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Proposed Tax Increase On Chevron – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Ron Murray

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Mike

The proposed tax increase is flawed. The tax proposed is on land ownership, not on the business. The County taxes property— land and improvements of which El Segundo receives a “slice”. Taxes should be uniform and consistent; so the tax should be applied to all unimproved land in the city—parking lots, unimproved commercial zoned property, empty storage lots, etc., not just on Chevron.

Most business in El Segundo pay a business tax based on commercial building footage plus number of employees/contractors. This formula is good as it is tied to services provided by the city to the business. … Continue reading →

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Good Neighbors – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Chris Powell

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Mike

Many who work closely with the City on fiscal issues were surprised when a proposed tax increase on Chevron showed up on the Council’s agenda with no warning. … Continue reading →

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Chevron Tax – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Joe harding

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Mike

It’s disappointing that a majority of the City Council feel compelled to raise taxes on El Segundo’s oldest business without taking the time to consider the consequences not only for Chevron but for other businesses here.

Why, in a last-minute agenda addition just five days before Christmas, would the Council vote to draft an initiative for millions in new taxes, with a deadline of January 13 to decide whether or not to place it on the ballot? … Continue reading →

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Are Chevron’s Taxes Too High? – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Michael D. Robbins

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Mike

The City Manager’s Chevron Shakedown must stop, including efforts to extort large “gifts” of money under threat of a $10 million annual tax hike. The City will suffer long-term damage to its reputation as a good city to locate a business.

Doug Willmore used false premises to construct a deceptive one-sided analysis for the Chevron property, rather than a true cost-versus-benefits analysis. It is unfair and dishonest to compare tax revenues generated per acre by the Chevron refinery with that of other local businesses. Land use in other South Bay cities is mostly residential and not three-quarters commercial/industrial as in El Segundo.

In his one-sided analysis, Willmore ignored the cost for the City to provide and maintain infrastructure and services for residents and businesses that would otherwise exist on the massive Chevron refinery property. … Continue reading →

Posted in Doug Willmore's Great Chevron Shakedown, El Segundo Herald Letters, El Segundo News, El Segundo Tax and Fee Increases, Letters to the Editor | Tagged Carl Jacobson, Chevron, City Manager, Doug Willmore, El Segundo, El Segundo Herald, hatchet-job, Jeff Gottlieb, Karen Foshay, KCET, Letter to the Editor, local government, Los Angeles Times, media bias, news media, oil, propaganda, revenue, SoCal Connected, tax, UUT | Comments Off

Special Email – Doug Willmore tried to convince the next City Treasurer Chris Powell to support his proposed $10 million tax hike on Chevron

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Mike

[ NOTE: This released email was missing the preceding text. ]

them more and having them subsidize Chevron’s obligation to pay a fair share for the operations of the City).

For a variety of reasons, CA tax structures for many cities are all over the map. Cities across CA have created all sorts of different taxes to compensate for Prop 13’s impact on commercial property. As a result, you end up with taxes that inversely impact some businesses and not others. That’s what we have here in El Segundo.

According to the analyst I spoke to at Oppenheimer, CA refineries as a whole are the most profitable in the US, and this one is the highest volume and, in their opinion, the most profitable refinery in CA. I don’t buy at all the pulling up stakes and moving or shutting down argument. The CA market is a huge market and Chevron will be a player here regardless of whether their tax burden in El Segundo is $5M or $15M. The business model here in El Segundo, given the marine terminal and given the pipeline to LAX among other things, can’t be beat. The same threats of closing were made in Richmond 2 and 3 years ago. And yet, despite being the highest volume refinery in the state, their taxes here in El Segundo, by almost any meaningful measure or ratio are half of the next lowest refinery, and in some cases ¼ of other large refineries. Rod’s response to me is that he can’t verify the numbers.

I have not yet heard any argument from anyone that sincerely makes a case that the tax burden shared by Chevron and the rest of our business community is a fair split. If there is an argument that someone has to make supporting the current arrangement, I’d love to hear it. All I have heard is that we need more time to talk. Which is fine if there is a commitment to a resolution. However, Eric never heard back from Frank if there was a commitment to a resolution from Chevron on this. If there is no commitment to a resolution, where does that leave us? It takes two to tango.

Doug

From: Chris Powell [mailto:CPowell@washingtoniron.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 3:01 PM
To: Willmore, Doug
Subject: RE: How does this look?

Thanks Doug. I will take a look at it. This is definitely a better comparison than comparing different general plan zones within the city. Have you also been comparing M 1 zone acreage rates in various surrounding tax jurisdictions? I wasn’t sure if that was a valid comparison as well.

Chris J. Powell, CFO
Washington Iron Works
310-217-9130

From: Willmore, Doug [mailto:dwillmore@elsegundo.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:16 PM
To: Chris Powell
Subject: FW: How does this look?

Chris,

Attached is a summary of the five largest refineries in municipalities in CA and their resulting revenue ratios. As you can see, El Segundo lags far behind the rest when you look at their relative contribution to the city. … Continue reading →

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Special Email – FW: Chevron Chamber Package – 1-4-2012.pdf – Adobe Acrobat Standard

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Mike

From: Willmore Doug
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 6:58 PM
To: L Segundo/cn=Recipients/cn=cityhall/cn=Contacts/cn=EricBusch; L
Segundo/cn=Recipients/cn=cityhall/cn=ALLCOUNCIL; ekbusch@aol.com; allcouncil@elsegundo.org
Subject: FW: Chevron Chamber Package – 1-4-2012.pdf – Adobe Acrobat Standard
Attachments: Chevron Revenue Analysis.pdf

All,

Attached is a comparison of Chevron’s refinery in El Segundo to the other five largest refineries in municipalities in CA.
The ES refinery is the largest (by volume) in the state of CA. As you can see, by almost any useful measure or ratio or
method of comparison, the tax revenue we receive from Chevron is far below those of other refineries in other cities in CA.

You should know that before I had decided to present revenue per acre as one of the ways to evaluate Chevron’s tax
burden, I spoke to a couple of people who I trust who are knowledgeable about local tax structures. They were my brother
Brad, an investment banker in the SF Bay area, and Darrin Casper, my CFO at Salt Lake County. Brad used to do energy
deals for Solomon Brothers on Wall Street and has done more than 15 utility or oil and gas mergers or acquisitions of up
to $5B and knows the business inside and out — especially how they pay their taxes. Darrin used to do energy financing
for oil and gas deals for the firm Lewis Young in the investment banking world before becoming a CFO. Both Brad and
Darrin suggested to me to use revenue per acre as not just one way to analyze Chevron’s local tax structure, but as THE
best way. Brad and Darrin both said comparing one refinery to another is useful, but not as useful as comparing this
refinery to other land uses in your City. … Continue reading →

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Special Email – FW: Suzanne Fuentes – Doug Willmore provided Councilwoman Suzanne Fuentes’ private work phone number to L.A. Times Reporter Jeff Gottlieb, against Fuentes’ direction to not give her work phone number to anyone

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Mike

From: Willmore Doug
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 4:59 PM
To: Jeffrey.Gottlieb@latimes.com
Subject: FW: Suzanne Fuentes
Attachments: Suzanne Fuentes.vcf

Note by Michael D. Robbins on March 23, 2012:

I asked El Segundo Councilwoman Suzanne Fuentes about this VCF file with her name on it that Doug Willmore sent to Los Angeles Times reporter Jeff Gottlieb, who wrote propaganda hatchet job articles attacking Chevron and Councilman Carl Jacobson. Fuentes explained it as follows.

The VCF file was a phone/address book file containing Councilwoman Suzanne Fuentes’ contact information, including her private work phone number.

Doug Willmore provided Councilwoman Suzanne Fuentes’ work phone number to L.A. Times Reporter Jeff Gottlieb, against Fuentes’ direction to not give her private work phone number to anyone.

When Gottlieb called Fuentes at work, Fuentes asked how he got her private phone number, and he refused to tell her.

When Fuentes asked Willmore if he gave Gottlieb her private work phone number, he claimed he did not, but this email from Willmore to Gottlieb proves otherwise.

KCET SoCal Connected “Small Town Big Oil” TV show assistant producer Lata Pandya also called Fuentes at her private work phone number. When Fuentes asked Pandya how she got her private work phone number, she claimed it was public record, which was not true. Doug Willmore must have given both KCET and the L.A. Times Councilwoman Suzanne Fuentes’ private phone number to promote his Chevron Shakedown, and then he lied when confronted about it by Fuentes.

From what I understand, based on observations and information from multiple sources, this is one of many examples of deceit and dishonesty exhibited by Doug Willmore over a long period of time. It appears that his dishonesty has cost the city of El Segundo many millions of unnecessary dollars per year … Continue reading →

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Special Email – Re: CM Blog: “Civic Dialogue” . . . – Doug Willmore requesting phony and contrived anonymous supportive posts to his blog, even from people outside California

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Mike

From: Willmore Doug
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 7:00 AM
To: willmore@scfadvisors.com
Subject: Re: CM Blog: “Civic Dialogue” . . .

Thanks a lot. It probably doesn’t matter because Mickie (my assistant) and I are the only ones that see it, but anything would be great.

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 30, 2011, at 10:51 PM, “Bradford E. Willmore” wrote:

I’ll do that from SF so it will show a California URL.

Bradford E. Willmore

On Dec 30, 2011, at 2:10 PM, “Willmore, Doug” wrote:

Hey guys,

The fight with Chevron is heating up over their tax rate which I have proposed tripling (to get it into a proper range compared to other refineries). If any of you could post an anonymous comment on my blog supporting Chevron paying a fair rate (you can also find news stories on it) it would be a big help.

Doug

Sent from my iPad

Begin forwarded message:

From: “Tagle, Mickie”
Date: December 29, 2011 2:59:38 PM EST
To: “Tagle, Mickie”
Cc: *ALL CITY-WIDE PERSONNEL , “Mortesen, Cindy” , “Lanphere, Ralph” , “Hensley, Mark (City Attorney)” , “Berger, Karl (Assistant City Attorney)”
Subject: CM Blog: “Civic Dialogue” . . .

Hello –

To view the City Manager, Doug Willmore’s Blog post, please click on or cut-and-paste onto your browser the following link:

Civic Dialogue
http://dougwillmore.blogspot.com/2011/12/civicdialogue.html

Please let me know if I may be of assistance with anything.
Thank you.

Mickie Tagle
Executive Assistant to Doug Willmore
mtagle@elsegundo.org
310-524-2303

City of El Segundo
Office of the City Manager
350 Main Street, El Segundo, CA 90245-3818

Continue reading →

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Special Email – Re: Doug Willmore Blog: “Civic Dialogue” . . . – Doug Willmore requesting phony and contrived anonymous posts to his blog

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Mike

… On Dec 29, 2011, at 7:50 PM, “Kelly Colopy” wrote:

Things get a little crazy at your last meeting?

From: Tagle, Mickie [mailto:mtagle@elsegundo.org]
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 1:39 PM
To: Tagle, Mickie
Subject: Doug Willmore Blog: “Civic Dialogue” . . .

Hello –

To view the City Manager, Doug Willmore’s Blog
post, please click on or cut-and-paste onto your browser
the following link:

Civic Dialogue
http://dougwillmore.blogspot.com/2011/12/civic-dialogue.html

If you wish to post a comment and if you having trouble
doing so, please forward your comment to me and I’ll
be happy to post on your behalf. Let me know also if
you wish that I sign your comment with your name or
as anonymous.

Thank you and happy holidays!

Mickie Tagle Continue reading →

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Subject: Fwd: CM Blog: “Civic Dialogue” . . . – Doug Willmore requesting phony and contrived anonymous posts to his blog

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Mike

From: Willmore Doug
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 11:18 AM
To: sarah@utahcleanenergy.org; Rebecca@utahcleanenergy.org; Ann.Ober@slcgov.com
Subject: Fwd: CM Blog: “Civic Dialogue” . . .

It would be a big help if you would post a supportive comment to my blog – Chevron is pulling out all
the stops in one final effort to try and stop their taxes being increased to a fair level.

Sent from my iPad

Begin forwarded message:

From: “Tagle, Mickie”
Date: December 29, 2011 2:59:38 PM EST
To: “Tagle, Mickie”
Cc: *ALL CITY-WIDE PERSONNEL , “Mortesen, Cindy” , “Lanphere, Ralph” , “Hensley, Mark (City Attorney)” mhensley@localgovlaw.com>, “Berger, Karl (Assistant City Attorney)”
Subject: CM Blog: “Civic Dialogue” . . .

Hello –

To view the City Manager, Doug Willmoreâ€™s Blog post, please click on or cut-and-paste onto your browser the following link:

Civic Dialogue
http://dougwillmore.blogspot.com/2011/12/civic-dialogue.html … Continue reading →

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