State investigates alleged San Diego Republican corruption

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State investigates alleged San Diego Republican corruption
By Hoa Quach and Joseph Peña, SDNN

A small but vocal group of local Republicans is accusing county party leaders of conspiring to rig Central Committee elections and abusing office powers.

They allege the local party and state party’s chair of dodging campaign finance violation fines, using party resources for personal gain, ignoring party bylaws and State Election Code and harassing and intimidating other party members.

The executive director of the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) confirmed it is investigating claims that the San Diego County Republican Party chair Tony Krvaric violated the state’s independent expenditure provision of the Political Reform Act.

Two party members allege Krvaric conspired with candidates for the Republican Central Committee to stack slate mailers with people he considered “team players,” and excluded other party members from the mailers. Slate mailers are the primary means candidates use to get their names out to voters.

The complaint also names 2008 Central Committee candidates Michael McSweeney, Warene Wall, Michael Rosen, Gary Felien and Bill Baber.

California Republican Party chair Ron Nehring is repeatedly mentioned in an affidavit filed in support of the FPPC complaint, though Nehring is not the target of the investigation. The affidavit outlines more than a dozen other complaints that do not fall under the purview of the FPPC’s investigation... Read more

http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-08-25/news/politics-city-county-government/state-investigates-alleged-san-diego-republican-corruption

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1. Revolution in the party?

[Fridays Child]

2. A group of cheaters will eventually cheat one another. And, when they do, "Katie bar the door!"

It's in their DNA. They can't help it. Someday, the entire Republican party will implode because of this flaw.

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3. Krvaric? LMAO

The article linked in the OP mentions Krvaric's "documented past in Internet piracy" only in passing. But the full scoop was published last year at Raw Story.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2008/San_Diego_GOP_chairman_cofounded_international_0425.html

San Diego GOP chairman co-founded international piracy ring
Miriam Raftery
Published: Tuesday April 29, 2008

Any job applicant knows that background checks are routine – especially for jobs involving authority or oversight of money. So why didn’t the San Diego Republican Party do a simple Google search before naming Tony Krvaric as its chairman?

Online research reveals that Krvaric is the co-founder of Fairlight, a band of software crackers which later evolved into an international video and software piracy group that law enforcement authorities say is among the world’s largest such crime rings. After co-founding Fairlight in Sweden, Krvaric established U.S. operations for the organization, including an arm headquartered in Southern California—a major center for the computer and video game industry.

Krvaric has also been appointed by California Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring to head up the state party’s budget committee. RAW STORY's investigation reveals the California GOP has put an alleged pirate in charge of its treasure trove.

An e-mail sent anonymously this week to a conservative listserv operator in San Diego County revealed an attached document titled “The Secret Life of Tony Krvaric.” The attachment alleged that Krvaric, using the alias “Strider,” founded Fairlight “to illegally crack and distribute copyrighted software.” Fairlight evolved from “an adolescent obsession into a full fledged multinational criminal enterprise,” the e-mail claimed.

These allegations come as no surprise to RAW STORY, which has been researching Krvaric’s ties to Fairlight for some time.


(And for more on Ron Nehring, see http://rawstory.com/news/2005/K_Street_pushes_charter_school_plan_0125.html)


On edit: I see one more mention of Krvaric's piratical past further down in the current article:

A source said Nehring — former chair of the local party, “took under his wing.” He appointed Krvaric secretary, and in 2007 when Nehring was elected to the state party, the local Republican Party elected Krvaric chair. A source said he noticed a change in Krvaric a few months into his first term, and in 2008, published reports of Krvaric’s dodgy past surfaced.

Krvaric was reported to be the co-founder of Fairlight, an online video-software piracy group. In an e-mail to party supporters, Krvaric dismissed the report as a “hit piece.” A source said after the Fairlight ties were made public, Krvaric became “really heavy handed with the Committee.”