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Miguel Pulido asked a pot shop entrepreneur for contributions to a political action committee that opposed his city council adversaries in exchange for a seat on a marijuana policy task force, according to an eyewitness to the conversation.
A coalition will appear before the Irvine City Council to ask that land beside the Great Park be set aside for the county’s first veterans cemetery.
While approving the 48-unit development, the City Council
recommended that city commissions reject planned improvements to an
adjacent park.
John Karczynski, who lost a bid for a council seat in 2008,
discharged $41,585 in campaign debt through bankruptcy, a move that
campaign finance watchdog Shirley Grindle says might be
illegal.
Controversial comments by the Republican Central Committee’s
vice chair during a recent protest outside a Muslim charity event
show how difficult message control has become for leaders
unaccustomed to controversy from the inside.
Scott Baugh captured double the vote of party insurgent Tim
Whitacre in the Orange County Republican Central Committee
election. However, establishment candidate Jon Fleischman was
beaten.
In a joint news conference scheduled for Monday, FivePoint
Communities and Irvine officials will announce plans to build
nearly 5,000 homes around the Great Park.
A vocal Irvine Republican group says the party had a chance to
secure a Republican majority on the City Council, but blinked.
Ouster of Jeff Lalloway may have been the last straw for Irvine
City Councilwoman Christina Shea and the Republican Party. Shea
doesn’t seem to mind.
The Voter Assistance Guide, touting Democrats for the council
election, has — so far — not attracted big donations as previous
Irvine mailers have.