Valero PAC floods Benicia with misleading mailers under new name

By Roger Straw, October 28, 2022 [LATER – see also: Valero PAC spent $35,000 for phone polling, total now at $46,700] Yesterday, residents of Benicia received slick mailers that misleadingly showed images of Benicia Mayor Steve Young and Vice-Mayor Tom Campbell supporting Valero’s preferred candidates for Benicia City Council. In fine print at bottom, the … Continue reading Valero PAC floods Benicia with misleading mailers under new name

Stephen Golub: Important endorsements and qualifications

Benicia officials and others who’ve worked with them the most back Kari and Terry over their opponents By Stephen Golub, October 27, 2022 If you were trying to find a good baby-sitter, doctor, financial advisor, contractor or employee, you’d value the advice of folks who’ve worked with these persons. You wouldn’t hire someone whom such … Continue reading Stephen Golub: Important endorsements and qualifications

Assemblywoman Lori Wilson Endorses Kari Birdseye for Benicia City Council

Wilson joins a list of elected and city leaders in support of the current Chair of Benicia’s Planning Commission Birdseye 2022 media advisory, October 21, 2022 (Solano County) – Lori Wilson, California Assemblywoman representing District 11, including Benicia, shared her endorsement of Benicia City Council Candidate Kari Birdseye at a meeting of the Progressive Democrats … Continue reading Assemblywoman Lori Wilson Endorses Kari Birdseye for Benicia City Council

Valero Refinery looms over Benicia City Council candidates forum

The five candidates seethed over revelations of undisclosed emissions and fretted about the oil giant’s influence in the city’s politics. The Vallejo Sun, by Scott Morris, October 14, 2022 BENICIA – Like its place in the center of Benicia overlooking its downtown, the Valero Benicia Refinery cast a shadow over a forum for Benicia City … Continue reading Valero Refinery looms over Benicia City Council candidates forum