Ranked Choice Voting: UAW 4811 Needs to Eat its Own Dog Food
At Tuesday night’s city council meeting where Rank Choice Voting was added to the November 2026 ballot to change the way Irvine elects city leaders, […]
Kathleen Treseder
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 […]
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 […]