Is PowerLink the “missing link” tying Anderson donations from Hamann & SDG&E?
By Laura Cyphert, Co-founder East County Community Action Coalition December 1, 2009 (San Diego’s East County) — In October, the East County Community Action Coalition, along with the Protect Our Communities Foundation, met with Assemblyman Joel Anderson to request that he take a position against the Sunrise Powerlink, and other related projects. Anderson declined the request, and stated candidly that he would rather “leave those types of issues to the experts.” As we left the meeting, I scratched my head as I pondered the concept of a state representative for East County, leaving such a significant issue in his district “to the experts”. Who might these mystery experts be, I wondered? My suspicions were answered this past month when the news broke that Joel Anderson is accused of receiving illegal campaign contributions from none other than SDG&E, and El Cajon developer, Hamann Construction. With a simple google search, the connection between these three became evident. I noticed tha