Diane Dixon, a Republican candidate for state Assembly, is among the current and former Newport Beach City Council members who were found to have failed to properly disclose campaign finance efforts.
Tag: Dave Ellis
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Curry: Time for Campaign Finance Reform in Newport Beach
Keith Curry, a former Mayor of Newport Beach, writes that campaign finance reform is long overdue in Newport Beach.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Padilla: Scott Baugh Was at Center of Rigged Sweetheart Deal To Sell OC Fairgrounds
David Padilla, former OC Fair board member reminds the public of the individuals, including Congressional Candidate Scott Baugh, that were involved in the failed attempted effort to privatized the OC Fairgrounds.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Curry: Council Voter Suppression to Cost Taxpayers Millions
An election that would have cost less than $200,000 may now cost millions because Newport Beach City Council members created a 10-pound document aimed at frustrating opponents of a housing development, writes former Mayor Keith Curry, who is calling on the new council to avoid these costs by rescinding approvals for the Museum Tower project.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Newport Beach
Curry: Newport Beach Needs Political Reform
Will transparency prevail in Newport Beach or will it be blocked by political operatives maneuvering behind the scene?
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Newport Beach
Curry: Newport Beach Needs Political Reform
Newport Beach Councilman Keith Curry writes that its time for his city to enact campaign finance reform and calls out his colleagues and local political consultant David Ellis declaring he’ll push for a lobbyist registry to help citizens what interests are influencing council votes.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Government, Top Stories
Old Battles Revive on Fair Board
Monthly meeting features skirmishes on citizens oversight committee, California attorney general representation and fairground’s equestrian center.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Fair Board Bans Elephant Rides
The decision was based largely on evidence that the rides are cruel to elephants. The board also established a citizens committee to examine the past effort to sell the fairground.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Reconstituted OC Fair Board Wants Attorney General Back
The state attorney general’s office dropped the Fair Board as a client in 2009 during the ultimately unsuccessful attempt to sell the fairground.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Fair Board Legal Bills Tripled Since Hiring Private Lawyers
Taxpayers have spent more than $600,000 since the state attorney
general stopped acting as Fair Board’s legal counsel during the
attempt to privatize the fairgrounds.
