Voting rights law pays off for its authors

Full story: Daily Breeze

Every lawsuit filed or even threatened under a California law aimed at electing more minorities to local offices - and all of the roughly $4.3million from settlements so far - can be traced to just two people: a pair of attorneys who worked together writing the statute, The Associated Press has found.

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Heavensgate

Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA

They all sound like a bunch of leeches.

Andrew Simon

Since: Apr 09

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Torrance, CA

ISP: Los Angeles, CA

"A judge is reviewing the bill submitted to Madera. To pay, Stafford said the district would have to slash money for books and lunches for its mostly Hispanic students, an odd consequence for a law intended to aid Hispanics."

That was not meant to aid Hispanics so much as to aid the two lawyers who drafted it.

If there was ever a law that needed to be overturned, it's this one. Next they'll be trying to sue individual voters for voting for non-minority candidates.

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