A lot has been published on the subject in the last week or so. But this is worth reading, given the significant details provided by Publisher Arturo Castañares in La Prensa San Diego. Just one excerpt…
“Last August, I received information from a trusted source that Hughes had netted a multi-million dollar payment after the City closed the 101 Ash deal. Another source independently confirmed the claim. The sources said Hughes made ‘about four and a half million dollars’ but I just couldn’t believe he would’ve been so brazen as to get paid on a deal he had negotiated on behalf of the City. In my mind, it would be a clear violation of the state’s conflict of interest laws commonly known as Government Code Section 1090.”
Read it all here.