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Success! I just got an update from Jim Poterfield, of Stop Government Greed, has apparently succeeded in stopping the greedy Orange County Fair Board from taking any more “free” concert tickets! Well done Jim!
Here is Porterfield’s update:
I am sure most of you heard by now that on August 28th, the OC Fair Board reduced their concert ticket allotment to six each. They also seriously reduced the number of admissions and pins and other things they have taken in the past, except for the dinners.
The reason I am writing to all of you is that the FPPC’s (Fair Political Practices Commission) PROPOSED revision of this regulation that allowed the OC Fair Board to take these tickets was recently published. So, it looks like the OC Fair Board will be stripped of all of their personal tickets as they will have to justify in
the future “what governmental or public benefit” was derived by giving away each ticket. It’s not yet a hurrah, but darn close! The FPPC will make their final ruling next Thursday. I hope by sending you all this email I have not jinxed it in anyway.
If you paste this link in the address bar, you can read it for yourself. There is some legal jargon that sounds confusing at points, but the bottom line is that each ticket or admission will have to be justified.
Oh, and one more important thing I just wanted to tell all of you, is that I could not have done this without your support and the support of one very special individual by the name of Charlene Yonai. I directed our efforts, but she was the one who rallied the troops, got the letters signed, organized the picketers and actually did the leg work! Great job Char! And thanks!
Wow! Congratulations to everyone who worked to achieve this. I think it’s a HUGE victory. Thanks also to the OJ blog for keeping this one in public view.
Jim
Congratulations on your victory. Another victory for good government and personal accountability.
Hopefully the OCFB will be required to document who is getting the tickets et al from this point forward.
I would bet that this news will not be noted on the Red-Ant Hill express. All the more important that it is presented here.
Thanks Art
Now that the gravy train will be cut, those worthless highbrow piglets will resign and go feed at another tax payer funded slop fest.
The good thing is that then the board will open up to new members who will apply sound management principals and stop covering up past mistakes with higher prices for the fairgoers and the grossly overcharged vendors.
And, um, how exactly was this Mr. Porterfield’s doing? The FPPC decision is aimed at all government institutions, not just the OC Fair Board, by the way.
Honey,
Yes. There are many greedy pigs out there! Now they will, as Cook pointed out, quit and go cry in their beer.
Good! We need REAL leadership on the OC Fair Board! Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed a plethora of useless elitist a**kissers. They all need to go!