September 3, 2016
By Brad Banan
The Sacramento Bee
Rob Burness, a local environmentalist [and ECOS board member] who worked in the county planning office for about three decades, said the contributions pay off for developers.
“When push comes to shove, the votes follow the money,” said Burness, a member of the Environmental Council of Sacramento. “If you were to look at the significant votes, and the campaign contributions made to supervisors, you would find that they very rarely vote against a contributor.”
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/investigations/the-public-eye/article99862347.html
