Barry Levinson
WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON OVER AT THE FULLERTON AIRPORT?
Here is the lawsuit:
Complaint_FAC_Exhibit_All
At the November 21, 2017 Fullerton Council meeting, Mike Blackstone, Joe Imbriano and myself spoke about the lawsuit and things related to it. Unfortunately both Mayor Bruce Whitaker and Council member Jennifer Fitzgerald behaved rudely and disrespectfully to the speakers.
Mike Blackstone, Barry Levinson and Joe Imbriano speak at the 11-21-17 Fullerton City council meeting as Air Combat USA filed a $500 million dollar lawsuit against the Fullerton airport manager, and the City of Fullerton alleging breach of contract and more.
While both Mr. Blackstone and myself were speaking on this subject during public comments, Council member Jennifer Fitzgerald saw fit to smirk and laugh throughout our presentations from the dais. What kind of an arrogant, contemptuous individual behaves in such a manner while representing the good people of Fullerton? Obviously the answer is one Jennifer Fitzgerald.
Next, Mayor Whitaker added to his many previous sins by not being truthful while both Mr. Blackstone and myself had the floor to speak to them. I spoke about the fact that Mike Blackstone of Air Combat USA, Inc., who between himself and his father spent the last 38 years being a tenant at the Fullerton Municipal Airport, met with Bruce Whitaker about the failure of the city to provide him a new lease for his business. When Mr. Blackstone did not receive any follow-up from our Mayor, he decided to attend the last Talk Around the Town that our Mayor holds monthly. You know the one that is advertised that the Mayor will answer the public’s questions about any matter concerning our city. Well Mayor Whitaker would not acknowledge Mr. Blackstone during his question and answer period although he had his hand up throughout that part of the event. So after being I believe intentionally ignored by our Mayor, he waited to the very end to approach the Mayor just to have a minute of two of his time. Mayor Whitaker brushed him off stating he had to leave immediately.
So what did Mayor Whitaker rudely do while I was speaking, he continuously shook his head “No” and mouthed words denying my comments. These poor excuses for elected representatives demand from us that we be respectful and follow their self-imposed rules but when it suits them they throw all the rules out the window.
Of course, the remainder of the city council ignored our comments as well. That would be Doug Chaffee, Greg Sebourn and Jesus Silva. I believe that all five council members know or at least at this time should know that the city has breached its contract with Mike Blackstone of Air Combat USA. And what do these corrupt moral midgets (and I am not referring to their height) do, they along with our new City Manager have placed an agenda item for the very next council meeting to change (I suspect expand) the zoning for the Fullerton Municipal Airport for one of the main antagonists against Air Combat USA who wants to take over their space at the airport. I am referring to a relatively new business at the Fullerton Municipal Airport, called Hanger 21 owned by La Habra Reserve Officer Robert Sims who works as a Reserve Officer in the Narcotics Unit of the La Habra Police Department.
Rob Sims
Finally, since Mr. Blackstone reached out to Joe Imbriano and myself prior to filing his lawsuit against the city, I can state unequivocally that his case not only has merit but that he has the documented proof I believe necessary to prove his case before a judge or a jury.
I report, you decide-Barry Levinson
#1 by Air Combat USA Wins Lawsuit on May 12, 2021 - 10:22 pm
AIR COMBAT USA HAS WON ITS CIVIL LAWSUIT….
$1.2M IN DAMAGES AWARDED AIR COMBAT USA BY A UNANIMOUS 9/9 JURY VERDICT!
The City of Fullerton’s Airport Manager, Brendan O’Reilly, was found to have purposely anticipatorily repudiated (breached) the 30 year lease contract with Air Combat USA, by text message over 99 days before the cutoff date, by lying about the actual expiration date, telling Michael it expired June 30th, 2016 when in fact it was set to expire, on October 31, 2016 if Michael did not extend the lease. Michael Blackstone in fact made at least 3 attempts in person at O’Reilly’s office, to extend the lease for 30 more years, well ahead of the cutoff date of August 1, 2016. O’Reilly lied to Michael repeatedly, telling him the lease was already expired, and denied his request for extension when, in fact, he knew there was still plenty of time. The Freedom of Information Act revealed and proved otherwise, by emails between O’Reilly and Ivy Tsai, of Jones and Mayer. O’Reilly and Tsai were both caught in lies, under oath in trial, by Air Combat USAs 40 year Civil Rights Attorney, Gary S. Casselman. Strike 1. The City then tried to change the expiration date of the lease, using a former disgruntled Air Combat USA employee, Larry Blackstone, who was also caught lying under oath, attempting to ‘shift the goal post’ of the Commencement Date of the lease to March 2011, saying that some ‘blue cage’ oral agreement between OCFA (the former tenant) and Air Combat USA, could somehow override the fully integrated and recorded land lease that Jones and Mayer drafted themselves, and is now defending at all cost, (conflict of interest??), could somehow change the commencement date of the lease, and therefore change the expiration date to something that would be early enough to make Michael’s repeated attempts to extend the lease invalid. Strike 2. Finally, in a desperate attempt to defame Michael Blackstone, and to discredit him, The City of Fullerton attorney from Jones and Mayer, Gary Kranker, a particularly unsavory character, tried on many occasions, to defame, discredit, and find a way to make the Jury not trust the testimony of Michael Blackstone. Strike 3. The City of Fullerton failed. Even with its massive legal team, a 39 lawyer law firm Jones and Mayer vs 2 private attorneys, Jack Chao and Gary S. Casselman, a massively well funded government entity with a seemingly unlimited legal budget vs a small private local business that is clearly fighting to save its operation and legacy at all cost. This is a classic David vs Goliath situation. Even though the odds were heavily stacked in their favor, The City of Fullerton still lost. Unanimously. So is this it? This is the end, right? Will the City of Fullerton pay Air Combat USA the money it owes them, and/or give them back the hangar they tried to steal from them and move on? HELL NO! The City of Fullerton has now FILED AN APPEAL. Jones and Mayer thinks there is a chance to overturn a Jury Trial Verdict? Wow. What are the chances of winning? 50%? 40%? 30%? No. Statistically its less than a 15% chance. But with public funds at their disposal, and nothing to stop them from billing the City of Fullerton more and more money, Jones and Mayer will shamelessly stick Fullerton’s Taxpayers with 100s of thousands of dollars in legal fees and interest on the money they owe Air Combat USA to defend a case they actually caused and rightfully lost in a jury trial. Justice has been served, and justice will be upheld. Unfortunately, J&M cannot give up, won’t give up. They are in way too deep now. Fullerton is now on its way to the Court of Appeals over a situation that they caused to themselves? Yes they are. Fullerton and its attorneys can’t seem to help themselves. Or are they simply helping each other make money from their own wrongdoing? Now that’s a story worth following.