Councilman Brett Storey is an analyst for Placer County. In 2004, he listed himself as a logistics manager for Hewlett-Packard. I'm curious just how he achieved the analyst position with Placer County, which is run by the "cabal" and what the pay differences are. You would think he'd be a little bit anal. However, his campaign statements and forms were the most incomplete of all the City Council members. Of course, in 2004, you could be assured that the public might not find out since the Internet was still young. Asked to put their information on the Internet, the Council unanimously refused. They simply don't want to bother informing their constituents about what they are up to.
Brett has taken thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from developers and then voted in ways favorable to them. His largest contributor was the Tsakopoulous family. Rocklin is now overdeveloped at the taxpayers expense. Thanks to the current City Council developers get amenities paid for by taxpayers that they can then turn around, and with the City's and Chamber of Commerce's help, market to prospective buyers from Southern California and the Bay Area. I am not against developers, just against them buying my government. This City is apparently bought and paid for.
It is important to understand that when you donate to a campaign, the money may not go to the candidate, but instead through the candidate to a charity or to another political campaign. You will see examples of this in this report. Giving the campaign money to very specific charities is also a political tactic often designed to win over specific voters. Your understanding of these tactics will give you a better idea of what a candidate is all about.
After a "cabal" member is elected, numerous subtle events occur insuring his reelection by the uninformed. Council meetings tend to host a plethora of awards to residents for their so-called contributions to the City. Boy-scouts are invited to lead in "The Pledge of Allegiance." This is all in hopes of getting votes from them and their parents. It's all about money and power for the "cabal' and seldom for the benefit of the community. Right now, Rocklin is in trouble financially for spending too much money that went way beyond basic city services such as fire, police and roads. In the end, we are to blame for electing folks like Brett Storey to the City Council. Our financial mess is not an accident. It comes from years of pandering to campaign contributors. This can end if we the people learn to "stand tall."
About this Report
This report is designed to save you the time of driving down to City Hall to look at Brett's 460 statements on your own. There is more coming for the current election. A lot of Brett's contributors were written in so poorly that it was difficult to put in the correct spellings. This is also a way that can hide who the contributions came from. Research can be done to follow up on Brett's own career and investments as well as those of his major contributors. You'll will find their names repeated whenever a "cabal" member is running for office. Collectively, they have all but destroyed the City of Rocklin, both financially and as a community.
Brett's 2005 460 statement summary for "Committee to Re-elect Brett Storey."
Brett started the year with $4116.41 for ??? campaign.
He received $399. including a $300 contribution from Christopherson Homes, Inc. of Santa Rosa.
He made $3,089.90 in campaign expenditures and ended the year with $2757.98 cash balance.
He donated from his campaign, $500 to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, $200 to the mark McCollum Ride-On Memorial Scholarship Fund, $100 to the American Cancer Society, $100 to the Auburn Community Cancer Endowment Fund, $125 to the City of Rocklin Teen Center, $100 to Saint Baldricks, $200 to Rocklin Chamber of Commerce High School Scholarship Fundraiser, $500 to the Peace for Families Women's Shelter.
Brett's Run for City Council November 2, 2004 Election
Brett started the year with $884.72 in his campaign account.
In 2004, Brett received the following:
- Monetary Contributions $18,568.03
- Nonmonetary Contributions $1,092.03. , $920.83 of which was from the Placer County Republican Assembly (to help him with his supposedly non-partisan candidacy)
His total expenditures were $13,119.20 per his 12/31/2004 Summary page filed with the City of Rocklin
The following donors are listed on his 10/17/04 to 12/31/04 Schedule A filed with the City of Rocklin: (entries are not completed as of 5/19/08)
Brett did not fill out these forms properly not showing contributor codes such as the Petrovich's.
- J.R. Conkey & Associates (Construction Management) $195
- A. Teichert & Sons, Inc. $250.
- George E. Phillips, Carmichael Law Firm $150. Why does this firm involved in environmental law care about Rocklin???
- Surewest Communications $250. (This is a sure sign of a bad candidate in my estimation.)
- Centex Homes - Sacramento, $250.
- Paul & Cheryl Petrovich $500. (These folks are developers.)
- Auburn Manor Holding Corp. $250. (Operators of non-residential buildings and owner of a commercial building.)
- Marcus Lo Duca $250. (Since 1986, Marcus J. Lo Duca has focused solely on land use and environmental law, representing residential, commercial and industrial developers)
- Taylor Village Sac Innovators? LLC $250.
- Rocklin Pointe Partners $190. (???)
- Haycock & Associates - Among its specialties, Real Estate Litigation $200.
- John Mourier Construction $200.
- Nortech Waste, LLC $999.
- D.M. Bray Investments, Newport Beach $500.
- Committee for Home Ownership of the Building Industry Association of the BIA $500.
- Oakville Reserve, LTD, Newport Beach $500.
- Stanford Ranch, LLC (commercial real estate) $250.
- Katina, Athena, Sofia and Angelo Tsakopoulous $2000. excerpt of link "Tsakopoulous has pumped more than $8.7 million into the Angelides effort through an “independent expenditure,” even though Tsakopoulous is about as independent of Angelides as Karl Rove is of George Bush. This infusion of cash saved the Angelides campaign, but will surely leave him open to the charge should he prevail on Tuesday that his nomination for governor was bought by a Sacramento developer."
- CA Real Estate PAC $500.
- O'Connell Commercial, LLC $1,000
- KFN, Inc. (Real Estate Investment Trust???) $250.
- Thomas T. Lumbrazo Planning $100.
- Economic & Planning Systems $200.
- Phil Reome, Inc. $500 (Water Sewer Pipeline Communication Pwr)
- Re-Elect Robert Weygandt for Supervisor Committee - This is a typical example of the cabal transferring campaign funds to each other. $350.
- Niello Acura Porsche, Sacramento $350. ( Council approved a new dealership in Rocklin.)
- MHM Engineers & Surveyors $250. MHM can get direct business from City Councils such as found in this Oroville meeting minutes: "The Council considered amending the professional services agreement with MHM
- Engineers and Surveyors to expand the scope of services to include annexation maps and
- legal descriptions preparation on an “as needed” basis."
Michael Patrick Murphy's Conclusion:
Councilman Brett Storey is a direct result of a lazy, uninformed and irresponsible population. His being endorsed by the "cabal" is not a good thing for voters. You must look at the contributors and what Brett had done once he was in office. I would say Brett works for developers more than he works for the people of Rocklin. Based upon his "over $100" campaign contributions from developers I might even say that Brett Storey is "owned" by developers and builders trying to insure that their projects are favored. Most politicians will deny that they are "owned" by their campaign contributors and if you believe them, then I've got some land for sale at the bottom of the American River. "We the people" have to ask why so many developers and related industries give him contributions over $100? Look at his City Council voting record. We're I the District Attorney, I would look at an investigation into his personal finances and that relationship to his contributors. What are the chances of that happening when, in my opinion, the County District Attorney is a part of the cabal? What did Brett Storey do before he retired and became a councilman? These are all good questions as we see Rocklin becoming over developed while taxes rise and taxpayers foot the bill for over development.
Doug Ose IS a developer! Brett has also used his non-partisan office title to endorse Ose and other partisan candidates as well as the Clover Valley developers as part of the quid pro quo cabal centered in Placer County. Placer County and its Cities are now in deep fiscal trouble thanks to its incumbent office holders. That's why it is constantly seeking tax increases of all kinds and that's why we have more homes available than demand for them. Rocklin needs responsible government with a much better city council. This starts with constituents becoming more informed and responsible. We need independent non-partisan responsible candidates running for City Council that are not affiliated with the cabal and refuse to take the money from developers and other special interests.
Michael Patrick Murphy
