Saturday, February 26, 2011

The downfall of a California potato king?

"Last week, Larry Minor, whose Agri-Empire business is one of the nation's largest potato growers, was indicted in a California court on charges of funneling $66,000 in campaign contributions through his family and employees to two candidates for the state legislature, evading the state's contribution limit of $3,900."

T.W. Farnam of WaPo has this report

And for more on the potato king's legal troubles, see Jessica Levinson's piece on KCET.org here.

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