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Sean MacNeil
By DEREK MOORE
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
The state’s political watchdog agency on Thursday rejected a proposed fine for Santa Rosa Assemblyman Michael Allen’s chief of staff after a majority of commissioners argued that the penalty was too low.
Sean MacNeil had agreed to pay a $2,000 fine levied by the Fair Political Practices Commission after MacNeil failed to report income he received in 2007 from former Sen. Pat Wiggins’ campaign committee.
MacNeil, who declined comment Thursday, previously served as Wiggins’ chief of staff.
The five-member commission voted 4-to-1 to have staff attempt to negotiate a higher settlement amount with MacNeil, according to Roman Porter, a spokesman for the agency.
If those talks fail, the matter could go before an administrative law judge who will make a recommendation to the commission, Porter said.
Commissioners on Thursday also approved a $3,000 fine for Allen, D-Santa Rosa, for voting on matters in which the first-term assemblyman had a financial interest while he was a Santa Rosa planning commissioner.
The FPPC found that Allen voted to change the city’s general plan while he was under contract to a county agency to work on behalf of that change.
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Micheal Allen is one of the few labor and family friendly legislators in the California legislature. When he says he didn’t realize he was in violation I believe him. I worked for his campaign because I believe in him. We couldn’t have a better assemblyman representing the families of Sonoma, Napa, and Solano counties.
So in your face PD, since all you ever post is negativity about Michael Allen and really any progressive candidate.
TIME TO RIDE THESE GUYS OUT ON A RAIL.
What is this? A party with our money and freedom?
Who is this joker? Oh, he’s in a position to take bribes, influence legislation, and twist arms?
Get these creeps the hell out of Sacramento. They shouldn’t be anywhere NEAR government.
Villagers with Pitchforks are coming.
Here is the link to all Janie. The way I understand it, there are multiple FPPC violations. To me a politician should be remove from office if there are violations such as these!
http://www.co.mendocino.ca.us/acr/cgi-bin/statements.pl?lName=Hamburg&eDate=&office=&action=search
I concur James. I lived in Ukiah when Hamburg was a one term supervisor in the late 80s’ and he was a disaster. He accomplished nothing.
It is hard to believe the county voted him in again. What were they thinking?
How can I see the FPPC filings? Is there a website?
Janie
Genius Alert!!!! @Council Watcher (cool name btw, too bad Batman was already taken)
So you say that the people in Napa and Sonoma don’t like Michael Allen????
I ask you to take a look at the election results from November:
Michael Allen: Doris Gentry:
Napa 25,300 Napa 16,718
Sonoma 38,880 Sonoma 17,686
Time for some math!
In those two counties combined Michael Allen received 29,776 more votes than Gentry, I’m leaving Solano out because it would just embarrass you and your lack of footing on this issue.
In conclusion, Napa and Sonoma actually like Michael Allen a lot more than you would lead the rest of the folks here on WSC to believe. Go ahead a dislike this as much as you want math, facts, and truth can’t lie.
What about Adi Da Hamburg, 5th District Soup monkey in Mendo Co.
Ever look at his campaign filings?
Talk about FPPC violations. This guy violates regulations that don’t even exist yet.
First of all, nobody is persecuting Senator Wiggins. Mr. Allen and Mr. McNeil broke the law, and it’s completely understandable for the local press to cover this as news – because it is.
I’m about as ardent of a Progressive Democrat as we have in this county, but we also need to face it – Michael Allen and his COS broke the law. Stop pretending that there is some radical conservative agenda going on. It just looks bad to the whole Party.
When will those with a personal vendetta and axe to grind (I am looking at you Mr Moore)stop wasting time and taxpayer money persecuting Senator Wiggins and Michael Allen? The list of “anonymous” Tea Partiers who keep bashing away on stupid attacks and literal untruths (the majority of voters elected Michael Allen overwhelmingly and he will only be “forever disliked” by the same five tea party wing nuts who post here day after day. For those who are interested about the source of these partisan attacks backround info is here:
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/article_8c7c4fd8-2cc6-11df-bb68-001cc4c03286.html
Will this nightmare ever fade away. Michael Allen and his staff are so out of touch with the people that they purport to represent. Mr. Allen is and will be forever disliked by a majority of the voters here in Sonoma and Napa. Hopefully this duo will break up and not run for office again.
Progressive leadership should ask Mr. Allen to step down or at least step away from the ethic committee he was appointed to.