Bea Cortes did receive sufficient votes to win her seat on the City Council. However, now that she is there it may be interesting to cross check who her financial supporters were and how her decisions are in support of their direct and sometimes indirect interests and not the interests of the Citizens or property owners in Grand Terrace.
The funds for her campaign all came from developers, trade unions, all from outside the City. So WHO does she serve?
In addition Her add with her photo and her Real Estate business interest is almost an affirmation of a serious conflict of interest. An advertisement as being in her Official Capacity Mayor Pro Tem, and Promoting Hispanic Development, AND the Fact she is part of the TERRA LOMA REALTY OFFICE all in the same advertisement, at a minimum, suggests impropriety.
