Lies, Damned Lies, And No Statistics
One of the curiosities that emerged from the Bushala depot lease hearing at Tuesday’s Fullerton City Council meeting was a letter from the Bushalas’ lawyer demanding Councilman Ahmad Zahra to recuse himself. Why? Because he is biased against them, as indicated by numerous derogatory comments about their supposed negative influence on the Council majority. Here’s the letter, sent to Zahra on Tuesday afternoon.
At the outset of the meeting Zahra innocently claimed his impartiality and lack of animosity to the Bushalas, a claim that his past behavior has shown to be false, and that his behavior that very night was to belie. Anyone watching the charter city hearing, and watching Zahra’s ten minute meltdown, knows this.
Zahra began to question staff about all sorts of details in the existing and proposed lease amendment; about staff’s procedures in negotiating, etc. a strategy never before displayed by Zahra when it came to dozens and dozens of previous lease agreements he approved on the nod.
Zahra’s behavior didn’t escape the notice of two public commenters who took him to task for his blatant bias, observing that he never before showed much, if any interest in the details of lease agreements set before him, most of which were passed on the consent calendar.
Later, Zahra felt the need to defend himself. The subsequent speech explained his constant attention to details and outlined his incredible diligence looking out for the welfare of the “people.” Mayor Jung felt constrained to point out the disastrous “boutique hotel” vote of Zahra and Charles, in which conmen were essentially the beneficiaries of a massive gift of public funds – obviously no due diligence had been performed by either Charles or Zahra before they voted for the boondoggle.
My own favorite Zahra dereliction was the proposed “fish farm” in which a closed public park was to be illegally converted into a private event center with a fish tank in the middle. Remember? The unsolicited proposer had no money to pay rent or even possessory interest tax, and no collateral to get a loan; there was no parking; instead of thinking about the impact on the neighbors, Zahra even dragged up some of his toadies to gargle about trees and green space, not noise and lack of parking. All the details would be figured out later, said Zahra. The Big Idea, not the details were what was important.
It is insane to say Zahra should recuse himself for bias when the Bushala PAC has spent over $100k getting Jung, Dunlap, and Valencia elected.
The self-awareness is nonexistent with you guys
I wonder what makes a stronger case: vague allusions to bias or actual financial involvement.
It didn’t matter did it? Nevertobemayor Zahra lost. Again.
Bushala Pac spent zero getting Valencia elected. It spent a lot torpedoing Cannabis Kitty – an act of philanthropy. Dunlap blew out the Old Nag by himself. Jung crushed that idiot Truxdale without any help from FTFR.
Spending thousands on shitty robocalls smearing Valencia’s opponent absolutely helped her get elected. Was it the most efficient use of the money? Probably not, but it did help her get elected
Valencia’s opponent wasn’t “smeared.” Cannabis Kitty was confronted with her own public comments and $60,000 from the dope lobby.
And of course Team Jaramillo created the phony Markowitz candidacy and got the man to perjure himself.
What a record.
All true.
This blog covered the back-end by incessantly promoting Valencia’s candidacy. So yes, the massive sum spent on attack ads coordinated with bloggers did absolutely help Valencia get elected. The fire and cop hero unions pushed her over the finish line and within 5 minutes voted to add 18 pensioned taxi drivers to the city’s payroll.
Bushalas and FTFR have spent thousands getting those three elected. That’s a fact whether you like it or not
Nope.
Oh yeah. More Schizo ramblings about Zahra. This is what I live for
This is idiotic
How can you say this when three members of City Council were elected with Tony’s PACs support? Do you not see how silly this looks?
Zahra has no business experience, no auditing experience and has NEVER questioned the activities of his staff. Which is how we got stuck with the Boutique Hotel to Nowhere and the Trail to Nowhere. We almost got stuck with the Fish Farm to Nowhere.
Zahra is an illegal alien.
None of them bother doing deep dives into anything. Zahra is full of bullshit.
True. Look at Whitaker. For all his yap he was fundamentally lazy and incurious. That’s how we got stuck with the Boutique Fiasco.
The Bushala getting 3 council members elected is a running joke. Bushala helped get your beloved saviour Ahmad Zahra elected as well or do we all have short memories? He gave Ahmad money directly to his campaign. Bushala torpedoed Paulette Chaffee, who most certainly would wiped the floor with Ahmad. Bushala recalled 3 council members over Kelly Thomas and got 3 more elected as a result, funding their campaigns directly or indirectly. Yes, he helped Dunlap and Jung with their first campaigns. They both murdered their opponents without a penny from Bushala in their reelections. Jamie? Kitty F-ed that up all by herself because she is an awful human being and a tired old fart. Get your facts straight before you comment Observer.
Zahra has posted defamatory comments online about Tony Bushala. Those biased comments and posts should be enough for legal recourse against him provided Bushala has legal counsel.
Dick Jones said Zahra could be open to civil penalty.
Lol. Under the principles of fair impartial government?
Why not quote a law that requires it? Because there isn’t one.
It’s actually a requirement for quasi judicial decisions. There are a myriad of court cases on this.
But, like usual, you didn’t look. Better yet, you didn’t even consider looking.
Just flap your fingers, embarrassing yourself and your children.
Keep it up, John.
Hoogerbooger took a law class during his rigorous MBA at Cal State Freeway.
He has kids? That’s a shame.
More blabbing, not citing legal code or case law. Not as bad for you because you’re not the lawyer sending the nastygram.
For the lawyer, no excuse if you’re right, and I don’t think you are. Either it’s the law or it isn’t. A lawyer would have stated the relevant law or case law.
They didn’t. So they are just sharing their feelings with us. Paid for feelings.
That’s because it’s Common Law you fucking dipshit.
You are, by far, the single dumbest piece of shit to ever publish his actual name on this blog.
Two comments, not one simple fucking Google search on your end. There are literally hundreds of cases on this in the last thirty years.
Dumb.
As.
Fuck.
Your poor children.
Common law is case law.
It must be frustrating to be wrong all the time. Case law can be quoted.
You’re just an easily triggered troll person. You’re not expected to know. But the lawyer is a different case.
The statement says to me they are either incompetent or they know there is no such law. Of any kind. They instead rely on “principle” which is not any kind of law.
Asked and answered. Hundred of cases.
This is what, episode 309 of you getting it wrong permanently on the Internet for your kids to see when they get older?
Jesus Christ, John. Take two seconds to look for yourself.
What an example.
You are making a falsifiable claim. You provide the case law.
You are a nonfalsifiable idiot.
Your legal training slip is showing, sweetie. You and tender young Elijah should hook up. The Kennedy Sisters can watch.
The first gay Muslim unemployed illegal immigrant mayor with a personal vendetta.