CD2 Campaign Finance: IBEW Independent Expenditure For Essel

from OurLA
by Chelsea Cody

The City Ethics Commission has posted new Independent Expenditure numbers for the CD2 Special Election.

(For an explaination of Independent Expenditures and past City Ethic's Commission filings in the CD2 race, click here.)

On Friday, November 6, the Local 18 Water & Power Defense League , better known as the IBEW made and Independent Expenditure for a mailer supporting Chris Essel for Council District 2 for a total of $16,025.


(Click on the above image to see the full list.)

The $16,025 went to researching, producing, printing, and sending out a new Essel Campaign flyer. See the finished flyer here. This latest filing brings Essel's total Independent Expenditures amount to $72,094.90.

This contribution from a downtown union strikes some critics as contradictory to Essel's claim to be an independent voice for the Valley.

Meanwhile, Paul Krekorian has yet to file a single IE with the City Ethics Commission but has, unlike Essel, reported numerous Membership Communications, all of which come from and go to the Los Angeles County Democratic Party which total $18,149.12.

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