NO on L - Davies Communications

We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto.

ken — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:49:16 -0700

Pacificans have been receiving somewhat half-hearted telemarketing calls from a firm in (according to one telemarketer) Marysville, Kansas. Marysville is roughly the size of Linda Mar, is close to the Nebraska border on the old historic Pony Express route, and is reported to have a great old Redstone City Hall.

Pacificans receive Peebles "push-poll", part two

ken — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:30:56 -0700

Peebles and his P.R. firm Davies Communications are running a new push poll, in a blatant attempt to "sell" Measure L through leading questions. The calls appear to be coming from "First Media Services" of El Paso, Texas-- a location known for low-cost labor for telemarketing operations.

Peebles spends $1,310,384 (up from $895,137, up from $867,163) to buy Measure L election

ken — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:02:07 -0700

Update 10/27/06: The current total spending by the Peebles-funded "Yes on L" campaign through 10/21/06 is $1,310,384.78 according to today's election report. That's $415,247.75 just over the last 21 days, or $19,773.70 per day. More details, and the full report, here.

Monkey's Uncle

ken — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:30:59 -0700

Fightin' John Maybury strikes back:

Shannon Del Vecchio's letter to the editor last week complained about the San Francisco Bay Guardian quarry expose, but Bay Guardian reporter George Schulz quoted extensively from Pacifica's new playpal Don Peebles. That sounds fair and balanced to me. Shannon also wrote about "every stupid rumor made up by the No on L' contingent." Wow! That's some amazing doublespeak. If I were a lawyer for "Noel," I'd be drawing up papers right now. Coastside.com caught Peebles PR hacks (Davies Communications of Santa Barbara, officially in denial) red-handed in a "sock puppet" astroturfing incident, which was independently verified by the San Mateo County Times and reported widely in the Pacifica Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle. That's not one-sided journalism, Shannon, that's good reporting on unfair campaign practices.
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"Perception is Reality"

laurie — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:32:30 -0700

I moved to Pacifica because it was a sleepy coastal community, which I really enjoy. I always hoped it would stay that way. It shocked me to read in the Pacifica Tribune in May that a Florida developer was going to have a series of Charrettes about the quarry. I could tell right off the bat that Peebles and the people that work for him were going to be using slick, deceptive politics, which don't work here in Pacifica.

Pacificans receive "push-poll"

ken — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:26:46 -0700

This weekend, Pacificans began receiving push-poll telemarketing calls from "The Rockaway Quarry Committee", the group funded by Peebles Atlantic Development Corporation, and stage managed by Peebles' Southern California P.R. firm, Davies Communications.

More Davies spin

larry — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:09:37 -0700

The San Mateo Times' "Insider" also published a column about the Davies Communications insider who posed as Pacifica residents in favor of Measure L on the Pacifica-L mailing list. The details are basically the same as have been covered elsewhere (for example, here and here). The interesting part is the new spin by John Davies, CEO of Davies Communications:

Davies says list readers are "mostly negative thinkers"

larry — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:30:14 -0700

Barry Parr, creator of Coastsider.com, published an article about "Jimmy/Susan" the person(s) who posted messages to the Pacifica-L mailing list, claiming to be long-time Pacifica residents, but who apparently were associated with Peebles' P.R. firm, Davies Communications.

Peebles P.R. Firm "Sock Puppet" scam exposed

ken — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:52:27 -0700

Quarry owner Don Peebles has been promising Pacificans everything but the moon if they will just vote to rezone the Quarry for 355 housing units. Since most of the promises are not binding and are not even in the ballot measure, they are not enforceable. Yet, voters are being asked to put blind faith in Mr. Peebles, based on nothing but his self-proclaimed integrity. So far, he has put on an impressive show. But now, his credibility in the community is eroding.
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"Mystery" invitation received by Pacificans

ken — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 23:35:13 -0700

Today, Pacificans began receiving a mysterious, un-signed invitation.

The invitation provides no agenda, no indication of who will be speaking, or who is putting on this event. It appears to have been sent by Peebles Atlantic Development Corporation through their Southern California P.R. firm.