Speaker's anti-Prop. 77 account simply shifts funds

The following first appeared in Capitol Weekly Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez has raised more than $1.75 million in a campaign account to defeat Proposition 77, the governor's redistricting initiative. But instead of buying airtime, sending out mailers or paying political consultants, Nuñez has simply transferred $1.7 million of the funds he's raised into another campaign account, Californians for Fair Representation. That account, like Nuñez's, was specifically formed to defeat Proposition 77. But the limited--and duplicative--role of Nuñez's Committee to Protect California's Future, which has served as no more than a clearinghouse for anti-77 funds, has left many puzzled as to why the account exists at all. "That is a damned good question," said one Republican political consultant... Read the rest here.