Another complaint against Hoa Van Tran filed with AG
Monday, May 12th, 2008
Campaign finance watchdog Shirley Grindle (photo by the OC Register) filed a separate complaint with the state Attorney General against OC supervisor candidate Hoa Van Tran for unreported in-kind contribution and unreported expenditures, says the OC Register’s Total Buzz here.
Grindle’s complaint with the AG was sent Thursday, the same day that Red County/OC Blog’s Jubal sent a complaint to the Orange County District Attorney. Now both law enforcement agencies are in on the Hoa Van Tran issue.
In addition to unreported expenditures uncovered and reported by TheLiberalOC.com’s Chris Prevatt here, Grindle also cites unreported in-kind contributions to the Hoa Van Tran campaign. Among others, Grindle cites ad discounts given by SBTN-TV, free hotel stay for campaign manager/consultant Edgardo Reynoso. She alleges that the free hotel stay was requested by then-treasurer Phu Do Nguyen.
In talking with TheLiberalOC.com here, Grindle said “that this is more a violation of State disclosure laws and less a violation of Tin-Cup.” TIN CUP is the county’s campaign finance laws, which Grindle authored.
You can read Grindle’s complaint here. And over here, you can read more about Shirley Grindle, and also get an idea why she went to the AG and not the DA.
