Failed Developer, Property Manager, and Consultant to the Rich and Infamous, the wallet behind the 2008 Moreno Valley Syndicate (AKA the M.V.T.A.)
Did Lies and Defamation succeed in unseating two city councilmen? Was the Moreno Valley City Election, supplanted via fraud, diversion and convicted felons? Who needs Carl Rove when we have Former Isreali Intelligence Officer: Iddo Benzeevi !
An ugly stroll down the memory lane of the Fall of 2008. What chicanery should we expect this year?
The following is an Excerpt from The Press-Enterprise,
Monday, October 27, 2008
Did Lies and Defamation succeed in unseating two city councilmen? Was the Moreno Valley City Election, supplanted via fraud, diversion and convicted felons? Who needs Carl Rove when we have Former Isreali Intelligence Officer: Iddo Benzeevi !
An ugly stroll down the memory lane of the Fall of 2008. What chicanery should we expect this year?
The following is an Excerpt from The Press-Enterprise,
Monday, October 27, 2008
Highland Fairview Properties, the developer behind the proposal to build a shoe company distribution center in Moreno Valley, (Iddo Benzeevi) has contributed another $100,000 to the campaign committee that is seeking to oust two Moreno Valley city councilmen in the Nov. 4 election.
Highland Fairview donated $50,000 to the Moreno Valley Taxpayers Association and loaned another $50,000 to the committee, according to the association's campaign finance report for the period of Oct. 1-18. The development company has contributed a total of $263,000 this year to the association.
In addition to the Skechers proposal, which is being reviewed by the city, the company has discussed building several additional centers in the same area.
The taxpayers association has raised $383,524 this year, according to the report. The other major donor to the association is local real estate agent Jerry Stephens, who has contributed $100,000.
The association has spent $354,150 of its funds to date, which is believed to be the most spent on a City Council election in Moreno Valley's history.
The committee paid $20,180 for print ads against Councilman Frank West this month. The committee also has spent $11,798 this month on print ads against Councilman Charles White.
The association reported spending $22,932 for print ads and phone banks in support of Robin Hastings, who is running against West for the 3rd Council District seat in eastern Moreno Valley.
The committee paid $10,962 for ads and phone banks for Jesse Molina, one of White's opponents in the 1st Council District race in central Moreno Valley.
The taxpayers association had previously spent $3,200 to support Hastings and Molina in slate mailers recommending the two candidates to prospective voters.
At a candidates forum earlier this month, Hastings denied receiving any contributions from warehousing supporters, only to be surprised when an opponent, Mike Rios, displayed the taxpayers association's campaign finance report, listing the expenditures on her behalf.
Hastings said the taxpayers association made the contribution without her knowledge and consent.
Experts said campaign committees like the taxpayers association can make such expenditures independently and without consulting the candidate.
Molina also reported receiving $3,500 from Stephens' firm, Diversified Real Estate Services, earlier this month, according to his campaign finance report. In addition, the Moreno Valley Taxpayers Association and its campaign consulting firm, Floyd & Luckso, contributed nearly $4,300 of in-kind services to Molina's campaign.
Local attorney and city Planning Commissioner Michael Geller, who heads the taxpayers association, claims that West and White have failed to deal with growing crime and traffic in Moreno Valley.
But West said the association is targeting him because of concerns he has expressed about Highland Fairview's plans to build distribution centers in eastern Moreno Valley. White has said he is being attacked because he opposed the council's decision to allow eastern Moreno Valley to be called "Rancho Belago" -- a plan that Highland Fairview had backed.
West and White have called their opponents "puppets" of Highland Fairview developer Iddo Benzeevi, Geller and Stephens. But Hastings and Molina disputed that notion, saying they would act independently. (Almost Tree Years later and we're still waiting... )
CAMPAIGN SPENDING
Here's a look at some of what the Moreno Valley Taxpayers Association has spent money on in the past month:
$20,180 in print ads against Councilman Frank West
$11,798 in print ads against Councilman Charles White
$8,808 in print ads for Jesse Molina
$2,154 to pay for phone banks for Jesse Molina
$21,278 in print ads for Robin Hastings
$1,654 to pay for phone banks for Robin Hastings
Source: Moreno Valley City Clerk's Office
Here's a look at some of what the Moreno Valley Taxpayers Association has spent money on in the past month:
$20,180 in print ads against Councilman Frank West
$11,798 in print ads against Councilman Charles White
$8,808 in print ads for Jesse Molina
$2,154 to pay for phone banks for Jesse Molina
$21,278 in print ads for Robin Hastings
$1,654 to pay for phone banks for Robin Hastings
Source: Moreno Valley City Clerk's Office
The prospects for healthcare reform may be chillier than DC weather, but Democrats in the House and Senate are turning their attention to another warmer but still significant national issue: the increasing number of runaway and throwaway youth who are being forced into prostitution. In response to the growing concerns that desperate, runaway teens will be forced into prostitution in a sluggish economy, Congress is pushing several bills to improve how runaway kids are tracked by the police, fund crucial social services, and prevent teens from being caught in sex trafficking. Here's the gist of what the new legislation is trying to accomplish:
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