"At the same time that Luis Chavez ran for a seat on the Fresno County Board of Supervisors, he used $31,042.36 of taxpayer funds for Facebook ads touting the work he did on the Fresno City Council. City Manager Georgeanne White said the City of Fresno's finance department made no errors in processing those payments, and others, to Alex Tavlian's government consulting company."
"Just 11 days after the Fresno City Council doubled the city's contracts approval threshold to $100,000, former Councilmember Luis Chavez inked a new contract with Alex Tavlian's consulting company worth that exact amount. It was July 2024 - just four months away from the November election that year. The race for Fresno County District 3 supervisor was down to two candidates: Chavez and his former boss Sal Quintero, an incumbent running for a third term."
"Between July 2024 and January 2025, Chavez's council office paid Tavlian's company for constituent outreach services - a total of $99,999.99. Chavez's council office also paid Tavlian's company another $31,042.36 for Facebook ads leading up to and during the November 2024 election. Payments for Tavlian's services peaked in October 2024 - the month before the election - when Local Government Strategic Consulting billed Chavez's office $16,666.66 for constituent outreach and $9,915.33 for Facebook ads."
In July 2024, just 11 days after the Fresno City Council doubled the city's contracts approval threshold to $100,000, former Councilmember Luis Chavez signed a $100,000 contract with Alex Tavlian's consulting company. Between July 2024 and January 2025, Chavez's council office paid Tavlian's company $99,999.99 for constituent outreach and another $31,042.36 for Facebook ads used leading up to and during the November 2024 election. Payments peaked in October 2024, when Local Government Strategic Consulting billed $16,666.66 for constituent outreach and $9,915.33 for Facebook ads. Park West Associates spent $7,626.12 on attack mailers targeting Chavez's opponent Sal Quintero. City Manager Georgeanne White said the finance department made no errors in processing the payments.
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