With the passage of AB 523 the sale of KOCE to the KOCE Foundation is almost complete and Orange County will keep their only voice for Public Television and locally produced shows on the airwaves.
But this might not succeed if Arnold vetoes the bill and the OC GOP get their way.
While reading O-Juice this morning I cam across this post from Claudio that discussed why the OC GOP took such a negative position on Orange County's own public television network. Matt Cunningham, Jon Fleischman, and Hugh Hewitt are all blogging against the sale. While Scott Baugh is working as a lobbyist for Daystar.
Yup, no surprise here. The same guys who brought you voter fraud and the culture of corruption are now challenging the sale of The OC's only Public Broadcast network to a group that is under federal investigation, Daystar.
On a political level, Arnold may have to leverage the support of the OC GOP aginst the support of his donors. Most of his major donors sit on the board of directors for the KOCE Foundation and if he vetoes the bill then his donations may go with it.
