City Lawyer Responds to Tender, Lively Elijah

So young, so innocent…

The other day Mr. Harpoon shared a petulant email written (allegedly) by our new friend, fresh young Elijah Manassero, the young newcomer to Fullerton politics, in which he demands and asserts this, that, and the other thing – just like a spoiled four year old..

The basic thrust of his communication was that the Santa Fe Depot lease amendment was somehow invalid because the tenant, Bushala Brothers, Inc., is in default.

Baron Bettenhausen, Esq.

His challenges, were answered by Baron Bettenhausen acting as City Attorney.

Mr. Bettenhausen had let no legal grass grow under his feet in responding. I’m not sure what the hurry was, but respond he did. Here’s what he had to say to the green sprout Elijah:

Yes, sweet sprout Elijah misstated or misunderstood his own Big Issues.

Ouch. Fragile, rootless Elijah might have been whisked away for good by the breeze of this legal rebuke, except that he’s obviously on board as a political operative to make Mayor Jung look bad, and will try to keep doing so until there’s no oxygen left in the room.

But back to the City Attorney.

First, Bettenhausen says, potential breech of leases by tenants involves notification and time to cure the given issue. It’s standard contract language, of course, but Elijah and his legal advisor don’t know this basic fact. And if there’s an issue, it’s probably already been cured by BBI and the City.

The second issue Bettenhausen addresses is the business about the Bushala’s being paid to do restoration and ADA work at the depot, activity that the City clearly accepted as its responsibility as the building owner, a distinction existing between this sort of work and regular maintenance of the property. And there’s nothing in the lease prohibiting the City from doing so.

Tender Elijah demands satisfaction. And a new trike…

Sad, misguided Elijah’s other assertions are simply dismissed outright as baseless allegations or policy opinions. The Brown Act violation (unspecified) is dispatched with alacrity. Bettenhausen is unaware of any Brown Act violation in the process. It’s easy to get up in public and make unsubstantiated claims. it’s a lot harder to get any competent adults to agree with your untutored legal opinions.

15 Replies to “City Lawyer Responds to Tender, Lively Elijah”

  1. Tender, sweet Elijah is making himself look like a fool. And I agree, he is either being paid or promised something big for his performances.

    Can’t wait to see his rejoinder o the lawyer.

  2. The boy child Elijah is definitely in cahoots with Connor Traut. They were poured from the same mold. Both are smarmy, dishonest, unethical, petulant, and wrong.

  3. Oh yes, I love these posts where we make baseless claims and continue to serve our daddy Bushala. Praise him everyday. Long live Bushala

    1. Wow, looks like someone’s been heavily drinking the Kool Aid a little too enthusiastically. Sounds like you’re the one with an agenda, desperately trying to deflect from the real issues at hand. Maybe if you spent more time actually engaging with the substance of the discussion, you’d realize how weak your arguments are. But hey, keep licking Trout’s gills, it’s clearly working out for you.

    1. Eli doesn’t have a real job? Sounds familiar. Doesn’t have kids? Sounds familiar too. Ahmad has no job, no children, and no marriage that isn’t fake. Eli has no job either, and no children. Poor poor Aileen Fuentes. Saskia Kennedy has no job, no children, and no marriage. Who says birds of a feather.

  4. Manassero may not have work, but he does have parents right? Doesn’t one have enough sense to give him some life direction? I feel sorry for him.

    1. His job is self-grooming for political advancement without doing anything but wasting others’ time. His role model is the useless Ahmad Zahra.

  5. Can’t wait for your clown show to get one of these lawyergrams. You do the same shit here day and day out alleging violations of law without consulting a lawyer. Guess no one reads your blog, or they’re simply unaware for the same reasons, so they don’t bother.

    1. Go flush, John.

      Your kids need your time and attention. The Internet doesn’t need your misdirected rage.

      Get help.

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