“We live in an era where politicians, increasingly financed by special interests, are too cowardly to take real questions from reporters, instead preferring to use taxpayer-funded newsletters in the case of incumbents or just plain old hit mail to confuse voters with misinformation about their voting or policy records.” – Norberto Santana, founder and Editor-in-Chief for […]
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Independent Expenditures from September 21 – October 23, 2020 The charts below show the total amount of independent expenditure contributions supporting or opposing individual candidates from September 21 through October 23, 2020. Irvine Watchdog will provide ongoing updates on campaign contributions in the 2020 election. For more, see IrvineWatchdog.org/election-2020/ An independent expenditure is an expense for a […]
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The City Council and Mayoral Candidates filed their last pre-election campaign report before the upcoming November 3rd election. Farrah Khan raised the most in this filing period with $26,204 from September 20 through October 17, 2020. All filings are public documents and are available online here using the city’s campaign statement public portal. Candidates who do […]
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Recent statements made in political advertisements mailed to voters by a local political action committee (PAC) called Atlas PAC are misleading and should be corrected. The flyers refer to City Council candidate Mike Carroll. “Re-Elect Vice Mayor Mike Carroll” is boldly placed in the headers, which is both deceptive and insulting to voters. While it is important […]
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Editor’s Note: This post has been updated for clarity. A look at Independent Expenditures from 9/21- 10/9 The charts below show the total amount of dark money contributions supporting or opposing individual candidates from September 21 through October 9, 2020. These numbers will be updated weekly. An independent expenditure is an expense for a political […]
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It’s election season. Irvine voters will be hit with a great deal of information. Some of it accurate, some not, some in between. To evaluate it, ask some questions: Where is this information coming from? Who is paying for it? What do they want to accomplish? What is their track record? How transparent are they […]
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