If someone takes the time to review the history of Fullerton over the past forty years, one thing becomes shockingly clear: when it comes to building things, maintaining things and planning for things, the City government just can’t do much of anything right. And yet over this long history, the City and the public […]
Chronic Failure
Silva’s Escort
Readers of this blog might think I have a hyper-obsession with toll road violations. Not really. It’s just that toll road violations seem to bring out the very worst and embarrassing moments in government. Nine times out of ten, the car shouldn’t have been using the toll roads to begin with. Such is the case […]
Hanger 21 is Still Illegally Operating at the Airport
Back in 2017 the city of Fullerton kicked Air Combat USA out of the airport and after a legally questionable bid process the city leased the hanger to a company called Hanger 21. We covered this briefly HERE and HERE. Here’s some of the backstory from the City Manager himself: “The problem is that regardless […]
Follow the Bouncing Bureaucracy
One of the biggest problems with government is that it’s slow to react and generally stupid in those reactions. This is largely because governments are run by incompetent bureaucrats who refuse to learn lessons from their own mistakes. Let’s look at some complaints lodged against city appointed commissioners and how the city reacted to those […]
Why Keep Threatening Us?
For every problem that isn’t a nail, there’s a moron ready to swing a hammer. 20 Days ago FFFF got another threatening letter from the City that said if we don’t stop reporting news and telling the public the truth about what’s actually happening in their town, apparently there will be consequences. We told them […]
Return to the Pinewood Stairs
Follow us back, gentle Friends, as we revisit the construction horror show known as The Pinewood Stairs. It’s been a year-and-a-half since we frightened you with the design and construction fiasco of the Pinewood Stairs at Hillcrest Park. FFFF photo documented the sorry project even before the embarrassing party the city threw for itself since the […]
More Good Times; Stompin’ at the Slidebar
A couple of weeks ago Jeremy Popoff’s Slidebar employees and clientele provided more examples of the sort of high class behavior favored by our city council and particularly our lobbyist/councilcreature Jennifer Fitzgerald who has been running cover for Popoff for years and years. You may recall that Slidebar has never gotten the required CUP even […]
Gas Tax Trough Slurpers Support Newman
A Friend just forwarded me a press release from Josh Newman’s campaign to get back his old job – the one he got recalled from after gas taxing his constituents, rich and poor alike, in order to support the State’s featherbedded transportation bureaucracy and infrastructure lobbyists. The gas tax was nothing other than a free-up […]
Breaking News: Fullerton Threatens Local Blog – Again
The city is threatening to sue us… again. Let’s have a look at the newest letter from the city (PDF HERE) before getting into why this is happening: Dear Ms. Aviles: VIA CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED As legal counsel for the City of Fullerton, I write, pursuant to California Government Code section 6204 et […]
Fullerton Lies to Fight Transparency – Airport Edition
I’m not sure why Fullerton is so dedicated to being lying liars telling lies to just to tell them but that’s how they do. Recently somebody put in a Public Records Request to find out if the City of Fullerton was in violation of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Grant Rules and risking a financial headache. […]
Your Tax Dollars at Waste
The City has been telling us for years that we’re poor — we need paid parking to maintain the downtown, we need a city sales tax to pay for infrastructure repair, we need higher fees to offset higher pension costs, yada yada yada. That’s an interesting plea given the inordinate waste that is funded by […]
Fullerton Observer Fails at Local Journalism
I’m glad to see that Woodward and Bernstein over at the Fullerton Observer have decided to deviate from their usual city council puffery in order to run a two–part summary of the Mueller Report. Lord knows not enough people are covering THAT story in the media. It sure shows the local journalist chops at work […]
Fullerton Brass Thought Money Was No Object
Back in April of 2017 we wrote a piece about FPD giving taxpayers the middle finger regarding spending cuts within the department. During budget meetings the Police Department offered the PR outfit “Behind the Badge” up for tribute in their paltry cost savings plan and that was pretty much it. For context, during this time […]
Fitzgerald Targeted Restaurant D’Vine
While it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anybody paying attention that the government, at all levels, only works for those who are well connected and make the correct donations. Usually proving this truism is often difficult but we came across an example here in Fullerton that seemed noteworthy. It appears that Mayor Pro-Tem, and […]
More Nepotism at the Fullerton Police Department
We found an interesting aside to the Officer Brian Hagopian file that was released under SB1421. The file includes, as part of the investigation, a memo written from “Sergeart [Redacted]” talking about his wife, Officer [Redacted]. We know from our previous writing on Officer Hagopian regarding his (still?) outstanding arrest warrant in Riverside county […]
Did City Employees Steal Over $50K of Equipment?
Another day, another story of alleged theft/fraud of city property here in the city of Fullerton finally coming to light. “In late January 2017, Julia James contacted me about some questionable purchases charged to Facility Superintendent Bob St. Paul’s City-issued procurement card. I asked Tim Campbell to review the purchases for calendar year 2016. His […]
What Else Happened to Sergeant Jeff Corbett?
This blog revealed the other day that according to former Fullerton PD Sergeant Corbett, he essentially let former City Manager Joe Felz skate on DUI/Hit-and-Run charges because the former Police Chief Dan Hughes told him to just run a “physical assessment.“ Did Corbett think that Hughes would cover for him and have his back? We have […]
Did Danny Hughes Order the Joe Felz Cover-up?
This blog has written countless stories about the sordid tale of former Fullerton City Manager Joe Felz’s Wild Ride back on Election Night 2016 when he hit a tree and allegedly attempted to flee the scene of the crime. This blog actually filed a complaint with the city which led to the firing of Sergeant […]
A Hamel Timeline and Conflict Problem
Was Kathryn Hamel’s Settlement Agreement, to bypass disclosure laws, the byproduct or possibly even the direct result of inter-departmental nepotism and favoritism? The following email shows that the Internal Affairs investigation into Lieutenant Katheryn Hamel started on or around August 02, 2018. This smells of a conflict considering the date of that fateful Lady Antebellum […]
What Happened to School Resource Officer Jose Paez
Something untoward may have been happening at Fullerton High School and the entire community appears to have been once again kept in the dark. Your children may have had their privacy invaded & may be the victims of somebody they were told to trust. We’ve received what looks like part of a Body Worn Camera […]
