The Alameda Firefighters Association Political Action Committee continued making campaign contributions to local officials through the first half of this year, giving $10,500 to sitting Alameda Councilmembers.
According to campaign filings available through City Hall, during the first six months of this year, Alameda firefighters donated $5,000 to Alameda City Councilmember Lena Tam’s City Council campaign, $2,500 to Vice-Mayor Rob Bonta’s City Council campaign, another $1,000 to Mayor Marie Gilmore’s campaign, and $2,000 to Councilmember Beverly Johnson’s campaign. According to campaign filings, at the end of 2010, Mr. Bonta’s 2010 City Council campaign had $7,500 in outstanding debt.
During the same six-month period, the firefighters report that they raised $10,861.11 in un-itemized contributions of less than $100.
On June 21st, Gilmore, Bonta, Tam and Johnson all voted to approve a three-year contract between the City of Alameda and the firefighters union.
SunCal’s political action committee, Revitalize Alameda Point, reported making $16,308 in expenditures during the first six months of 2011, with the bulk of the funds going to Warren & Associates LLC of San Francisco.
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Mmmmm, money. It makes everything happen,
What do the esteemed recipients do with this cash?
It’s pretty disgusting. Now I know they’re all in bed with each other. The only person we can trust is the one that didn’t receive any “pay off” money from the firefighters union…Doug deHaan.
Probably buy puff pieces.
The mayor has a new mercedes. she was driving it at the barbeque last wed.