THE 2006 LEGISLATIVE GOLDEN TRASHCAN AWARD GOES TO…
The final days of the 2006 legislative session are upon us, with hundreds of pieces of questionable legislation being negotiated and bartered about as the days turn to hours before no more bills can be passed on to the Governor. This year, the FlashReport is awarding its Golden TrashCan Award to Assembly Bill 523, that would change California State Law to allow the scheme of a former Orange County Congressman to come true — subsidizing a public television station with a de facto gift of millions of dollars – at the expense many thousands of Community College students…
STORY OF AN ORANGE COUNTY SCANDAL
…A FOUNDATION WANTS THE TAX PAYERS TO SUBSIDIZE THEIR PURCHASE OF A TV STATION
…TOM UMBERG DUMPED OFF THE BILL
…VAN TRAN DROPS HIS SUPPORT OF THE BILL
…DICK ACKERMAN OPPOSES THE BILL
…ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER AVOIDS THE SUBJECT?
…STUDENTS AND TAXPAYERS AT RISK
REVEALING THE "SECRET DEAL" THAT COULD COST TAXPAYERS MILLIONS
One of the best things about the Editorial Page of the Orange County Register is the watchdog function that they provide. Without any hesitation, there is no more vigilant voice in the Orange County media where it comes to abuse of government power than the editorial team over there. However, there is a major scandal taking place in "The OC" right now and the Register’s reporters and editorial page writers have been silent. It might be because at the heart of this attempt by some to use government for their purposes at the expense of taxpayers has as one of its beneficiaries Freedom Communications, the owners of the Orange County Register.
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August 29th, 2006 at 12:00 am
CURRENT BILL STATUS
MEASURE : A.B. No. 523
AUTHOR(S) : Umberg (Coauthors: Daucher and Tran).
TOPIC : Community college districts: sale of property.
HOUSE LOCATION : SEN
+LAST AMENDED DATE : 08/24/2006
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0501-0550/ab_523_bill_20060825_status.html