Transparency In Politics 780 KOH RADIO INTERVIEW JULY 2024

Robert Telles, Democrat, former Clark County, Nevada, Public Administrator Robert Telles, former Clark County Public Administrator Robert “Rob” Telles has been accused of fatally stabbing Jeff German, a journalist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Telles was appointed to the position in 2019 but lost his Democratic primary in 2022. As an attorney, he had a history of complaints with the Nevada Bar Association. A background check could have revealed these complaints. Who Is Robert Telles? Nevada Official Arrested for Murder…

George Santos, US House of Representatives, Republican, New York A number of news outlets have reported that Santos falsified a number of items on his resume, including his education, work experience and ethnicity. Additionally, it is reported that he has unresolved legal issues in Brazil. There have been calls for his resignation. It appears that it did not work out so well for voters to rely on the research of his opposition to discover the veracity of his claims. A…

Senator Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, has been recently indicted for the second time. He’s the 14th sitting senator to face charges and he and his wife are now facing charges of corruption and allegedly accepting significant bribes of cash, gold mortgage payments and a Mercedes-Benz. Would his prior indictment have shown up on a Peopletrail background check? I would say probably, yes, since pending cases are located in court records. We have no idea what else might be in his…

City Council member Lisa Wheeler-Bowman resigned on September 15th after she was accused by a former Mayoral candidate of not living in the district she represents. This was a violation of the city charter. A complaint was filed with the council and the claim was leveled against her publicly at a meeting of the St. Petersburg City Council. A background check would most likely have confirmed her residence as being outside of her district, thus avoiding an uncomfortable situation for…