Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: Open Thread for Thursday

Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics

This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm an ex-mayor. Los Angeles is a magnet for people from all over the world. Some of them run for public office. Inevitably some of them stray from the golden rule and rule for those that have the gold. That's when I go to work. My name is Yorty. I'm a dead pol.

Thursday, June 08, 2006

Open Thread for Thursday

A political fundraising committee has paid thousands of dollars in fees to the stepdaughter of House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., at a time when the defense contractor who has headed the PAC has been lobbying Congress for funding.

Lewis' stepdaughter, Julia Willis-Leon, has been paid more than $42,000 by the Small Biz Tech Political Action Committee, according to campaign finance records. The PAC is chaired by Nicholas Karangelen, founder and president of Trident Systems Inc. Records show the company received at least $11.7 million in earmarked funds in recent defense spending bills over which Lewis' committee has jurisdiction.