Yes on Measure C campaign funded by out of town interests, spends money outside Antioch, too
By Allen Payton
The financial reports of the yes on Measure C campaign, officially known as Citizens for a Safe Antioch in Support of Measure C, campaigning to get voters to approve a half-cent sales tax increase in Antioch, disclose that the $44,170 that’s been raised to date has predominantly come from outside of the community. The latest reports are dated October 19.
The largest contributions include $10,000 from the Building Industry Association of Northern California, $5,000 from Allied Waste, $5,000 from the California Association of Realtors PAC, and the most, $13,650 came from the California Apartment Association, which opposed the landlord fee the council majority chose to not put on the ballot.
Only $1,350 of reported contributions came from Antioch-based interests or individuals, including Roddy Ranch Golf Management and Gloria Martin
As for where the committee spent their money, they bought signs from a company in Oakdale, paid for someone in Chico to design the signs, printers in San Francisco and the consultant (the same one who ran Harper’s, Rocha’s and Tiscareno’s campaigns, last year), who is based in Concord. So much for shopping local.
Wade Harper signed the forms as the Principal Officer and Martha Parsons as the Committee Treasurer.
The campaign finance reports are public documents available for anyone to read and obtain a copy of at the Antioch City Clerk’s office on the first floor of City Hall, 3rd and H Streets.
No formal opposition has developed, although two men have made and displayed No on Measure C signs, including Fred Hoskins and Karl Dietzel.
allen,
thanks for the post, but where is the picture?
Someone referred to Harper, Rocha and Tescarino as the three stooges.
Now I see why.
We did an informal Vote on C at our last Neighborhood Watch Meeting and out of 15 people it lost by a large number. People remember the property tax that was passed to build a pool at Antioch High School and we had almost the entire group that would vote yes on a rental property business tax.
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Good Reporting!!! There you have it! We need to have members on the council who relate to EVERYONE! The only candidate who ever came to my door to talk with me was Gary Agopian.
agopian is the only one who answers any email, calls etc, right away.
Thanks for this article. I always say follow the money. I hope the public is not fooled by this campaign.