with G. Amber Johnson, once a political consultant to Congressman ISSA?
imagine he is more dangerous than Putin or the CCP.
imagine that blackmail material is a real thing, which shouldn't be too hard since we have been talking about something as dumb as Russian sex slaves urinating on him.
now
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if you are a Californian - imagine all you know about @GavinNewsom (the morally bankrupt parts he always apologizes for, not the better things)
Imagine you are @RepJimmyPanetta who has been rolling around with some questionable investor types and other terrible sh••.
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Now imagine you are a psychopath with the full force and weight of the US GOVERNMENT at your literal disposal. Imagine you are the guy who called a dictator "little rocket man" then met with him. Imagine cut throat ruthless.
"They backed up their claim to credibility with an unusual level of transparency: They identified their owners, investors, shareholders, donors, or sponsors. Most revealed detailed financials, with revenue and expenses." ijnet.org/en/story/5-thi…
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"They encourage their audiences to participate in information gathering–crowdsourcing. They use two-way communication or interactivity with the public to get story suggestions and news tips, and to do collective investigations."
still 0 for 3
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"News media need to build credibility and trust by interacting more directly with their audiences, listening to their audiences, adopting transparency about their owners and investors, detailing their funding sources and spending practices,"