In recent years, taxpayer-funded lobbyists promoted state legislation that would have enabled Orange County Water District Director Denis Bilodeau to collect unlimited contributions from agency vendors.
Tag: Tracy Westen
Posted inCountywide, Huntington Beach, Investigative, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
Conflict Questions Raised On Water Official’s Desal Vote
Fred Ameri of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board was until Thursday a senior vice president of a firm that made hundreds of thousands of dollars working on the Poseidon desalination project.
Posted inAnaheim, Norberto Santana Jr.
Councilwoman’s Votes Involve Donors to Her Charity
Anaheim’s Lorri Galloway has repeatedly cast votes on matters involving donors to Eli Home, the charity that employs both her and her husband. Good-government experts say the donations are examples of a frequently used loophole in campaign finance laws.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Water Official’s Votes Raise Conflict of Interest Questions
John Foley, a longtime board member at the Metropolitan Water District, cast votes on contracts for engineering firms that paid his wife as a consultant.
Posted inAnaheim
Councilwoman Pressured Staff on Behalf of Her Firm
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.
Posted inAnaheim
Good-Government Expert: Anaheim Needs an Ethics Panel
Recent revelations of potential conflicts of interest among
high-level officials show the city needs an independent watchdog,
expert says.
Posted inAnaheim, Norberto Santana Jr.
Subsidiary of Councilwoman’s Firm Holds City Contract
Councilwoman Kris Murray cast a vote this year to approve a
report by a subsidiary of Willdan Group, which employs her as its
senior vice president, city records show.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim City Council to Discuss Contract Policies
The discussion comes on the heels of revelations showing
questionable outsourcing decisions in the city’s building
division.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Anaheim Outsourcing Continues to Raise Questions
Charles Abbott Associates received the vast majority of
Anaheim’s outsourced plan check work while company employee Steve
Ahuna was working in the city’s building division.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Mayor Addresses Conflict of Interest Issues
Mayor Tom Tait said the city must be concerned about perceptions
of conflict.
