Ranked Choice Voting in Irvine Fails for Lack of a Second
For months, Ranked Choice Voting advocates in Irvine have been behaving like victory was inevitable. The sales pitch was simple: Ranked Choice Voting would save […]
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Rumor Mill: Is Kathleen Treseder Really Trying to Recruit Katy Porter for Irvine Mayor?
Political rumors are like coming across a roundabouts: nobody asked for them, nobody knows who started them, and somehow you wind up going going in […]
Adding Rank Choice Voting? Cha-Ching…It’s Going to Cost Us: and an Update from OC ROV
Before I get to the gist of this post, of the three Irvine City Council members who want to move Irvine to Ranked Choice Voting […]
For Irvine City Council, Leadership Needed and Hard Choices Ahead
For years, former Irvine City Manager Oliver Chi was praised as the polished technocrat who could keep Irvine running like a luxury electric vehicle: quiet, […]
Irvine City Council asking to add Ranked Choice Voting for City Elections — It’s a Bad Idea
Three members of the Irvine City Council are asking the city manager to begin discussions about adding Ranked Choice Voting to the city charter for […]
Will Irvine Council Candidates Answer Voter Questions on the Tammy Kim Case?
Way back in January, when a private investigator’s report spawned an Orange County District Attorney’s investigation into Tammy Kim’s Plan B to move into Irvine’s […]
Former Irvine Mayor and Council Member Sukhee Kang Eyes Return to City Coucil in 2026
This Facebook post popped up Saturday night: I’m Sukhee Kang, and I’m running to continue providing steady, proven leadership focused on results, accountability, and Irvine’s […]
Irvine Council Member Treseder Blocks Residents from X.com Account; Will She Suffer Christina Shea’s Fate?
Social media makes it easy to interact with electeds; and many electeds somtimes fail to separate their feeds tied to their elected office from their […]
The Long Odds for The Mental Diversion Defense in Irvine’s Tammy Kim Fraud/Perjury Case
Former Irvine council member and Mayoral candidate Tammy Kim will be in court next week with her lawyer to argue for a Mental Health […]