San Joaquin County Supervisor Runoff Update: Far-Left Candidate Rhodesia Ransom Tried to Get $616,000 From the County To Pay Her Salary?

by Aaron F Park | Aug 23, 2020 | 2020 Elections, San Joaquin County | 0 comments

Meet Rhodesia Ransom. She is an extreme left wing #ANTIFA #DEFUNDTHEPOLICE activist. She is also in a runoff for County Supervisor.

Here is where it gets interesting. She just stuck her hand out for $616,000 of the County’s Money – while still on the ballot.

San Joaquin schools are shut down and are staying shut down because they are run by leftists who are doing their duty to try and keep everyone depressed long enough to re-elect Mayor Tubbs and his extreme Stockton candidate slate. Now just how does Ms. Ransom expect to deliver said services while her fellow left-wing democrats have the SJ USD under lockdown?

Well that’s one question – the other is the propriety of a Supervisor Candidate asking the existing board to walk her in to a financial conflict of interest if elected is another.

Rhodesia gets a nice stipend + free health insurance and a free cell phone from the City of Tracy for infesting their City Council. Check. Looks like we need to add professional grifter to the list.

The “Charity” she works for lists several members of her family on its’ Board of Directors. Was this charity set up for the benefit of Rhodesia’s family? Having seen several Non-Profits in my time as an insurance agent, I have worked with Non-Profits that were essentially family businesses.

It is certainly poor judgement along with wanting to eviscerate public safety, supporting property destroying riots while sticking one’s hand out for $616,000 of government contracts.

Can you trust Rhodesia Ransom? What she did is indeed legal, there is no law against applying for a County Grant. It is however a huge ethical issue – made even worse by the presence of her family all over the reports of the Charity. It is also a huge political issue because of all the free stuff she is currently getting from government, while supporting anarchists, and asking for more at the same time. Apparently she feels entitled.

A check of the IRS Form 990’s show clearly in 2017 and 2018 Rhodesia Ransom’s salary as executive director of this organization. 2017 IRS 990 2018 IRS 990 $52,000 then $60,000.

Why does Rhodesia Ransom think it looks good or looks ethical to seek $616,000 from the county government entity she is seeking election to? Taking a page out of Sacramento Public Employee Union tactics?

A Check of the 990’s shows significant payroll $99K in 2017 and $200K+ in 2018 – how many of Rhodesia Ransom’s family are on payroll at this organization? Is this grant being sought to also pay her families’ salaries?

Ransom’s overreaction to simple questions about her organization, it’s management and the propriety of seeking a large grant while on the ballot for the grantor suggests there is something she is hiding. This is a grotesque unforced error on her part (if it is even unforced, she may feel entitled and not be capable of seeing the appearance of corruption) and may well cost her the election (beyond her support for riots and gutting the police department).