Despite taxpayers paying up to $2.5 million in secretly-approved PR contracts, officials can’t answer basic questions about how it’s all been spent.
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Just Before New Transparency Shift, County Quietly Increased Vaccine PR by $2 Million; Terms Were Secret Until Voice of OC Asked for Them
The $2 million contract, for marketing vaccines and the county’s Covid-19 response, says the budget, work plan and schedule will be figured out later.
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Orange County Already Had a Secret Contract for Vaccine PR Before Firm Was Publicly Hired
It turns out the county already had secretly hired the firm for COVID-19 outreach and secretly expanded the contract by $500,000 to include vaccine outreach.
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Secret PR Contract Aims to Promote OC Politicians Amid Vaccine Rollout Woes
The $2 million PR campaign aims to build a “love affair” between the public and top county officials, according to an internal work plan obtained by Voice of OC.
