California lobbying disclosure reports have been filed through December 31, 2006 closing out the 2005-2006 legislative cycle. After our last post on this matter, " Irregularities in Lobbying Disclosures for Barstow Casinos bankrolled by Ilitch Detroit-based Syndicate ," operatives for Marian Ilitch attempted some creative accounting and filed an amended document on behalf of the Big Lagoon Rancheria when complying with the January 31, 2007 filing deadline. There's no covering up the discrepancies that are well documented after 4 filing periods.
Big Lagoon Rancheria represents making payments of $161,964 to R. Keith Olberg for lobbying activity during quarters 5-8 of the 2005-06 Legislative cycle. Although there is nothing on file authorizing Olberg to undertake lobbying activity on behalf of the Big Lagoon tribe, the tribe reported payments to Olberg for lobbying services each of the final four quarters:
Lobbying Payment Disclosures 2006
31-Mar | 30-Jun | 30-Sep | 31-Dec | Total | |
Big Lagoon reported | $30,000 | $46,000 | $23,000 | $62,964 | $161,964 |
Olberg reported | $15,000 | $24,769 | $24,036 | $31,482 | $95,287 |
∆ $66,677 |
As reported in disclosures on file with the CA Secretary of State
Based on disclosure reports, Olberg failed to acknowledge $66,677 in payments Big Lagoon indicates it made to Olberg in quarters 5-8 of the 2005-06 cycle.
In quarters 5 & 6, Olberg reports his "employer" as "BIG LAGOON RANCHERIA" and then a subtle change is made in quarters 7 & 8 when Olberg lists his employers as "Big Lagoon Rancheria/Barwest." There are no records of disclosure on file for Barwest as a lobbyist employer
You may also want to review these posts:
The Verifiable Truth: Irregularities in Lobbying Disclosures for Barstow Casinos bankrolled by Ilitch Detroit-based Syndicate
The Verifiable Truth: More Lobbying Irregularities related to Barstow Casino raising question about who's paying the bills and why they are hiding
The Verifiable Truth: By Bankrolling lobbying expenses behind the scenes, Casino Syndicators were free to flow political cash
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