The Tustin City Council finally met to discuss a recently Grand Jury report that faulted Tustin councilman Jerry Amante and Laguna Hills councilman Allan Songstad for using their positions of authority to unduly influence officials at Brandman University to be…
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Campaign Watchdog Grindle Questions Martinez Contribution
by Dan Chmielewski • • 7 Comments
Hat tip to the Voice of OC, as campaign finance watchdog Shirley Grindle has called into question a campaign donation made to Santa Ana Council member Michele Martinez’s Assembly campaign. The contribution, from a vendor awarded a contract by the…
Nelson gets warned by FPPC, but Grindle regrets filing complaint
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
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.”
Shirley Grindle Files FFPC Complaint Against FFFF for Political Reform Act Violation
by Dan Chmielewski • • 9 Comments
Political campaign watchdog Shirley Grindle filed a complaint last Friday against Tony Bushala and the Friends for Fullerton’s Future (Committee 1270222) for continuing in campaign activity even though his political action committee, set up to derail the candidacy of Linda…
Grindle Files Complaint Against Assemblyman Tran
by Chris Prevatt • • 24 Comments
Peggy Lowe over at The OCRegister’s Total Buzz is reporting: Grindle files complaint against Van Tran OC’s campaign finance watchdog Shirley Grindle has filed a formal complaint with the DA and the state attorney general’s office claiming that Assemblyman Van…
Shirley Grindle Asks Hoa’s Treasurer To Amend Report
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
Orange County’s campaign finance watchdog Shirley Grindle (OC Register photo) contacted me this evening to let me know that she has sent a memo to Xavier Martinez, Hoa Van Tran’s new campaign treasurer, requesting that he clean up the reports…
Hoa Van Tran UPDATE: Grindle files complaint with AG
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
I found the following in the comments to the Total Buzz post about our investigation of Hoa Van Tran’s campaign disclosure reports and Matt Cunningham’s complaint to the DA. Here is the Total Buzz story. (OCRegister Photo) shirley grindle Says: May 10th,…
