The city outsourced graffiti removal to a private company, Urban Graffiti Enterprises, which then informed the city it could not live up to its promises.
Tag: Tom Tait
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Council Rejects Citywide Vote on Hotel Subsidy
Council members shot down a move by the mayor to have city residents vote on a controversial $158-million subsidy for the developer of two four-star hotels.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Activists File Lawsuit Over Hotel Subsidy
Some residents are continuing to fight a $158-million tax subsidy to the developer of two four-star hotels at the GardenWalk center, calling for a referendum on the issue and filing a lawsuit to block the subsidy.
Posted inAnaheim, Norberto Santana Jr.
Anaheim Councilwoman Schedules Review of City Manager
Council members are set to review acting City Manager Bob Wingenroth’s performance after a sharp divide erupted on the council over granting a large subsidy to a hotelier.
Posted inAnaheim
Businessman’s Solution to Hotel Subsidy Controversy
Longtime Anaheim businessman Bill Taormina says a room tax
discount should be offered to all hoteliers in the city in exchange
for community benefits.
Posted inAnaheim
Senator Wants Investors Disclosed When Tax Money Involved
State Sen. Lou Correa is considering legislation in the wake of
an uproar over Anaheim’s $158-million hotel subsidy.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim’s $158-Million Hotel Subsidy Dominates TV Forum
The Los Angeles-based broadcaster held a forum in Anaheim Monday
night to hear the community’s concerns. Guess what they mostly
talked about.
Posted inAnaheim
Mayor Wants Public to Know Identity of Hotel Project Backers
Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait and Councilwoman Lorri Galloway say the
public has a right to know who is reaping the benefit from the
$158-million tax break.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Council to Consider Limits on Public’s Speaking
As of now, there are no limits on speakers, which Mayor Tom Tait
says unfairly favors those who hog the microphone.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Anaheim Residents Vent Their Anger Over Hotel Subsidy
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.
