The cities of Anaheim and Irvine approved their budgets for next fiscal year on Tuesday. Each city took similar approached to address projected shortfalls in revenue and public service needs with one Mayor vowing to travel to Sacramento to resist state…
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Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang’s State of the City address
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Well, Orange Coast Magazine says Irvine is the city OCers love to hate. The city is well-positioned to weather the economic downturn due to the city’s eight year record of progressive leadership. Here is Irvine Mayor Suhkee Kang’s first State…
Insulting Your Audience
by Dan Chmielewski • • 4 Comments
I tuned in to Cameron Jackson’s KUCI radio program this morning to catch his reaction to Tuesday’s election (doing so, I likely doubled his audience). Having done commercial radio in New York state about 25 years ago, one of the…
Historic Election in Irvine: Kang is First Korean American Mayor
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
Irvine’s Sukhee Kang has been elected Mayor making him the city’s first Korean-American mayor. He defeated Council member Christina Shea by 2,345 votes. It was the first election defeat for Shea on the ballot. She is termed out in 2010.…
Why is Steven Choi Using a Pro-Airport Political Consultant?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 6 Comments
Why is Steven Choi, a pro-Great Park advocate (or so he says), paying a PRO-Airport political consultant $3,000 for his re-election bid? Consultant Frank Caterinicchio was paid $3K by Choi. Frank worked for PRO-airport advocates in 1994 and 1996. Since Choi…
Tainted Contributions to Shea & Choi’s Campaign?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
On Friday, we posted a link to a story by OC Weekly’s Matt Coker on how a contributor to the No on R campaign that’s backed by Christina Shea, Steven Choi and Pat Rodgers was involved in a fraud campaign. …
Rejecting the Negative TeamIrvine Campaign
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This came in to my email box yesterday and I’m sharing here:  Mayor Krom wanted to share this with you. There is an important local election coming up. The outcome will not only decide who will lead our City,…
