[LSNN] City News: State Senate confirms Attorney General William Eden & State Treasurer Cecil Grosvenor

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State Senate confirms Attorney General William Eden & State Treasurer Cecil Grosvenor

BY RANA KHATI

 

Los Santos, SA - On the  18th of February 2021, the San Andreas State Senate confirmed William Eden, formerly the Distict Attorney of Los Santos, to Attorney General and Cecil Grosvenor, former policy-writer for Senator Ernst, to the State Treasury.  

 

William Eden attending the Political Act Reform hearing a day prior to his confirmation hearing.

 

Mr. Eden has served as Los Santos District Attorney since former DA Ms. Saeko Nishijima stepped down from the role into the judiciary. As DA, Eden pursued all areas of criminal activity relentlessly, but did show a notable lenience towards marijuana related crimes namely with regards to personal possession and use yet still pursued the sentencing of  large scale drug trafficking endemic in gang crime without reservation. Critics presume he will continue with this even-keel approach to policy as the state's leading Law Enforcement Official. 

 

Cecil Grosvenor entering the Political Reform Act hearing a day prior to his confirmation hearing.

 

Cecil Grosvenor is lesser known in the public eye but has coordinated with Republican policymakers for years; most recently coming out with the Political Reform Act of 2021 that aims to shore up election integrity in the wake of the corruption scandal of former Mayor Halford shedding a light on municipal corruption and lax campaign finance laws. Mr. Grosvenor's bill has been criticized by individuals in the opposition party for a stipulation that if left in the bill would have set the minimum donation an individual could make to a political candidate at $50,000 dollars. Mr. Grosvenor and Senator Ernst insist this was a clerical error that is being blown out of proportion by political enemies. 

 

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LSNN reached out to both sides for their take on the confirmations.

 

Senator Gabriella Morales (D)

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Mistakes happen and I don't believe there was ill intent from the author of the bill to purposely price people out of donating to political efforts, although it was a rather large blunder which was further exploited, in my eyes, by the Republican Party. In return for the Republican Party confirming Mr. Eden, we compromised and confirmed the State Treasurer. The Democratic Party aren't voting on party lines, but on progress, that's how we continue to work for you.

 

President Pro Tempore, Senator Frank Ernst (R)

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The nominees have my full faith and confidence. The Democrats cited the wrong section of the bill in reference to the exchange you're referring to, which obviously confused Mr. Grosvenor. Anyone with remote links to Republican officials are going to come under scrutiny by the Democrats in an election season. That much is obvious.

 

Both nominees were unanimously confirmed by all State Senators to assume their respective roles, revealing that the rhetorical flourishes and dug in stances of either party are not materially interfering with the bipartisan agenda of the Senate. While hopeful, there is still a distinct air of tension and ambiguity from citizens as to whether Governor Brandt will continue to unilaterally veto bills unanimously passed by the Senate or whether the political fallout from his widely criticized Marijuana Legalization veto was enough to move him to regard his duty to the will of the people more regularly.

 

 

 

 

 

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