Officials have formally condemned the actions of the Councilwoman, alleging she has disclosed confidential information, falsified a police report, berates residents and disparaging city staff.
Tag: Kimberly Ho
Kimberly Ho and her years on the Westminster City Council, a body that has spent much of the past decade in open conflict with itself. Votes, censure motions, campaign finance and the recurring question of how Westminster governs itself.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Primary Election Night Results: OC First District Supervisor
Five candidates are seeking to replace outgoing Supervisor Andrew Do, who is termed out at the end of the year.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Who’s Funding the Campaigns in the Orange County Supervisors Races?
Ballots are already out for the March 5 primary, but there are still hundreds of thousands of dollars flowing into the race for the county’s highest elected position.
Posted inGovernment
Westminster Officials Fight Over ‘Fake News’ for 2 Hours, Discuss City Bankruptcy for 30 Minutes
City council members have barely addressed an imminent city bankruptcy, which would cut off vital programs for seniors and kids, along with police services, parks access and normal maintenance operations.
Posted inGovernment
Family Ties: Nepotism Fuels Political Fights in Some Orange County Cities
Officials in some Orange County cities have begun to question why local leaders in town seem to come from the same families.
Posted inGovernment
The Dicing Up of Local Park in Westminster Triggers Rare Focus on City Lawyers Overseeing Public Land Deals
City officials have now asked DA Todd Spitzer to look into the 2016 selling off of a slice of Liberty Park – a deal overseen by their own city attorneys.
Posted inGovernment
Will Westminster Get Some Money Back Amid New Scrutiny Over Quiet Park Land Sale in 2016?
Westminster taxpayers have spent $3.5 million on maintaining park property they don’t own anymore. City officials are trying to claw that back.
Posted inWestminster
Westminster Police Raid Council Member’s Rental Property on Illegal Gambling Suspicion
Councilmember Kimberly Ho acknowledged this week that her rental property was raided on suspicion of illegal gambling by her tenants.
Posted inGovernment
Westminster Officials Call for More Probes into Alleged City Hall Impropriety
One city councilman encouraged staff to come forward. The move comes after the council earlier this month voted to call for law enforcement investigations into quiet sale of city park land in 2017.
Posted inCountywide
Battle Over Westminster War Memorial Shifts City Council Alliances, Heightens Political Disarray
Council critics of the project have raised conflict-of-interest concerns about the Mayor and one councilman personally involved in fundraising for the monument.
