Credit: OC Register
Aliso Viejo Councilman Phil Tsunoda looks to have stepped in one fresh cow pie per this OC Register story from January 29th: Aliso Viejo website arouses security, cost questions.
Tsunoda, a Democrat, convinced his City Council Members to spend $37,500 on a very flashy website which offers all sorts of liability for the city to deal with. It’s unclear if this work was ever bid, and the experts quoted in the Register’s article strongly suggests they’ve paid three to four times what it should have cost to attract a variety of questionable types to the city looking for free labor from community groups, and potentially children. The site also costs $1,000 monthly to maintain, plus additional hours in city staff time — apparently to vet the incoming requests for free child labor via this automated “community outreach”.