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All about the outsider PAC, so-called “Benicia Local Government Accountability Coalition”
Attack Coalition producing ads against Elizabeth Patterson
By Norma Fox
BENICIA, CA / November 4, 2007, 10:13 AM - The following information was gleaned from the City of Benicia's "Late Contributions Report" - filed 10/31/07 in the Benicia City Clerk's office.
Total contributed to the PAC: $22,000
The four contributors are:
1. Bay Area Drainage - Moraga- They have contributed $6 thousand.
2. Black Diamond Electric-Pittsburg- $6 thousand.
3. George Shimboff , Fairfield Water Dept. empl.,-Vacavile- $5 thousand.
4. Legacy Renovations-Antioch- $5 thousand.
RED ALERT! All of them (except Shimboff) also contributed $5 thousand each just last year, Oct. 2006, to the Pittsburg City Council candidacy of Salvatore Evola, who is the V.P. of Discovery Builders and the cousin of the company's President, Albert Seeno lll
Bay Area Drainage - Moraga: drainage projects on construction sites, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano counties. (http://www.bayareadrainage.com/index.htm)
Black Diamond Electric - Pittsburg. (appears to be a small independent contractor, no website) General contracting, building & home construction. (http://www.califdir.com/black-diam-pittsburg-biz224105.htm)
George Shimboff: a worker for city of Fairfield, Water Distribution Division: (photo http://www.ci.fairfield.ca.us/files/pwWQ07.pdf (4th from left, plaid shirt)). He applied for a permit (2003) to remove the habitat of an endangered species for a small land development project in Vacaville. (http://www.fws.gov/policy/library/03-20790.pdf)
Legacy-Renovations, Antioch. (owner David Rutledge). Residential & commercial construction. (http://www.legacy-renovations.com/Home.htm)
So they are all Contra Costa/ Solano County people/businesses in the construction trade. At least 3 of the 4 contributed large sums just last year to the Pittsburg City Council candidacy of Sal Evola, cousin of Seeno lll, and V.P. of Discovery Builders. (Have they worked on some of Seeno's development projects in the past? And are they hoping to win favorable subcontracts from him through these political contributions?)
But why do these outsiders want to interfere in OUR election? And why do they want to attack Elizabeth Patterson ? Do they even know Bill Whitney?
Do you suppose it has anything to do with Seeno's 527 acre Business Park that he's trying to develop on the edge of town (read all about that project at http://www.beniciafirst.org), which does not comply with the requirements of the General Plan? This past August, Whitney flip-flopped on his earlier vote, and voted to give Seeno's Draft EIR a green light, while Patterson maintained her refusal to approve the DEIR until they come back with a project that comports with the General Plan.
Who do you think Seeno favors for Mayor? Do you wonder if this money they're donating is really from their own pockets??
(More details at http://beniciaelection2007.blogspot.com
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