“Tait Slate” Funder Fined For Money Laundering By FPPC
Anaheim Insider here. Last week, the Orange County Register reported that the California Fair...
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Category: 2012 Election
Campaign Update: “Yes on Measure E” Ups the Ante; “No on D” Conjures the Specter of “Powerful Special Interests”
The polls open in about 12 hours, and Election Day Anaheim voters will cast their ballot on the three charter amendments on tomorrow’s ballot. TNT Fireworks put another $45,000 into the Yes on Measure E campaign, hoping to...
Read MoreCall For Prosecuting Councilmembers Puts Some OCCORD Directors In Conflicting Positions
An interesting aspect of OCCORD calling on the state Attorney General and the OC District Attorney to prosecute all four members of Anaheim City Council for imaginary violations is it puts some members of the OCCORD Board of...
Read MoreJason Young’s “Save Anaheim” PAC Packs It In
Since last summer, former Anaheim resident and political irritant Jason Young has used his “Save Anaheim” political committee to buy print ads in the Anaheim Bulletin and the Anaheim Hills News leveling venomous,...
Read MoreOC Democratic Party Backs 8 Single-Member Council Districts
While the OC Republican Party slumbers, the Democratic Party of Orange County is lending its voice to the left-wing coalition pushing to abolish Anaheim’s current at-large system for electing the city council, and carve...
Read MoreOC Political’s New “Anaheim Campaign Database” Project
My frend Chris Emami at OC Political has posted about an Anaheim Campaign Database project he is launching. It is a worthy endeavor, and the information about council candidates is useful. I do have some suggestions for making...
Read MoreAnother Voice of OC Story About…Nothing
In January, I wrote of my disappointment with Voice of OC reporting on Anaheim. I had high hopes for the Voice when is started. However, I have reluctantly concluded reporter Adam Elmahrek has a definite agenda that colors his...
Read MoreShowdown At Tomorrow’s Council Meeting Over More Pay for Mayor’s Aide
UPDATED – 7:55 pm, March 5 – Mayor Tait pulled the item, but it died for lack of a second. Tomorrow night, the Anaheim City Council will discuss whether to appropriate an additional $30,000 to continue paying the...
Read MoreA Top-Line Review of The Council Incumbents Campaign Reports
Form 460s, the campaign disclosure forms, give a partial insight into the strength of candidates and campaigns. I say partial because they don’t necessarily tell the whole story in terms of other critical measures such as...
Read MoreCash-Starved “Save Anaheim” PAC Fails To Meet Filing Deadline
Jason Young finally filed the Form 460 for his “Save Anaheim” PAC…eight days late! I think there’s a $10 per-day fine involved there. But I digress. It’s difficult to understand what Mr. Young so...
Read MoreAl Jabbar Appointed to Fill Vacancy On Anaheim Union
TheLiberalOC.com reports that Al Jabbar has been appointed to the Anaheim Union High School District Board of Trustees, filling a vacancy created by the election of Jordan Brandman to the Anaheim City Council. Jabbar works for...
Read MoreTotal Union Spending For John Leos’ 2012 Council Candidacy: $531,055!
The year-end Form 460s — those are campaign finance disclosure forms — were due yesterday, but a number of them were filed over the course of January. I opened up the Form 460 for the OCEA-sponsored “Committee...
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