Solomon Peña, 39, Richard F. Caraviello, Robert A. Maiocco, Jr., Paul Comeau Jr. / Paul Ruseau - WHY NO BACKGROUND CHECKS ON THESE SUSPICIOUS BAD ACTORS?

 

Despite Red Flags, GOP Backed Candidate Now Charged in Shootings

Medford and surrounding cities and towns need strict background checks on people running for office. Richard F. Caraviello, Medford City Councilor, lied to the police and allegedly lied under oath in criminal court, backing violent former city clerk Ed Finn who assaulted a senior. So Caraviello, on YOUR city council, lied to the Medford police to help elder abuse by his friend, Finn, and now wants to run for mayor. No one knew that Paul Ruseau was Paul Comeau Jr. and convicted of two felonies. Would he have gotten votes if the public knew? "He had been demoted twice by the U.S. Navy and served nearly seven years in prison for burglary.

Yet powerful party leaders in New Mexico not only gave the first-time candidate, Solomon Peña, 39, full-throated endorsements, but they also opened their checkbooks to fund his race for a state legislative seat in central Albuquerque long held by Democrats. Some knew about his prison record but said they felt that he had turned his life around. Local and state authorities now say they are investigating whether drug money helped fund his campaign. https://news.yahoo.com/despite-red-flags-gop-backed-151113023.html