Anti-Birdseye spending increases again today…

By Roger Straw, October 25, 2018 Yet more anti-Birdseye expenditures News gets old fast around here… Just yesterday, the City of Benicia posted on its website, three new Valero/labor PAC Expenditure Reports. Today we learned that Valero/labor submitted three MORE expenditure reports in their bid to buy a seat on Council! The PAC is up … Continue reading Anti-Birdseye spending increases again today…

Outside labor PAC spending in Benicia – AND Vallejo

Repost from the Vallejo Times-Herald [Editor: See update on total of $154,200 amassed by this giant outsider PAC which is anything but “Working Families.”  – RS] Sacramento trades council donates $40,000 to local contests in Vallejo, Benicia By JOHN GLIDDEN, October 24, 2018 at 3:52 pm A Sacramento-based trades council has gotten involved with local politics by … Continue reading Outside labor PAC spending in Benicia – AND Vallejo

Anti-Birdseye outside money – 3 new expenditure reports

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

How to make Benicia campaigns fairer and more transparent

Please attend Benicia City Council meeting on Tuesday, January 15, 7pm at City Hall.  If you can’t make it, send your thoughts by email. Benicia’s CURRENT campaign ordinances can be viewed at codepublishing.com/CA/Benicia/. Chapters 1.36, 1.40 and 1.42 are the main election ordinances. In particular, see Chapter 1.40 “Disclosure of Contributions and Expenditures in Candidate … Continue reading How to make Benicia campaigns fairer and more transparent