Author: John Mitchel

(Part 7-Conclusion) For the past several weeks OCGJ has focused on Dave Hobson’s “under the radar” excursions into real estate related to earmarks and special favors offered to his closest political allies.  Although Hobson benefited in that they helped raise...

…..full time real estate tycoon (Part 7) For the past several weeks OCGJ has focused on Dave Hobson’s “under the radar” excursions into real estate transactions related to earmarks and special favors he delivered not only to his closest political...

…..full time real estate tycoon (Part 6) This week we’ll continue with three more of Dave Hobson’s and Steve Austria’s “A-list” campaign contributors who are more or less related to Dave Hobson’s secretive real estate transactions. OCGJ considered a fourth...

…..full time real estate tycoon (Part 5)  The purpose of disclosing campaign contributions is to give the citizens visibility into any real or apparent conflicts of interest with our public servants.  Although every contribution has a story behind it, today...

…..full time real estate tycoon (Part 4)  To continue with our 6-part series highlighting Dave Hobson’s frequent but clandestine involvement in real estate connected to earmarks engineered for his political class cronies, OCGJ will take a closer look into campaign...