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Election filings show that SunCal, or Argent Management if you prefer, spent $3,400 to paint each mayoral candidate and current vice-mayor Doug deHaan and city council candidate and current mayor Beverly Johnson in a negative light.

The developer seemed more worried about Jean Sweeney winning a council seat as it spent $8,000 to dissuade voters from voting for her. If you take the amount spent as a worry meter, SunCal was very worried that current councilman Frank Matarrese would take the mayor's seat.

The developer spend $36,000 in an attempt to prevent Alamedans from voting for him.