Zahra Votes No on Arif Mansuri
Yesterday FFFF related the story of how Fullerton Councilmember Ahmad Zahra got rid of his Planning Commissioner Arif Mansuri for some young guy named Adrian Meza. In effect, the Planning Commission lost a professional engineer and would have gained a political wannabe whose day job is “marketing” for a fertility clinic that gets gay male couples children.
It turns out that Mr. Mansuri still wants to serve his fellow Fullerton citizens and Councilmember Jamie Valencia thought that was a good idea. So at the January 21, 2025 Council meeting she expressed her intention to nominate Mansuri for the Traffic and Circulation Commission. That item came up on the February 4th, 2025 council agenda – Item 3.
What’s of interest here is that Zahra voted no on Item 3, that included Mansuri’s ratification to the T&C Commission.
What’s the big deal you ask?
Well, for starters it’s highly unusual for one councilmember to vote against a nomination made by one of his colleagues, particularly one who is more qualified than most Fullerton commission appointees. In Fullerton such things have always been considered bad form; in this case especially, since the man is qualified. We may conclude that Zahra doesn’t like Mansuri anymore and voted against him out of malice; or maybe it was spite against Valencia for favoring his own castoff commissioner.
Mansuri was appointed 4-1 so there’s no effect on almost anything by Zahra’s petulant vote. Almost. Because this vote creates a recent precedent of sorts that means nobody gets an auto pass when it comes to future appointments. And that includes Zahra himself who will be shopping for a new Planning Commissioner one of these days.
Is that Zahra’s PC nomination?
Petulant is right. What a little girl.
Zahra is such a man-child. That’s why he likes them young. Gross.
Not to be argumentative, but when were any sort of qualifications needed to be on the Planning Commission? Doug Cox?
You make a good point – the bar is low. Which is why you keep a guy who has even the smallest clue.
Anyhow, that’s not the point of the post, is it?
This blog is just desperate to make Zahra look bad – over nothing. He’s running circles around you jerks.
2. COMMISSION / COMMITTEE / BOARD APPOINTMENTS
Proposed Motion:
1. Council Member Zahra make the following direct appointment:
a. Planning Commission – unscheduled vacancy for term expiring December 31,
2026.
2. Ratify appointment.
Let me guess. Cannabis Kitty.
Lets hope so. This should be fun.
No way Dunlap or Jung will would vote for Jaramillo. She called them knuckleheads. And she disparaged Jamie Valencia too. I can’t see Zahra doing that unless he just wanted to stir up trouble and mobilize the Kennedy Sistren and Fullerton Boohoo.
Well F.H., looks like you fell for the bate! Let’s see who Zahra comes back with at the next City Council meeting, Kitty, round II? I wouldn’t doubt it.
So maybe he just wans to stir up trouble.
What’s “bate?”
I stand to be corrected. Most likely he did it to stir up the Kenedy sister and their dumb, sorry ass followers. This is exactly the trap he’s going to sink the entire Observer ship with. Go Zahra, go!
I can name that tune in six notes.
YOU’RE NOT LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY.
Mr. Mansuri is more qualified to serve than the council members who appointed him. How does that make any sense?
Has there ever been a more useless and poor excuse for a human being that Ahmad Zahra? I haven’t hated anyone this much in a long time.
Your hatred is misplaced. I blame the idiots who encourage and nurture his delusions.