Very coincidental here:
FPPC fines CalPERS official Valdes
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2360269.html
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The Fair Political Practices Commission said it has reached a settlement with Valdes and Billy Joe Hughes, treasurer of the Valdes campaign, following an audit and investigation into campaign contributions that Valdes received in late 2005. Details were posted on the FPPC's Web site, but the five-member FPPC panel must still approve the agreement and proposed fine during a Dec. 10 meeting
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Roman Porter, FPPC executive director, said Valdes could, under current state law, use campaign funds to pay any eventual fine.
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OK, so 4 years, (a whole term for many politicians) and 12,000 dollar fine that will be paid by money other than his, and he suffers no real consequence for cheating his way into office, right?
The lesson here is that political crime pays.
We need to change this law immediately to include mandatory public service in the way of cleaning freeways like any other peon would get for gaming the system.