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John Santoianni announces campaign for Anaheim City School Board

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, Anaheim, Democratic Party, Education, John Hanna, Lorri Galloway Leave a comment

For Immediate Release: February 17, 2012
Contact: John Santoianni for Anaheim City School Board 2012, Email: John@JohnSantoianni.com, Cell: 1.714 .600.4307

John Santoianni Announces Candidacy for Anaheim City School Board

+ Endorsements from Anaheim Mayor Pro Tem Lorri Galloway & Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustee John Hanna

John Santoianni has announced that he will seek election to the Anaheim City School Board in the upcoming November elections with early support from two major elected officials.

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Eastman, Murray and Sidhu backstab the hotels that backed them

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, Anaheim, Bill Campbell, Corruption, Curt Pringle, Democratic Party, Dick Jones, Gail Eastman, Janet Nguyen, Jordan Brandman, Kris Murray, Labor, Matt Cunningham, Republican Party, Tom Tait 1 Comment

Anaheim Council Members Gail Eastman and Kris Murray are members of the Advisory Committee of the SOAR (Support our Anaheim Resort) PAC (Political Action Committee. Both were endorsed by SOAR when they won seats on the Anaheim City Council in 2010. Yet they both voted last month to give “up to $158 million in tax incentives to build luxury hotels in the Disneyland area, despite opposition by city staff members,” according to the O.C. Register.

“The city will not provide any money up front for the $283-million hotel project, which is to include 866 four-star rooms. Instead, the hotels would get money later from hotel bed taxes. In Anaheim, guests pay 15 percent of their room rentals for the bed tax, which normally goes to the city,” according to another article in the O.C. Register. Continue reading→