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The Anaheim Chamber gets exposed at their annual Waste of Anaheim event

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Editor Posted in Anaheim, Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, Curt Pringle, News, Politics 1 Comment

The dreadful Anaheim Chamber of Commerce got punked this week by the Coalition of Anaheim Taxpayers for Economic Responsibility (CATER) at the Chamber’s Annual Taste of Anaheim event, which was redubbed the “Waste of Anaheim” in a flier that CATER volunteers passed out to over 500 of the attendees at this event, according to the Save Anaheim blog.

The flier pointed out the hypocrisy of charging folks to attend this event when the Anaheim City Council had already forked over thousands of dollars to the Chamber – as much as $160K to host such events. So the taxpayers in effect were charged twice to attend the “Waste of Anaheim!” Continue reading→

The Los Angeles Angels of Irvine?

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Editor Posted in Anaheim, Angels, Irvine Leave a comment

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From the OC Politics Blog

In the Left Angeles Times yesterday is Angels talk with developer about potential Irvine ballpark (outside any paywall here – we’re never sure when it’s working). Matt “Jerbal” Cunningham also picked up on it at his Anaheim Blog and offered this rubbish:

Now, if you’re a member of the torpedo-the-Angels-negotiations claque, clear your mind and repeat after me: The Angels have nowhere to go. The Angels have nowhere (sic), The Angels have nowhere to go.

Well apparently they DO. We wouldn’t doubt for a minute that Emil Haddad, the very smart and powerful developer of 4,606 homes at FivePoint Communities which borders the Great Park or the slippery Irvine Councilman Jeff Lalloway would jump at any lucrative arrangement which would bring the Angels to a new stadium at the property — to hell with the bankrupt and corrupt $220 million Great Park plan — there’s a lot of money to be made and this opportunity is a perfect solution for recovering the funds squandered by Larry Agran, Beth Krom and their cronies when they controlled the Park Board and Irvine City Council. What better way for Irvine to get itself out of the Great Park hole than by bringing a revenue-generator to town like an almost-contending Major League baseball team that has a six-year, $144.5M lock on Mike Trout, as well as two expensive, aging “superstars” in Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton? Continue reading→

Angels Stadium Lease Reality Check: My Pessimism for Anaheim in 2014

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Editor Posted in Politics Leave a comment

It’s a bad deal. Thanks to the work of the Mayor, activists and media (eventually), it has been established that the framework for the new deal between Angels owner Arte Moreno and Anaheim is an unnecessary hit to the taxpayer. But here is the problem: the new deal was approved by a 4-1 vote and support for the framework remains solid. The majority voting block on the Anaheim City Council is not known to bow to public pressure and all among them have good reasons to feel secure in their positions. Continue reading→