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SOURCE: Californian research JAMES BURGER and KENT KUEHL / THE CALIFORNIAN 1 Political Action Commit- tees run by Ben Eilenberg and T.J. Esposito run attack ads against Maggard over his vote to ban cannabis. 2 Maggard claims Perez and Jara are working with Abbasi, Esposito and Eilenberg to use marijuana industry money to help city of Bakersfield firefighter Jeff Heinle run against him for the Kern County 3rd District Supervisor. 3 Medical marijuana shop owner David Abbasi accuses Maggard of taking bribes and conspiring with Schaefer and Yee to protect Ganong shops and other from enforcement in orders to maintain a monopoly for Kern Citizens for Patient Rights client shops. 4 Abbasi claims Perez said in a private meeting that Schaefer and Yee tried to bribe her on a separate issue and threatens to release private audio and visual conversations of Perez if she doesn’t get county officials to let him reopen his shops. Weed web: Connections link leaders in the cannabis conflict David Abbasi Phil Ganong Pot lawyer Mike Maggard Kern County 3rd District Supervisor Leticia Perez Kern County 5th District Supervisor Kern Citizens for Patient Rights Pro-pot PAC T.J. Esposito Pro marijuana activist Jimmy Yee Political consultant for Highway 99 collective Jeff Flores Maggard Chief of Staff Fight over leadership Kim Schaefer Political consultant Fernando Jara Political consultant for cannabis interest Friendship Friendship Jara did work for Abbasi 3 3 3 4 2 4 Ben Eilenberg Cannabis lawyer 1 Contract Contract Employs Flores Collected information on Perez and Jara Married 1 Committee for Safer Neighborhoods and Schools Pro-pot PAC Jara helped Eilenberg and his clients get meetings with county officials Kern County Ban but 28 marijuana dispensaries remaining open for one year City of Bakersfield All marijuana business banned Broken connection Claim Connection KEY 3 Friendship NO YES POT VOTE POT VOTE
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SOURCE: Californian research JAMES BURGER and KENT KUEHL / THE CALIFORNIAN
1 Political Action Commit-tees run by Ben Eilenberg and T.J. Esposito run attack ads against Maggard over his vote to ban cannabis.
2 Maggard claims Perez and Jara are working with Abbasi, Esposito and Eilenberg to use marijuana industry money to help city of Bakersfield firefighter
Jeff Heinle run against him for the Kern County 3rd District Supervisor.
3 Medical marijuana shop owner David Abbasi accuses Maggard of taking bribes and conspiring with Schaefer and Yee to protect Ganong shops and other from enforcement in orders to maintain a monopoly for Kern Citizens
for Patient Rights client shops.
4 Abbasi claims Perez said in a private meeting that Schaefer and Yee tried to bribe her on a separate issue and threatens to release private audio and visual conversations of Perez if she doesn’t get county officials to let him reopen his shops.
Weed web: Connections link leaders in the cannabis conflict
David AbbasiPhil GanongPot lawyer
MikeMaggardKern County3rd DistrictSupervisor
LeticiaPerez
Kern County5th DistrictSupervisor
Kern Citizens for
Patient Rights
Pro-pot PAC
T.J. EspositoPro marijuana
activist
JimmyYee
Politicalconsultant for Highway 99
collective
Jeff FloresMaggard Chief
of Staff
Fight over leadership
Kim SchaeferPolitical
consultant
Fernando JaraPolitical
consultant forcannabis interest
Friendship
FriendshipJara did work
for Abbasi
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3
3
4
2
4
BenEilenberg
Cannabislawyer
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Contract
Contract
Employs Flores
Collected information
on Perez and Jara
Married
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Committee for Safer Neighborhoods
and SchoolsPro-pot PAC
Jara helped Eilenberg and his
clients get meetings
with county officials
Kern CountyBan but 28 marijuana
dispensaries remaining open for one year
City ofBakersfieldAll marijuana
business banned
Broken connection
Claim
ConnectionKEY
3
Friendship
NO YES
POT VOTE
POT VOTE
