Fact Checking Laura Wilkinson-Sinton
Wilkinson-Sinton Has Hidden Her Involvement In the Marijuana Industry From Coronado Voters
Wilkinson-Sinton has hidden her involvement with the marijuana industry in her campaign for City Council, but in 2023 and 2024, when she was applying for appointments to two City of Coronado commissions, she was not hiding her involvement with this industry. On both applications, Wilkinson-Sinton disclosed these two facts on her application, but we haven’t heard a word about this in her campaign for City Council.
Named as “One of the Top 10 Women in Cannabis to Meet” • National Cannabis Industry Association – 2019
Co-Chair • Marketing and Advertising Content Sub-Committee • National Cannabis Industry Association
Laura Wilkinson-Sinton applied to be appointed to the Coronado Mobility Commission on 4/4/23, however she did not attend the City Council meeting and only received one vote to appoint her to the commission. To watch this video, click here, then select Item 10b from the scroll-down menu to the right of the video.
Laura Wilkinson-Sinton applied to be appointed to the Coronado Library Board of Trustees on 2/6/24, but she withdrew her name from consideration prior to the meeting. To watch this video, click here, then select Item 10b from the scroll-down menu to the right of the video.
Source document for 2023 application: 4/4/23 City Council Agenda Packet, pages 177-180
Source document for 2024 application: 2/6/24 City Council Agenda Packet, pages 128-131
Wilkinson-Sinton Falsely Claimed She Was a Member of the Emerald Keepers Board of Directors
When Laura Wilkinson-Sinton applied to be a member of the Coronado Mobility Commission in 2023 and to be a member of the Coronado Library Board of Trustees in 2024, she claimed that she was a board member for the local nonprofit Emerald Keepers, but she has never been a member of that Board of Directors.
The underlined links will lead you to her applications for these commission appointment, wherein she stated she was a member of the Emerald Keepers Board of Directors.
Wilkinson-Sinton Is Suing Two of Our South Bay Neighbors: National City and Chula Vista
Recent UT article about lawsuit against National City (subscription may be required)
Recent UT article about lawsuit against Chula Vista (subscription may be required)
When Did StopTheSewage.org Start?
Laura Wilkinson-Sinton claims that she started StopTheSewage.org and her nonprofit years ago, but the facts suggest otherwise. It’s looking more and more like this effort was started to give Laura a platform on which she could run for office.
StopTheSewage.org Website
The StopTheSewage.org website was set up on 5/26/23 (see image below), the day before Laura Wilkinson-Sinton held a Stop the Sewage rally on the beach in Coronado.
When Did It Become a Nonprofit?
Stop the Sewage only became a nonprofit in April, 2024. Click image below to see PDF of the IRS Determination Letter.
At Coronado Rotary Candidate Forum, Wilkinson-Sinton Made Many False Statements about the TJ Sewage Crisis
At the 33:05 point into this video, Laura Wilkinson-Sinton talks about the sewage crisis.
She says "Coronado chose an isolationist strategy that was very quiet," taking aim at Mayor Bailey and the City Councils of the last eight years, but Coronado has been far from quiet.
Wilkinson-Sinton brings up the old, tired refrain that Coronado should have joined the IB lawsuit against the IBWC. This assertion was recently debunked by Councilmember Carrie Downey. Select Item 10c from the menu to the right of the video, then advance the video to 53:42.
She said "we are not on the path to getting this fixed, we are not even close." That is a totally false statement.
Wilkinson-Sinton gives all credit on the TJ sewage efforts to Mayor Paloma Aguirre of Imperial Beach in 2022, but Coronado has been working on this issue as far back as 2017 under the leadership of Mayor Richard Bailey, former Councilmember Whitney Benzian, and Councilmember John Duncan.
Wilkinson-Sinton Gives Rotary Club Outdated Information About Gases in the Air in Imperial Beach
At 33:47 into this video, Laura Wilkinson-Sinton makes reference to air quality testing which said that toxic gas was in the air in Imperial Beach, but subsequent testing by the County and the EPA could not replicate the initial results. Yet, Wilkinson-Sinton continues to talk about the initial results and leave out the fact that the county, the state, and the federal government have looked into this issue and have come to a different conclusion. Read this article.
“...the county’s own hazardous incident response team, which went out with the researchers, could not replicate the data, and after testing on two separate days, the county declared the area smelly but safe.”
Wilkinson-Sinton Proposes Vacancy Tax at Democratic Club Forum, But Now Says It’s a Lie
“Vancouver, British Columbia actually has a vacancy tax too, so that’s also under consideration.”
Click here and forward video to 33:14 to hear Laura’s new vacancy tax proposal.
Wilkinson Sinton Has Raised More Money for Her Campaign from Out of Town Donors Than from Coronado Donors
Total from out of town donors: $7,625
Total from Coronado donors: $6,650
Read the full report here.