Subsequent to my filing of my complaint with Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, I learned that letters had been prepared for candidates Harris and Hood. I obtained a copy of those letters and also a copy of the Campaign Statement filed by Harris and Hood covering the period October 1 through Oct 19, 2002. The letters are below; the October campaign statements will be placed in part 3.

I posted a message on our Email list, with a link to part 1 of this series. Messages ensued, including one from Candidate Hood criticizing Voter Registration, blaming Voter Registration staff for "some of the errors".  The email correspondence is below.

Jay O'Brien
October 25, 2002

Below is the amendment request attached to the above letter. The "statement verification date" below refers to the date the statement was filed, October 7, 2002. The statement requiring amendment covers the period January 1 through September 30, 2002.

My announcement to the Rio Linda Net:
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [RL] Water District Issues
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:27:08 AM
From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net>
To: Rio Linda Elverta Mailing List <riolinda@vrx.net>

An article covering the complaint I filed with the Registrar of voters citing campaign disclosure omissions and errors appears in today's Rio Linda Elverta News. I have placed that article and supporting copies of the forms as filed by the candidates on line for your review. Two candidates for my vacated seat on the board neglected to disclose a significant portion of their contributions, missed legal notification deadlines by many days, show a lack of understanding of very basic finances, and appear to not be able to comprehend even simple instructions for completing the forms that are required by law and signed under penalty of perjury.

The facts about the so-called "new" retirement benefits are still the same as reported two weeks ago, that information is still available on line.(click here)

Please visit http://obri.net and select Election 2002; For today's News article select "Campaign Disclosure Irregularities".

Jay

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This message is from Charlea Moore, who is a candidate for the Rio Linda - Elverta Recreation and Park District Board of Directors.
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Subject: [RL] Rio Linda News articles
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:57:28 AM
From: (Charlea Moore)
To: riolinda@vrx.net, riolinda@yahoogroups.com

Hello all,

I feel that it is a shame the Rio Linda News has chosen to take sides in the Water District election without allowing both sides to present their case. 

Two weeks ago Don's column contained pointed accusations against Mary Harris and Cathy Hood (no they weren't mentioned by name in the article) and now this week we have the front page "story" about alleged misdoings of Mary Harris with regard to the filing of campaign contributions. 

At no time was there any attempt by the author to present both sides of the issue.  The "facts" in the most recent attack are only partial "facts". 

The truth (which won't be publishedin the Rio Linda News) is that Mary Harris has broken no laws, codes or anything else.  She did indeed record correctly all of her contributions and did fill out and the correct forms, and sent out the correct notices.  In fact, she spoke with the FPPC long before the article was published and  amazingly - even though she was right there in their clutches - they let her go without even a small fine or warning.  Hmmmm, maybe she didn't do anything wrong and that "story" was just a wee bit slanted.

I think this attack indicates just how much Joe Gluvers and Doug Cater fear Mary and Cathy.  It's a good thing they have someone to do the attacking and mud slinging for them since they signed the "we won't do that" pledge.

It's really nice to know that I'm voting for two ladies who refuse to engage in this kind of behavior.

Charlea

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Subject: Re: [RL] Rio Linda News articles
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 00:27:50 -0700
From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net>
To: Rio Linda Elverta Mailing List <riolinda@vrx.net>

The information in the News is factual. Information contained in the email below is false.

See http://obri.net/rl/election2002.html for articles from the News and backup facts including the actual forms as submitted.

See http://obri.net/rl/hhdisclosure2.html for the (new) October 24 letters from Sacramento County Registrar of Voters to Harris and Hood detailing the amendments and corrections required.

The letters confirm Harris and Hood's failure to comply with the requirement for notification within 48 hours, as required by California Government Code Section 84206(c).

Read the facts.

Jay O'Brien

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This message is from Candidate Cathy Hood:
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Subject: Re: [RL] Water District Issues
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 3:23 PM
From: (Cathy Hood)
To: riolinda@vrx.net

Jay, I appreciate you pointing out errors that were made on mine and Mary's filings so that we could get those amended in a timely manner.  I think a simple phone call would have been very polite.   I do want to point out that some of the errors were created by the staff at the Register of voters. We simply got bad advice. And  to your comment that this never happens. That's not true. Debbie told me herself that was part of her job to fix simple errors on a daily basis. 

Sincerely

Cathy Hood

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [RL] Water District Issues
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 00:49:47 -0700
From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net>
To: Rio Linda Elverta Mailing List <riolinda@vrx.net>

Cathy,

Please explain how a "simple phone call" would have allowed you and Ms. Harris to correct your failure to timely notify your opponents, the Secretary of State, and the Registrar of Voters AFTER you had exceeded the 48 hours allowed by California Government Code Section 84206(c).

Please identify the errors that "were created by the staff at the Register of voters".

Thank you.

Jay O'Brien