Nuñez's spending is questioned

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SACRAMENTO -- Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez, who drew heavy criticism last fall for using campaign funds for world travel and luxury purchases, continued to spend thousands of dollars on airfare and gifts in the last six months, according to financial reports made public Thursday.

The reports show the Los Angeles Democrat spent $20,916 on Delta Airlines, $2,701 at Falconhead boot company, $579 for a "meeting" at a wine bar, and $4,074 at Nordstrom, Macy's and Williams-Sonoma stores between July 1 and the end of December.

In an Oct. 5 article, The Times reported that Nuñez had spent tens of thousands of dollars on overseas travel, wine and high-end retailers including Louis Vuitton in Paris. The Times culled the expenditures, which Nuñez initially refused to explain, from public reports that tracked campaign account activity through June.

According to the latest report, filed with the Secretary of State to comply with a Thursday deadline, Nuñez continued after June to spend thousands of dollars from his "Friends of Fabian Nuñez" committee on purchases with no clear connection to governmental or political business.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-money1feb01,0,5384280.story

[davidinalameda]

1. I think this guy is just shady

he's from a very poor district in Los Angeles and he's jetting off to Paris to go shopping

[bemildred]

2. Vote no on Prop 93, the "Keep Nunez in power" act. nt

[davidinalameda]

3. I voted yes because I'm opposed to any sort of term limits

which may have been a mistake because Perata is my state senator and he's even more shady than Nunez

[bemildred]

4. You just made term limits worse, AND kept Nunez in power.

I don't care for term limits either, but this does not end or even reduce term limits.

[davidinalameda]

6. I didn't realize my little vote could do all that

I have more power than I realized

[bemildred]

7. Yeah, I know what you mean. Always outnumbered, always outgunned. nt

[mitchtv]

8. better Nunez than any Puke

real simple

[roody]

5. An emphatic NO! on 93 from me!!

If term limits are bad, end them.