Keith Curry, a former Mayor of Newport Beach, writes that campaign finance reform is long overdue in Newport Beach.
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Curry: The Road Back For Republicans
Keith Curry, former Mayor of Newport Beach and Republican activist for more than fifty years writes that partisanship does not belong in local government. Curry writes the road back for Republicans should start at the local level with a new way of thinking and a bigger tent.
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Curry: The Way Back for Republicans
Keith Curry, former Mayor of Newport Beach and Republican activist called out Trump in 2015 as being the downfall of the Republican party. Today he argues his prediction was spot on. He discusses next moves for the Republican Party.
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Curry: Deception in Newport Beach Elections
Former Newport Beach Mayor Keith Curry calls out deception in the upcoming Newport Beach election and encourages residents to vote against dishonesty.
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Curry: Newport Beach State Gas Tax Reversal Highlights Power of Debate in Democracy
Former Newport Beach Mayor Keith Curry credits city council members for voting to reverse track this month on their decision to forgo state gas tax funds. Yet it was the public and columnists like Tom Johnson and Barbara Venezia, Curry writes, that really moved the ball. Curry notes the experience underscores the need for strong public comment, debate and engagement in Orange County’s civic life.
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Curry: Political Posturing Costs Newport Taxpayers Hundreds of Thousands
Former City Councilman Keith Curry criticizes a recent decision by the Newport Beach City Council to turn down nearly $500,000 in state funding because of their opposition to the state’s recent gas tax hike. Curry writes that council members were irresponsible to defer much needed infrastructure funding for locals just to send an ideological message to Sacramento.
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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.
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Curry: Newport Beach City Council Should Condemn the Use of Racist Campaign Signs
Should the Newport Beach City Council condemn campaign signs used in the 2016 election with racial overtones and communicate in the strongest possible way that such tactics are out of place in Newport Beach and will not be tolerated?
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Curry: Nobody is Enforcing Newport Beach Campaign Finance Laws
Does the public have a right to know exactly who is contributing to campaigns as well as an expectation that campaign finance laws will be enforced? Newport Beach City Councilman Keith Curry argues there is a key breakdown of enforcement in his city.
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Curry: Newport Beach Needs Political Reform
Will transparency prevail in Newport Beach or will it be blocked by political operatives maneuvering behind the scene?
