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Slater-Price’s Ticketgate Scandal = Need for a Gift Ban
The Smiling Spotlight keeps Smiling because people send us such enlightening emails!
Thank you, and keep ‘em coming.
By Steve Danon
San Diego Union-Tribune investigative reporter Jeff McDonald has just been nominated for a “Golden Watchdog” award by the San Diego County Taxpayers Association for breaking the story how San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Pam Slater-Price has funneled millions of taxpayer dollars from the Neighborhood Reinvestment fund to the San Diego Opera, Old Globe and other arts groups in return of thousands of dollars worth of free gifts and tickets.
Supervisor Slater-Price details $3,590 worth of gifts in 2009
Read all about how this County “public servant” lives high on the hog as the beneficiary of the very groups she hurls big sack of your tax dollars at! UNBELIEVABLE!
Good job and atta’-boy to Mr. Mark Walker of the North County Times for keeping the public informed.
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_fd27e862-d1d5-518e-9910-1ca7ed3d3992.html
The salt in the wound is that she takes personal credit for donating YOUR MONEY to HER favored groups!
Candidate Steve Danon sends a shot across the Bow!
The Smiling Spotlight received this missive today. The third District race isn’t until 2012, but it’s already heating up and if this is any indication it’s promising to be a very aggressive campaign.
From: STEVE DANON
March 22, 2010
To: Chairwoman Pam Slater-Price
San Diego County Board of Supervisors
1600 Pacific Highway, Room 335
San Diego, CA 92101
Dear Chairwoman Slater-Price:
As you know, County Supervisors Cox and Jacobs have introduced a board letter (legislation) for consideration on Tuesday, March 23 calling for the Board of Supervisors to reduce the Neighborhood Reinvestment Program. This proposal will reduce the program by 50 percent from $2 million per Supervisor to $1 million per Supervisor per year.
Slater-Price fails to report gifts of tickets to arts performances
According to some excellent reporting by the Union Tribune, “Pam Slater-Price, chairwoman of the county Board of Supervisors, failed to report 20 tickets she received as gifts from the San Diego Opera and the Old Globe Theatre, arts groups she was funding with repeated six-figure grants of taxpayer money.”
As I am after all a Spotlight, I can be found at both the Old Globe and the Opera. In the newspaper story, Ms. Slater-Price’s Chief of Staff, John Weil, indicates she was the recipient of the lowest priced tickets. Nice try. This spotlight has never seen the Supervisor in the nosebleed section. Keep digging U-T, the public DESERVES to know the whole truth!
Read the whole story here: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/02/slater-price-fails-to-report-gifts-of-tickets-to/
Wow, What an Insightful Editorial!
The U-T Editorial Board was at the top of their game last weekend when they published this hum-dinger of an editorial that really nails this local Encinitas issue. No doubt the entire County didn’t get to see this North County editorial, and no doubt, other jurisdictions have had to deal with similar issues. So I just thought publishing it here would be beneficial to all. The bottom line is that I’m impressed by the U-T! It’s a good read…
Vote ends nine years of obstructionism
Term Limits?
The S.E.I.U. local 221 is the Labor Union promoting term limits for the County Supervisor. One newspaper story says the Labor group feels that the supervisors are “too entrenched and fail to represent constituents fairly”. Is that really what this is about?
The County Board had plenty of organic, natural turn-over prior to the inception of the $2,000,000 per year, per Board Member “community grant” program (many people knowingly wink and deny it’s a slush fund) in the mid 1990’s.
Is it the Chamber of government, or the Chamber of Commerce?
A very good column was printed in today’s North County Times. It leads one to questions such as: what is a Chamber of Commerce for? What is their rightful role in our society?, and, how do we judge them and what do we do about them if we find they’ve “lost their way”?
By SUNANA BATRA — For the North County Times | Posted: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:00 am |
Traditionally, chambers of commerce exist for the sole purpose of promoting, marketing and advocating on behalf of businesses they represent. In Encinitas, however, an unholy alliance has been forged between the city and its chamber.
Encinitas Chamber of Commerce, up in Smoke?
The Encinitas Chamber of Commerce has accepted advertising for a Marijuana Dispensary in the Encinitas North Coast Chamber of Commerce official newsletter called “Encinitas First”.
This seems untoward, especially since they take public funds from the City of Encinitas and from Supervisor Pam Slater-Price’s discretionary (slush?) fund each year.
What, if anything do these have in common?
Frank Lopez, Council Member, Vista?
Betty Rexford, Council Member, Poway?
Maggie Houlihan, Council Member / Mayor, Encinitas?
Jerry Kern, Council Member, Oceanside
Your choices could include any combination of: Hard working servant of the people, Possible, probable, or confirmed FPPC violation, possible / probable D.A. investigation, currently being, should be, or should not be recalled, and more. North County can hold its own against San Diego and South Bay when it comes to shenanigans! Have fun with your creative input on this!
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