Tag Archive for Irvine City Council

It isn’t Oversight, it’s Obstruction

Under the category of Thin Skinned Republicans comes a letter to the Irvine World News from Irvine City Council member Christina Shea, the council member best known for attacking any idea the council majority has but still showing up for…

Another Clip from Video the Vote

  Here is another clip from Video the Vote, VideotheVote.org this one from Irvine. Similar problems as in Santa Ana, interestingly, this was allegedly a precinct with heavy Democrat and Decline to State registration.  Irvine had a heated contest between…

Waiting for Duong’s denial

    Regular readers know that Irvine isn’t really my thing.  Dan C. has that covered—but Dan’s in New York on business, so I thought I would post a quick observation regarding the Irvine Mayor race. Duong released a statement…

Attribution Matters

You have to love the hit pieces from both sides of the Irvine city council race. There is one clear difference. Attribution. There is a right way and a wrong way to use attribution. In 2004, the Irvine First team…

Sugarcoating an Exit Poll

Mitch Goldstone had a letter to the Editor in the Irvine World News yesterday and right wing blogger G. Allan Bartlett picked up the item. The Goldstone letter referred to an exit poll from a recent Irvine Chamber candidates forum…

Fear & Smear That is Prop 90

Team Irvine (Duong, Shea and Mavity, plus support from State Ass. Chuck DeVore and US Rep. John Campbell have a mailer out (from the Offical Non-Partisan Voter Guide, which is another great example of false advertising) that significantly distorts the…