Subject: Irvine Citizens

• Who is Down on Measure R (and How Much Are They Down For)?

  Shea and Choi: big anti-R funders Measure R on the Irvine ballot asks residents to approve what a great job the Irvine City Council is doing on planning the Great Park on the old El Toro Marine Corps base (or if the measure loses, one supposes, what a piss-poor job they are doing). The conflict-of-interest-laden gusher of money flowing into the campaign for the measure has been examined here and here and to a much more comprehensive extent here and for the must-read historical perspective, righ

  October 31, 2008

• More Blast From the Past Fraud Allegations in Irvine Election

  This examines a fraud case from the past involving a big donor to, ironically enough, Irvine Citizens for Ethics in Government, the independent committee against Irvine's Measure R, which asks residents to give a vote of approval to the Irvine City Council's planning of the Great Park on the old El Toro Marine Corps base. This tells you about how more than half of Irvine Citizens for Ethics in Government's funding comes from contributions and loans from the various campaigns of and independent

  November 3, 2008