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Benicia City Council, Christina Strawbridge, Corporate influence, Kari Birdseye, Lionel Largaespada, Local elections, Negative campaigning, Valero Benicia Refinery, Valero Services Inc.

City records show Valero, others have pooled $104,200 (LATER: $154,200) to oppose Kari Birdseye with negative ads & phone calls

Shocking documentation of outside money plans to influence Benicia election By Roger Straw, October 13, 2018 [See Oct. 18 update – total now at $154,200!  – R.S.]  Get ready! If you think the Benicia City Council race has been nasty so far, with negative campaigning through secretive push polls and negative phone calls, just wait… … Continue reading City records show Valero, others have pooled $104,200 (LATER: $154,200) to oppose Kari Birdseye with negative ads & phone calls →

Air pollution, Air quality violations, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), Valero Benicia Refinery

Valero to pay huge fines – again – for air quality violations

Repost from the Vallejo Times-Herald [Editor: These fines are routinely written off by giant Valero as a cost of doing business.  Examples from recent years: Valero Benicia Refinery fined $122,500 in 2016.  And fined $183,000 in 2014.  IMPORTANT: Benicia Mayor Patterson and residents have repeatedly petitioned the Bay Area Air District to channel at least SOME of … Continue reading Valero to pay huge fines – again – for air quality violations →

"Push poll", Benicia City Attorney Heather McLaughlin, Benicia Municipal Code, EMC Research, Heather McLaughlin, Benicia City Attorney, Kari Birdseye, Legal action, Lionel Largaespada, Local elections, November election, Research America

Valero paid for smear campaign, survey attorney claims it was not a “push poll”

Repost from the Vallejo Times-Herald [Editor:  Download City Attorney’s Oct. 5 letter here.  – R.S.] Valero refinery sponsored survey calls, Benicia City Attorney says By John Glidden, October 5, 2018 at 5:32 pm BENICIA — The mystery of who sponsored a poll to survey Benicia residents about the upcoming City Council election has been solved. Officials with … Continue reading Valero paid for smear campaign, survey attorney claims it was not a “push poll” →

"Push poll", Benicia City Attorney Heather McLaughlin, Benicia Municipal Code, EMC Research, Heather McLaughlin, Benicia City Attorney, Legal action, Local elections, November election, Research America

Bombshell news: Valero admits it paid for the push poll

Benicia City Attorney Heather McLaughlin’s letter of October 5, 2018 to attorney for EMC Research and Research America (download in PDF format)… [Editor: See next-to-final paragraph for Valero involvement.  – R.S.] Via US Mail and Email October 5, 2018 Gary S. Winuk KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP 777 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 4050 Los Angeles, CA 90017 … Continue reading Bombshell news: Valero admits it paid for the push poll →