Discipline
Jun. 16, 2007
New Chairman Adds Bite to State Watchdog Agency's Bark
Former legislator Ross Johnson has headed the Fair Political Practices Commission for only three months, but he already has ruffled feathers by scaling back the agency's memos and meeting minutes and cutting off live feeds of its meetings. Johnson says he's only trying to speed up the process and focus on the state's most egregious campaign-finance violators.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - During the three months Ross Johnson has been chairman of the Fair Political Practices Commission, key staffers have quit, agenda background material has shrunk, and meeting minutes have been curtailed.
Some lawyers are grumbling and wondering whether Johnson is attempting to squelch their participation in the drafting of regulat...
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