The Strange Tale of the Missing and Reappearing Bushala “Puff Piece.”
Here’s a strange story reported on the Orange Juice blog last week by Vern Nelson.
It seems that a post was published on the Fullerton Observer site in early January – a letter to the Observer Sisters from Miaad Bushala, niece of Tony Bushala. Her letter was all about how a Fullerton cop stopped her father, Albert, for rolling through a stop sign. Albert rolled down his window with the light of Christmas kindness in his eyes. The policeman, Officer Levin warned him about the dangers of such incautious motoring.
Officer Levin, under the influence of Yuletide kindness, and captivated by the kind quality in Mr. Bushala’s demeanor, did not cite the careless driver. Instead of a ticket, he kindly handed the wayward motorist a $10 gift certificate to a coffee place.
Subsequently, all of Mr. Bushala’s family appeared at police HQ on Christmas Eve with a plate of cookies, and a check for $10,000!
But then Ms. Miaad’s post quickly vanished from the Fullerton Observer blog, only to reappear virtually unchanged a few days later as an attempted news story in the Orange County Register, courtesy of Claire Wang. Most peculiar, no?
And finally, a few days ago, the very same story made its way back into the Observer, this time offered up under the byline of someone named David Spargur, who now cites the Register as a source!
How odd.
Vern Nelson noticed the switcheroo and contacted the Kennedy Sisterhood to find out why the original “letter” from the daughter about her papa’s kind generosity to the Fullerton Police Department was deleted. Nelson tells us that the story was removed at the request of Miaad herself who, upon further reflection, thought the thing appeared a little self-serving. That’s the narrative as told by Sitka Kennedy, anyhow.
And yet somehow the incurious OC Register got the tale, and for some reason decided to treat the donation as unquestionable philanthropy, and hence newsworthy; once the Register ran their bit the Kennedys obviously decided that it was okay to publish a redo. How come?
One observer, FJC teacher Jodi Balma, mentioned the Register article on Facebook. She called it a “strange puff piece” and reminded her friends that “Bushala” has lots of business with the Fullerton government at contentious meetings. This frequent Voice of OC “expert” had obviously mistaken Albert for his brother, Tony!
But Jodi, like the proverbial blind porcine, had unknowingly stumbled upon a truffle! As Vern Nelson reminds us, Albert Bushala owns numerous properties in downtown Fullerton that have nightclubs, and that he and his tenants have lots of business before the City Planning Commission that can use the kind assistance of a friendly police department.
Informed sources tell us that Albert Bushala currently has a Conditional Use Permit submitted to operate an events venue in the 100 block of West Commonwealth that will have a liquor license. Proposed hours of operation? 6am to 2pm.
Oh, what a tangled web we weave in the Bushala clan….
Never a dull moment!
Did you hear about Al extorting his parents? I feel really bad for them.
Albert looks like a Central Asian dictator.
That’s his goal.
This looks suspiciously like a bribe.
Good thing Tony doesn’t do that haha
He invests in good government. Doesn’t mask favor seeking with fake gifts.
This is a bribe .Al Bushala got caught doing something very dirty and he needs to have dirty cops like the ones that murdered Kelly Thomas in his corner.
Him and his kids and wife are disgusting.
They all have the same name, so weird .
That’s Jodi Balma?!?!?! Gross! How many chins do you need?
Just goes to show (among other things) that Jodi Balma doesn’t know her ass from a hole in the ground. That Voice of OC sure loves to cite her as some sort of expert on OC politics.
Fredo makes good.
I can handle things! I’m smart!
Not dumb, like everyone says.
Not a single good looking one in the entire Bushala bunch. Tons of dough, mighty ugly to look at.
You are wrong the young ones are hot.
Check out her OF page it’s filthy
Isn’t that Kenton Mampton in that happy photo? The guy who helped kill Kelly Thomas?
Hampton. Rogue cop.
Yes that’s him .
KKKiller
My loser son Elijah was featured on the channel 2 news. Stupid and arrogant as usual.
https://youtu.be/4NZPnxtVLjs?si=p0RU5pm-Bv-lViGH
He has a platform! But after Zahra leaves/gets deported, the young flower will have no one to leak information to him.
I was at zings one evening and I saw Al Bushala going in and out of the ladies bathroom. I thought maybe he was doing repairs but that was not the case. He was just trying to catch an unsuspecting woman in a compromised position. very disturbing behavior.
Albert is so incredibly disgusting. He has never done a hard days work but wants all the rewards. Say what you will about Tony one thing you can’t say is he is lazy. Al is a schmoozer and his clan is doing nothing but hurting his parents.
His gross kids and wife are talentless scrubs.
Only complete fools would think it’s a flex to take a picture with the murderer of Kelly Thomas.
Those people reek of filthy ideas and obscene behavior.
Agreed