A look at the history and leadership over the years of a local business organization now sitting frozen in the spotlight of an FBI corruption investigation.
Tag: William O’Connell
Posted inAnaheim
Attorney Says Anaheim Council Broke Law With Subsidy
A San Diego-based attorney alleges that four council members had illegal conflicts of interest when they approved a $158-million hotel subsidy.
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, 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 inAnaheim, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
DA Opens Inquiry Into Sidhu Campaign Contributions
Probe comes after Orange County watchdog Shirley Grindle
retracted her demand that the Anaheim councilman refund $3,400.
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, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Watchdog Backs Off Demand That Sidhu Refund Contributions
Shirley Grindle says she cannot disprove hotelier William
O’Connell’s claims that he did not control $5,100 in contributions
to Harry Sidhu’s 2010 campaign for county supervisor.
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
Hotelier Says Contributions to Sidhu Were Legal
William O’Connell argues there should be no concerns about his
campaign donations to Harry Sidhu’s 2010 supervisorial campaign.
Not so, says county watchdog Shirley Grindle.
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.
