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Looks like Anaheim’s Mayor-for-Hire, the slippery elm repuglican par excellence, Curt Pringle, has been getting some free trips to Europe courtesy of the French and German guvments.
Hmm.
Trips to Europe to “study” high speed rail by Herr Pringle. Paid for by socialized governments who are evidently competing on behalf of their socialized industries with the good old US of A.
And wine. Did I forget to mention the freedom-loving Anaheim Haupt-burgermeister loves his wine?
We just received this message from Madusha, who filed papers to run for Fullerton city council last week but failed to qualify because a few of her signatures were invalid.
Hi! Friends of Fullerton and all Fullerton residents and everyone in my case. I’d just like to take this opportunity to thank all of the signers who signed my nomination papers. Although I had very enthusiastic signers from other cities and registered voters not from Fullerton. I learned the democratic 20 signatures are more important than outreach to the public to know how we could serve them and getting to know their concerns. I thank everyone for the feedback and will be reaching out to Fullerton residents so that their voices can be heard. I will publish my blog later on sometime.
For anyone who does not know me, I was brought up my whole life in a political environment which my father was a very involved public service official. I love law and wanted to be a lawyer. My father wanted a lawyer in the family. But things changed and I studied Business Administration, and started a computer manufacturing company and went in to computer services. We are the pioneers of underground data vault off site back up services. And started supply teas to major grocery stores which got halted due to the lack of resources and unable to keep up with the demand.
I have a passion to serve and a compassion to help. Though not perfect, I believe as a person I thought of serving the people and seeing how we could improve our city with the people who live and do business in Fullerton. I serve the Technology Working Group for the City of Fullerton and am involved in many things that I could serve.
Hearing that I want to run, someone from the church told me why I want to be a politician. His exact words were “Why you need to be a politician? You are a good person.” I thought about what he said. And I promise to serve without that politician frame of mind. That was what I wanted all along. Will I be successful with that frame of mind? I don’t know. I hope people who truly and honestly have the ability and the knowledge should be able to serve the good for the fellow men.
Again, thank you all. And sorry if I let down anyone in the process. I did not want to run for the 4 year seat even though I considered it but decided otherwise. I may consider running in two years or not. But running for the city council certainly was a heavy responsibility in my heart and I took it very seriously and with great passion to serve. But next time I know better to pay attention to that 20 democratic way of doing business and get those signatures before reaching out to my fellow people.
Madusha Palliyage
As of 5:00 pm today, the nomination period for Fullerton city council is now closed. There was one addition to the four year race and and one disqualification for the two year seat.
As of 5:00 pm, the nomination period for the 2 year city council seat has closed, with the following candidates filing papers to enter the race:
| Name | Occupation | Registration | Age |
| Bruce Whitaker 1918 W. Baker Fullerton, CA 92833 |
Planning Commissioner | R | 55 |
| Aaron Gregg 2840 Altivo Pl. Fullerton, CA 92835 |
Small Businessman | R | 57 |
| Anthony “Tony” Fonte 2252 Cheyenne Way Fullerton, CA 92833 |
Local Attorney | R | 78 |
| Roland Chi 3156 Highlander Rd. Fullerton, CA 92833 |
Businessman/Non Profit Director | R | 31 |
| Madusha Palliyage Nomination papers did not qualify with 20 signatures |
Inventor/Entrepreneur | DTS | 42 |
Because incumbent Pam Keller did not file, the nomination period for the two 4-year seats has been extended to next Wednesday. The following have filed papers for the four year seats:
| Name | Occupation | Registration | Age |
| Don Bankhead 1231 W. Valencia Mesa Fullerton, CA 92833 |
Council Member/Mayor | R | 78 |
| Gregory Sebourn 1824 Rosalia Dr. Fullerton, CA 92835 |
Land Surveyor/ Educator | R | 37 |
| Doug Chaffee 315 Marion Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92835 |
Attorney | D | 67 |
| Patrick McKinley 2722 Ashwood Circle Fullerton, CA 92835 |
Retired Chief of Police | R | 69 |
| Barry Levinson 609 Lake Terrace Fullerton, CA 92835 |
Financial Consultant/Auditor | R | 58 |
| Jesse Latour 114 W. Wilshire #A Fullerton, CA 92832 |
Educator/Art Gallery Owner | D | 31 |
| William Martin Burbank 3074 Primrose Lane Fullerton, CA 92833 |
Family Business Attorney | R | 46 |
| Johnnie Atkinson 1500 W. Valencia Dr. Fullerton, CA 92833 |
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Fullerton voters will soon be deciding if they’ve had enough of the jurassic councilmen Don Bankhead and Dick Jones. Sharon Quirk-Silva has championed Measure M, which puts the enactment of term limits up to voters.
Term limits are a practical countermeasure against the momentum of dimly lit incumbencies and perpetual perpetrators of barely-passable mediocrity.
In other words, Bankhead and Jones have been on this boat for far too long. We’ve shown you video after video of incoherent ramblings, procedural blunders and pharma-induced outbursts as these two men bask in the early stages of senility. Decades on the dais have made them callous to the concerns of Fullerton residents, proven by their constant bullying and dismissiveness during public meetings. And while we’re watching this sideshow, they have been cluelessly steering our city directly into boondoggle after boondoggle, at our expense.
Enough already.
When you think things can’t get any screwier at City Hall, look out! According to this story in the Voice of OC, the Fullerton Fire Department will save Brea taxpayers about $220,000 per year by sharing a battalion chief position that is now vacant.
Who would have guessed that Fullerton would come to the rescue of Brea , especially considering our serious budget problems and the deep cuts felt by many? Apparently, Fullerton Fire Chief Wolfgang Knabe must be feeling some brotherhood kindred spirit howling from the mall next door and has taken it upon himself to experiment at Fullerton ’s taxpayer’s expense. According to Knabe, maybe it will work and everyone will save money, or maybe it won’t and we all lose. Makes you feel good, doesn’t it!
In all fairness, let’s hear him out and see what our City Council had to say about Knabe’s plan… (deafening silence) It would appear our own City Council didn’t know we were bailing out the City of Brea and their Fire Department. In fact, no one except a couple of Fire Chiefs seems to know anything about this experiment.
According to the Voice, we will be sharing a battalion chief which will help both cities fill their respective vacancies with the same person who can be in two places at once. Neat trick; I’d like to see it though.
I hear sirens coming and they sound like the Orange County Fire Authority! Ok, here is a trick question for you. Brea citizens and the Brea Fire Department staff wanted to have the department “disbanded”, as the Voice calls it, and have the OCFA take over. Why? Sure the taxpayers save money, but what’s in it for the would-be disbanded employees?
…well you know the rest.
Here is Mr. Hypocrite J. Cunningham extolling the virtues of Kris Murray, a candidate for Anaheim city council, and heavily promoted by Anaheim’s Mayor-for-Hire, Curt Pringle; some woman he elevated from obscurity to occupy a six-figure sinecure at OCTA:
I, for one, am wholeheartedly supporting Kris. There are several stand-out individuals running for city council seats in Orange County this year, and Kris is one of them. She is smart, conservative, principled and experienced in both the business sector and government. She will make an outstanding member of the Anaheim City Council.
Ah! Smart, conservative, principled, experienced. Smart? Who knows? Her experience is with the big government Business Council and a giant government bureaucracy – OCTA – which is squandering hundreds of millions on Pringle’s slimy insider ARTIC and High Speed Rail deals. Principled? Well, Hell, we know what principle Cunningham and Pringle hold dear. There’s always a dollar sign in front of it.
Now, enjoy this snippet from the comment thread in which Cunningham extols the virtues of Big Chief repuglican Curt Pringle:
Curt has been an outstanding Mayor of Anaheim, and poll after poll confirms that. He has very high positive name ID in Anaheim, and if he were on the ballot again, he would be overwhelmingly re-elected.
Kris is and ought to be proud to have Curt’s endorsement.
Uh, yeah, right, whatever you say Jerb. Poll after poll? What polls would those be?
See, for a guy who posed as a social conservative, yet who behind the scenes pulled down mega-bucks shilling for the dopey, big guvment Rob Reiner Children and Families Commission, making a fortune off of government influence peddling, like Pringle has done, is some sort of badge of honor. And of course Pringle may very well hold the key to Cunningham’s economic future now that his 1st Five plug has been pulled.
Nothing wrong there, of course. If Pringle hadn’t latched on to all this gravy some evil, unprincipled Democrat would have scooped up all those simoleons.
Todd Warden wrote in to tell us how the unsightly drainage ditch along Malvern/Chapman avenues is becoming further uglified by the city without regard for the surrounding neighborhood or the health of the landscaping.
He awoke one morning to find that the city had ordered the 30 foot tall trees hacked down to about 6 feet, while randomly selected shrubs were cut to the stump. The fully developed trees had been shielding motorists view of the ugly flood control channel and it’s rusty chain link fence for years.
“In the past they have always just trimmed the trees back and kept the height leaving a swell green belt and noise buffer in contrast to other areas of the Malvern/Chapman eyesore,” wrote Todd. The city told him that they had no money to replant new trees and shrubs, but the mature trees were taken out anyway.
I’m no arborist, but hacking a 30ft tree by 80% seems like a great way to kill it. If the city doesn’t have the funds to replace prominent landscaping features, they ought to just leave them alone or trim them as reasonably necessary. Together, Malvern and Chapman form one of Fullerton’s main east/west arteries, and it’s a disgrace for our city to destroy what little aesthetics it has left.
It’s worth nothing that Fullerton frequently boasts about its 29-year title of “Tree City USA” as bestowed by the Arbor Day Foundation.
As for the future of the flood control channel, Todd has some ideas:
“What about replanting the entire strip of the canal that literally splits the entire city from Buena Park to Harbor Blvd. Tall palms or low water use flowering hedges would beautify the city for residents and visitors that use the artery. Another idea would be to cover the ditch for a bike path that would allow residents and visitors to reach downtown and the Buena Park Metrolink station.”
I received a copy of recently elected Supervisor Shawn Nelson’s newsletter in my electronic in-basket Friday afternoon.
Other than the redistricting issue that we reported on here, the thing’s all about art walks and pets of the week and the Lion’s Field astro turf. Sort of light in the loafers, issues-wise, but I guess we can cut Nelson some slack since he just got into office a few weeks ago and may not have much to report. Still, the puffery on events and wonderful County parks, etc. really needs to be condensed into something a lot more substantive.
Oops, got the date and the month wrong, too!
Anyway, here it is:
Who is Jesse La Tour? I have no idea. But he is the first candidate to throw a bone to Fullerton’s poultry-loving voters.
A cursory search of the new Fullerton city council candidates revealed the blog of La Tour, who is bent on discovering the secrets of the culinary curiosities known as “chicken fingers.”
On his blog, Jesse journals his journey to five Fullerton eateries, tasting varieties of fried fingers at places like Bill’s Burgers, Stadium Tavern and the Cajun Swamp.
“I love chicken strips. They are delicious,” writes La Tour, who began his quest at Roadside Burgers where he observantly declared that the nuggets probably came in a frozen bag. His suspicions were heightened later when he discovered that the fingers of Bill’s Burgers a few blocks away were almost identical. Both eateries earned a 6 out of 10 on La Tour’s scorecard.
So who won? After five plates of simulated poultry appendages, Jesse La Tour finally declares that the best Fullerton fingers can be found at The Pint House in downtown. “These strips are made from scratch, hand-dipped in beer batter and fried to perfection, so they are crisp on the outside and juicy in the middle,” he writes. Sounds tasty.
It is unknown if any other candidates will capitalize on La Tour’s willful abandonment of vegan voters, although some hope other candidates will be as forthcoming as Jesse has been on his carnivorous preferences.
In all seriousness, the lineup for Fullerton’s city council races are nearly complete. Today is the day when FFFF begins combing through the histories of each candidate, distilling fact from fiction and shining light on everything they hoped you would never find out. Despite what you may hear from those who prefer to keep their heads in the sand, this process is not about negativity, personalities or vendettas. This is about the truth, our choices, and ultimately, our future.
Is there a limit to the extent one will shamelessly grovel in public? In case you didn’t see it, check out Frank Mickadeit’s column in the O.C. Register from a few days ago.
In this recent opus Mickey exhibits the fierce prowess that seems to drive journalism these days. Here is what Frank and his employers at the Register think the public wants to know all about; Frank’s lunch schedule:
Poignancy! Mick’s and Mike’s eyes meet across a non-smoke-filled room and Caroney waves his old buddy over to join him. Mickey describes his soul mate, characterizing Caroney as “smiling, buff, color in his cheeks.” He points out that if Caroney is lucky enough to avoid getting nailed with a witness-tampering charge he’ll be able to down endless shots of booze with his buddies with his freshly-won freedom (Frank doesn’t mention that he would be doing it on a $200,000+ per year taxpayer sponsored pension, but well, that would just be mean).
So what does the reader learn from this hard-hitting expose? That the Mickster is chummy and swills booze with some pretty notorious and questionable company, the kind of people that would bring into question his credentials. Not only does he shamelessly bring this to our attention, he even gives credit to Caroney for providing him with leads to “interesting stories!”
Interesting stories? The fact is that during Carona’s amoral reign of terror over the Sheriff’s Department Mickadeit gave him a free pass, and was, well, just damn glad to be there!
Now there’s truth in journalism! Can anybody take this guy seriously?
