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 best pieces of advice I ever got was “don’t insult your audience when the...
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Insulting Your Audience
Historic Election in Irvine: Kang is First Korean American Mayor
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.
Joining Kang on the Council were slate mates Beth Krom and Larry Agran, both elected...
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Rejecting the Negative TeamIrvine Campaign
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, but what kind of campaign people in this City respond to. Kang, Krom, Agran and Gallinger...
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TeamIrvine: The New Definition of Anemic Fundraising
TeamIrvine.org is coming into Tuesday city hall elections with perhaps the worst fundraising record of a political slate on record in Irvine.
In filings obtained from City Hall yesterday, through October 18, Mayoral candidate Christina Shea has raised $32,919; her opponent, Council member Sukhee Kang was over $160,000 for the same period with about 30...
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Team Irvine Libels Todd Gallinger; Calls Him an Islamic Extremist
If Todd Gallinger is an Islamic Extremist, then so am I. My 8-page Team Irvine mailer came in and featured this page:
This goes beyond a smear; this is Libel. Todd is a public figure so the folks who wrote this and funded it must know that this was deliberately false and they published it...
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Shea Trying to Scare Irvine Voters about Housing at the Great Park
It must be close to Halloween; and almost time for Christina Shea to leave more scary voicemails to those who oppose her.
At candidates forum’s, Shea is lying about a possible expansion of the number of homes developed around the Great Park by distorting small changes in the development agreement between the builder and the...
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Kang and Council Slate Earn Key Public Saftey Endorsement in Irvine City Hall Race
The KeepIrvineGreat in ‘08 Slate of Sukhee Kang for Mayor, and Larry Agran, Beth Krom and Todd Gallinger has received key public safety endorsements for the November 4 election.
The ticket was endorsed by the Orange County Professional Firefighters Association and the Irvine Police Association endorsed all the council incumbents.
A mailer announced the endorsements showed up...
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