We Get Mail. Walk on Wilshire Cult Fail

FFFF has received the following communication from a Wilshire Avenue resident who has asked for anonymity to avoid persecution from the Walk on Wilshire pressure group, stirred up by the Fullerton Observer:

The mob looked a lot bigger than it was…

This past Tuesday, Fullerton City Council permitted the reopening of Wilshire Avenue to auto traffic, removing the annoying impediment known locally as “Waste on Wilshire.” Starting January 31, the street will reopen to through vehicular traffic, marking the end of the Wilshire Avenue experiment in frustration, deception, and stupidity.

Yesterday, at the invitation of the Fullerton Observer, a handful of self righteous dopes gathered at the Waste. The Observer had encouraged them to show up and “join the peaceful gathering and protest the decision,” bringing “Save WoW” signs to show solidarity.

Their cult followers were asked to mislead passersby into believing this is an overwhelmingly unpopular decision driven by selfish or ego-centric motives. They framed the post as a “fight” against two corrupt of council members and a couple selfish businesses – implying that the WoWers represent a vast and unified community sentiment when, in reality, it was never more than a core handful of ideologues with nothing to lose.

While the Observer statement expresses appreciation for the supporters of the initiative and “incredible” individuals met throughout this process, it purposely suggests that only those who supported Walk on Wilshire are the only the ones truly connected to the community—ignoring those with valid concerns that didn’t align with the narrative of “saving” the space. 

Thank God Vivian Jaramillo was not elected to the City Council, otherwise the City would be looking at a lawsuit that would only end with a big payday to the City Attorney defending another losing lawsuit, leading to yet again, a big loss for the taxpayers of Fullerton.

36 Replies to “We Get Mail. Walk on Wilshire Cult Fail”

  1. Kitty cares so much she has been virtually nonexistent since her shindig at Salt and Pepper where all these kooks turned up to gather in solidarity to the cause.
    And what exactly is that cause?
    If you know, tell me, because I have absolutely no idea.

  2. I went by the Observer’s call to action yesterday for the comic relief. Saw a handful of Save WOW people. The rest were out of town Pokémon Go players who were playing on the sidewalk and not even in the area of WOW. Majority of the public supported it huh? Guess the majority stayed away because of the rain and football. Wait. That’s today.

  3. Another honest person. I wonder what the language of that so-called “petition” was. Probably like the verbiage the schools use to pass a bond.

    Here’s what an honest petition would sound like:

    We the undersigned support viable businesses downtown.

    We support free and unimpeded traffic for businesses and residents

    We support even traffic flow throughout downtown

    We support restaurant “parklets” to enhance business and resident experience

    We support the expanded use of the Downtown Plaza for adult and youth recreation

    etc., etc.

    1. Screaming at little kids to get off his lawn and yelling at the elderly and handicapped who “use his sidewalk”.

  4. A member of the silent micro-minority finally joins the vocal nano-minority, while remaining anonymous with the rest of you afraid of who the fuck knows what.

    You guys can come out from under the covers. The nice ladies at The Observer have promised not to hurt you.

    1. Nice? Is that a term of endearment Johnny Boy? Or is nice your reference for liberal teat you suckle off of? Idiot. Get back in your hole gimp.

  5. The WOW wokeists live in a zero-sum world. The unhinged Sharon and dumpy Saskia Kennedy, senile Jan Flory, criminal conspirator Diane Vena, recalled Karen Lloreda, doddering Helen Higgins, swinger Vince Buck, and eye doctor Anjali Tapadia who can’t see past her own sanctimonious nonsense, are not harmless and should be treated as threats to reason and logic. Woke mind virus infects the easily fooled like Hogerhuis. Fight wokeness and expose their woke agenda.

    1. “eye doctor Anjali Tapadia who can’t see past her own sanctimonious nonsense,”

      Hard to believe that little whiny creature is an MD. There must be two of them.

    1. If my parents named me Sanskia, I’d change it immediately and apply for new parents.
      That poor girl never had a chance.

  6. Mayor Jung asked the Public Works Director about the pre-project traffic flow data on Wilshire. Then, Fullerton being Fullerton, he reluctantly had to admit that they had NO DATA. That sunk any chance that the City could have prevailed in the lawsuit that the Wilshire property owners would no doubt have filed. Yet, City Circus Manager just sat there and defended their proposed Resolution of Intent to Vacate a public street with City Attorney licking his chops eager for a protracted and profitable lawsuit. SHAMEFUL.

    1. The traffic study studied a closed street to gauge traffic flow and patterns. That means you didn’t study. This isn’t a pass fail class. Staff you get an F.

  7. Even more shameful is the fact that the two “doctors” were complicit in the outright lies contained in the Resolution which stated that “City Council has reviewed the findings of traffic impact studies”. Even more egregious was that they were going to allocate $250,000.00 to facilitate the closure. What a couple of fools.

  8. Staff’s claim to have authority under 21101 is pure nonsense. That only only allows cities to “adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution”. The authority to vacate streets lies in Cal. Sts. & Hy. Code § 8320 (a);
    The legislative body of a local agency may initiate such a proceeding (on its own initiative) under that chapter in the following way:
    “(1) On its own initiative, where the clerk of the legislative body shall administratively set a hearing by fixing the date, hour, and place of the hearing and cause the publishing and posting of the notices required by this chapter.”
    However, per City Ordinance 16.08.010, there first has to be a Planning Commission hearing and a Resolution of Intention to Abandon or Vacate. Of course that wasn’t even mentioned by the totality of the worthless, usurping so-called Staff.
    There was ZERO public notice given. Not in the newspaper, not signs posted on the street nor proper notice to the affected registered property owners. The City Clerk is grossly negligent and complicit in denying the public its rights. This validates the rational behind electing a City Clerk. She is supposed to be a check on criminal Staff charades. Shame on her. FIRE THE CITY CLERK !

    1. The City Attorney, for giving bad legal advice, and the City Clerk, for even allowing Scott Markowitz on the ballot should both be fired.

    2. Oh, Ferry. The re was no need to do all that legal stuff until staff knew which direction the Council wanted to finally go, and ultimately what sort of definite plan was going to be adopted.

      1. That’s bullshit. Council already voted to re-open the street. There was a “Resolution” attached for approval if they could get 3 fools to agree. Read it. It wasn’t a survey. It was a summary vacation. That means it was to be done without going thru the formalities required by State law or City Ordinances. That was Levitt and Jones giving the public the finger and saying “fuck the law, sue us”.

        1. Bernie is right. They selected the permissive provision (a) (1), from $8320 and ignored the sequentia. That’s not how the law works.

  9. Vince Buck AKA Jack Hutt wrote an opinion in the Fullerton Observer about the Walk on Wilshire. The title reads “WoW RIP Who Benefits?” The bumbling former professor should have titled his opinion “WoW Who Benefits?” Because that’s the real question. Who benefits from a street closure that is being so seldomly used as documented via video by local business owners directly impacted by Wilshire’s closure and others who visit the area regularly. The clueless sheep who protest for the closure by yelling at council and small business owners who want it open keep trying to negate Councilmember Valencia’s vote because she took donations from local businesses, which she admitted she returned, are missing an important point. They need 3 votes to keep Wilshire closed. So Valencia not voting or her vote being negated doesn’t help their cause. But that is the stupidity of their cause: barely anyone uses it, no one cares, it just makes me feel warm inside knowing it’s there. Who cares about the small businesses and their owners.

  10. First off, it wasn’t really a street “abandonment/vacation”. It wasn’t closing the street “to vehicular or pedestrian traffic”. It was a ruse to convert the street into a park without paying the adjacent property owners their fee interest. Just read what was said and written. It never would have worked unless all property owners bowed down and said stick it in hard. Even Public Works director Bice admitted this several hearings ago. He should have felt obligated to come back and report on the dedication status of Wilshire Ave. But of course he didn’t. Instead he went along with circling the wagons because the truth would have flushed out the scam. Shame on him.

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