URTEAGA'S FELONY CONVICTION REFLECTS BADLY ON BH HILTON

Looks like Beverly Hills is a buzz with Felon Urteaga's tactics to convince voters that special interest Hilton Hotel's land development project is a good thing.

Urteaga has a bad habit of taking money from big $$$ special interests like Hilton Hotels and Athens Services.

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Saturday, November 1, 2008

The Hilton Chronicles -- Breaking Story: HILTON EMPLOYS CONVICTED FELON AS MEASURE H CAMPAIGN MANAGER

Convicted felon and campaign manager running Hilton's slimeball campaign (he also ran Jimmy Delshad's last campaign); defended Hiltongate election fraud scandal in front of BH City Council By J.A. Mirisch.

The original title of this column was going to be“The Hilton Chronicles: Beny and the Killer B’s.”

But in researching a part of the story, Blog Beverly Hills uncovered the interesting truth about the Hilton’s Measure H campaign manager, Robert Urteaga. Urteaga is not a stranger to BH politics, having been Beverly Hills Councilmember and the Hilton expansion’s staunchest supporter Jimmy Delshad’s campaign manager in his most recent run for office in 2007.

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URTEAGA'S ONGOING LIE

Urteaga admits to the FELONY CONVICTION —today—when confronted by the newspapers, but he never gave Montebello voters the opportunity to make an informed decision because he withheld that vital bit of information—just to get elected.

We wonder if he withheld his FELONY CONVICTION from all his endorsers too:

• Los Angeles County Peace Officers Association
• County Supervisor Gloria Molina
• State Senator Ron Calderon
• State Assembly Member Charles Calderon
• Former Speaker of the State Assembly Robert Hertzberg
• Montebello Unified School District Member Marcella Calderon
• Montebello Unified School District Member Hector Chacon
• Central Basin Water Board Member Ed Vasquez
• Montebello City Council Member Bill Molinari
• Montebello City Council Member Rosie Vasquez
• Central Basin Water Board Member Art Chacon
• Former L.A. City Council Member Nick Pacheco
• League of Conservation Voters
• Montebello Police Officers Association
  

And his previous employer, the City of Los Angeles:
(a list of positions Urteaga claims to have held in LA)

• Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan
• Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn
• Los Angeles City Councilmember Nick Pacheco
• Los Angeles City Councilmember Janice Hahn
• City of L.A. Recreation and Parks Department

And his current employer, Sue Burnside and Associates.

And the candidates/political campaigns he's worked for:

• Campaign Manager for Beverly Hills Mayor Jimmy Delshad
• Campaign Manager for Nick Pacheco for City Council 2005
• Bob Hertzberg for Mayor 2005
• 2006 California Democratic Coordinated Statewide campaign

Person Nick Pacheco

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URTEAGA'S FELONY CONVICTION HITS THE NEWS

Urteaga admits to wrongdoing in San Gabriel Valley Tribune, and justifies the behavior as a youthful indiscretion.

SORRY, BUT STEALING MONEY AND FORGING CHECKS IS ABOUT CHARACTER AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MR. URTEAGA!

He also fails to acknowledge the harm he's done to Montebello and its residents. This guy just doesn't get it.

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San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Montebello trash fight reveals councilman's criminal record

By Amanda Baumfeld, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 10/15/2008 10:12:15 PM PDT

• PDF: Urteaga court documents

MONTEBELLO - A fight over a trash contract turned to mud slinging when a group opposed to the plan put materials from a City Councilman's criminal record on the Internet.

In 1998, Councilman Robert Urteaga pleaded no contest to grand theft of personal property totalling $30,000, according to court documents...

NEWS FLASH: Montebello Has FELON On Its Council

MONTEBELLO COUNCILMAN

ROBERT URTEAGA
IS A CONVICTED FELON

From City Council Members

StopAthens.com has learned that Montebello Councilman Robert Urteaga was convicted of Felony Grand Theft on September 2, 1999.

The Los Angeles District Attorney filed 6 FELONY charges against Urteaga:

Count 1: GRAND THEFT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, Violation of Penal Code Section 487(a), to wit $30,000 dollars
Count 2: FORGERY OF CHECK, Violation of Penal Code Section 470(a)
Count 3: FORGERY OF CHECK, Violation of Penal Code Section 470(a)
Count 4: FORGERY OF CHECK, Violation of Penal Code Section 470(a)
Count 5: FORGERY OF CHECK, Violation of Penal Code Section 470(a)
Count 6: FORGERY OF CHECK, Violation of Penal Code Section 470(a)

AGENCY: LAPD-Financial Crimes Division
DEFENDANT: Urteaga, Robert
DOB: 9/23/1975
BOOKING NO: 5810249
CASE NUBMER: SA033931

Through a plea agreement, the DA dropped the CHECK FORGERY counts for a plea on Count 1/GRAND THEFT.