Talk:Martin Sandoval
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The current version of the corruption section of this story falsely implies that the company SafeSpeed bribed Sandoval. The facts don't support that. The plea agreement shows that SafeSpeed did not make any bribe to Sandoval. The improper benefits to Sandoval flowed from a government cooperator and from the government during its undercover investigation. plea agreement
The Tribune story on Sandoval's death explained it more accurately saying: At the heart of the investigation was at least $70,000 in government-supplied cash Sandoval took from a SafeSpeed representative who was working with authorities in return for Sandoval acting as its “protector” in the state Senate. Here is a link to that story. https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-martin-sandoval-dead-covid-19-federal-investigation-20201205-6dqdt4kfjrhdfbf5cp2pwx6rmi-story.html
By leaving out the government's role in this reference, the article gives a very incomplete version of the facts.
The following sentence in the story also falsely implies that SafeSpeed paid money when again, the plea agreement explains that the government provided the money, not SafeSpeed. "SafeSpeed received a portion of the money collected from traffic tickets, and Sandoval began receiving a monthly bribe after complaining that he was not receiving kickbacks on SafeSpeed's ticket revenue.[14]"
(I am new to this, so if I made any errors in this submittal, I apologize.)
Checker431 (talk) 21:45, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Checker431: what exactly do you want changing? If you state your proposed changes in a "change X to Y", or "add A after B" format, with reliable sources, that will greatly help editors. Seagull123 Φ 18:51, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
@Seagull123: Thank you for your guidance. Change this: "At least $70,000 of that money was to obtain benefits for SafeSpeed, LLC, a red light camera company which has been identified as "Company A" but Sandoval identified during his allocution,[8][15] in exchange for Sandoval being the company's "protector" in the Senate and blocking legislation that would harm the red-light camera industry.[16]"
to this: At the heart of the investigation was at least $70,000 in government-supplied cash Sandoval took from a representative of red-light camera company SafeSpeed, LLC who was working with authorities, in return for Sandoval acting as its "protector" in the state senate.
The source is this Chicago Tribune story: https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-martin-sandoval-dead-covid-19-federal-investigation-20201205-6dqdt4kfjrhdfbf5cp2pwx6rmi-story.html
- It appears the edit was already removed without taking it out of the request edit queue. CorporateM (Talk) 04:14, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
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