Enough
is enough: Do NOT vote for Mary Ann Gaido, a hypocrite
Many
people call Mary Ann Gaido a hypocrite,
I agree with them for the following reasons:
1.
On growth: As a Planning Commissioner,
Mary Ann Gaido voted for and is responsible for most of the growth that caused
the traffic congestion in Irvine, yet she recently started to criticize the
development that she voted for.
Lately, Mary Ann Gaido has taken on another
extreme and radical position and is trying to fool people into voting for her.
Mary Ann Gaido’s current platform is too far left and not right
for Irvine. My platform is a middle-of-the-road approach and is what Irvine
needs right now. For example, many voters think the development of Irvine
for the past ten years is too fast and too rapid. Mary Ann Gaido's solution is
to completely STOP all development. Her solution will NOT work and is bad for
Irvine. My solution is to manage our growth, through proper urban planning, and
control of our development. My solution is a middle-of-the-road approach, and
it will work.
2.
On the Veteran’s
Cemetery:
Mary Ann Gaido claims that she supports the veterans, yet she refuses to give
the veterans what they want. There are currently two potential sites for the
Veteran’s Cemetery, most veterans want the alternative proposed site that is
near the #5 Freeway and Bake Parkway. You can verify this information with the
leader of the veterans, Bill Cook.
Mary
Ann Gaido has limited the veterans' choice to the
original proposed location. This is more for her personal political gain than
for the veterans. Why? Because the original location will probably NOT work; it
requires millions of dollars for cleaning and demolition costs. Where is the
money? I support the veterans, and I want to make sure the veterans have two
choices. In fact, most veterans like the
new alternate site. I support the new alternate cemetery site and the landswap
proposed by the veterans. The new site will work.
3.
On representing
the people of Irvine: Mary Ann Gaido claims that she will represent the
people of Irvine, yet she is actually supported by interest groups. For
example, “Irvine Community News & Views” (a political mailer that disguised
itself as “newspaper” and an online “news” blog) provides free resources to
Mary Ann Gaido. “Liberal OC”, an online blog also provides free resources to
Mary Ann Gaido.
The
so-called “newspaper,” “Irvine Community News & Views (ICNV)” has published
a number of articles to make Mary Ann Gaido look
good, and put other mayoral candidates down.
Mary Ann Gaido claims that she represents the Irvine people. What
a joke? With all the big money, free resources, and promotions funded by
special interest groups, you can expect a big “pay back” from Mary Ann Gaido to
these special interest groups if she does get elected.
Irvine voted Larry Agran out of office in 2014. Mary Ann Gaido has been very close to Larry
Agran for over 40 years. She is a
part of Larry Agran’s team. Mary Ann
Gaido is a part of the problem and not the
solution for Irvine. The Great Park debacle became one of the biggest scandals under
former Mayor Larry Agran and
some other city council members. 251 million dollars was mishandled, less than
half of the money was actually spent on the design and construction of the
Great Park, 43 million dollars was un-accounted for, and many contracts were
handed out without any bidding. You can see all the details of the Great Park
disaster at the OC Grand Jury's report at this link (pay special attention to
the findings on pages 24 to 26 of the pdf):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/25sk6mxns9fvu2l/Great_Park_Website.pdf?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/25sk6mxns9fvu2l/Great_Park_Website.pdf?dl=0
4.
On running her
campaign: Mary Ann Gaido claims that she will run a
“clean” campaign, yet her campaign is NOT totally transparent and filled with questionable
acts.
Here
is an example:
- Besides all the free promotional articles she has received from “Irvine Community News & Views (ICNV),” and “Liberal OC,” Mary Ann Gaido had a full page “paid” advertisement at the “fake” newspaper, Irvine Community News & Views, in June 2016, but she did NOT report the expense of the paid advertisement on her Form 460. She is under FPPC investigation now.
- Please see the following link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f7bbwwvqb6bgcnw/AABd4fbxIZZLgk3SiPO02sTOa?dl=0
- In the June 2016 Issue of the Irvine Community News & Views (ICNV), there is a full page ad for Gaido. The so-called "Open Letter" entitled "Why Am I Running for Mayor" says "Mary Ann Gaido for Mayor 2016, ID# 1383418" at the end of the ad. We cannot find any expense about this ad on Gaido's original Form 460. Why is she getting all this free advertisement, coverage and promotions, when other candidates did not receive any?
d.
Who is she trying to
fool? Mary Ann Gaido just filed the amended Form 460 on 8/31/16 after
she was caught for not paying for the ad, and not reporting the expenses to
FPCC. However, she should still be punished for her mishandling of this in the
first place. Whoever filed the amended Form 460 tried to fool people and
manually overwrite the date on the form as 8/5/16, but the city’s e-file system
clearly shown the amended Form 460 was actually filed on 8/31/16.
e.
This evidence is a
smoking gun, and shows Mary Ann Gaido is either incompetent and mishandled
campaign finance at best, or intentionally tried to cheat FPPC and the people by
concealing the truth at worst. So far, she still has NOT paid for the
$6,000-worth of “paid” advertisement to ICNV. On her latest amended Form 460
filed on 8/30/16, Schedule F still shows the $6,000-worth of alleged “paid” ad as
actually unpaid bills. “Paid” ad? Well, she has NOT actually paid for the ad
yet. This is a blatant lie.
f.
She cannot claim that
she did not know about this and it is her staff’s fault. Every candidate is
required to sign the Form 460. She signed this document and is responsible for
it.
If Mary Ann Gaido
cannot solve the problems of traffic congestion and control growth when she
worked as a planning commissioner, how can she solve these problems when she
becomes the mayor?
Haven’t we had enough
of Mary Ann Gaido’s failed policies? Enough is
enough: Do NOT vote for Mary Ann Gaido, a hypocrite.
On
November 8, please vote for me, Gang Chen, for a real change. Together, we can
make Irvine better. I’ll be honored to have your vote.
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