CAN'T WE DO BETTER THAN THIS ??

By Bob Walsh

 

Heath Flora, 42, is a member of the California State Assembly.  Last month he became the Republican leader in the assembly.  Dude has some issues.

Flora represents a huge chunk of the San Joaquin Valley.  Under CA law the "legal domicile" is where he is registered to vote.  That used to be Ripon, a very nice, small, conservative city between Stockton and Modesto.  He sold that home in 2022 and registered to vote at an address in Modesto, a home his parents own and where they operate a farming equipment business.  It is a tad over 70 miles from Sacramento.  He does, however, not actually LIVE there.  He has a home in the Arden neighborhood of Sacramento.  That is where he actually hangs his hat.

Lawmakers get per diem expenses when the legislature is in session, which is almost all year.  This is considered to be tax free if the legislator "lives" more than 50 miles from the capitol.  His "legal domicile" is where he lives for these purposes so he gets a shit-ton of expense money for living in his actual home.  Over $40,000 last year.  It will probably hit $50,000 this year.  

He was not paying child support until the court started proceeding to garnish his pay.  He was on the hook for $2k per month total for two crumb snatchers.  (His wife dumped him for playing hide the salami with a lobbyist.)

Last year Flora had more than 450 credit card charges over $100 each on his campaign expenditure report.  Most of this was for meals at bars and restaurants.  Those restaurants are in Sacramento.  They were called district meetings.  These establishments are NOT in fact in Flora's district, though his district does in fact include a couple of small chunks of Sacramento County.

Aren't the voters of California entitled to better representation than this??