Shelley seeks investigation of contributions

[Andy_Stephenson]

"Secretary of State Kevin Shelley called for an investigation Sunday and pledged to put $100,000 in questionable campaign contributions into an escrow account, following a report by The Chronicle that a San Francisco nonprofit used state grant money to pay two individuals and two companies who then made donations of nearly identical amounts to Shelley's 2002 campaign.

Also Sunday, Paul Hefner, a spokesman for the state controller, said the state may require the nonprofit -- the San Francisco Neighbors Resource Center -- to refund the taxpayer-financed grant.

As majority leader in the Assembly in 2000, Shelley arranged the $500,000 grant for the nonprofit founded by Julie Lee, his political ally and president of the city's Housing Authority Commission. "

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/09/MNG7084QD947.DTL

[librechik]

1. Andy--what's up with the Diebold anouncement today

that California has certified the Accuvote TS for November. (It was on the PRNewswire earlier)

They mentioned Alameda CO--is Shelley flip flopping or is he being blindsided?

[Andy_Stephenson]

2. Unconfirmed/incomplete information

has California trying to rehabilitate Diebold.

:shrug: I wonder why?

[librechik]

3. Must be enormous pressure on Shelley from various sources

and he doesn't strike me as an especially tough negotiator. He's probably got the Governator opposing him, for example, not to mention the manufacturers and county election supervisors. WTF can he do? He'll probably cave for November & promise to fix it later, lol!