Still Taking out the Trash
A week or so ago the Fullerton City Council reviewed the solicitation for a new garbage hauling contract. Again. FFFF shared the last instalment of the drawn out saga relating how “Dr.” Ahmad Zahra went bonkers because two of the companies offered big upfront payments recouped by a higher CPI multiplier.
The meeting droned on and on and finally the Council went along with yet another temporization – cutting the number of eligible responders to three – CR&R, Republic, and Valley Vista. Republic was told to eliminate its upfront payment plan and revise its fee schedule. The process will now drag on until September, a move that will surely benefit Republic, the current hauler.
Noticeably absent from the final three was EDCO – the original preferred vendor of city staff. Why they were not given the same chance as Republic to delete the big cash offer and rejigger their numbers is unknown. What is known is that Republic, the company that came in dead last in the first round of staff analysis, moves ahead with several nice comments from some of Fullerton’s Left Guard who seem to be terrified of change.
CR&R, you may remember offered what looked like a $4 million gift for the City to pave a few potholes. But companies like this don’t work for free and surely they can lower their fees by getting rid of the Trojan Horse gift. That’s nothing but a hidden tax, right? Just better hidden than EDCO’s or Republic’s.
Valley Vista will surely never get more than three votes since they contributed to the Fullerton Taxpayers for Reform PAC that went after Fullerton Boohoo darling Cannabis Kitty Jaramillo in 2024. Zahra and Charles won’t vote for them because of this political involvement although they certainly wouldn’t mind had Valley Vista given money to the dope lobby’s Working Families for Jaramillo PAC. The Fullerton Observer Sisters like to remind their readers about the bad, bad folks at VV.
But Valley Vista doesn’t need four or five votes, only three.
The Council also decided to let its members talk to vendors directly, something that they had prohibited themselves from doing, apparently. Will the they share who they talked with, and what about? I wonder.
Anyway, let the death march continue. Sure it’s a big deal, but there’s no reason this shouldn’t have been locked up a long time ago.
Go Valley View!! Fullerton owes you big time!
I’ll say. Keeping that dumb, mean Jaramillo out of City Hall was a blessing.
Republic must be working this hard. It’s a pretty big burn on staff who tried real hard to chum them.
Still clinging to the dead carcass of MG Disposal.
I thought it was interesting that Dunlap didn’t list VV as his finalist in the meeting. He only recommended CR&R and Republic.
He bought into that nonsense that CR&R was going to give Fullerton a big present.
Republic gets lots of “nice comments” and yet somehow were in last place because staff got into a pissing match over the 1383 requirements. It makes me wonder about the whole scoring system.
I’m happy with Republic.
Love the no limit bulky item pick up. Free of charge. Keeps city streets, neighborhoods free of dumping. Or at least lessens it.
It’s not free. Somebody will pay for it and it won’t be the hauler.
I assume it is a line item (in Republics Budget) built into their contractural agreement.
No limit/bulk item pickups: $ 000000
And where do you think this expense is recouped? Higher fees somewhere else. Nobody gives you something for free.
nobody gives us this blog for free either
But you don’t have to read it, do you?
its just funny that someone is paying people to shit talk zhara and charles and actively try to make this city worse
Glad you’re entertained, Sweet Elijah. Now get a job and quit relying on your rent-seeking daddy.
Someone needs money to shit talk Zahra and Charles? They didn’t earn the criticism? Fool! They shit talk the moment their mouths open. Well, at least when it isn’t full of food expanding their ever growing waistline. LOL!
The cost for bulky item collection is built into the rates Republic charges. There is nothing free whatsoever when it comes to trash haulers. Republic is one of the worst companies of any industry in America. A truly awful collection of charlatans and errand boys. I guarantee that loathsome cretin Michael Johnson is busy working the phones with Fullerton’s politicos day and night right now. He’s Republic’s public affairs flak for north Orange County. His job is to tap dance for politicians and no doubt he’s busy greasing the skids for Republic to keep this contract.
Michael Johnson is an unethical as they come. Did you know he runs political campaigns for electeds in OC too in cities that have republic as their hauler. Insiders at Republic have complained about him for years but nothing ever gets done.
A real toad.
He’s a complete piece of shit. That reason alone should disqualify Republic from bidding on this contract.
This is what is being stated over and over on FFFF. It may be an amenity but it ain’t free!
It’s not no limit, that changed in 2018.
Who needs that many bulky item pickups other than landlords clearing out deadbeat tenants?
For almost anyone else it’’s like receiving a free annual pass to Santa’s Village.
Anyone with so much junk that they need multiple bulky item pickups year after year should stop accumulating so much of it.
F Republic