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Ronald Steven Calderon (born August 12, 1957, in Montebello, California) is a Democratic California State Senator from the 30th Senate District. He was elected to the Senate in 2006.[2]

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I know. “unexpected”.


5 posted on 02/21/2014 12:58:51 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
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To: TurboZamboni; txrefugee

One-Party Rule Leads to Corruption in California

The truth is that the Democrats, who totally control policies in the state by virtue of “supermajorities” in both houses of the State Legislature, are making California increasingly poorer; the Census Bureau announced last week that California has the highest poverty rate in the nation for the second year in a row. Yet despite California’s dreary economic conditions, some of California’s Democratic lawmakers are making themselves or their campaign committees richer in a personal sort of “economic comeback,” and, in some cases, they are doing so by breaking the law.

One recent investigation into payoffs in the State Capitol has been breathtaking. Powerful liberal Democratic State Senator Ron Calderon recently had his office in the state capitol building raided by the FBI’s Public Corruption Squad. According to the FBI’s search warrant, which was obtained and released by the Al Jazeera American Network, probable cause for the raid included allegations that the Senator had received hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for legislative favors, including: $60,000 in bribes from an undercover FBI agent; another $28,000 in bribes from a hospital executive; and tens of thousands of dollars more in bribes paid to the State Senator’s brother through a nonprofit organization.

In other investigations, a Democratic Assemblyman from Watsonville was fined by the state’s campaign finance commission for illegally coordinating his successful election with an independent effort that spent tens of thousands of dollars. Another former Democratic State Senate leader faces “record fines” for misusing his campaign funds on concert tickets, fireworks, and expensive dinners.

Yet the revelations of Calderon’s alleged bribe-taking are the most serious and eye-opening. Calderon was a member of the California Film Commission, overseeing one of the state’s most important industries. Indeed, some of the alleged bribes he accepted had to do with establishing bogus tax credits for Hollywood film companies.

Members of the California Legislature have been scolded in some press accounts for their “pay-to-play” antics, and these usually involve Democrats.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/11/15/Al-Jazeera-and-Corruption-in-California


8 posted on 02/21/2014 1:01:33 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: TurboZamboni
No Party affiliation given. Therefore: known.

It's like no distinguishing physical characteristics of 'teen?' Consequently, Amish.

10 posted on 02/21/2014 1:05:57 PM PST by FredZarguna (Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
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