Look What I Can Do!
Says the 4 year old as he spins around and waves his arms frantically for attention.
And so our new acquaintance, lively young fleur Elijah Manassero presented himself after the last city council meeting in another of those pre-written emails to the Fullerton City Council.
Earlier that evening the Council passed a new ordinance making bar owners responsible for the cacophony that emanates from their establishments. At the meeting, tender Elijah, pretending to be a big supporter of small businesses, claimed that the majority of the bar owners were already in non-compliance with the new regulations.
Of course they are are. They’re in non-compliance with the old regulations, too. That’s whole point of putting a stop to the amplified music free-for-all. Sweet Elijah’s conclusion to his “argument” is that bar owners shouldn’t be held responsible because of their…irresponsibility.
But back to the fragile sprig Manassero’s email. The comfy chair he was sitting in in the council chambers was still warm when he hit the send button for his missive to the council. Get a load of this:
Dear City Council,
What I witnessed tonight was deeply disheartening. The decision made by this Council Majority disregarded both the data presented and the overwhelming public opposition. For those who campaigned on transparency and accountability, this vote reflected neither.
Councilmember Valencia – I encourage you to review information before meetings, not during them. The claim that Los Angeles and Orange County maintain 45-55 dBA limits is demonstrably inaccurate. These are residential limits, not commercial. Fullerton’s own consultant, Dudek, explicitly found such limits incompatible with downtown conditions.
Mayor Jung – you dismissed data in favor of personal anecdotes about your visits downtown. The code enforcement logs, which I provided, contained the evidence you seemed to be missing. Instead of engaging with facts, you deferred all reasoning to a donor and then immediately adopted his requested carve-outs. That was not impartial governance.
You also stated that you wish to be “pro-resident” rather than “pro-business.” But when the vast majority of residents who spoke opposed these limits, that justification rings hollow. Outside of one of your donor’s former bloggers, no one living downtown spoke in support. If this vote was truly about residents, then which residents are being represented?
Councilmember Dunlap – I understand the pressures of coalition politics, but I also believe you know when something is wrong. If you continue to vote with those driven by donor loyalty rather than the public good, those distinctions won’t protect you in the court of public opinion.
To Mayor Pro Tem Charles and Councilmember Zahra, thank you for your thoughtfulness and consistency. You demonstrated what it means to listen to the community and think critically about policy rather than reflexively defending it.
For weeks I’ve raised awareness about this issue through my platform. That advocacy led to coverage by Voice of OC and then KTLA, which broadcasted your decision tonight. The public is paying attention, and what they see is a Council majority choosing special interests over small businesses, culture, and common sense.
I said this before and it remains true: there’s still time to change course, but that window is closing. This was the wrong decision, and I guarantee the majority of Fullertonians agree.
I’m disappointed in tonight’s vote, but encouraged that accountability is finally catching up. Please reconsider the path you’re on before it’s too late.
Respectfully,
Elijah Manassero
Where to start picking apart this nonsense? You choose. But do linger over the part where the precious rosebud claims credit for media coverage of the issue thanks to his “platform,” whatever that may be.
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Tender Elijah has a platform! Who knew. What an important youngster. Look what he can do.
Poor Elijah. Trying so hard for Connor Trout. I wonder if he’s even getting paid. He certainly isn’t being paid by Zahra who’s also unemployed and broke.
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Don’t mess with Elijah. He has a platform. He’s not kidding, he’s coming for you.
His platform is a tiny dark corner of the violent antifa breeding ground known as Reddit. Embarrassing.
Do people view circular reasoning as intelligent nowadays? I must be getting old.
Saying “of course they’re non-compliant, that’s the point” is a confession, not an argument. Dumb post, Hippy.
“I committed a crime” is a confession.
“Most are non-compliant so it’s onerous” is just an excuse.
Young Elijah’s reasoning powers are pretty poor if his conclusion doesn’t follow from whatever shaky premise he starts out with.
You can’t arrive at a conclusion from unstated premises.
You must be Elijah!
Unfortunately our once beautiful, respectful downtown has been ruined.
We are now known as THE CRAZY, anything goes, PARTY BAR CITY”
We must pull back to have a successful downtown once again.
Bring back the good old days of Fullerton !
Now known? It’s been a party bar city for over 30 years, Boomer.
Give Elijah a peanut butter cookie, a glass of milk and a nap.
Part that bothers me is Valencia being in the dark. She doesn’t strike me as someone who actually wanted this position. I hate to say it, but she has been a disappointment from day one.
I understand the alternative was the smoking (and I don’t mean hot) meter maid, so it is what it is. I don’t expect much to happen in my hood with her in the seat. She really should try to at least familiarize herself with the relevant material before each meeting.
Doesn’t reflect good on Jung either.
Valencia is a puppet of the fire and cop heroes. This blog puffed her up like she was the second coming of Christ. Her first year on the city council has been completely underwhelming. She spends very little time in the neighborhoods engaging with her constituents. She puts in her two meeting a month obligation and goes home to a bottle of wine and the Real Housewives. The firewhiners and cops wake her up when it’s time for her to service their needs and without them she’d have no reason to even bother coming into city hall in the first place.
Compared to Cannabis Kitty, she is the Second Coming of Christ.
However your point is well-taken.
At least Valencia learned early on who were the bad guys.
Valencia is just another Hero Union whore who sold her integrity to the Fire and Police Bros.
Has anybody made the distinction between “live” music and “amplified” music.
There is a difference. Lots of live music is what would be called “acoustic.”
The complimentary close at the end of the letter says, “Respectfully”. That is clearly a lie. Elijah would have been more transparent and honest if he had closed, “Fuck you. Omnibus vobis superior sum”.
Poor young Elijah is going to be learning some tough life lessons.
Of course Elijah is willing to write such nonsense for Zarha they are in more of a committed relationship than he ever was with his Arkansas “wife”….