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From Oct 1-20,Grassroots LB Reform Coalition PAC Received $6,800+ In Contribs, Brings Two Month Total To $27,000, Has $10,000 Left In Effort To Defeat Measure BBB (Mayor/Council-Sought 3 Terms Instead of Current 2 Terms + Write-Ins)


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(October 23, 2018. 12:45 p.m.) -- The Long Beach Reform Coalition PAC reports collecting an additional $6,853 from Oct. 1 to Oct. 20, bringing its total in just over two months to over $27,147 in cash and in-kind contribtuions, an unprecedented sum for a newly organized grassroots group, in its effort to defeat a Mayor/Council attempt to change LB's City Charter (Measure BBB) to let the incumbent Mayor/Councilmembers avoid a write-in requirement in seeking a third term. (The change would erase/replacing LB's current petition-initiated law (1992, amended with voter approval in 2007) limiting incumbents to two terms with further terms requiring a first or second place finish via write-in.)

A financial disclosure form filed with the City Clerk's office shows that between Oct. 1 and Oct 20, the Long Beach Reform Coalition PAC spent $16,565 -- including $7,332 for a mailer -- and has $10,831 cash left entering the final days leading up to a special Nov. 6 citywide election (called by the Mayor/Council.)

Among the Reform Coalition's salient contributors between Oct 1 and Oct. 20:

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DateContributorAmount
Oct 3Dave Lanham$2,500
Oct 3AJP Real Estate, LLC$1,000
Oct 9Pat Bliss$1,000

During the reporting period, other contributors provided sums from less than $100 to $500.

Previous Reform Coalition contributors include:

DateContributorAmount
Aug 16Rae Gabelich
[Retired 8th dist. Councilwoman, co-founder LBHUSH2]
$1,000
Aug. 16 Joe Mello Mr. Mello founded the Los Altos Center Adjacent Neighborhoods group$500
Aug. 23Fox Enterprises [Robert Fox is Exec. Dir of the LB Council Neighborhood Organizations]$1,500
Aug . 23Joe Sopo, Ltd. [Mr. Sopo founded Neighborhoods First]$1,000
Aug 23Corliss Lee [Ms. Lee was a 5th dist. Council candidate, April 2018]$500
Aug 23Joe Weinstein [Dr. Weinstein heads Citizens About Responsible Planning]$575
Aug 24Richard Treece$300
Aug 30Citizens About Responsible Planning$2,000
Sep 6Fox Enterprises$242.94 [in-kind, rented equipment for Town Hall meeting
Sep 11Christine Dosland$300
Sep 16Jane Nadeau$500
Sep 22Kevin Kayse$500
Sep 22David Osborn$500
Sep 22Jeffrey Patterson$500
Sep 22Karey Sharp$250
Sep 14L&L Mortgage$700
Sep 20Christian Ovalle$250
Sep 20John Deats$600 [in-kind contribution to host bar tab for Reform Coalition's Sept. fundraiser
Sep 27LBHUSH2, Inc $2,000
Sep 27Linda Tomita$1,000
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In its previous August-September reporting period, the Reform Coalition reported over two dozen individual contributions of $100 each from LB residents including: Richard Dines [5th dist. runoff candidate, June 2018], Melinda Cotton [shoreline/environmental issues], Kerrie Aley [neighborhood issues], Elizabeth Guzman, Gordana Kajer [shoreline/environmental issues], Charles Nicholas, Kristie Manelli [active in "No Kill Long Beach"] and Tom Stout [co-founder LB Taxpayers Ass'n]

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