In a story coming out of Los Angeles today, Ron Kay, the former editor of the Los Angeles Daily News, has released a story in which he raises a number of potentially serious concerns for Candidate Hahn and the use of her Official City Web Site that, if you click on certain links, takes you directly to her Lt. Governor Campaign website.
Quote from Mr Kay:
Hahn has the nerve -- or perhaps is so used to abuses at City Hall -- that the has a box near the top right of her Council website inviting readers to "SIGN UP NOW for our newsletter" and when you click on it you're asked for your name and email to mark the issues you care about from Airport, to Neighborhood Councils, 12 in all. Click save when you're done with that exercise.and you land on the Hahn 2010 campaign page for lieutenant governor.
It's a phony invitation to find out about city issues from the Councilwoman. It's nothing but a dirty trick to lure you to her campaign site. It ought to be stopped and the abuse punished.
Some question the story raises may well be: Is connecting (linking) the Official City Web Site to her Campaign Web Site an inappropriate use of taxpayer funds? Are the actions legal? Is the way one is sent to the Official Hahn Campaign site from the city website ethical? Just as important, is the way one is transferred to the Campaign Website the type of actions one would expect of an elected official? Would you vote for a candidate that allowed the City Website for their own gain?
