OC GOP Chairman Scott Baugh occasionally gets attacked for alleged conflicts with his day job as a governmental lobbyist. The latest round has a particularly interesting twist, as you can see in Jeff Overley’s new story just posted on ocregister.com

Baugh’s working on behalf of a company running drug rehab houses. (However, he opposed 2000’s Prop. 36, which gave many drug abusers a recovery alternative to prison.) That rehab gig has some Newport Beach residents up in hackles, because they don’t want the rehab homes near them. And because there are a lot of wealthy GOP donors there, they think Baugh is, in the words of one resident, “taking our money and then stabbing us in the back.”

In other words, Baugh should behave as though he’s been bought off. The complaint is the exact opposite of the complaint of a conflict of interest.

Another good story, in case you’ve missed it, is the state GOP’s failure to qualify a measure for the ballot that would change how presidential delegates are awarded — and very well could have ensured a GOP victory next November. Only two states do it by Congressional disctrict rather than winner take all, so pushing a huge state Democratic like California to a Congo district approach would give the GOP nominee a bunch more delegates.

– Martin Wisckol

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