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...support his political campaign. School-board members (all city-hall appointees) have been accused of such shoddy financial supervision that favored contractors collected some $3 million above approved funds. A gym teacher became his school's personnel chief after his union backed the election of incumbent Mayor Anthony Cucci -- whose sister and step-daughter hold school-board jobs...
Members contribute $250 annually for upkeep, including a full-time ground keeper. "We are down to 40 members," laments Executive Committee Member John Cucci, a wealthy Newport Beach real estate investor. "All of this Watergate stuff has made some people nervous, I guess." Adds Richard: "It's just a shame that such an open, innocent gift as we made should be held in any sort of suspicion. After all, we are all relatively honest businessmen...