Who Owns Harold Kaufman? The following two letters are reprinted from the Dana Point News, 28 May, 1998,and the response was published 4 June, 1998.
Jack Roberts, the ex-rental baron, should stick with patting himself
on the back and devote less energy to perpetuating fairy tales
about councilman Harold Kaufman. To say that the "Headlands
owner financed his campaign in the last election" is outrageously
false! As a Kaufman committee member at the time, I was familiar
with all contributions made to the campaign and not one dime came
from the Headlands owner or anyone related to him. We might be
foolish at times but stupid we are not!
-Jim Davy
RESPONSE:
Jim Davy's sarcastic letter attacking Jack Roberts and claiming
the Headlands owner didn't finance Kaufman's election is as slippery
as a greased pig on an icy road. State records show that the
Headlands owners spent more money in that election than all the
residents of Dana Point, Monarch Beach and Capistrano Beach put
together! And, according to their own statements, the Headlands
owner spent it to put Kaufman and Lloreda on the City Council.
If you want to check on Davy's deceptive claim, ask the California
Secretary of State's office for a copy of Form 420 (Recipient
Committee Campaign Statement, Long Form) by the "Concerned
Taxpayers of Dana Point Including M.H. Sherman Company and Chandis
Securities Company" for the period from May 22, 1994 through
June 30, 1994. Sherman and Chandis were the Headlands owners
(Sherman still is). Kaufman and Lloreda were to be their secret
weapons on the Council (they still are). Object? Approval of
Headlands overdevelopment [is at issue].
I think Dana Point residents probably know that big-money interests
want their own stooges on city councils and can circumvent laws
on campaign contributions. So, I doubt that many of us will quibble
with Robert's statement that the Headlands owner financed Kaufman's
campaign.
-Ed Gallagher
(DANA POINT ON-LINE EDITOR: Chandis was a holding company that owned the interest of the
Headlands that was owned by the Chandler family, owners and publishers
of the Los Angeles Times. Dorothy Chandler was known to occupy
a home at Strand beach for years. The Chandler family has always
regarded Dana Point as a village of which they were the lords
of the manor. )
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