High Level Republican Official ‘Diverts’ G.O.P. Money. Now Qualified For Appointment To The Justice Department?

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Bill Cavala
A veteran of over 30 years in Sacramento

For years I suggested to then Speaker Willie Brown that I be allowed to do the hiring for the Republican Caucus to avoid the waste of scarce tax dollars. Brown declined my offer, mumbling something about putting the fox in charge of the henhouse.

But could I have done worse by the GOP than they have done to themselves?

First there was the “illegal alien” scandal, where not just one, but two non-citizens were put on the California Republican Party payroll. Both wound up facing immigration hassles.

Then there was the inability of our state's Republican Party to pay off a $3m loan to a major donor and a party teetering on financial insolvency. He publicly castigated the Republican regime for various failures and demanded action to his satisfaction by Party bosses.

And now comes the revelation that a Republican big wig and treasurer with the Republican National Campaign Committee appears to have “diverted”a million dollars in contributions to personal accounts.

No wonder Republicans can’t run the country. They can’t even run political party operations.