A FORMER STATE SENATOR IS SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON…AND ORDERED TO PAY A 47-THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE. PHIL GRIEGO WAS CONVICTED OF USING HIS POSITION AS A LEGISLATOR TO PUSH THROUGH THE SALE OF A STATE OWNED BUILDING, WITHOUT DISCLOSING HIS FINANCIAL INTEREST. THE DEAL EARNED GRIEGO A 50-THOUSAND DOLLAR COMMISSION.
THE SENTENCE IS MUCH LESS THAN THE TEN YEARS ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS ASKED FOR. THE DEFENSE SAID TEN YEARS WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE A LIFE SENTENCE, GIVEN THE 69 YEAR OLD GRIEGO’S POOR HEALTH.
