Irvine Animal Care Center Can Help Find Lost Pets
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Year: 2022
Before You Vote, Learn Where the Candidates Stand on the Issues
Tuesday, November 8th is Election Day!
Here at Irvine Community News & Views (ICNV), we encourage Irvine voters: “Don’t stop at the top!” Too many voters only vote for candidates at the top of the ballot. But, our quality of life here in Irvine is determined largely by the candidates toward the bottom of the ballot. What impacts our daily lives is the quality and character of the Mayor and Councilmembers we elect … and the governing leadership they provide.
So, where do the candidates for City office stand on the leading issues? What promises have they made … and kept … or broken? Are they leaders we can trust to listen to the City’s residents and implement the will of the voters?
Based on their voting records, responses to the ICNV candidate questionnaire, and interviews I have conducted, our ICNV staff has prepared an Irvine Issues 2022 Chart for the leading candidates running for Mayor and City Council.
Before you vote, we encourage voters to take a look at where the candidates stand on the issues.
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Ballots Have Arrived! ICNV Endorses Branda Lin for Mayor & Larry Agran for City Council
Ballots for the November 8th election have arrived. In the proud American tradition of local newspapers, Irvine Community News & Views (ICNV) endorses and urges support for those candidates for City office who have earned our community’s trust.
Accordingly, ICNV endorses former Irvine Community Services Commissioner Branda Lin for Mayor of Irvine. During her years as an editor and journalist for Irvine Watchdog, Branda helped to shed light on the health concerns of north Irvine residents who are living right next to an asphalt plant (AAA). Branda also reported on the incompetence and corruption at the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA), and has exposed Mayor Farrah Khan’s non-existent Climate Action Plan.
Recognizing his proven record of faithful and remarkably effective service to the people of Irvine, ICNV endorses Councilman Larry Agran for re-election to the Irvine City Council. Over the years, Agran has remained committed to Irvine’s master-planning. He has led the way or had a hand in just about every good thing in Irvine — open space preservation, the Great Park (instead of an airport!), an amazing community park system, and our award-winning senior and childcare centers.
Irvine’s Biggest Developers are Bankrolling Anthony Kuo’s City Council Campaign
As ballots were being mailed out, Irvine voters began receiving a slew of political attack mailers — funded by a political committee established just days earlier with tens of thousands of dollars in “dark money.” The dark money has now been traced back to mega-developers FivePoint and the Irvine Company.
The shadowy political committee was created explicitly to attack pro-resident Councilman Larry Agran … and to help Agran’s pro-developer opponent Anthony Kuo in the race for City Council.
Over the years, Irvine developers — using dark money committees — have bankrolled disgusting political attack mailers against Agran. Former Irvine Mayor and current Councilmember Larry Agran has a long history of refusing to rubber-stamp massive development projects.
On the other hand, Anthony Kuo has a history of relying on large sums of dark money to attack his political rivals and help himself get elected. Apparently, Kuo is relying on the same political funding scheme again … this time using developer money to attack Agran. (Kuo and Agran are running against each other for re-election to the Irvine City Council.)
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