We’re not done with the “contributions from Chevron” beat, either.
At least they were subtle with Travis Kiger, Jennifer Fitzgerald, and Bruce Whitaker.
This time Chevron wrote a check for $500 directly to Don Bankhead. It wasn’t routed through the OC Biz PAC, it wasn’t routed through their Land and Development Manager, and it wasn’t routed through their Policy, Government, and Public Affairs Manager, either.
This is corporate meddling at its worst. You can view Mr. Bankhead’s 460 form (filed very late by the way) here.
Some food for thought, Fullerton . . .
Chevron thinks that Measure W, Development in West Coyote Hills, is a great idea and in Fullerton’s best interest. They’re calling it a “win-win”.
Chevron also thinks it’s a great idea and in Fullerton’s best interest to let Don Bankhead into the Guinness Book of World Records as the first public official in the United States to return to the same office from which he was recalled TWICE. Maybe we can call that a win-lose-win-lose-win.
Here’s hoping we can put two and two together to get four.
He also has a problem falling asleep during city council meetings. You can’t be surprised he willing to take money from anyone giving it to him at this point. He loves sleeping in the chair.
Scary thing is why Chevron is giving him money though. They can’t be throwing money like that for no reason…
Perhaps their reason is ignorance about his chances next month.
Chevron is flooding the market with their campaign spending. Today they are staging an event at a local school where they are donating money to a classroom.
They have already committed 1.3 million to direct campaign expenditures. Who knows how much else they are spending indirectly?
The $500 to Bankhead is chump change to Chevron.
*There was only one politician we can think of…..that could fall asleep while in session……Senator S.I. Hayakawa…..and he didn’t take the $500 from Chevron then….either!
Hey Ryan, You need to be made aware of something about Bankhead that you might like to look into. Even the verbose Mr. Diamond might like it as well (but I respectfully ask him to tell me the time instead of build me a clock in his answer – if any)
Has anybody noticed Bankhead is putting up RE-ELECT Don Bankhead signs…? Think about it for a minute… The man was recalled. He is not elected… He cannot use those signs since it implies to the ignorant voters he is still in office at the moment… It looks like he has purchased some of them recently… Does this bother anyone? It should… Is this legal??? Where should complaints go and who has controlling authority to make him take them down? Once a liar always a liar, this Don Bankhead… A little help please?
Yeah, it’s obnoxiously unethical.
So is running a website that asks a voter to “Re-elect Mayor Don Bankhead.”
So is not listing the fact he was recalled.
So is not listing the fact he was recalled, again.
So is listing his endorsers from 25 years ago, some of whom are deceased or no longer support him.
So is filing his campaign expenditures late! How many times has he run for office?!
Eh. He was elected four years ago; he wants to be elected now. I’m no Don Bankhead fan, but I don’t think that there’s an ethical requirement to say “re-elect me to the seat from which I was recalled.” His opponents are supposed to catch and explain that. (That they aren’t so much doing so suggests that they don’t think Bankhead is going to win anyway.)
If you share a spot in history as one of two elected officials recalled from the same office twice and you’re seeking to become the solo record holder as the only person returning for a third time . . . yeah, there’s an ethical requirement to explain why you want to embarrass the municipality and all your prospective constituents.
Based on what I’ve seen, I agree– he’s not going to win, but he will be pulling votes from some of Fullerton’s fresher faces that ought to be considered.
No, there really isn’t such an ethical requirement — no more so than Kiger is ethically required to use as a slogan on his posters “Leading Fullerton into Bankruptcy!” The ethical requirement is not to shut down your opponents’ free speech when they call you on it.
Um, what?
I don’t follow Dr. D. Not sure how we jumped from Mr. Bankhead to Mr. Kiger– but Bankhead owes Fullerton more than what he’s giving. His campaign thus far has been unethical and selfish.
Clearly that’s my view of an objective application of morality, but I’m going to seriously struggle with anyone advocating “It’s OK!” for Bankhead to run around listing endorsers like Ms. Jan Flory . . . unless she really does back his candidacy.
No, I think that listing people as endorsers when they haven’t endorsed him this time is absolutely unethical. I just don’t think that a candidate is required to spell out the reasons why one might vote against him or her. Bankhead isn’t, Kiger isn’t, Flory isn’t. (Hopefully adding Flory to the list clarifies rather than confuses.)
*Don is trying to set the record. How many times can you be ReCalled from the same office and still get ReElected?
How many State Pensions does this guy want?