Monday, June 21 2010 - 04:19 AM
Sincere's posting (uncensored!!)
Ledford is not a crook?
Sunday, June 20 2010 – 08:21 PM
How does this guy stay out of jail?
FPPC Complaint

In his position as Mayor of the City of Palmdale, Jim Ledford voted to give the Aero Institute a special $1/year lease, well below market value. He also has voted to give a city contract worth $750,000 to Shaw & Associates, a private company. Jim Ledford has taken a consultant position with Complex Culture Change. Shaw and Associates is owned by Kim Shaw. Kim Shaw is also the President of the Aero Institute, in partnership with Aero Institute Executive Director Susan Miller. Susan Miller, through her Complex Culture Change company is now paying Jim Ledford between $10,000 and $100,000 a year for consultant services. In short, Jim Ledford voted to give a below market lease to Susan Miller and Kim Shaw, over three-quarters of a million dollars to Kim Shaw, and in return, Susan Miller is paying Jim Ledford for vaguely defined consulting work.
Description, With as Much Particularity as Possible, of Facts Constituting Alleged Violation: (Attach additional pages as necessary.)
Since 2003, the Palmdale City Council, with Jim Ledford presiding and voting in favor, has given the Aero Institute, of which Susan Miller is the Executive Director and Kim Shaw is President, a $1/year lease, well below market rate.
On December 6, 2006, the Palmdale City Council, with Jim Ledford presiding and voting in favor, granted Shaw & Associates, of which Kim Shaw is an is the owner, a contract worth $330,000 over two years. On November 4, 2009, the Palmdale City Council, with Jim Ledford presiding and voting in favor, granted Shaw & Associates an additional contract worth over $430,000 over two years.
In July, 2009, Jim Ledford announced that he was taking a consulting job he could not identify. Later, in October, 2009, Jim Ledford came forward to state he was taking payments for consulting work from Complex Culture Change under the direction of Susan Miller.
In an article in The Antelope Valley Press, City Attorney Matthew Ditzhazy said there was no conflict in Jim Ledford accepting money from a company he’s voted to give below market leases, in addition to $300,000 in public funds, merely because his contract claims it was unconnected to anything related to his position as Mayor.
A mayor or member of a city council may not take money from a company or individual whom he has voted to enrich with public funds or otherwise benefit.
Please investigate and take action against this major ethical breach.
(Please attach copies of any available documentation regarding the violation, for example, checks, campaign materials, etc., if applicable to the complaint.)

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