Anaheim residents are still waiting to see a final report on the condition of Angel Stadium years after city officials first decided to commission a maintenance assessment of the taxpayer owned property.
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What’s the Future of Angel Stadium?
Top city officials and Angels executives held a private meeting to discuss the Surplus Land Act years after officials canned land sale deals in the wake of a corruption scandal. City officials say it’s routine business.
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Ducks Vs The Angels: A Tale of Two Teams in Anaheim
While Anaheim is home to two professional sports teams, some say the dynamic between each team and the city is starkly different as state auditors gear up to probe the Angel Stadium lease.
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How Trashed is Angel Stadium?
As state auditors gear up to investigate if the Angels have met their stadium lease maintenance obligations, city calendars show elected officials are privately meeting with the Angels about the future of the stadium.
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Is it Legal to Spend Tourism Dollars to Lobby Elected Officials?
A state auditor report on Anaheim’s tourism bureau is raising questions if it is legal to use tourism dollars to lobby elected officials.
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Will Disney Backed Anaheim Officials Limit Mickey Mouse’s Influence on Local Elections?
Anaheim leaders keep grappling with how to regulate the influence of large special interests in their town – as campaign finance reform attracts tons of debate but little action. Will that change?
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Will Anaheim & San Diego Protect City Hall Whistleblowers?
FBI affidavits, an independent investigation report and a former Mayor’s public corruption guilty plea is leading politicians in two SoCal cities to think about bolstering protections for whistleblowers. Will it work?
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Can Anaheim Residents Really Turn Their City Hall Around?
A series of community forums is raising troubling questions about whether city residents can really push their local politicians to regulate themselves.
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Will Mickey Mouse Continue to Cast a Big Shadow Over Anaheim’s Election Campaigns?
In recent years, Disney has become one of the biggest spenders in local politics, pumping millions into every race for a city hall that has increasingly grown friendlier to the resort.
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Could The Angels Soon Be Playing Baseball Without A Stadium Lease in Anaheim?
Former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu has agreed to admit to leaking key city documents in a failed stadium sale, raising questions whether a vote reinstating a stadium lease the team tore up is legal.
