Accounting for Activists at CSUF Tonight, 7-9, featuring Josh, Sharon, Norberto, & OC Auditor Eric Woolery

By
Greg Diamond
– February 23, 2017Posted in: "The OC", Fresh Juice

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Featuring an all-star officeholder and journalist cast!

Hey there, Fiscal Watchdogs!  Join Orange County Auditor-Controller, Eric H. Woolery, CPA and guests: Senator Josh Newman, Assemblymember Sharon Quirk Silva, and Voice of OC’s Norberto Santana as they discuss, in easy to understand terms, the roles that government and the public play in financial accountability, the differences between state and local agencies, how taxpayer dollars are spent and how members of the public can serve as Taxpayer Watchdogs. The panel will be answering questions from the audience and providing information for those interested in becoming Taxpayer Watchdogs.  It’s taking place at Cal State Fullerton’s Steven G. Mihaylo Hall, Room 1502.

OJ Blog will try to be on hand to take photos of our readers with their favorite officeholders, presuming that you can successfully sneak up on them!  Seriously, this looks to be worthwhile — and it’s just really nice that it’s happening at all!

About Greg Diamond

Somewhat verbose attorney, semi-disabled and semi-retired, residing in northwest Brea. Occasionally ran for office against jerks who otherwise would have gonr unopposed. Got 45% of the vote against Bob Huff for State Senate in 2012; Josh Newman then won the seat in 2016. In 2014 became the first attorney to challenge OCDA Tony Rackauckas since 2002; Todd Spitzer then won that seat in 2018. Every time he's run against some rotten incumbent, the *next* person to challenge them wins! He's OK with that. Corrupt party hacks hate him. He's OK with that too. He does advise some local campaigns informally and (so far) without compensation. (If that last bit changes, he will declare the interest.) His daughter is a professional campaign treasurer. He doesn't usually know whom she and her firm represent. Whether they do so never influences his endorsements or coverage. (He does have his own strong opinions.) But when he does check campaign finance forms, he is often happily surprised to learn that good candidates he respects often DO hire her firm. (Maybe bad ones are scared off by his relationship with her, but they needn't be.)