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Mr. Don McCormick Pair Political Practices Commission June 30, 1997 Page 3 C. Councilmember Beltran, a long-time ally of Gil Lara and recipient of his political largesse in previous campaigns, also had extensive dealings with Lam. d. Within three weeks of the effective date of the franchise agreement, Mayor Fulp sold his home after listing it for less than a month (as I recall, it was within a week of the listing) for nearly U1 price ($350,000). The buyer was an individual from Fontana who had not owned property before and the transaction involved funding from a Nevada bank. 6. Perhaps more disturbing in all of this is the sequence of events that led to the appointment of Malik Freeman as City Manager. Freeman was a divorce lawyer with a practice in Los Angeles that relied almost exclusively on court referrals of indigent parties. Sanders appointed him to the Civil Service Appeal Board in 1995. When the City Clerk retired in January of 1996, Sanders pushed for appointment of Freeman to that position on an interim basis. One of the requirements for even an interim appointment is that the individual appointed reside in the. City of Colton. It was widely rumored at the time that while Freeman owned property in Colton, he did not reside in the City nor was he registered to vote here. 7. Just before the Taormina franchise was to take effect, former City Manager Nabar Martinez reports that he was approached by Sanders and informed that Freeman should be appointed, to fill the newly created Position of contract administrator for the Taormina franchise at a salary of $80,000 per year. Martinez says he told Sanders he would not make that appointment and Sanders told him that if he did not, he could expect to be removed as City Manager. 8. In July of 1996, after an administrative move that angered some members of the City Council, Sanders agreed to be the fourth vote to remove Martinez from his position as City Manager in exchange for the appointment of Malik Freeman to that position on an interim basis.