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I have serious concerns about the CD2 race, in particular Sima Ladjevardian,\nwho I have brought up before.
\nBelow are the receipts. Yes, she has given to democratic donors heavily, but I\nhave seen some pretty shady donations, some as recent as 2015 to Republicans.\nHer 2015 donation was to Charles Boustany, who made the statement, in support\nof a fellow GOP seeking Louisiana\u2019s senate seat \u201c”Republicans who care about the future of our country\nneed a Republican in the Senate who will work with Donald Trump to roll back\nthe failed liberal policies of President Obama,” Boustany said. “I\nendorse John Kennedy and urge all my supporters to cast their vote for him.”\nIn the Tribune article she plays off GOP endorsements by insinuating that it\nwas a one time thing in deference to community elders. Except it happened a few\ntimes. People said \u201cmaybe they are friends\u201d ok. So I backed off. However\nLooking more into her dealings I\u2019m not liking what I am seeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0While Sima touts her pro-worker credentials at CPPP, and their unionizing, looking at tweets from workers, she was part of the management group that looked to suppress unionization. Sima got the AFL-CIO endorsement, however someone that was able to raise 200k quickly, and tout her Pro-Union chops didn\u2019t bother with a union bug on her first batch of campaign material. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 She has ties to Amir\nMireskandar, a former consultant for Kim Ogg. Former because he is under FBI\ninvestigation for trying to influence elected officials, like Ogg, and Ken\nPaxton, etc, while working for several Poker Houses seeking to expand and\nlegitimize their businesses. He is also CEO and managing partner of Mires, Ran\nClark and Associates, a consulting company that has Wayne Dolcefino listed as\npart of leadership in Media Consulting & Investigations. Dolcefino is a\nwell known GOP operative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are eight days out from the Primary, and she still hasn\u2019t filed her financial disclosure forms. She was supposed to do that on 2\/2. So we now have no way to fully vet out a candidate that has started at least 2 businesses with a person that is under FBI investigation for trying to influence elected officials through donations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Comparison I have researched both Travis Olsen and Elisa Cardnell , neither of whom have significant ties to PACS or a history of donations above the mandatory reporting thresholds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is a timeline of activity, and link to sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timeline of activity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007 – Sima Ladjevardian makes max donation to Rudy Giuliani<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2015 \u2013 Sima Ladjevardian makes last donation to Republican Candidate Charles Boustany. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2018 \u2013 Texas Progressive Executive Council Founded. Sima and Amir are listed as Co-Chairs in articles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2018 \u2013 Texas For Fairness and Justice PAC founded and lists Amir\nMireskandar as Treasurer. Listed as a sister pac to the TPEC <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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July, 2019 – Ogg dismisses poker room cases, citing conflict with\nconsultant and fundraiser, Amir Mreskandiari. The clubs are Post Oak Poker Club\nand Prime Social Poker Room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 24th<\/sup> 2019 \u2013 Kim Ogg speaks about donations from Poker Houses to Adrian Garcia and Ken Paxton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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December 2019 \u2013 CPPP is accused of anti-union tactics on Twitter\ndespite statements to the contrary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Disappointed to learn ahead of first mtg w\/ @CPPP_TX<\/a> mgmt on Fri that they are contesting composition of our already small bargaining unit w\/ proposal to exclude ~40% of non-supervisors who signed authorization cards w\/@NonprofitUnion<\/a> (disproportionately women of color) #1u<\/a><\/p>— Every Texan United (@EveryTxnUnited) December 12, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>