Supervisor Janet Nguyen and her allies have been caught red-handed taking money from a union – the Orange County Employees Association, despite a county Republican Party ban on endorsing office seekers who accept political contributions from labor groups, via two political action committees or PACs — California Citizens for Fair Government and California Citizens Fighting Government Waste, according to The Orange County Register.
CCFG contributed money in 2010 to county Supervisor Janet Nguyen and her political allies Tony Lam, who was running for Midway Sanitary District, and Matthew Harper, who was running for Huntington Beach City Council, according to campaign finance records. CCFGW’s only donation to a political committee was a $1,800 donation in December 2012 to Nguyen’s campaign for supervisor, records show. Continue reading