Because over the last several years the landfill, its owners, etc. have funded the majority on the council through various PACs.

Source: https://www.fark.com/comments/12851640?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark

Both campaigns and allied super PACs have hit each other over the war in Israel and the U.S. relationship with China as Republicans take an increasingly antagonistic view of Beijing.

Source: https://abc11.com/republican-debate-miami-ron-desantis/14027268/

Called independent expenditure committees in Hawaii, super PACs are allowed to take in and spend unlimited amounts of money supporting or opposing candidates as long as they do not coordinate with candidate campaigns.

Source: https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/01/commission-fines-cayetano-campaign-super-pac-over-josh-green-attack-ads/

Campaign finance watchdogs say the practice effectively erodes the firewall that’s supposed to exist between super PACs and the candidates they support.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-city-council-races-north-side-43rd-46th-48th-20230402-7v2vnrdlfjee5lwdd2k54jyi2e-story.html

He added that he does not take money from "anybody," including PACs, lobbyists, and corporations.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/david-trone-enters-high-profile-maryland-2024-senate-race/article_39955b19-48ce-54da-bddd-34861b844ebd.html

Min raised nearly $1 million since entering the race at the start of the year, with his campaign his fundraising efforts don't take money from corporate PACs.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/wex/california-state-2024-race-shapes-up-as-candidates-vie-to-replace-katie-porter/article_2092ca05-e0d7-56b5-80d1-3e302c7c9594.html

Super PACs Reach Deal to Help McCarthy »

Source: https://politicalwire.com/2023/01/04/mccarthy-proposes-key-concessions/

The Energy and Commerce Committee will be led by the House Republican who received the most money from oil and gas PACs.

Source: https://truthout.org/articles/colorado-law-could-force-boulder-to-sell-oil-and-gas-to-a-private-company/

The team working on Donald Trump‘s campaign has issued a warning to state Republican parties, cautioning them about super PACs that "act as de facto campaign arms," with its eye seemingly on party rival Ron DeSantis.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/3706beaf19295246?ref=ff

The VHP of America’s advocacy wing recently in support of the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action ruling, and its other right-wing PACs opposed to affirmative action.

Source: https://religiondispatches.org/vivek-ramaswamy-represents-the-convergence-of-white-supremacy-and-hindu-supremacy-and-he-may-well-be-trumps-running-mate/

Trump knows this, which is why his well-funded PACs have spent $50 million in television ads attacking and ridiculing DeSantis well before DeSantis officially announced his candidacy, which he did Wednesday night.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/05/30/lucas-desantis-can-beat-biden-his-real-test-is-trump/