Council members are set to review acting City Manager Bob Wingenroth’s performance after a sharp divide erupted on the council over granting a large subsidy to a hotelier.
Category: Anaheim
Anaheim, Orange County’s largest city and home to the Disneyland Resort and Angel Stadium, has about 340,000 residents. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget, the resort district and policing.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Charging $19,000 Fee for Public Records That Were Purged
The charge is in response to a Voice of OC request for public records that high-level officials have deleted from city computers. Open-government expert says charge is illegal.
Posted inAnaheim
Businessman’s Solution to Hotel Subsidy Controversy
Longtime Anaheim businessman Bill Taormina says a room tax
discount should be offered to all hoteliers in the city in exchange
for community benefits.
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Senator Wants Investors Disclosed When Tax Money Involved
State Sen. Lou Correa is considering legislation in the wake of
an uproar over Anaheim’s $158-million hotel subsidy.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
DA Opens Inquiry Into Sidhu Campaign Contributions
Probe comes after Orange County watchdog Shirley Grindle
retracted her demand that the Anaheim councilman refund $3,400.
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Station Head Says Union Chief Co-Opted Anaheim Forum
Arnold Kleiner, who heads KABC-TV, is riled by what he calls a
“misrepresentation” of a town hall meeting the station
sponsored.
Posted inAnaheim
CalOptima CEO Richard Chambers Says He’ll Resign
His departure comes as the board of the health program for
Orange County’s poor and elderly has undergone significant
changes.
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Anaheim’s $158-Million Hotel Subsidy Dominates TV Forum
The Los Angeles-based broadcaster held a forum in Anaheim Monday
night to hear the community’s concerns. Guess what they mostly
talked about.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Watchdog Backs Off Demand That Sidhu Refund Contributions
Shirley Grindle says she cannot disprove hotelier William
O’Connell’s claims that he did not control $5,100 in contributions
to Harry Sidhu’s 2010 campaign for county supervisor.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Hotel Subsidy Deal Causes Split Among Local Labor Leaders
Teamsters Local 952 resigns from the OC Labor Federation after
federation leaders speak against the $158-million subsidy for two
planned four-star hotels in Anaheim.
