Teamsters Local 952 resigns from the OC Labor Federation after
federation leaders speak against the $158-million subsidy for two
planned four-star hotels in Anaheim.
What was supposed to be a special session of the Anaheim City
Council to reconsider a $158-million tax break instead became an
impromptu, angry town hall meeting.
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Mayor Tom Tait called a special meeting of the City Council for
Tuesday with hopes that council members will reconsider a deal to
divert $158 million in room tax subsidies to the developers of two
four-star hotels.
Waiving 80 percent of the city’s room tax could amount to a
$158-million savings for the project.
Council members are set to vote on whether a hotel developer
should get 80 percent of the bed tax revenue that two proposed
high-end hotels would generate.
Amin David, former leader of the Latino group Los Amigos,
asserts Kris Murray’s emails on behalf of her firm warrant police
investigation.
An email from city’s community preservation manager orders
employees to “not archive emails for any purpose.”
A memo from a Planning Department official, which comes after a
Voice of OC records request, threatens disciplinary action if
“unnecessary” documents are found on employee computers or in
offices.
Kris Murray’s pressuring of city staff over a permit approval
for her company’s barbeque could have violated the charter’s
“non-interference” clause.
Anaheim Councilwoman Kris Murray pressed city officials after it
appeared her company wouldn’t get a city permit in time to hold an
employee barbeque, emails show.
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