Edgar County Watchdogs, Inc. | Edgar County Watchdogs site
Edgar County Watchdogs, Inc. | Edgar County Watchdogs site
The Orland Fire Protection District has allocated over $432,000 in recent years to Ray Hanania of Urban Strategies Group and All-Circo, Inc. for public relations services. These services included the creation of press releases and management of social media content.
Ray Hanania's monthly compensation for this work is reported to be $4,000.
The specific outcomes or deliverables related to these media relations expenditures remain unclear. However, the district has supplied a document detailing the purported tasks completed (refer to pages 8 – 24).
Financial records show an annual expenditure of $48,000 for these services.
Additionally, since 2015, the district has incurred legal expenses exceeding $3.94 million (refer to pages 25 – 44 and pages 1 – 19).
Requests have been made for copies of the actual work produced, which will be shared once received.