Attorney and OC Fair Board Director Ashleigh Aitken reported raising $193,269 from July through December 2017. This brings her fundraising haul to $379,701.10 since her entered the mayoral campaign lists in June of last year.
Her campaign reported total expenditures of $21,786, leaving a cash-on-hand balance of $355,413.25.
As with her last campaign report, the bulk of her donations came from attorneys. Aitken’s is of counsel with Aitken, Aitken and Cohn, one of the state’s leading litigation firms. Firm founder and pater familias Wylie Aitken is a Democratic fundraising powerhouse and prominent philanthropist with a wide and deep network of relationships.
The campaign report also illustrated Aitken’s strong union support. The Anaheim Municipal Employees Association – an affiliate of the Orange County Employees Association (OCEA) – contributed the maximum $2,000. The militant hotel workers union UNITE-HERE Local 11 gave her $1,000. The Communications Workers of America donated $500. Nick Berardino, former general manager of the OCEA, Aitken’s OC Fair Board colleague and a campaign adviser, has donated $500. OCEA Communications Director Gaston Castellanos donated $100.
A portion of the expenditures went to fees for campaign consultant Carina Franck-Pantone, who is also a long-time retainer consultant for the OCEA. Frank-Pantone is also a director of Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development (OCCORD), left-wing, non-profit political action arm of UNITE-HERE Local 11.
Aitken has been a very active candidate and her fundraising to date has been very impressive and ensures she will be able to run a robust campaign – which is critical since two of her opponents are former Anaheim City Council members who have been on the ballot multiple times while Aitken is a relative unknown to Anaheim voters. It also remains to be seen if her fundraising will extend beyond the bar.
Like her father. If he is any indication, She might be a good one.
I’ve known Ashleigh for the last 5 years and she is a loving caring mother and wife and would make Anaheim do great things if elected!!
She wears a lot of bling around her neck!
Did anyone see her at yesterday’s Black History Parade. Did she and her husband adopt the African American child that she was holding in her arms during the parade? If so, that would be an awesome story to hear about how her family refused to let racial differences affect their adoption decision.
I certainly hope that wasn’t just a token photo op stunt because she’s running for office.
Found the pics on her Facebook page. That’s hilarious!
Do you know what’s not hilarious. That you had a .021 back when you were arrested for felony DUI in April 2016. I suppose we all ought to be thankful you passed out and didn’t drive because you could have killed someone. How much time passed between you getting in the car and getting arrested? You were nearly 3x the legal limit. You are a danger to everyone in Anaheim and should be in jail. You have yet to publicly apologize for your actions or address the treatment you had. Glad you read a bunch of graphic novels from the 90s. They do little to make you a credible advocate. Where the hell is MADD in Anaheim?
If anyone sees Vern in a liquor store or a bar between now and 2021 grab a snap and post it online. Hat would be a probation violation.
What’s that smell?
Oh. It’s a dead blog in the middle of the road, dead blog in the middle of the road…
Server migration going on. A tech issue, not a drunk issue. When it’s done, I have lots to post about.
In the meantime, I was able to review all 22 pages of your case files from the OC Courts. Interesting reading……
from the web on BAC: For those who are around 180 lbs, one drink in 60 minutes will put the person’s BAC at about .021. Two drinks would bring it up to .042, while three would put it at .063. Four drinks would raise it to .084.
You were .21…so what, 10 drinks and you thought you could drive? And at Downtown Disney no less; do you realize how many kids and families you put at risk?
Looks like he was sleeping it off in his car, so no one was at risk. But what does this have to do with the topic of the post?
And why don’t you keep your little vendettas to yourself?
Oh sure. A guy with 4 DUIs is sitting in the driver seat of his car, totally blotto, with the keys in the ignition.
Sure, Warren – no danger to the public there! Because a serial drunk driver who is completely wasted is certainly going to exercise good judgment.
What kind of idiot are you?
Thank God the APD nabbed him before he tried to drive home.
Looks like Vern was sleepwalking during his alleged incident in Galloway’s car too!
She literally carried around a black baby for photo ops during the parade.
That just isn’t right. It’s not her baby, it’s obvious what she did, and if you think that’s not a ore-meditated political move…you’re wrong.
Ms. Aiken is the least qualified candidate thus far. She has no experience in governance nor has she served on any Anaheim board or commission. Nobody knows her. She’s not involved with any of the local non-profits or any other local groups.
Bravo for her position on the OC Fair board, but what does that have to do with Anaheim? It just tells me she knows how to throw a big party.
Clearly she’s going to try and buy her way into the mayor’s seat, but she needs to gain some experience before trying at the top spot, not start at the top and work her way down.
Actually she was on the Community Services Board; on the other hand my wife has been painfully finding out how little that board actually does.
Sounds like another blonde Kris Murray, anything to get attention!! Do not let her fool you.