To San Diego Legislators Who want to Stop (or Delay) the Irvine Great Park Audit – BUTT OUT!
Posted by Craig P. Alexander on March 4, 2015
The OC Register has published an article noting that San Diego Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez has asked the California State Auditor’s Office to investigate the investigative audit the City of Irvine is conducting on the Great Park fiasco. According to the article the Assemblywoman wants this “audit of the audit” done very quickly. [San Diego Legislators]
Why is Assemblywoman Gonzalez so intent on stopping or delaying or discrediting this audit? Some simple facts to consider:
1. One of the main vendors of services on the Great Park that may be implicated in the looming scandal is Gafcon, Inc. of San Diego.
2. Prior to being elected to the Assembly she worked for Gafcon, Inc.
3. Gafcon, Inc. contributed to Assemblywoman Gonzalez’ campaign.
Hum…you decide if there is another motive here of protecting home tuff or maybe more. Maybe a lot more!
I would respond to Assemblywoman Gonzalez (and the other San Diego legislators who also signed onto this):
Where were you when the prior City of Irvine majority was spending over $200 million in the people’s money only to get a large orange ballon and almost nothing more for their money?
Where were you when the Great Park Committee was wasting this money in secret and on no bid contracts while citizens of Irvine and Orange County were asking questions and raising concerns over the cost of the project with so little results?
Where were you when it became apparent that vast sums of money were wasted, unaccounted for, spent on questionable expenditures some of which appear to be politically orientated to keep the Agran machine in power?
Where were you when key witnesses refused to give information / testimony to the auditors and the City’s retained attorneys investigating this boondoggle (with its chief witness Larry Agran recently refusing to obey a lawfully issued subpoena)?
Orange County Assemblyman Don Wagner (who represents part of Irvine as part of the 68th Assembly District) has wisely issued his own letter to Assemblywoman Gonzalez asking her to wait until the Irvine auditors have completed their work before having the SAO’s office review their audit.
I have a little more blunt message for Assemblywoman Gonzalez – BUTT OUT!
Disclaimer: I am supporting Assemblyman Don Wagner in his current race for State Senate in the special election of March 17th. [Wagner for Senate]
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David said
Can anyone think of anything Mr. Wagner has accomplished during his years in Sacramento?
ltpar said
With the Democrats in a stranglehold on both Assembly and the Senate, show me any Republican who has had a significant impact in Sacramento. California will never return to being a “Red State” unless the Democrats drive it into total bankruptcy. The best we can hope for is for Republicans who can handle the abuse to show up and attempt to minimize the damage that is done to the people of California. I am confident that Don Wagner can do a good job at representing my interests.
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