SD33 Watch: "Taxpayers for Safer Neighborhoods" Gunning For Mimi
Posted by: Jubal | 05/30/2008 6:28 PM
I was trolling the Daily/Late?Special Filings section of the Secretary of State website and spotted this independent expenditure by an IE committee called "Taxpayers for Safer Neighborhoods."
It's $10,056.00 for a mailer hitting Harry Sidhu's opponent Mimi Walters, which I imagine will land tomorrow or Monday. That'll pay for hitting about 18,000 households. Late hits are often brutal and skate the edge, because there's little time for the target to respond with anything other than a robocall.
I checked who are the contributors to "Taxpayers for Safer Neighborhoods." They include $5,000 from Prime Healthcare Anaheim LLC. Prime Healthcare is owned by Dr. Prem Reddy, and attempted to buy Anaheim Memorial Hospital last year for $55 million -- a deal that was scotched by the state Attorney General's office.
There's also $10,000 from Desert Valley Medical Group -- which was founded by Dr. Prem Reddy.
Then there's another $5,000 from...Dr. Prem Reddy.
And another $5,000 from Laxman Reddy of Prime Healthcare Services -- a relative of Dr. prem Reddy, I assume.
There's also $5,000 from SA Recycling, which has a facility in Anaheim.
Another $20,000 came from John Thomas, owner of Regent Development - which is bidding on the expansion of the Anaheim Convention Center.
Judging from the report, it's Thomas' money paying for the hit on Mimi: his second $10,000 contribution was received on Tuesday, May 27.
There's also $5,000 from Stephen Shultz of Shultz Steel Company, but I'm not sure what the connection is to Harry Sidhu annd Anaheim. More likely it's connected to the committee's $4,747 IE in support of former Torrance Councilman Rod Guyton's attempt to return to his former position.
Thus far, "Taxpayers for Safer Neighborhoods" have spent $31,240 in support of Sidhu, and now another $10K against Mimi.
What's it all mean? Basically, you have a case of donors with business in Anaheim who have a strong interest in being on the good side of an Anaheim Councilman -- and this is a powerful way of saying, "We're with ya, Harry!".
It's $10,056.00 for a mailer hitting Harry Sidhu's opponent Mimi Walters, which I imagine will land tomorrow or Monday. That'll pay for hitting about 18,000 households. Late hits are often brutal and skate the edge, because there's little time for the target to respond with anything other than a robocall.
I checked who are the contributors to "Taxpayers for Safer Neighborhoods." They include $5,000 from Prime Healthcare Anaheim LLC. Prime Healthcare is owned by Dr. Prem Reddy, and attempted to buy Anaheim Memorial Hospital last year for $55 million -- a deal that was scotched by the state Attorney General's office.
There's also $10,000 from Desert Valley Medical Group -- which was founded by Dr. Prem Reddy.
Then there's another $5,000 from...Dr. Prem Reddy.
And another $5,000 from Laxman Reddy of Prime Healthcare Services -- a relative of Dr. prem Reddy, I assume.
There's also $5,000 from SA Recycling, which has a facility in Anaheim.
Another $20,000 came from John Thomas, owner of Regent Development - which is bidding on the expansion of the Anaheim Convention Center.
Judging from the report, it's Thomas' money paying for the hit on Mimi: his second $10,000 contribution was received on Tuesday, May 27.
There's also $5,000 from Stephen Shultz of Shultz Steel Company, but I'm not sure what the connection is to Harry Sidhu annd Anaheim. More likely it's connected to the committee's $4,747 IE in support of former Torrance Councilman Rod Guyton's attempt to return to his former position.
Thus far, "Taxpayers for Safer Neighborhoods" have spent $31,240 in support of Sidhu, and now another $10K against Mimi.
What's it all mean? Basically, you have a case of donors with business in Anaheim who have a strong interest in being on the good side of an Anaheim Councilman -- and this is a powerful way of saying, "We're with ya, Harry!".
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I wouldn't be surprised if his negatives are so high after this campaign that he's permanently damaged goods, never to return to public office.