Canceled this year over scandals, Pro Tem Cup is reinstated for 2015 (shoulder fired missiles)

LA Times ^ | 12/12/14 | Patrick McGreevy

[Libloather]

State Senate Democrats have decided to resume the annual Pro Tem Cup golf fundraiser in 2015, a year after the event was canceled in the wake of criminal charges filed against three Democratic Senators.

The event at Torrey Pines golf course in San Diego is the Senate Democrats' largest political fundraiser for the state party and has been criticized for allowing special interests to mingle with lawmakers in exchange for tickets costing between $15,000 and $65,000 per person.

The indictment of Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) on public corruption charges a week before this year's event was to be held led Democratic leaders, including Sen. Kevin De León (D-Los Angeles), to cancel the event. De León is now the Senate president pro tem.

At the time, De León and others cited criminal charges against Yee and Sens. Ronald Calderon and Roderick Wright, saying it was time for a “reality check" and adding that lawmakers “bear a high and profound responsibility to do all we can to repair the excruciating breach of public confidence they [those charged] left behind.”

[Libloather]

Shouldn't they be out rounding up the other criminals?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Libloather.

The event at Torrey Pines golf course in San Diego is the Senate Democrats' largest political fundraiser for the state party and has been criticized for allowing special interests to mingle with lawmakers in exchange for tickets costing between $15,000 and $65,000 per person. The indictment of Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) on public corruption charges a week before this year's event was to be held led Democratic leaders, including Sen. Kevin De León (D-Los Angeles), to cancel the event. De León is now the Senate president pro tem. At the time, De León and others cited criminal charges against Yee and Sens. Ronald Calderon and Roderick Wright

[SunkenCiv]

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• State Sen. Ron Calderon, Brother Indicted On Public Corruption Charges
• Sen. Ron Calderon Surrenders to Authorities in Corruption Case (CA Democrat)
• CA Dems block expulsion of legislator convicted of 8 felonies: Protecting the supermajority.
• Calif. state Senator Yee's arrest adds to Democrats' scandals
• Sen. Yee charged with trafficking firearms in sweeping FBI probe
• FBI turning against DNC/Obama?
• (Anti-Gun CA Democrat Busted for Arms Trafficking) State Senator Accused of Gun Charges
• Keith Jackson, former S.F. education official, accused of murder-for-hire
• FBI raids Calumet Township trustee's office (Yet another raid on a democrat)
• A Whole Lotta Democratic Corruption Going On
• Calif. State Senate Votes To Suspend SoCal Lawmakers
• California lawmakers suspend three disgraced senators with pay
• Were Pelosi, Feinstein, Boxer, etc given chance to scrub Internet of pic's with Sen. Leland Yee?
• Laws and Politicians are made to be broken>
• One California for Me, Another for Thee
• California Senate erases websites of 3 lawmakers, including Leland Yee
• California State Senate deletes website, online archives of 3 disgraced Democrats
• How TV Censorship Works for Democrats
• All 29 defendants in massive corruption case appear in court (RAT Yee & shoulder-fired missiles)
• Leland Yee case: Disgraced California state senator's legislative efforts fueled cash for campaigns
• California Senate takes 'ethics refresher course' Wednesday (because of shoulder-fired missiles)
• California governor vetoes ethics bills

[DPMD]

Like good liberals, the organizers have already mailed out winner’s trophies to all those who signed up, so there’d be no hurt feelings over the final scores. And, since they don’t any longer need to actually stage the tournament, trophies having been awarded, the liberals all breathe a sigh of relief because, as liberals, they’ve been having trouble finding their balls.