Larry Bennett’s Last Gasp

Here is a clip from Rick Reiff’s program featuring our own admin, and the sorry sack of guano known as Larry Bennett. He’s the clown who blew a hundred grand defending the Three Bald Tires from a much deserved recall.

Observe that Bennett is not only a bad loser he is still a liar, which seems to come so naturally. He is still dodging the easiest question of all: if Tony Bushala wanted to control the City Council to further his own mythical development schemes, how much easier would it have been to simply donate to the Three Dead Batteries’ campaigns? The answer of course is a lot. A lot cheaper too.

Did you enjoy how Bennett glossed over the illegal water tax? He still likes it!

Bennett is also still going by the title Planning Commissioner. I wonder how much longer he’ll keep that job.

249 Replies to “Larry Bennett’s Last Gasp”

  1. Anyone who keeps Bennett on Planning Commission is a loser! He helped funnel bucks to the 3 bald retreads in return for votes for developers. Hey Larry, how about another bar in downtown Fullerton?
    Remember folks, the two biggest slush funds for political “contributions” are gambling casinos and bars! Cash businesses! OK OK so I forgot Laundromats!

    1. I like your idea. It would be infinitely better than what I am doing right now…being a grief counselor and a burial coordinator after cops have brutally tortured and murdered yet another mentally ill loved one, Khoa Ahn Le, in El Monte.

      1. Heart attack. 5150 meds. RIP. Cops could have done a great job and the death may have been unpreventable. No one knows. Not even you. You are as close to God as their is in this world but still only God knows. Praise God.

        1. Isn’t it just unbelieveable how people always seem to die when they are beaten by sociopathic cops with flashlights 29 times, Tasered 4 times, choked and kicked for 25 minutes? Even after the person is already motionless and the family is begging the family to stop beating their loved one? Amazing.

          One minute the person is calmly sitting on his bed working on the computer, and the next minute the cops are beating him to death. One minute ALIVE, and after 25 minutes of torture the person is DEAD. Unbelieveable, isn’t it?? NO, it’s not; it happens all the time.

          The cops SHOULD have backed off and called a crisis intervention team. The Crisis Intervention Teams were created for that purpose…to PREVENT unnecessary deaths of the mentally ill. Khoa Ahn Le did not do anything that warranted him being murdered.

          You’d better ask God for forgiveness for your evil heart.

          1. Not really JFA. What’s more amazing is how you know everything and how everything always happened and how the cops are always wrong. You have zero credibility with anyone anywhere because you don’t use facts. You use your old theory of mentally ill being harmless and all cute and cuddly. That theory is why no one takes what you say as being worth anything but the medication you forgot to take everyday. You are a typical activist and activist blow hot air all day. You belong just where you are. In your house at your keyboard preaching to your cat. Your cat thinks you are God, just like you think you are God.

            1. You seem to think that you, and the other murdering cops, are only accountable to God. The truth is that you ARE accountable to THE PEOPLE, whether you like it, or not.

              The FACT is that Khoa Ahn Le did nothing wrong that merited his death.

              The FACT is that I have met with the family and spoken with them at great length.

              YOU have NO facts. I do not take any medication. I do not blow hot air. I do not have a cat. I do not think I am God; however, I DO follow his commandments, namely, “Thou shall not kill.”

              YOU are the one who seems to believe that he is God. YOU seem to believe that you have the right to decide to take someone’s life at the drop of a hat, beat them to death, and not be accountable to anyone.

            2. Actually JFA has way more credibility with me and probably with most of this blog’s readers than you do.

              Just sayin.

              1. @Plain Glazed, Thank you! IF, IF I did have a cat, or a dog, or a parakeet, fish, or a pet goat…any of them would have more credibility than Reality Is. Just sayin.

                We did have a beautiful pet dog for 15 years, until she passed away of natural causes a couple of years ago.

                My daughter always wanted a pet pig, but we never got one. Pigs, like Reality Is, stink.

                1. I’d like to see you or someone like you head up that commission that Rusty Kennedy currently does. Not someone who dressed up in a suit and tie and “networks” with the like of McKinley.

                2. @Plain Glazed, Thank you for your vote of confidence! I believe we need someone who has a real soul, a knowledgeable person who has a family member with mental illness, and as you stated, a person who has no “connections.” I believe Wrong Guy would be a great choice!!

            1. That’s exactly what I want to know. It’s long past time for all cops to be wearing video cameras while on duty; it will save hundreds of lives, or at least make the cops accountable for their actions.

          2. Everybody stop what you are doing and call The Crisis Intervention Team. Oh Yeah Ron, cops wish it could be that easy. But it’s hard to do that when a skitzo is fighting and can’t be controlled. Why don’t we just buy him a ice cream fudge bar and tell him everything is going to be OK.

  2. Don’t apologize for jack, Tony. Bennett is just another stooge for the ‘culture of corruption’. He wanted more ‘business as usual’ after a homeless man was beaten to death by gestapo agents and tried to cover it up after the fact. The police unions own the collective bargaining negotiators who are supposed to represent the citizens on a city, county or state level. They own the Sacramento legislators who gave them a bogus “Police Officer Bill of Rights”. So if you want to own Fullerton – more power to you, Tony. I hope you figure out a way to own the entire County so we can turn this corrupted mess around. Don’t apologize, Tony. Call yourself “The King of Fullerton” and demand that the city officials bow down when you pass in their presence. You merely did what all the rest of them have been doing for decades!!! Buying power!!! Good for you!!!

    Three cheers for Tony Bushala!! HIP HIP HURRAY! HIP HIP HURRAY!!! HIP HIP HURRAY!!!

    1. How about Jeremy Popoff and Larry Bennett get together to record a duet of Lit’s big hit, “My Own Worst Enemy” with the proceeds going to KTMF.ORG?

  3. Bennettdeserves the rusty award for being out of touch. His office shows all of his plaques and credentials which reflect all his grandous feelings and accolodes but is he really in touch with the common citizen? He says Tony spearheaded this recall himself but many citizens rose up against the apathetic city council. He may be fearing for his job like alot of other do nothing polititians in this time of upheaval.This is a great piece news piece and it speaks for itself. Let the citizen decide like they already have.

      1. Credentials? Right. A bunch of certificates handed out by insurance companies to stooges who are dumb enough to go to “seminars.”

        1. I’m not the one being accused of cynically using the killing of a homeless man to take over a city council and promote my own unrelated political ambitions. Try to pay attention. Will Tony speak out on the El Monte case? Take any action? Or was the interest in Kelly Thomas’s killing a “one trip only” ticket?

          1. I’m not the one being accused of cynically using the killing of a homeless man to take over a city council and promote my own unrelated political ambitions.

            Now we know Gasbag Greg’s true agenda.

            1. That Tony has been accused of that is a simple fact, Sean; it’s not news to people here in North OC. My “agenda” is that I don’t want Fullerton to go the way of Costa Mesa. Tell me, do you want to see Fullerton’s “reforms” applied to Santa Ana?

              1. Why does one man suddenly have the responsibility to right the wrongs of the entire region? Taking on police brutality in one city alone is a heroic task. Trying to take it on region-wide would just result in paralysis. I’m sure he is shocked and disturbed by this case, as am I, and many others. Look above and see how one prominent commentor here – JFA – did go and visit with the victim’s family. It is not Tony or this blog’s responsibility to end police brutality nationwide, or even countywide. Doing it citywide is a great first start but maybe others will need to carry the torch after this.

                1. El Monte isn’t even in Orange County. That’s the weirdness of this clown’s complaint. Of course his own irrelevance never stopped Gasbag Greg from wasting million of pixels on posts that nobody reads.

          2. No, you’re the one accused of being an unemployed political hack sticking his nose into other people’s business; a self-important blow hard with zero ties to a community he professes to speak for.

            Now Tony has to “speak up” about every unjust cop-murder on the face of the Earth? Just because you say so?

            Get lost, loser.

            1. I think that Tony doesn’t really much care about them when doing so is not to his benefit.

              You misspelled “self-employed political activist” — and the business of North Orange County is my business.

              Scram, anonymous coward.

              1. Your business is trying to be important. It’s not paying very well, is it? I suggest you go back to whatever it was you did before.

                You may think north (uncapitalized, dimwit) Orange County needs or wants you. If so, you are delusional.

          3. GD-You have a lot of nerve, you underdeveloped insensitive, showoff – YOU really do.

            Not only are you not as clever and intelligent as you think you are, as evidenced by this example of the spewing forth of obnoxious anal emissions thru your loud facial hole, you also don’t have the ability or the integrity to think before you speak.

            1. So your proof that I am “not as clever and intelligent as” I think I am is that I am farting through my mouth and don’t think before I speak. Do you understand, merijoe, that that’s just insult and not actual argument? No, you probably don’t.

              Someone last week or two said that they thought that you were one of Tony’s sock puppets. That’s one of the funniest ideas I’ve heard all year.

              1. Greg……
                YOU make this otherwise bland at best blog interesting and a good read. Thank you for having the integrity to call Bushala and his goons on their crap. Although, they are far from worthy adversaries.

      1. Nice ass whipping you took in the primary. My guess is you will lose by even more in November. It takes a real piece of crap to make Huff look better.

        1. JC,

          Didn’t you hear? Greg didn’t campaign for the June race he was busy working on other campaigns, which all lost.

          He is ramping up his efforts for November so Bob Huff better be careful. I mean who doesn’t think a ballot designation of “Occupy Lawyer” isn’t a winner.

          Greg has even unveiled a website: http://www.gregdiamond2012.com/

          On second thought you are right. Once the voters learn more about Diamond he will lose by much more.

          1. When does your term on the Commission expire, Sean? I have to be sure to bundle up all of your comments to send to poor Santa Ana Councilman Sal Tinajero and ask him if this is really what he had intended in his appointing you.

            Let’s take a truth test, which you will probably fail, but I want to give you the change to admit your lie (or at least false insinuation) to your colleagues here:

            Is my ballot designation “Occupy Lawyer”? Yes or no, please.

            1. Oooh! Gasbag Greg is threatening to expose Sean by making his publicly available posts made under his name… even more public. Watch out!

              The gasbag is really ramping things up.

              1. Hey, Sean — when someone steps in so quickly to defend you anonymously, it’s pretty clearly you doing it, given that no one else here actually cares about your corrupt soul and yearning to be a Santa Ana political insider in whatever party you claim to be part of now. When I see a bunch of people whose names (or at least pseudonyms) I recognize here defending your “honor,” then I’ll be worried. Well, amused, but we’ll call it “worried.”

                1. when someone steps in so quickly to defend you anonymously, it’s pretty clearly you doing it,

                  Talk about severely flawed logic.

                  Maybe your diabetes and heart disease is getting the best of you and reducing blood flow & oxygen to your brain.

                  Gotta lay off the dunkin donuts my boy.

                2. Greg Diamond :
                  Hey, Sean — when someone steps in so quickly to defend you anonymously, it’s pretty clearly you doing it, given that no one else here actually cares about your corrupt soul and yearning to be a Santa Ana political insider in whatever party you claim to be part of now. When I see a bunch of people whose names (or at least pseudonyms) I recognize here defending your “honor,” then I’ll be worried. Well, amused, but we’ll call it “worried.”

                  Corrupt soul? How do you reach that conclusion Greggy?…You know nothing about me other than the fantasies concocted by your fellow malcontents and the alcohol addled brain of your buddy.

                  What party, other than Democratic, have I ever claimed to be? I was a Republican when I was younger, but have been a Democrat ever since.

                  With that being said I would never support a foolish candidate such as yourself no matter what party you belong to. You are part of the lunatic fringe that gives the Democratic Party a bad name.

                  Now back to your paranoia that sees me behind every comment.

                3. We attorneys call it “due diligence,” Sean. I know more about you than you think — largely because lots of people have scores to settle with you and talk my ears off. I’m thinking of doing a compilation, but I’m holding out for movie rights. And, of course, I can judge your character based on your bromance with Art Pravda.

                  I don’t think that any else here gives a rat’s ass about any beef between you and me, while I am told by various diverse quarters that putting out anonymous comments supporting yourself would be par for the course. If you want to ask the Admins to post the URLs for your comments, that would be some evidence that you were at least using two different machines to do it, though your cell phone might post as Anonymous.

                  Speaking of whom — no diabetes, no heart disease, and if you’re the sort of cancerous (used here as a metaphor) tumor who would sling that sort of thing around, you’re right to try to stay anonymous.

                4. LOL!!! You and your quest for people’s URL’s Greggy. You sure hate free speech.

                  I can rest easy knowing that any comments other than those with my name attributed to them are not mine. I’ll leave the sock puppetry to Chmielewski, Gordon, Gallegos and the assorted minions with their “scores” to settle.

                  As far as you sitting in judgment of me I am just broken up about it. Produce some sort of facts and documentation that shows “corrupt” actions by me Greggy. Regurgitating the rants of your sources with “scores” just makes you a yenta.

                  Looking at the folks that you pal around with Greggy, I wouldn’t say that you are a great judge of character. Drinks anyone???

                5. Defamation is excluded from the category of constitutionally protected speech, idiot. That’s why you can sue over it.

                  I said that your soul was corrupt, Sean. It’s a different meaning than your being on the take — but you are then I’m sure it will eventually come out and you’ll find out who your friends aren’t.

                  Yeah, I’m friends with a guy with DUIs, who no longer drives. You’re in a simmering bromance with ;unatic Art Pedroza. I’ll take my friend over yours in a battle of character any day.

                6. Read this slowly, Sean, so that you get it:

                  (1) You say: “LOL!!! You and your quest for people’s URL’s Greggy. You sure hate free speech.”

                  (2) I say: “Defamation is excluded from the category of constitutionally protected speech, idiot. That’s why you can sue over it”

                  (3) You say: “Where exactly have I “defamed” you”?

                  And now I say: I didn’t say that you had. But the instances where I have gone after URLs have involved defamation, so my seeking them in those circumstances is not “hating free speech,” because “free speech” excludes illegal defamation.

                  Of course, those comments were made by someone writing under a pseudonym, so I guess that it could be you — in which case I guess I did accuse you without knowing it was you. But you say that you don’t write other than under your own name, so it couldn’t be you — unless you’re lying.

              2. the instances where I have gone after URLs have involved defamation

                I’d love to see Mr Diamond explain in detail what he thinks a URL is and why he’s going after them.

                Please no one help. He can explain it on his own.

                1. I’m sorry, I meant “IP addresses.” I was copying directly from Sean Mill’s post, where he said “URLs”; still, I should have caught his error.

                2. I’m sorry, I meant “IP addresses.”

                  Your thesaurus went on fritz again?

                  Gregory you have to stop picking random words in an attempt to look smart. It’s pretty sad that a guy who blogs doesn’t know the difference between a URL and an IP address.

                  I was copying directly from Sean Mill’s post, where he said “URLs”; still, I should have caught his error.

                  Actually you were the first one to ever mention “URLs” in this topic so either you’re a compulsive liar or have a really bad memory.

                  Here is your first post ever mentioning “urls”.

                  If you want to ask the Admins to post the URLs for your comments, that would be some evidence that you were at least using two different machines to do it, though your cell phone might post as Anonymous.

                  – Greg Diamond

            2. @Greg, Were you, or were you not, an attorney for “Occupy”? Your reputation precedes you.

              1. I have never had Occupy as a legal client. I was (and am) a “civic liaison” for the group and I use legal skills there, but I don’t have the duties that formal representation brings.

                The assertion was that it was my ballot designation. Maybe you missed that.

                1. No, I didn’t miss it; I couldn’t care less whether, or not, it is your “ballot designation.” However, your weaseling semantics are stupid and disingenuous.

                  The People deserve to know the truth about you. So, does your reply mean that you HAVE done in the past/ARE currently doing/or WILL BE doing pro bono work, or paid work for “Occupy”??

                2. @Just4ALL — OK. A ballot designation is a technical term for how you are described on the ballot. Saying that my designation is “Occupy Lawyer” is false. Considering it “weaseling semantics” is stupid — but it’s not disingenuous, as I believe that you really don’t understand it.

                  For over eight months I have done and continue to do pro bono liaison work for various Occupy groups within Orange County. I don’t get paid for it (in fact, I’ve lost some money at it, paying fees and such, but it’s for a good cause) but I also don’t have an attorney-client relationship with the group. That’s the truth about me; tell The People!.

                3. @Fred — I have to admit, your comment strikes me as especially perverse on a website where, to their credit, lots of people have engaged in intensive political activism without pay for causes they believe in. That’s what I find admirable here, even though some of the people seem bonkers, and that’s what I do in my own life.

                  How many times do I have to say “self-employed” before it sinks in to you? I won a nice (and difficult) motion in Superior Court on Monday, was engaged in settlement negotiations with opposing counsel today on a second case, am preparing discovery on a third case, etc. I do most of it at the same computer on which I do my political work. Is this really too complicated for you to understand?

            3. I just love when folks that claim to support free speech threaten me for exercising it.

              Send whatever you’d like to whomever you’d like Greg. This tactic has been used over and over again and to tell you the truth it doesn’t scare me tough guy.

              For the record I comment under my own name. I can’t help that so many people around here find you ridiculous and unwanted.

              I’ll let Sal know you’ll be contacting him Greggy.

              1. I know that you comment under your own name, Sean. Just, I’m told, not only under your own name.

                Yeah, let him know. It’s a shame that he has to bear the burden of association with you, and through you with Pravda, but that’s his call.

                1. It’s a shame that the Democratic Party has to bear the burden of you being our nominee.

                  I’m sure Sal will be broken up that someone of your high-esteem doesn’t like me. After all a heavy hitter like you means a lot.

        2. I’m not surprised to learn that you enjoy ass-whippings.

          One of the things that pleases me about my race is people like you coming out and supporting the consummate anti-libertarian, big-government Republican Bob Huff because I came here and hurt your fee-fees. Keep at it, fake named guy!

          1. Greg Diamond :
            One of the things that pleases me about my race is people like you coming out and supporting the consummate anti-libertarian, big-government Republican Bob Huff because I came here and hurt your fee-fees. Keep at it, fake named guy!

            1. You’re being paid to run to ensure Bob Huff wins without any real opposition. This aint a real race, you’re not really running and you have no intentions of winning so stop pretending.

            2. I can’t help but wonder if the FBI knows that one of their assets is accepting money under the table to influence an election.

            1. Oh, great — now I have to find Tony’s e-mail address and get all legal about false and defamatory comments. What a pain.

              1. Ughhh…the hypocrisy….

                Why don’t you take a look at some of (heck…most of) your posts.

                1. Find me one thing I’ve written that is false and/or defamatory (meeting the legal definition of defamation. You can probably find it on Wikipedia.)

                  On the other hand, stating that

                  (1) I’m being “paid to run”
                  (2) I want “to ensure Bob Huff wins”
                  (3) I’m an FBI asset and
                  (4) I’m “accepting money under the table to influence and election”

                  that stuff meets the criteria. By contrast “you’re not really running and you have no intentions of winning so stop pretending” is stupid and false, but it’s clearly opinion rather than factual assertion so I can’t sue over it.

      2. “All life is precious”………. Hmmmmmm

        I am glad Golem that you are finely recognizing Adolf Hitler’s life preciousness.

        Or are you trying to say that “Some life is precious”?

        No! We are all equal….. Huh? Golem?

              1. “But please explain the connection with Diamond”………. Hmmmm.

                You have to read the history of the Golem and why was he created and by whom.

                Then apply what you learn to Diamond’s behavior and if you are reasonably IQ sufficient and have ability to understand satiric expression you may get it.

                If you get it, you may try the following link:

                http://totallylookslike.icanhascheezburger.com/2009/06/17/golem-statue-in-prague-totally-looks-like-darth-vader/

                And you may understand where from the Hollywood jewish-ultra-liberal-left-intelligentsia got the “darth vader” image from and what they wanted to say to the world.

                Yo must also understand usage of such symbolism in the American history.

                1. I think he looks a lot like Rob Reiner. There’s your similarity. Dead head liberal foisting his philosophy on everybody else.

              2. “Foisting his philosophy on everyone else …” Did you just develop a sense of irony? Nicely done, if so. If you’re just clueless, never mind.

          1. Oh, I can tell that I’m really going to enjoy THIS conversation. Enjoy engaging with your new ally, “Cameron”!

  4. The only thing that idiot has is to keep trying to slander Tony because he funded the recall. So freaking what? If anything, that is actually a testament to his character. He was so appalled by the brutal murder of Kelly Thomas and believed so much in getting rid of corrupt city officials, that he gave up some of his own money for the cause.

    Guess what, if I had the money, I would have funded the recall myself too!! Uh oh, I guess that means I must be looking for some kind of political gain too, huh? What a bunch of crap. Larry Bennett is a total moron.

  5. I used to have some respect for Bennett back in the 90s. He said all the right things. I guess in the end his natural inclination toward lackeydom was just to much to overcome.

    He tried to be the spokesman for an older, politically sclerotic generation that is quickly dying out.

    Say good night Larry.

      1. Not usually for “appointees” – their term can depend on how long their “patron” remains in office and keeps appointing the individual

  6. Ask yourselves folks, why would Bennett be the chief fund raiser for the 3 dumped stumps? Well, then ask yourself, what was in it for him? No one does all that work because they like someone else. My God the amount of work just filing treasurer’s reports for the Calif Fair Political Practices Commission can wear one out! Been there done that. So I ask, what exactly was Bennett looking for?

  7. Hey, that’s mighty generous of good old Lar’ to respect the will o’ the people. In the past that was always easy for him to say since he and fellow antiquarian stooges Royce and Ackerman got those idiots elected and re-elected.

    Larry you and the Three Korrupt Klowns lost 2-1.

  8. Larry Bennett, besides resembling a reptile, also reminds me of Colonel Klink from Hogan’s Heros-
    “durrrr, I’m not buying that, Bushala’s had a personal vendetta against those 3 wise men long ago ”

    Bennett never uttered one word of defense for those 3 clods, other than to mention something about them serving in the military way back before Penicillin was invented and they have been pillars of the community, nor did the 3 waxed figurines say anything about their accomplishments either.

    Evidently, Larr, not just Tony Bushala, but most all of the community wanted recall to happen, also.

    What’s the crime in actively campagning for the people you want to see elected- as an American citizen, you are allowed to do that, otherwise Barack O’bama’s friends wouldn’t have had big dollar fundraisers in their homes.

  9. I find it very interesting that the topic of how Tony Bushala might benefit from this recall comes up time and again.

    Not once did I hear a reporter ask Larry Bennett if he had any financial interests in keeping Bankhead, Jones and McKinley on the council.

    How about it Larry? Are any of these gentlemen and/or their friends clients of yours?

    How about full disclosure Larry?

    1. Tony did what the rest of them have done for years – buying political seats for power. Tony’s just playing the same political game and all the pots get made and call the kettle black. I think it’s hilarious. The good guys aren’t support to know about the little insider secret. More power to Tony. If the bad guys can buy political influence why can’t the good guys beat them at their own game? The 3 stooges were nothing more than hired guns for the bad guys. Now we have 3 hired guns for the good guys!

      All is fair in love and war. Turnabout is fair play! 😀

      1. When it comes to politics good guys are few are far between. But for stooges you need to look no further than Tony’s newly christened 2 plus the bloated one already in place.

      2. Nonsense, nobody new had to get elected if Tony wanted ‘friends’ on the council. They’ve always been open for business.

        Can you imagine how far $300K (if that’s the number) could have gone if all someone wanted to do was grease the skids?

        1. I find it interesting that there are people who can’t understand how there might be other motivations to encourage political change beyond financial ones.

          These people’s fixation on money as the only thing that could possibly matter is a sad reflection on themselves.

          1. Wake up. Money moves politics. Have you ever seen a poor man or even a middle class man run for high political office and win? And if the bad guys can buy political power it’s refreshing to me when good guys can play the same game and buy political power. Without Bushala’s money none of this would have happened. The 3 stooges would have had council seats forever. People have short memories when it comes to politics. The City of Fullerton should worship Bushala for what he did. And, personally, I wouldn’t really give a damn if Bushala did benefit personally from the 3 new elected. IMO he deserves it. He is doing nothing different that what all the rest of them do. The only reason he’s getting lambasted is because he happens to sit on the opposite side of the table from the “business as usual” people.

            More power to Bushala!!! Go into County politics and uproot the trash now, Tony. If you need any help let me know.

            1. Rather than telling me to wake up, learn to read. I’m asking if there are other motivations beyond money to encourage political change. The answer is yes. if you don’t believe so you’re just as immoral as the people we just deposed from office.

  10. Good googlie mooglie

    Why can’t a person use his money to give back to his community instead of buying yachts or diamond encrusted sunglasses?

    Why does there have to be a game being played or deceitful ulterior motives behind anything good someone does with his/her money?

    Bill Gates gives alot of money so does Cal Ripken-maybe they are hoping to rule the world someday with Tony B.
    Jealous big mouths.

    Chriminy, I can’t wait until time passes and all you ninnys and whiners see that Tony B. has not purchased a crown, is not having a king robe made for him, is not calling Buckingham Palace needing employees (If he needs any help there are plenty of court jesters waiting right here),
    is not able to smash windows at his whim and doesn’t have a special batman hotline phone to the council in his hidden cave.

    I will be standing in line to name all of you and to make a big deal out of all of the foolish quotes pertaining to this that are being made on this blog.

    1. Merihoe, You’ve known Tony for a few months and you think that? What a ninny you are. He has got you and everyone in this blog buffaloed. Give him some time. He has you all where he wants you. Then he will drop all of you like a hot potato. The time will come………….

      1. “Give him some time”
        “The time will come….”
        “nobody will get charged”
        “wait for the video to come out”
        “everything will go back to normal”
        “the recall will fail”
        “all 10 people on this blog..”

        YAWN

    2. Give us some credit MJ. Some of us have known Tony for over 20+ years. We speak from experience. The chances of Tony B. doing something out of the goodness of his heart are like the chances of you and JD having a brew at the Slidebar.

  11. While he was bragging to Nazar about being a Planning Commissioner (big freaking deal) I wonder if he ever bothered to tell him that he was Patdown Pat McPension’s appointee.

    1. King says that during the beating that followed, he did not resist. Instead, he says he was just trying to stay alive.

      “When I heard the words, ‘N****r run, we’re gonna kill you, n****r run’…

      “I knew life was just a matter of seconds of me dying, so I’ve gotta try and cover up what I can… Keep my hands above my brain and just scream as loud as I could and as long as I could.”

  12. Someone might have already posted this but I get so irritated at the media’s same rhetoric… “altercation.” Why can’t

  13. I’m still waiting for Larry Bennett to substantiate his claim that Kelly Thomas had at one time vandalized his business office in Placentia.

    1. If Bennett is such a Fullerton supporter, why an office in Placentia? Wouldn’t he want to keep his money in Fullerton to benefit Fullerton?

  14. Every city needs a police commission to oversee the police department. The commission also passes judgement on firings with advice of their attorney, of course. A Brady cop doing patrol? Cannot testify? Gone! Stealing, Gone. Shooting an unarmed person? Gone unless you have a weapon to plant and no witnesses. THen you are marked as one questionable. You get 3 questionables and you are Gone!
    Commissions will have to have subpena power too. They will also review the union contract. In return, those good police will get to stay longer with fatter pension due to more years of service. The poor performers will be long gone.
    Police do not like it? Well now you know why the tide in California and Wisconsin is to put the screws to public employee unions! San Jose, San Diego, Wisconsin. You will see, public employee unions have seen their best days. People are awake now!

    1. The Worlds Liberals have a plan to confirm control, after the 2nd Presidency of Obama, it should end like a Hollywood movie, with 2 seconds to spare. The legitamacy the uniform Police gives them is paramount, thugs wont work anymore. Bullshit is Bullshit, anytime anywhere!

    2. Yeah, except Walker in Wisc. exempted police unions from his ban on collective bargaining. Notice that?

  15. MERIJOE,

    Please call me. I tried getting ahold of you over a month ago, but was unsuccessful. Talk to you soon.

    1. I think that Larry Bennett looks like a confused man who has lost his soul.

      The soul withers away whenever the truth is kept from it.

  16. You would think Bennett would try to work with the new council instead of continuing bad mouthing them. How does he expect to keep his position if it’s merely a selfish position to further his own agenda? Oh wait…I get it…he doesn’t and by constant bs, if not reappointed, he’ll say it was Tony’s vendetta. Because he still thinks people are buying his crap. Yeah…good luck with that, Lar’.

    1. typical Register, the reporter didn’t say where on Commonwealth this happened at. I bet it happened somewhere in the puke zone.

  17. Larry fails to see his double standard. He accuses Tony of putting “his” people on the council but Larry is guilty of the same crime. He’s been friends with Jones, Bankhead, and McKinley for a very long time. Larry wants his friends on the council, well, just because.

    And you know what, Larry isn’t the idiot he portrays himself to be. Deep down he knows that due to medical reasons, it is unlikely Jones and Bankhead would have survived their elected terms anyway. Instead of manning up and telling them the truth, as a real friend would, he sat there and watched while they self-destructed and brought their families down with them.

    Way to go, Larry. You failed the very people you sought out to protect. I can’t think of anything more callous than leading an effort that was sure to bring pain and suffering to your close friends.

  18. “Instead of manning up and telling them the truth, as a real friend would, he sat there and watched while they self-destructed and brought their families down with them.”

    Yes this is a true observation. Bankhead and Jones have been evidently suffering from dementia for years. And yet nobody close told them the truth. They were beguiled by the authority and the deference, and the lies of Ed Royce telling them how important they were.

    Bennett was McKinley’s campaign chairman. It would have been so easy to say: hey Patdown, time to stand down. take your $218K per year pension and enjoy your golden years on your yacht.

      1. “Yes you are indeed the Emperor Napoleon”………. Hmmmm

        Absolutely and modest one too!

        First read the following recent Golem’s crapola:

        http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2012/06/expansionist-power-heading-to-the-beach/

        Then read my prediction how Golem will destroy Tony Bushala:

        http://ocpoliticsblog.com/open-thread-for-orange-juice-blog-ex-pats/#comment-6101

        So unless Bushala takes my advise not to respond to Golem in any form or shape the Golem will hand Bushala the “Tar baby” aka anti-Semite stigma and will destroy Bushala.

        1. Diamond will not use race or anti-Semitism to destroy Bushala because:
          1. FFFF isn’t racist or anti-Semitic.
          2. Tony isn’t racist or anti-Semitic.
          3. It is obvious that most of the people posting racist or anti-Semitic slurs are either cop trolls, or a couple of cards short of a full house.
          Interpret that last statement as you like.

          1. I have absolutely no information or indication that Tony Bushala is anti-Semitic. He tolerates some anti-Semitic posts here from the author to whom you’re responding, but that seems to be part of a policy to err generally on the side of non-censorship. (The only one that I’ve noticed led to a banning was that “wetback” comment of last week.)

            As for racist — well, I think that some comments here do qualify, but I don’t impute that to Tony unless it’s him writing. Of course, I don’t know what pseudonyms are his.

            1. . (The only one that I’ve noticed led to a banning was that “wetback” comment of last week.)

              I’m sure you blew your load at the opportunity to openly use that ugly racist slur. Keep the hits coming Gregory.

              1. “I’m sure you blew your load at the opportunity to openly use that ugly racist slur.”……… Hmmmmm

                Furthermore, Golem’s opportunity peek when he could state:

                As for racist — well, I think that some comments here do qualify, but I don’t impute that to Tony unless it’s him writing. Of course, I don’t know what pseudonyms are his.

              2. Ewww. Missed this before, so thanks to Stanley for replying to it.

                No, I used the term because that’s all I remember from the comment and what I believe got it banned.

                I’m sure you appreciated the opportunity to write “blew your load.”

  19. Fullerton Lover :How about Jeremy Popoff and Larry Bennett get together to record a duet of Lit’s big hit, “My Own Worst Enemy” with the proceeds going to KTMF.ORG?

    Ellis on base and Ackerman on drums. McKinley, Jones, and Bankhead can play the part they were accustomed to with the City Staff–back-up vocals.

      1. Sellers is playing alright. He’s playing with all that tax free money he gets every month ($23,796.88/month) all because McJoneshead believed it was the city managers job to make the police chief do his job.

        Hey wait a minute, if it’s the city managers job to make the police chief do his job, did the wrong guys get recalled?

  20. Sellers is the old fashioned record executive who conned the band into signing off all the royalties, disappears into the background, and from then on will not even return phone calls.

    Felz is a dedicated chief roadie who is flattered and promoted to band manager by the exeucutives when they go into the hiding behind closed doors routine. He acts like he is in charge but when real problems come up, he finds himself unable to think independently and can not handle a crisis.

    You have to remember the business end of music. Music is more than a bunch of cool looking guys putting their hangovers to tune.

  21. Guano-no that’s too nice. That stuff actually has benefits to mankind. How about factory farm derived unpastuerized steer and chicken manure laden with the remnants of pesticides, anti-fungal agents, and the excreted prophylactic antibiotics that have recombined with the DNA and RNA of the GMO corn, wheat and soy products that have produced bizarre and deleterious new life forms which render the soil dangerously unfit-yeah a sack of that-that’s more like it. I am sure that we have’t heard the last of Mr Bennett. His spin cycle appears to be stuck on stupid. Not once does he mention Sellers dereliction of duty, the attempted cover up of a brutal murder, the officers being left on duty with fresh blood on their hands LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED, the eerie silence from the the 3 goons which are soon to be ex-council members and the DA’s hoping for it all to go away. No he, not unlike all those other well connected liars in high places, just hoped the booze, endless mindless sports distractions, american idolatry and dancing with the clowns would make the public forget what is totally unforgettable. Nice try pal. There are still a majority of Fullerton residents with a fully functional conscience.

  22. “I don’t think that any else here gives a rat’s ass about any beef between you and me,”

    So true. Or anything else about you, either. Now go run off and write a post about how nobody at FFFF would defend you against the enemy you dragged over to this site.

    1. I didn’t drag Sean Mill here; he says he’s your buddy, right?

      I don’t think that anyone here has to defend me against Sean Mill. (Sal Tinajero may need someone to do that, but that’s his problem.) I get pissed off when people here ignore the racism, sexism, etc., that often pervades the comments sections — but I can handle personal attacks against me on my own.

      “Joe,” I don’t much care what people writing under pseudonyms think about me — but thanks for making me feel welcome!

      1. Greg, I have addressed the charges of racism at least twice, in detail, right below the posts where you alleged it, and you have not responded either time. In these posts I have reminded you that this blog broke the stories of numerous Latino and Asian-American victims of police brutality. I’ve told you that the comment section is not usually moderated though the administrators do occasionally remove particularly awful posts.

        I realize you don’t care what I think about you, since I’m using a pseudonym, and that’s fine. But this isn’t about you, its about the blog. It is a waste of many readers of the blog’s time to see so much back and forth between you and a host of detractors, little to none of it substantive in nature.

        Each post has a stated topic. This one was about Larry Bennett and the recall. Would it be to much to ask you to try to post substantive responses to the topic? Would it be too much to ask your detractors to not waste our time by coming on to this blog just to disparage you when it is irrelevant to the topic?
        Because most of this is just pointless blather.

        1. Fullertonista I can’t thank you enough for your comment. I could not have written that any more eloquently than you just did. I understand and support freedom of speech, that being said, I try to also mind my manners. On a personal level I wish the administrators at FFFF would just ban Greg Diamond permanently. I cringe when I refresh the blog page and the entirety of the “recent posts” is comprised solely of Mr. Diamond comments.

  23. Greg Diamond :Find me one thing I’ve written that is false and/or defamatory (meeting the legal definition of defamation. You can probably find it on Wikipedia.)
    On the other hand, stating that
    (1) I’m being “paid to run”(2) I want “to ensure Bob Huff wins”(3) I’m an FBI asset and(4) I’m “accepting money under the table to influence and election”
    that stuff meets the criteria. By contrast “you’re not really running and you have no intentions of winning so stop pretending” is stupid and false, but it’s clearly opinion rather than factual assertion so I can’t sue over it.

    Hey big bag o gas, how about you accusing Tony of paying for the campaigns of 3 people? You never proved that nor could you now, cause it’s not true. Does that count?

    And if you are going to constantly bloviate and accuse just so you can hear your nose whistle, then send proof-real proof, to back up up your accusations, not some homemade crappy video of a grubby hand stealing papers off windshields while snorting that the person who did this is a criminal, or links that have no information in them.

    1. merijoe,

      As usual, I think that you are heartfelt — you just don’t know how the system works. I’ve seen the expense reports showing Tony’s contributions and (more importantly) his unlimited independent expenditures. Final reports are due pretty soon, as I recall, and then I’ll point them out to you.

      I believe that most of them will be able to be reached through this page: http://www.cityoffullerton.com/weblink8/Browse.aspx?startid=444697&row=1&dbid=1.

      1. I would love to see Tony drop 10 big ones to share your fugly mug with the citizens of “North” Orange County.

      2. You are really becoming tedious with your constant attempts to derail the the topics of posts to try to get people to talk about you. The weird narcissism is becoming annoying. Please stop. We have never banned anybody before except Stanley Fiala. Don’t become the second.

        1. If you want to ban me, ban me. (It didn’t work with Stanley, by the way.) But banning me for thread hijacking is bullshit, unless your position is that you get to determine not only what people talk about, but what they get to say.

          My first post here was in response to someone else mentioning the killing in El Monte, which is absolutely relevant to the question Tony’s motivation for funding the recall. (My suspicion is that Tony’s ire over police abuse and killings is awfully selective.) Search on this:

          “El Monte Family Accuses Police for Man’s Death on June 16, 2012”

          People respond with mostly personal attacks against me — you have a nice menu up there to choose from — and I answer them. That’s it.

          Suppressing speech based on others’ reactions to it is called a “heckler’s veto.” This is a private blog and you can do whatever it is you’d like, but don’t pretend that it’s not just allowing mostly unnamed and pseudonymous people to shut me up by heckling. It’s cowardly — but that would be in keeping with most of the spirit of commenting here.

          You have my e-mail address; read the “heckler’s veto” at work here and then let me know if I’m banned.

          1. We let Fiala back in after a time out. He’s a nut, but he doesn’t constantly hijack threads, and he doesn’t drag his enemies to our site to engage in vendettas.

            Take the hint. If you can’t make relevant comments, Anthony may have to send you to the Corn Field.

            1. I do not “continually hijack threads,” Ms. Dog, I respond to direct attacks on me after I post, punch for punch. That’s how one deals with cowardly bullies. My initial comments in threads are often critical, but rarely off-topic (and if so at all, at a rate within community norms.)

              Tony can do what he wants, but claiming that it’s due to threadjacking is false. You’ve got plenty of comments showing that many people here just can’t stand dissent, because get in the way of groupthink. If I’m banned, that will be why. There’s a hint for you.

        2. “We have never banned anybody before except Stanley Fiala.”……… Hmmmmm

          To defend First Amendment takes casualties.

          I am proud to fall as first casualty.

          However, I will turn in my grave if Golem would be second……. that would be an insult.

  24. Those “expenditures” on the link once again are for the RECALL campaign, not anyone specifically,

    1. There are other expenditures on their campaigns. It’s been weeks, but my recollection is that Tony’s IE group paid for the slate mailers.

  25. Greg Diamond :
    Defamation is excluded from the category of constitutionally protected speech, idiot. That’s why you can sue over it.
    I said that your soul was corrupt, Sean. It’s a different meaning than your being on the take — but you are then I’m sure it will eventually come out and you’ll find out who your friends aren’t.
    Yeah, I’m friends with a guy with DUIs, who no longer drives. You’re in a simmering bromance with ;unatic Art Pedroza. I’ll take my friend over yours in a battle of character any day.

    Did somebody say something? Sounded like a bit gaseous. Like flatulence.

    1. GD- I have a direct link to Wolf Blitzer.

      SM-so?

      SF-Golem…who cares?

      JS-Just leave, gasbag

      (air being sucked out of room)

      GD- (changing the subject cause he knows he can’t defend himself) you’re all just racist. Why is it Tony won’t buy donuts for all fatties? huh?
      I ran against Bob Huff – I own a Prius and protested against toys in Happy Meals.
      I get compliments all the time in my fake email account from coplicking trolls who love my writing because I’m not afraid to sound like a pompous ass and shake my moobs,
      I am the greatest, smartest and most superior blogger of all time…
      I am the Occupoo lawyer, kukukachu.

      SM-You still lost to Huff and he eats babies

      SF-Golem, What is that 99 percent? besides the amount of caramel in your diet?

      JC-If you were running against Rex the Wonder horse-you’d still lose

      GD-I’m telling (name drop) and I’m going to hand deliver all these racist comments, then you’ll be sorry.I’m smarter than all of you-hear me roar.

      1. So you make up a bunch of stuff, act like it’s true, and declare victory. That no one here will tell you how pathetic that is does not mean it isn’t pathetic.

    2. Did somebody say something? Sounded like a bit gaseous. Like flatulence.

      yes, I smelled it……just ignore it….it will go away.

  26. Greg Diamond :
    @Fred — I have to admit, your comment strikes me as especially perverse on a website where, to their credit, lots of people have engaged in intensive political activism without pay for causes they believe in. That’s what I find admirable here, even though some of the people seem bonkers, and that’s what I do in my own life.
    How many times do I have to say “self-employed” before it sinks in to you? I won a nice (and difficult) motion in Superior Court on Monday, was engaged in settlement negotiations with opposing counsel today on a second case, am preparing discovery on a third case, etc. I do most of it at the same computer on which I do my political work. Is this really too complicated for you to understand?

    How do you have so much free time for blogging, Greg Diamond?

    How could someone with a Ph.D. in psychology and a J.D. from Columbia have time for trivial things like blogging when you have a family to feed and maybe even student loan debt to pay off from your time at Columbia?

    Last I checked, Columbia was charging $50,000 a year for law school, and yet, you want to be the voice for the Occupy movement.

    That’s just funny.

    1. It’s political activism, “Snakes,” and it’s more important to me than getting rich.

      When I was at Columbia, it was $30,000 per year, by the way. Plenty of people there decided to, as I did, use their skills to try to help the world — which includes staving off lame-brained attempts to cut government with a chainsaw — instead of being prostitutes and hired guns for the wealthy.

      I have time for blogging because I make time for it — and it’s easy to fit in while I’m doing my other “real” work. Take it as a compliment; I take Fullerton’s movement seriously.

      1. Greg Diamond :
        It’s political activism, “Snakes,” and it’s more important to me than getting rich.
        When I was at Columbia, it was $30,000 per year, by the way. Plenty of people there decided to, as I did, use their skills to try to help the world — which includes staving off lame-brained attempts to cut government with a chainsaw — instead of being prostitutes and hired guns for the wealthy.
        I have time for blogging because I make time for it — and it’s easy to fit in while I’m doing my other “real” work. Take it as a compliment; I take Fullerton’s movement seriously.

        You missed my point. Schools like Columbia cater to the elitist offspring of the 1% you like to hate. Ivy League schools are a lot like Wall Street in that only privileged folks gain access.

        Frankly, I think Ivy League schools cause more harm to society than Wall Street ever has, but that’s just me. Ivy League graduates are idolized to the point it discourages many young people from going to college at all. If you asked them, many high school graduates would tell you they’re not smart enough for college. Others say they can’t afford it. That’s so tragic because lots of brilliant people go nowhere in life thanks to these misconceptions.

        1. “Ivy League graduates are idolized to the point it discourages many young people from going to college at all.”

          WTF are you on about?

        2. It’s an interesting discussion that I’m sorry I probably can’t productively have with you here.

          I neither hate the 1% nor the elitist offspring of the 1%. I hate the hijacking and perversion of our political system; I hate that a lot of good people I knew at Columbia Law and elsewhere have gotten sucked into fostering it. The skid to those jobs is greased. It’s a very hard thing to resist.

          I graduated from Cal State Long Beach undergrad. I don’t think I’d have gotten into Columbia undergrad (nor would I have been able to afford it), but the composition of Ivies in graduate school is generally different from in college. Columbia did have some “elitist offspring” — some of who are among the most progressive reformist attorneys I know — but social class was not as big a deal there as you’d think, and it’s definitely not true that only the privileged gain access. (We did have some people who’d go clubbing in lower Manhattan every night and drink Cristal; other people worked low-paying on the side, but they were the same when it came to coursework.)

          I don’t think that Ivy League grads are so idolized by most, let along discouraging people from college. It’s much more about money — and about the agents of the wealthy working to make sure that top colleges are more hereditary institutions than meritocracies. The more expensive college (not just tuition, by the way) is, the more brilliant people forego it — and the more slots left for dull rich kids.

          1. Clip your toenails Diamond, and then go back to where ever the fuck you came from before Anthony wishes you out into the cornfield.

  27. Greg Diamond :
    Find me one thing I’ve written that is false and/or defamatory (meeting the legal definition of defamation. You can probably find it on Wikipedia.)
    On the other hand, stating that
    (1) I’m being “paid to run”
    (2) I want “to ensure Bob Huff wins”
    (3) I’m an FBI asset and
    (4) I’m “accepting money under the table to influence and election”
    that stuff meets the criteria. By contrast “you’re not really running and you have no intentions of winning so stop pretending” is stupid and false, but it’s clearly opinion rather than factual assertion so I can’t sue over it.

    You aren’t really running. You’re a sacrificial lamb who’s to stupid to know it. You’ll lose by even more in November when the voters get a look at you. That is if you even still live in the district by then.

    1. I asked “Find me one thing I’ve written that is false and/or defamatory” and you tell me that I’m a sacrificial lamb.

      If I lose, I lose. There’s no shame in that. I’ll push the issues I care about, help organize voters, help other campaigns, and contribute to changing how people think about issues. Some of the people here probably support Gary Johnson for President, and I’ll do a hell of a lot better than he will.

        1. Annoying to people here? Sure. Anyone who told the truth and challenged the crap would be. What of it?

  28. I will also digress a bit – I hope to receive political mailers from both (attorney) Diamond and (incumbent) Huff; should be humorous

    In the meantime, I will enjoy my homemade olallieberry jam – made from locally-sourced berries

  29. Am I the only one who feels like they are at a fun party, but somebody, somebody that NOONE really knows is being obnoxious and disruptive?

    Greg, take a hint. You seem to be overstaying your welcome.

    It’s not for me to decide who comments here, but have a little humility. Clearly you have bigger fish to fry than this thread.

    JUST LEAVE IT ALONE………PLEASE.

  30. This blog just in effect just elected the new majority of the Fullerton City Council.

    It is not a “fun party”; until such time as Whitaker, Kiger, and/or Sebourn decides to reject it, it is a window into the mind and ethos of the new leadership of Fullerton.

    You should expect to be treated like it.

    1. Its not Greg, because all of these people genuinely believe in free expression and free speech. They think it is their and your right. Just imagine a sign scrolling by saying “The views expressed here are not necessarily shared by the people who run this blog, or by members of city council.” The fact is, if you really want to know what people think you probably need to ask them directly. You can’t use a blog as a substitute, especially when there a whole bunch of people both blogging and commenting using various different names. Its a party and you don’t know who’s who. It helped create the conditions for the recall to succeed but the blog is independent of anyone, because it is a fundamentally anarchist environment in which you don’t know who you’re speaking to or yelling at at any given moment. Most importantly it is a free speech zone. People of all political persuasion post here and when their logic is superior to the bloggers it is obvious to anyone with an open mind.
      FWIW Greg Diamond should not be banned. Its his right to be as annoying or persistent as he wants to be, unfortunately.

  31. Some dick-head faggot keeps censoring my comments. I never got censored before the recall. Imagine that. Of course, I’ll be changing my vote in future elections.

  32. Greg Diamond :
    @Just4ALL — OK. A ballot designation is a technical term for how you are described on the ballot. Saying that my designation is “Occupy Lawyer” is false. Considering it “weaseling semantics” is stupid — but it’s not disingenuous, as I believe that you really don’t understand it.
    For over eight months I have done and continue to do pro bono liaison work for various Occupy groups within Orange County. I don’t get paid for it (in fact, I’ve lost some money at it, paying fees and such, but it’s for a good cause) but I also don’t have an attorney-client relationship with the group. That’s the truth about me; tell The People!.

    @Greg, You have just confirmed for me that you have done pro bono work for Occupy for the past 8 months, and that you still continue to do so. In my mind, that means that you are very personally invested in this “Occupy” work; no one works for free for 8 months, unless they strongly believe in what they are doing.

    Even so, you took umbrage at someone even suggesting that your ballot designation be “Occupy Lawyer.”

    Quote from Sean Mill:
    “JC,
    Didn’t you hear? Greg didn’t campaign for the June race he was busy working on other campaigns, which all lost.

    He is ramping up his efforts for November so Bob Huff better be careful. I mean who doesn’t think a ballot designation of “Occupy Lawyer” isn’t a winner.

    Greg has even unveiled a website: http://www.gregdiamond2012.com/

    On second thought you are right. Once the voters learn more about Diamond he will lose by much more.”

    Greg, that may not be your ballot designation; however, if you are so invested in Occupy, and you think it is such a “good cause,” then why are you trying so hard to distance yourself from the label of “Occupy Lawyer”?? Are you hoping that no one will find out about what you really do in all of your spare time?? That is disingenuous and it IS weasely on your part. It is also stupid for a wanna be politician like you to think that you can get with it.
    I don’t need to tell the People, -you just did.

    1. I’m not trying to distance myself from Occupy; it’s all over my website. I’m not trying to distance myself from being a lawyer, even though I am not a lawyer for Occupy, and more than I am a lawyer for the Democratic Party.

      I’m trying to distance myself from inaccuracy. Even if you wanted to call me an “Occupy Lawyer,” that is not my ballot designation. That term has meaning — and the assertion was false.

      That may not matter to you, but it matters to me. You can find my actual ballot designation online — or you can ask me.

      1. @Greg, So, you haven’t entered into any contractual attorney/client relationship with “Occupy;” however, you provide “pro bono liaison work” (aka free legal advice?) and you are “paying fees and such” (aka court filing fees, permits?) whenever they need it?? It sounds to me like you are splitting hairs when you say that you are “not a lawyer for Occupy.”

        I could be wrong though,- perhaps you bought a LegalZoom.com franchise and you are just handing out self-directed legal forms and not giving any legal advice?? Greg Diamond, -NOT giving legal advice?? Sure. That’ll be the day.

        1. I have negotiated with three city governments on behalf of Occupy, but in the same way that a non-lawyer could, and I’ve explained my sense the legality or illegality of certain actions to people. I paid for our initial permit in Fullerton out of pocket.

          I don’t expect you to understand what it means to have an attorney-client relationship and why the distinction matters, but perhaps you can find a lawyer friend who can explain it to you.

          1. Greg stated, “…and I’ve explained my sense the legality or illegality of certain actions to people.”

            Perhaps you can find a non-lawyer friend who can explain to you that you have been acting as the de facto lawyer for “Occupy” groups, whether you care to admit it, or not.

            Perhaps your “ballot designation” should be: “Columbia Law School alumnus and political activist who has given/still gives free legal advice to “Occupy” and has paid out of his own pocket for some of their permits over the past eight months.”

            1. A ballot designation is limited to three words (counting place names as one word.)

              Lawyers are free to explain general legal principles without shouldering the burdens of representation. That’s why you have legal columns, law schools, etc.

              1. Yes, so, perhaps you will put all of the above info into your candidate statement? Or, perhaps your “ballot designation” will be “Attorney, “Occupy” Activist”?

                1. It can’t be my ballot designation because it’s not my profession or line of work.

                  My candidate statement will have a lot about my ties to Occupy, as does my website.

      2. I like Occupy. I like their courage in standing up for what they believe in and taking on the police all over the country. Unfortunately they have not had the slightest political impact as far as I can tell, except to get the terrified Obama administration to enact more new civil-rights crushing legislation. If that was the intended effect, job well done.

        But anyway, you’re not doing Occupy any favors here, you must realize. The fact that people can’t tell if you’re more Occupy or more undercover LEO should probably alarm you.

        1. I disagree with you about the impact, but we can’t productively discuss it here.

          Your last paragraph is a perfect example of why I have not entered an attorney-client relationship with Occupy. I don’t want the constraint of being its “agent.”

          If I took those opinions seriously, I suppose I might be alarmed.

          1. Greg Diamond what do you think about the brutal murder of Kelly Thomas and the subsequent cover up attempt?

            1. OK, for the record, though I’ve said most of this here before:

              (1) I think that the fundamental problem was the apparent FPD policy of allowing rousts of the homeless in response to complaints. I think that Ramos and Wolfe were ethically wrong to participate in that policy and probably should have protested the policy or quit rather than do so — but very few people in our country live up to that standard. It doesn’t look like they were freelancing (as opposed to following the FPD policy, which was unethical but not clearly illegal), so they have immunity from prosecution.

              (2) I am not satisfied with the FPD reaction in terms of allowing officers to review the tape. As far as their maligning Thomas for resisting arrest — which given our lopsided laws he may well have done — I’ve been in enough legal wrangling not to be surprised when a party makes the best case for itself, however lousy, and not being forthcoming or evenhanded doesn’t necessarily make something a “cover up” (which I think is a term to be used when someone doesn’t meet their legal obligations. As a political matter, though, I thought that this reaction (and the Council’s) could justify the recall.

              (3) I think that until Jay Cicinelli arrived on the scene it was not much out of the ordinary. I think that the cops put too much of a premium on obtaining complete compliance from Kelly when they weren’t seriously endangered by him. It was wrong because the roust leading to it was wrong, but it was typical of what I’d expect to see if someone is fleeing arrest. No Cicinelli = no death, no major controversy.

              (4) Cicinelli went well beyond the reasonable use of force and I would expect that he should be found guilty of manslaughter. I call it a “killing” rather than a “murder” for now because “murder” is a legal conclusion whereas “killing” is an objective fact.

              That should do for now. Tell “For the record” that he can come out of hiding.

              1. I think that…

                The only person who truly cares what you think is you.

                I think that Ramos and Wolfe were ethically wrong to participate in that policy

                I didn’t know FPD had a policy to beat and suffocate homeless people.

                The rest is just inane self aggrandizing dictum from a puerile gasbag.

                1. Well then the person badgering me for an answer to a question shouldn’t have asked, eh?

                  Well, in you like that previous self-aggrandizing puerile dictum, you’ll just LOVE this:

                  – FDP apparently had a policy allowing for rousting the homeless in response to complaints. That’s bad. Not uncommon.

                  – FDP apparently had a policy allowing pursuit of people who the police judged to be resisting arrest, which could include trying to knock them down to the ground with their batons. Not nice or pleasant to see, but pretty standard.

                  – FDP apparently had a policy allowing police officers to use force to get people fleeing arrest into a maximally non-threatening position — face down, hands cuffed behind their back — before moving off of them. I think that this is an unnecessarily harsh policy because making officer safety such a high priority at the expense of the safety of a suspect can lead to things like this.

                  – FDP does not appear to have had a policy “to beat and suffocate homeless people” — although in this case that happened due in part to other policies and in part due to the Cicinelli/Barney Fife factor.

                  Look up “puerile,” “inane,” and “dictum.”

                2. @truthseeker — did you read the part where I talked about Cicinelli?

                  So, tell me again why you think I’m a “shill” — and for whom.

                3. FDP apparently had a policy allowing pursuit of people who the police judged to be resisting arrest

                  No kidding, most police departments have this “policy”. What does any of that have to do with beating and suffocating a man to death?

                  FDP apparently had a policy allowing police officers to use force to get people fleeing arrest into a maximally non-threatening position

                  The FPDDNRDNCRNC also had a policy of using handcuffs to detain people and they also had a policy of placing detainees in ford crown victorias that were painted black and white, these cars also had lights on top and a siren in the front under the hood.

                  They had a policy of powering these detainee vehicles with gasoline.

                  Hyuk! I can point out inane minutiae just like a good little puerile gasbag too!

                1. OK, Steve, I think we’re done here.

                  Abandoning yet another discussion Greg?

  33. Greg Diamond :
    @truthseeker — did you read the part where I talked about Cicinelli?
    So, tell me again why you think I’m a “shill” — and for whom.

    Greg I did read that part. You know for someone who is running for elected office I thought that you would stand tall in the face of the blatant evil, corruption and the pervasiveness of it at all levels here in the OC. You are a highly intelligent person but I sense that you are a coward. Greg call a spade a spade and forget the diatribes. We dont need another empty suit up there. How about running on a platform to repeal POBAR and taking a stand against the militarization of law enforcement. You will have no better launch pad that Fullerton Ca. Like I stated at the council meeting, Hitler did nothing illegal and he had all the laws on the books to protect him, his officers and his people. Are you really comfortable with being lukewarm all the while the US government is gearing up for war with the American people. The DHS and ICE is purchasing 450 million rounds of 40 cal HST ammo and it is not for target practice and is illegal to use overseas. IT IS FOR US GREG. They are also looking at 175 million rounds of 223 rifle ammo. Are you hearing me? Are you Jewish? Does any of this sound remotely familiar? Do you have kids? Are you still there? A shill for somebody? Prove me wrong.

    1. The main alternative being considered seems to be shifting operations to the OCSD — not really to get better policing but just to make someone else pay pensions. How is that standing against “militarization of law enforcement”?

      As for your conspiracy theory about the government intending to massacre us, I hope that you’re wrong, but if you’re right I don’t really think they’d allow repealing of POBAR, eh?

      1. Just live in denial and go along to get along and you will go nowhere fast Greg just like you are doing. And yes I believe you are a shill for the southern poverty law center and possibly for the DA as well.

        1. and an FBI asset. He uses his attorney client privilege as a pretext to gather intel on activists.

          He’s fully cognizant of the fact that what he’s doing is unethical and he could be disbarred but its not illegal.

          1. “He’s fully cognizant of the fact that what he’s doing is unethical and he could be disbarred but its not illegal.”……. Hmmmmm

            You mean an JDL asset.?

          2. OMG. Stop feeding the beast people. If you ignore him, he’ll go away . . . or at least not comment 50 times a day.

            1. “Stop feeding the beast people. If you ignore him, he’ll go away”……… Hmmmmmm

              Golem ain’t gone go away until he gets an orgasm and that obviously did not happened yet, however, Golem is coming.

                1. You see what I go through? Every time I try to get out, they pull me back in.

                  If you would just cut and paste whatever I’d say here in response to these people, I can leave.

          3. This is completely untrue and completely out of line and it does me professional damage. I ask the operators of this site to take it down along with the previous similar comment by this author.

            1. “This is completely untrue and completely out of line and it does me .”……. Hmmmmm

              Obviously it is untrue that is why it is called satire!

              I am glad Esq. Diamond that you are fully aware that it is not factual therefor it can’t be legally defamatory and, there fore cause you any professional damage.

              In addition, you are public figure and you put yourself in this position……. Remember?

              Please refresh your self you moron mongoloid on SLAP at http://www.casp.net/

                1. “Dude, that’s not satire”………. Hmmmmm

                  What is not satire?

                  Based on my ESL sat·ire (s²t“ºr”) n. 1.a. A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.

                2. Hopefully not. Stanley’s also confused about the post to which I’m referring, which was not his.

                  If it’s any consolation, I’m bored by this thread too.

  34. so in Florida they fired the police chief. The city manager did it!!!
    And that travon dude was killed by a rouge citizen. Fullerton does nothing for someone killed by a gang or rouge plgs!!!

  35. Dear Mr Greg Diamond,
    My son wants to go to law school. He’s completed a 2-year Associates degree.

    I’ve heard that Harvard offers every course in their catalog as a non-credit computer course. Would it be feasible for my son to become proficient enough to pass the bar by passing non-credit Harvard law classes?

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