By Roger Straw, September 15, 2020 Brace yourself – OIL INDUSTRY MONEY is about to phone you… LIVE from Washington, D.C.! A friend asked me, “Do you know whether Valero has yet spent its $250,000 and in what way?” So I took a look at the City of Benicia’s Campaign Finance Reports page, and the … Continue reading Valero shells out its first $20,000 – for phone calls and polling data
By Roger Straw, October 30, 2018 [For PAC income report, see ANTI-BIRDSEYE PAC SPENDS ANOTHER $58,000, TOTAL NOW OVER $135,000.] The latest campaign finance reports posted by the City of Benicia show that the Anti-Birdseye (Texas-Valero/Labor “Working Families”) PAC has spent additional funds totaling $57,997 on the following: $3,283 on 11/1 for “Live Calls” scripted against Birdseye and … Continue reading ANTI-BIRDSEYE PAC SPENDS ANOTHER $58,000, TOTAL NOW OVER $135,000
By Roger Straw, October 30, 2018 The latest campaign finance reports posted by the City of Benicia show that the Anti-Birdseye (Texas-Valero/Labor “Working Families”) PAC has spent additional funds on the following: nearly $600 on 10/25 for “Walking Cards” in support of Birdseye’s opponents, and paid to the Firefighters Print and Design here in Benicia. nearly … Continue reading Anti-Birdseye PAC spends another $8,400
By Roger Straw, October 24, 2018 Valero / Labor PAC alters its telephone script and shows new video ads Three NEW Expenditure Forms 496 were posted on the City of Benicia website Tuesday, showing amended costs, new negative phone calling scripts and new tv ads bought by the anti-Birdseye PAC. This round of phone calls focuses … Continue reading Anti-Birdseye outside money – 3 new expenditure reports