Officials in at least two Orange County cities are debating making campaign finance reforms in the wake of the county’s recent public corruption scandal. Will it limit undue influence?
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Disney-Backed Candidates on Track to Keep Majority of Anaheim City Council
In Anaheim, resort-backed candidates maintained their leads after election night after fallout from an explosive FBI corruption probe into city hall revealed earlier this year.
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How Did Disneyland’s Main Political Spending Vehicle Land in the Middle of an FBI Complaint?
Targets of an FBI corruption investigation were wiretapped talking about their work for Disneyland’s main vehicle for campaign money into Anaheim elections.
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Santana: Confronting Corporate Cronyism in Anaheim
Mayor Tom Tait earlier this year hoped for a happy ending to the Disney film called Anaheim after resort executives turned back public subsidies saying they favored a cleaner public dialogue. Yet recent campaign finance documents show PACS tied to resort and hotel interests are back playing a nasty brand of political hardball in the race to elect Anaheim’s next mayor.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy, Politics & Elections
Disney Pumps Another $600k Into Anaheim Election; Tied With Unions at $1.5 million
The Disneyland Resort pumped another $600,000 Wednesday toward influencing the Anaheim City Council election, surpassing its previous spending record with more than $1.5 million spent so far this year.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy, Politics & Elections
Disney Spends Almost $1 Million on Anaheim Elections, Could Beat Previous Spending
The Disneyland Resort has spent almost $1 million to influence Anaheim city council campaigns and oppose a minimum wage initiative with three weeks to go before the Nov. 6 election, more than it spent at this point ahead of the 2016 election.
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Disney Breaks Its Own Spending Record in This Year’s Anaheim Council Election
With a week to go until the election, The Walt Disney Company’s spending on Anaheim City Council races has blown past the record it set in 2014 and is approaching the $1-million mark, according to the most recent campaign finance filings.
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Electeds Financed by Disneyland Rushed to Support Tax Shield for Resort
Anaheim City Council members Kris Murray and Jordan Brandman were the first to announce their support for a deal protecting Disneyland from a ticket tax. They’ve also benefitted the most from the mega-resort’s campaign spending.
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Disney Breaking Its Own Campaign Spending Records
In what some say is an all-out effort to save the Anaheim City Council majority, the megaresort has so far doubled what it spent in 2012.
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Key Issues Prompt Big Spending in Anaheim Race
The total amount of independent expenditures in the race for Anaheim City Council is well over $730,000, much more than in 2010.
