11/07/2017
LA Times: Check your news sources. Martinez has skeletons in her closet, of being too close to independent campaign committees, of waging unconstitutional acts against political opponents, destroying their opponent's lives, sufficed to say, your sources are not trustworthy.
Raul Bocanegra, in attempting to shun off misogynist sexual predator revelations, engages in political cronyism corruption, and nepotism with Gerald Guzman, his aide, and Nury Martinez's spouse, Felipe Fuentes, the former assemblyman that quit his Los Angeles City Council seat, and Tony Cardenas, together and separately are persons of interest by County and Federal Grand juries.
What a bunch of amoral thugs who have no need for morality or ethics. They do not have any standing to hold elected office.
Raul Bocanegra, resign from your assembly office, now.
http://www.dailynews.com/2015/10/12/la-city-councilwoman-nury-martinez-staffers-called-by-grand-jury/
"By DAKOTA SMITH | [email protected] |
PUBLISHED: October 12, 2015 at 5:18 pm | UPDATED: August 28, 2017 at 6:34 am
Several members of Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nury Martinez’s staff have been issued subpoenas by the U.S. attorney’s office to appear before a grand jury.
The subpoenas were issued over the last few weeks, with staffers asked to testify with respect to Martinez’s 2015 re-election campaign, Martinez’s political consultant Roy Behr confirmed.
“The councilwoman has not been subpoenaed, and she understands from the U.S. attorney’s office that she is not a target of the inquiry,” Behr wrote in a statement. “We are unaware whether there is a particular target. The councilwoman intends to cooperate fully.”
While Behr declined to name the staffers called to testify, he said Martinez’s top aide, Jim Dantona, isn’t part of the group.
A longtime City Hall staffer, Dantona is running for the 27th state Senate District seat.
U.S. attorney’s office spokesman Thom Mrozek declined to comment on or confirm the grand jury investigation.
A grand jury is used to determine whether probable cause exists to believe a crime has been committed. If cause is determined, an indictment is issued.
A one-time member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, Martinez easily beat challenger Cindy Montanez in the March election, allowing the councilwoman to retain her San Fernando Valley seat.
The two women also faced off in a 2013 special election.
In office just 18 months at the time of the March race, Martinez campaigned on her efforts to eliminate prostitution and illegal dumping in District 6, which stretches from Lake Balboa to Sun Valley.
The councilwoman raised $289,000 during the race, more than three times the amount collected by Montanez.
Outside groups spent more than $245,000 on behalf of the councilwoman.
The subpoenas to Martinez’s staff come several months after an aide to U.S. Rep. Tony Cardenas of the San Fernando Valley was called to testify before a grand jury, reportedly about campaign issues.
It’s unclear if the two investigations are related.
In April, Gabriela Marquez, district director of Cardenas’ Panorama City office, notified the U.S. House of Representatives in April that she had received a grand jury subpoena.
Cardenas and Martinez are part of a group of San Fernando Valley politicians who have relied on each other for campaign help during their respective elections.
The group has at times also included Los Angeles City Councilman Felipe Fuentes and former Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra."
Councilwoman Nury Martinez said she confronted Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra after learning last month that he had been disciplined as a legislative staffer in 2009 following a groping allegation.
