After more than six years of holding the powerful accountable in Orange County, Adam Elmahrek is leaving for the Los Angeles Times.
Tag: Matt Cunningham
Posted inAnaheim, Politics & Elections
Outside Money Flowing Into Anaheim Council Districts Campaign
A Bay Area-based nonprofit with a mission to help elect candidates of color contributed $45,000 to the campaign to remake Anaheim’s electoral system. A local blogger calls the donation “dark money.”
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Mayor and Supporters Cheer Defeat of Measure D
Mayor Tom Tait says the failure of the ballot measure – which would have shortened the mayoral term from four years to two – is a “victory for the people.”
Posted inPolitics & Elections
New State Regulations Shed Little Light On Political Blogosphere
Are political blogs on the payroll of political campaigns? New state rules requiring greater disclosure hardly make things more clear.
Posted inAnaheim, Norberto Santana Jr.
‘No Red Flags’ in Anaheim Chamber Audit, but Questions Remain
An auditor says the chamber didn’t leave a reliable audit trail as it administered the city’s enterprise zone, but he downplayed the finding.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories, Transportation
TCA’s List of Consultants Shows Who’s Who of Political Players
The toll road agency reluctantly releases a spreadsheet showing contracts doled out to some of the county’s most high-profile consultants.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Chamber Contracts Raise Issue of Cronyism
The chamber hired the chamber president’s father; a political operative; and two members of its board of directors.
Posted inAnaheim
Officials Claim Not to Have Names of Chamber Consultants
Voice of OC has requested the names of subcontractors improperly hired by the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce under a city contract.
Posted inAnaheim
Audit Confirms Anaheim Chamber’s Spotty Expense Tracking
A long overdue audit of spending under a city contract reveals inadequate expense tracking and potential conflicts of interest.
Posted inAnaheim, Transportation
Vigil Held to Protest Cunningham’s Chamber of Commerce Contract
A group of mothers whose sons died in police shootings led nearly a hundred protesters to the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce building.
