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Blocked and Deleted by “Irvine Democrats” Facebook page

July 17, 2018, 9:26 am America/Los_Angeles

Over the weekend, I commented on a post on the “Irvine Democrats” Facebook page regarding tonight’s important city council meeting. I simply took an excerpt from a Watchdog article and provided a link (see below) to the actual article. Within a day, my post disappeared and the administrator changed the settings so comments were no longer allowed.

Who is behind this blocking and deleting? Who runs the Facebook page “Irvine Democrats”? And why would they try to silence those who are trying to bring about transparency in our city?

https://irvinewatchdog.org/2018/07/05/big-city-council-meeting-next-week/

Branda Lin 86 Posts

Branda Lin is an Irvine native and a founding member of Irvine Watchdog. Her passion is to promote civic engagement and empower residents on local Irvine issues. She currently serves as Chair of the Planning Commission and a member of the Irvine Children Youth Families Advisory Committee. Previously, she served on the Community Services Commission and as a driver for Irvine's Meals On Wheels program.

4 Comments

Dan Chmielewski
July 17, 2018 at 9:57 am
This is a page run by Michael Fox, Melissa Fox’s husband. The only comments allowed are ones that praise his wife
Branda Lin
July 17, 2018 at 10:24 am
Dan, that makes sense given all the photos of Melissa Fox and her protégé Lauren Johnson-Norris – two democrats who do not represent democratic values. Both have received money from FivePoint and both vote in favor of FivePoint. There are two other democratic city council candidates running in Irvine: Kev Abazajian and Farrah Khan, but you wouldn’t know it by going to this site! Farrah and Kev uphold the values we all want in a political servant – transparency, honesty, and a refusal to accept money from powers that can influence decisions made as an elected official.
Gail Lewis
July 17, 2018 at 11:06 am
Michael Fox also owns the domain for the site” Democrats of Greater Irvine”. The club has been trying for YEARS to get it back without success.
I just now posted a comment on Irvine Democrat site about Melissa being the mouthpiece for 5PT. Wonder how long that will be last on the site.
It really is a shame when dems are against free speech.
Dan Chmielewski
July 18, 2018 at 7:54 am
We have two Democrats on the school board too — but you never read about either of them