IT TAKES
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Follow the Money
Unfortunately, One Bad apple CAN ruin the Whole Bunch!
Once in the position of authority the ruling majority of Council members can handpick Commissioner's and Committee members to ensure their member's of choice. These can be Planning Commissioners, Parks and Recreation Commissioner's or any of several Committee members. To read how members are 'selected' go here or the City of Costa Mesa's website.
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The source of data is the information given to the Secretary of State when the entity was forming the corporation. Individuals who belong to the corporations can also be searched.
2012
Election Cycle Orange County
Local Campaign Finance Research Report
Authored By:Chris Emami
Pages 106-130 provide Costa Mesa election statistics.
Creating a Political Action Committee provides annonimity to each donor. By law these non-profit PAC's are not required to reveal donor names, only the monetary contributions. This allows for all donor names to be withheld and anonomous to the public.
"I read your excellently researched article, "Duo Brings Personalities to Bear on O.C. Base Issue" (April 17).
Why do I get the completely unsettling feeling that I no longer live in the United States,but in a banana republic somewhere with an oligarchy, namely Buck Johns and George Argyros, who, with their unlimited money, control the lives of ordinary people who never elected them in the first place? Why do people, whose lives are tied up in the homes and businesses that would be ruined if an international airport is put in El Toro, permit this utter arrogance to exist by going along in any way with these people and their followers?"
LA Times articles April 24, 1994
If you've never heard of these people it's about time that you did...
Major Donors:
Doy Henley
Claus Dickell
Mark Bucher
Gary Bucher