A hat tip to the LA Times for this post about how the California Fair Political Practices Commission wants to require candidates for political office to disclose payments to bloggers to post positive pieces for a candidate or attack sites to…
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Nelson gets warned by FPPC, but Grindle regrets filing complaint
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In an April 6 letter to Nelson, the FPPC said “your actions violated the (Political Reform) Act” because he should have filed his statement by March 12 but “only filed your statement on March 22, 2010, after you learned that a sworn complaint (by Grindle) was filed against you.”
Hoa Van Tran Faces FPPC Fine – We told you this would happen
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Democrat Hoa Van Tran, who unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors in 2008, is facing a $2,000 fine for failing to report $18,012 in campaign expenditures by the filing deadline. The Fair Political Practices Commission will consider the fine against Van Tran and then treasurer Phu Do Nguyen on May 13.
