Here's how California's lack of transparency could flip the U.S. Senate:
2. Can’t “locate” the records. Mystifying, after admitting that records are stored on paper, magnetic tape, and other media. Furthermore, Yee disclosed making 50 million payments from her office.: “Respondents cannot produce records that are not in its possession.
, in her court filings. Yet, it’s arguably the most important public record in the state – exactly where taxpayer money was spent and who received it. Yee, herself, is acting like she has a lot to hide. In a nutshell, Yee is arguing that her office is so incompetent that they can’t produce the basic financial record of who received how much taxpayer money.
In 2018, the Wyoming State Auditor Cynthia Cloud, a Republican, argued that producing the state checkbook would take “years and years.” After we sued, Cloud’s successor, Kristi Racines produced six-years of state spending within 30-days on the job!
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