Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Liz Figueroa, a Tax Delinquent?

Politics / People / Law Enforcement & Crime Steven Tavares — Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:36 PM

Alameda County supervisor candidate Nadia Lockyer had a rough week. But with one week to go until the June 8 primary, it's now her opponent, former state Senator Liz Figueroa, who is feeling the heat. Lockyer made a series of peculiar gaffes last week, in addition to being the subject of a series of stories in the San Francisco Chronicle questioning her incorrect use of the title “deputy district attorney” in campaign literature and on her website. Now, Lockyer is alleging Figueroa owes over $12,000 in delinquent taxes to the counties of Alameda and San Mateo. Figueroa told Ronn Owens on KGO radio that she is “current” with her tax bill, but not so says the Lockyer campaign which has proof it still exists.

Figueroa may also have additional problems with her voter registration. Figueroa listed her Sunol home as her voting address, except the house is draped in a blue tarp with appliances strewn outside due to a tree falling on the property. The Lockyer campaign says the house is uninhabitable and is screaming voter fraud, and they’re inching close to alleging that Figueroa doesn’t even live in the county, but in Half Moon Bay, which would violate election law. A week ago Figueroa said she was aware of Lockyer’s knowledge of the dilapidated Sunol home and said she lives at another property in Sunol.

To make this election story even more bizarre, Figueroa says she has been routinely followed, she thinks, by her opponents to see where she is living. Figueroa has had tax troubles in the past that have become campaign fodder. When current Hayward Mayor Michael Sweeney ran against Figueroa for state senate in 1998, his campaign made light of tax liens against Figueroa, except the gambit backfired when mailers arrived in voters’ mailboxes also disclosing Figueroa’s personal information. She beat Sweeney in the primary and won the Senate seat that November.

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Liz Figueroa is a tax cheat and an admitted voter fraud perpetrator. Prosecute her. Throw her in jail. Make an example of her. Starting with fraud for falsification of official documents (her voter registration) and through every official act of hers, all should be on the indictment. There would be thousands of counts against her adding up to many lifetimes in jail and enough fines to close the California budget deficit. Go back and look at her time in the Legislature also. Two of her partners in crime then and now are Ed Howard, her chief legal counsel, and Julie Fellmeth, lobbiest and Liz benefactor.

A quote form the LA Attorney General's office:

"David Demerjian, head deputy for Cooley's Public Integrity Division,.. said that a politician who registers to vote at a place that is not his residence can be charged with a felony."

Cleaning out the liars, thieves and harlots of the government must start somewhere; here is a really good place