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Russ Bogh Long Time Connections with Shopoff & Diversified Pacific

Russ Bogh has been Partners with Shopoff and Diversified Pacific Developers since 2009.

In 2009 Russ Bogh listed on his 700 Form a Partnership in Diversified Pacific Opportunity Fund, which is the massive Housing Development attempting construction in the southern part of Banning.

Bogh also listed being a Partner in Shopoff Properties Trust, which is the front for the phony ‘Noway Gateway’ warehouse bait and switch in Unincorporated Cherry Valley.

Emails from former Chief of Police Frank Coe show that It was Russ Bogh that led the formation of Beaumont’s phony Fire Station and Finance Committees in 2015.

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Is it is coincidence that the same pawns for the City that participated in the phony Fire Station Committee and the phony Finance Committee with Russ Bogh also started the ‘Noway Gateway’ distraction?

No, not a coincidence at all. Nancy Carroll should be ashamed of herself, but we know that she’s not. No one expected any different from Castaldo or Mehlman.

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Russ Bogh has been a dirty dog in Beaumont for a long long time. While State Assemblyman Bogh was roommates with former Riverside D.A. Pacheco. Bogh was also part of the Pass Area Families for Good Government that promoted all the corrupt politicians in the Pass Area.

In January, 2014, Russ Bogh was fined by the Fair Political Practices Commission $3,000 for accepting a campaign contribution that exceeded the limit from Bogh Engineering: http://www.pe.com/2014/01/16/c...

And are there Invoices from Bogh Construction in Beaumont's Requisitions?

Yes there are Invoices from Bogh Construction submitted to the Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District with the memo: 'Albert Chatigny Center'. Imagine that.

View Russ Bogh’s 2009 700 Form here: http://www.thebanninginformer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/DOC-Copy.pdf

Russ Bogh

Republican

russbogh.com

Date Party Office Votes Result

04-03-2001 Republican AD-65 17792 Win

11-05-2002 Republican AD-65 56598 Win

11-02-2004 Republican AD-65 93676 Win

Website: www.russbogh.com

Email address: russ@russbogh.com

Candidate Biography:

Russell Vincent Bogh

Born: June 21, 1969 in San Bernardino, CA

Married: Sheri

Children: Madison, Charlie, and Katie

1996: District Staff, Assemblyman Ted Weggeland

1997-1998: Director, Inland Empire Office of Governor Pete Wilson

2000: Primary Candidate for AD-65 (Lost; 37.3%)

2004-2006: Minority Caucus Chair, California State Assembly

2008: Member, Romney For President California Leadership Team

2008: Primary Candidate for SD-37 (Lost; 32.1%)

2010: Primary Special Election Candidate for SD-37 (Lost; 21.9%)

PRIMARY WINNERS: An interesting note is that neither of the candidates who Bogh has lost a partisan primary to have gone on to serve more than a year in office.

2000: The candidate who beat Bogh in 2000, Jan Leja, went on to win an Assembly seat but wasn't allowed to take office as part of a plea deal relating to her failure to report some campaign contributions. Bogh ran in the resulting Special Election and won.

2008: The candidate who beat Bogh in 2008, John J. Benoit, went on to win a Senate seat but served less than a year before Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed him to a vacancy on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. Bogh was a candidate in the resulting Special Election, but lost.

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