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Capps failed to disclose more income

Written on 19 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

Congresswoman Lois Capps faces new charges from Republican challenger Abel Maldonado over failure to report personal income [Noozhawk]. Legislative Resource Center records show that Capps did not disclose two pensions as income, totaling more than $500,000 for her first eight... (Continue reading)

Candidates and campaigns congregating at Cuesta

Written on 16 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A barrage of political candidates and campaigns will appear at Cuesta College this week. Associated Students of Cuesta College will hold two election forums: one today at the San Luis Obispo campus and another Thursday at the Paso Robles campus.... (Continue reading)

Maldonado takes the lead in new poll

Written on 9 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 57 comments

Republican congressional candidate Abel Maldonado surged one point ahead of Democratic incumbent Lois Capps for the first time in the campaign in a poll released Monday. The poll, conducted by Public Opinion Strategies, shows Maldonado leading Capps 45 to 44,... (Continue reading)

Campaign finance records bolster IRS case against Maldonado

Written on 4 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

California election finance records show that Republican congressional candidate Abel Maldonado raised $35,000 the same day as a 2007 party held on his behalf, which Maldonado’s family business claimed as a business expense on its federal income tax return [McClatchy].... (Continue reading)

Maldonado and Capps square off in Lompoc

Written on 25 Sep, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

Congressional candidates Abel Maldonado and Lois Capps debated at a forum in Lompoc on Monday [KSBY]. Maldonado, a Republican former lt. governor, said he is focused on the economy. “Jobs, jobs, jobs,” Maldonado said. “That is my number one priority... (Continue reading)

AWOL Abel Maldonado a no show again

Written on 10 Sep, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 75 comments

By KAREN VELIE Congressional candidate Abel Maldonado’s biggest obstacle may not be his Democratic challenger, but instead members of the GOP who have dubbed him AWOL Abel. There have been at least 10 occasions when Maldonado has backed out on... (Continue reading)

Capps Maldonado tax controversies

Written on 3 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

Following an election-cycle challenge that her competitor Abel Maldonado post his tax returns, Congresswoman Lois Capps discovered that for five years she had not reported income from a room she rents out. Capps discovered the error while placing her returns... (Continue reading)

Abel Maldonado fails to disclose tax returns

Written on 25 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

Republican congressional candidate Abel Maldonado continues to refuse to release his tax returns, even after he agreed to do so more than four weeks ago. [KSBY] In response to a challenge by his opponent, Congresswoman Lois Capps who had released... (Continue reading)

Man dies in collision with Abel Maldonado’s wife

Written on 24 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Congressional candidate Abel Maldonado’s wife was the driver of a Cadillac Escalade that crashed into a Honda Accord killing a 30-year-old man on Monday in Santa Maria. Laura Maldonado, 45, and her teenage son were headed eastbound on Foxen Canyon... (Continue reading)

Arnold was not Maldonado’s special guest

Written on 2 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Republican Congressional candidate Abel Maldonado was enticing supporters to attend a Friday fundraiser in Pismo Beach with the promise of a “special guest,” prompting his Democratic opponent, incumbent Rep. Lois Capps, to report the surprise guest was likely former California... (Continue reading)