Troubled Trifecta: a slate of school board candidates in Manhattan Beach comes under scrutiny [UPDATE]
[Retraction: An article in Easy Reader’s November 3 print edition, titled “Troubled Trifecta, a slate of school board candidates in Manhattan Beach comes under scrutiny,” assert that candidate Mike Welsh was not registered to vote until the day he pulled papers to run for school board. The article also asserts the real estate developer had multiple foreclosures. Easy Reader based its voter registration assertion on Los Angeles County Registrar voter records that reported Welsh registered to vote on July 19, 2022, and that he was not registered prior to that date. The report did not list his voting record, as it does for other voters. Easy Reader has learned the County records were inaccurate. Following publication, Welsh provided a report from the State of California voter election website that showed he was a registered voter previous to July, and had voted in previous elections. Easy Reader’s assertion that Welsh had been involved in several foreclosures was also based on Los Angeles County records. Welsh said the County documents Easy Reader relied on referred to properties he foreclosed on, not properties foreclosed on him. Easy Reader apologizes for the mistaken assertions…
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