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Brea Observer here! (Meaning Greg….) While Vern is getting paid to walk for Andy Thorburn, I’m not getting bupkes from him for anything, so I’m posting this press release from the Thorburn campaign without even telling Vern, because it’s newsworthy. I’m taking out that half (or so) of it dealing with Thorburn’s background, because that’s boilerplate and this is just about his opponent Ken Williams.
MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate release
January 31, 2020Contact: J&Z Strategies
info@jacobsonzilber.comTHORBURN FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST KEN WILLIAMS FOR REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW
Andy Thorburn Files A Complaint Highlighting Ken Williams’ Failure to Comply with FPPC Rules on Financial Reporting
ORANGE COUNTY, CA — Today, former classroom teacher Andy Thorburn’s campaign for Orange County Board of Education District 3 issued a complaint to the FPPC calling for an investigation into Board Member Ken Williams’ repeated failure to comply with the California Fair Political Practices Commission’s financial disclosure rules.
Despite being required to file his Form 460 reports by the required deadline, Williams has failed to do so multiple times, for both the 12/31 and 1/18 reporting periods. Neglecting to do so is a clear violation of California’s Political Reform Act.
An excerpt of the complaint can be viewed below:
“Mr. Williams’ failure to submit on time such significant information is a serious violation of FPPC rules, and more importantly, deprives the public and the press of the ability to evaluate his sources of fundraising and any potential conflicts of interest that may arise. Therefore, we are requesting that the Committee review Mr. Williams’ repeated failure to submit a Form 460 on time, and issue an appropriate resolution.”
For more information please visit: https://www.thorburn4schoolboard.com
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Paid for by Andy Thorburn for Orange County Board of Education 2020
Based on a little research … they seem to be right! So … what is Williams trying to hide?
Williams is welcome to answer here as to why he hasn’t been filing these required (and highly pertinent) state conflict of interest forms, which tell us where he gets his money and to whom he owes money, if he’s interested. (OJB will not hold its breath on that.)
(Also note: the photo attached to that story shows a hog, not Ken Williams. We apologize to the hog for the association.)
Maybe you guys are tired of hearing my Songs Of The O.C. Homeless, but Annemarie really knocked this one out of the park the other day at the World-Famous Doll Hut:
PS It is actually thanks to Matt Cunningham’s occasionally (accidentally) informative Anaheim Blog that I found out Annemarie was such a good singer!
PPS. To stanch an untrue rumor on that selfsame blog, Denise Barnes IS running for re-election in Anaheim District 1. Yay Denise!
Denise who will always be the wry-looking onlooker in the Sidhu “Open For Business” photo.
Ah, “Dr.” Ken Williams, what a fun character to help someone run against. Yeah, Andy is paying me to walk for his campaign but I woulda done it for free.
A 24-year incumbent, Ken is the poster child for Republican straight out of the 50’s who has to retire (now that Rohabacher is gone.) He wouldn’t be such a problem of course if he didn’t have two brainless allies on the BoE who follow along with every mad crusade of his – Dr Lisa Sparks (who’s running against Katie Porter and won’t even make it thru the primary) and some halfwit called Mari Barke – it’ll be another two years before we can replace them.
On the Board Ken has distinguished himself by:
– approving EVERY SINGLE CHARTER SCHOOL that comes to this Board after being rejected by the local school boards in the districts they’d operate in, no matter how half-assed, crooked or nutty their plans are – thus subverting local control. I forget how many times the Williams majority has done that in the last couple years, over a dozen though. And every time is money drained from the public school system and a defeat for local democratic control. But for the OCBOE majority, ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE GOOD as a matter of principle.
– advocating for GAY CONVERSION THERAPY (which is actually illegal now in California and many other states) along with other such crazy social-“conservative” crusades
– pursuing petty vendettas with the District’s reasonable Superintendent Al Mijares, to the point of illegally cutting his budget, and past that point to a series of expensive taxpayer-funded lawsuits against the state over that matter, and all hidden from the public as much as possible.
“Doctor?” Yes, Dr. Williams is a hair restoration surgeon (or as I prefer to call it, a scalp farmer.) Here is his website: https://www.orangecountyhairrestoration.org/about-us/meet-dr-williams/ Apparently in the past he has been a general practitioner, because a friend of mine had him for a doctor when he was young and said he was “terrible.” I hope to learn more from that friend.
Anyway this looks like one of the most black-and-white choices Orange County voters can make this year, Andy Thorburn vs. Ken Williams.
Perhaps of interest to those following the price of free speech at public forums-
https://apnews.com/d358bb0b3f8971a31dc25c20287bbc08