OCEA's first hit on Shawn Nelson

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Orange County Employees Association's (presumably) first hit piece on Shawn Nelson, accusing him of helping out a donor wth redevelopment money.

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830 N. Ross St. Santa Ana, CA 92701

Paid for Orange County Employees Association IEC # 1291884, 830 N. Ross St., Santa Ana, CA 92701

PRSRT STDUS POSTAGE

PAIDBell, CA

Permit #75

Vote Early By Mail InformationThe deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot is June 1. Mail your ballot by June 4 or drop it off at any polling place on Election Day.

Your ballot MUST be received no later than 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8.

Vote On Election Day InformationElection Day is Tuesday, June 8. Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

To locate your polling place, contact the Orange County Registrar of Voters at (714) 567-7600 or visit www.ocvote.com.

ElEctIOn Day Is JunE 8

Donations Preceded taxpayer GiveawaysShawn Nelson doesn’t want you to know how he takes campaign checks and then approves projects for those donors. (Shawn Nelson Campaign Finance Reports, 2002-2010, Fullerton City Council Minutes, Fullerton City Clerk, November 2, 2004)

Voted to spend $1.65 Million on “Red-tagged” BuildingFirst, Shawn Nelson took $6,500 from a developer negotiating to sell the Fox Theatre to the City of Fullerton, a structure deemed too dangerous to inhabit by inspectors. Then Nelson voted for $1.65 million in taxpayer giveaways for a building that was in an “almost irreparable state.” (Shawn Nelson Campaign Finance

Reports, 2002-2004, Orange County Register, December 21, 2009)

Redevelopment Agency agrees to half the

cost of acquisition, up to $1.65 million

The City Council, acting as the Redevelopment Agency...

agreed to cover 50 percent of [Fox Theatre] Foundation’s

cost to buy the theatre, up to a maximum of $1.65 million.