CA 54: Court Tells Bustamante To Seek Cancellation Of Media Buys

California State Senate, Senator Ross Johnson, 35th Sen District ^ | 09-26-03 | Matt Ross

[Alia]

California State Senate, Senator Ross Johnson, Thirty-Fifth Senatorial District

SACRAMENTO - A Sacramento Superior Court Judge, who on Monday ruled that gubernatorial candidate Cruz Bustamante had accepted $3.8 million in illegal contributions, today ordered Bustamante to seek cancellation of media buys made with the illegally raised funds.

The Judge had ordered the funds returned but Bustamante refused, claiming the money had been spent.

“Apparently Mr. Bustamante pre-paid for television advertising through the election, but he has the ability to cancel that television time and receive refunds from the stations and then give the money back to his special interest contributors as ordered,” stressed Senator Ross Johnson (R-Irvine), who had sued Bustamante to stop use of the tainted contributions.

“Today, the Judge agreed with us and told Mr. Bustamante to quit stalling and comply,” Johnson went on.

“We’ve been in court four times and each time Mr. Bustamante has lost. He should set aside his blind ambition and obey the law.”

In an order issued today, Judge Loren McMaster said: “…the parties should understand that it is the expectation of the Court that Defendants will immediately (i.e., on September 26, 2003), if they have not already done so, notify all media with whom advertisements were placed and (1) make inquiry regarding whether contracts can be canceled and a refund obtained, (2) make a good faith effort to comply with the order by seeking to negotiate cancellation of media buys made with the funds that have been ordered to be returned.”

“The Judge also made clear that if Mr. Bustamante does not comply with his order, we have the option of seeking a contempt citation,” Johnson concluded.

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Court Tells Bustamante To Seek Cancellation Of Media Buys, Friday, September 26, 2003

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[John Jorsett]

It's a measure of just how corrupt and unaccountable the Dems in Sacramento have become that Bustamante just does all this crap right out in the open. I'ts like he's saying, "I don't give a damn what the law says or what you think."

[Brian S]

IMHO...Busty isn't even a factor anymore. Recall passes vs fails is the question.

[LisaAnne]

Ping. hee hee...Poor Bustamante.

[Lancey Howard]

Well, the jig may finally be up for Bustamante. If he fails to comply, he faces the possibility of a.....CONTEMPT CITATION!!! Oooooohhh.....

[LisaAnne]

Yeah, wouldn't that be sooo sad? *not*

[John Jorsett]

Well, there's always the ultimate threat: Double Secret Probation.

[Alia]

Dems have been corrupted for many years, incrementally doing the voodoo they do. I think they are now so desperate, they are doing these things out of panic. Or is it, that the veil of deception that has lain over the US has been pierced, and we are able to see what they've been doing all along; but they are yet unaware they are no longer wearing those emperor's clothes?? hmm...

In any case, the best news of all is that Joe and Jane America have awakened! :)

[Alia]

I think Busta split this issue when he waffled between NO on recall, Yes on Busta -- and then YES on recall/YES on Busta -- I've been querrying classic dem voters. If they don't like Busta, they are voting no on recall. It's a dicey scenario by my recent counts..

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[FormerlyAnotherLurker]

So what?

" If he fails to comply, he faces the possibility of a.....CONTEMPT CITATION!!! Oooooohhh....."

Judge Wright held Clinton in contempt, April 1999, and it really hurt him in the eyes of the Dems.

[Lancey Howard]

LOFL!!!
Most Democrats can't even spell "contempt citation", let alone know what it means.

[Bonaparte]

Why should Busty comply? He already knows he can defy the court and get away with it. He'll go right ahead with the anti-Prop 54 spots, right up to Oct 7.

The court will do nothing.

To my mind, this releases all other candidates from legal restraints of any kind on their funding, where they get it and how they use it.

[tkathy]

If any Republican did this, the democrats would be foaming at the mouth.

[Nateman]

Throw the bum in the slammer for contempt and don't let him out until the money is returned. RATS will laugh off anything less.

[dennisw]

Mexican style corruption. DemocRAT style corruption. Must have been a shock for the RATS to get a judge catching them and ordering them PRIOR to election day. 99% of the time it comes after election day when no one cares. No one cares if the RAT thief lost and if he won, then his backers pay the fines and get on with life because said RAT is in office and that's all that counts

[dennisw]

Throw the bum in the slammer for contempt and don't let him out until the money is returned. RATS will laugh off anything less...........


EXACTLY. THEY HAVE NO SHAME!

[MHT]

Any other mention of paying back the funds already spend, not just committed? Wouldn't that payback be "loverly"?

[MHT]

Any other mention of paying back the funds already spend, not just committed? Wouldn't that payback be "loverly"?

[Alia]

"Twouldn't it?" Ah, so loverly sitting abso-bloomin' lutely still.....