An Update On The Allegations Surrounding the Handling and Administration Of Brea Dam Leased Property By The City Of Fullerton From The Army Corps Of Engineers. By Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson
A Fullerton citizen provided a 4 page list of questions to Parks and Recreation Director Curiel and to all members of the Parks and Recreation (P and R) Committee at the January 2016 committee meeting concerning the arrangement for the Fullerton Golf Course and other issues relating to the Brea Dam property we lease (City of Fullerton) from the Army Corps of Engineers.
https://thefullertoninformer.com/the-brea-dam-scam-fullertons-worst-kept-secret-finally-front-and-center/
Without commenting on the allegations themselves, I will state that it is my sincere hope that the Parks and Recreation Department takes these allegations seriously. This means that they provide detailed answers as quickly as possible either refuting or acknowledging each of these allegations. Inferring that these allegations are baseless without providing the prerequisite proof will not suffice. The citizens are owed nothing less than a complete and detailed written response to the alleged charges.
As a member of the P and R Committee, obviously these allegations are of concern to me. Unlike Commissioner Stanford, https://thefullertoninformer.com/scott-stanford-speaks-to-the-fullerton-informer/
I am not offended by a citizen who asks tough questions, but I will be offended if the Park and Recreation Department fails to answer these charges fully and completely. The people of Fullerton should hold our City Manager, Mr. Joe Felz fully responsible for a complete and thorough review of all allegations. So far he has been rather silent on this issue.
The P and R Department has agreed to provide answers at our February 8 meeting held at 6:30 pm concerning some of the more serious allegations relating to the RZED (Recovery Zone Economic Development) Bond used to pay for a new million dollar plus sprinkler system at the Fullerton Golf Course and the management agreement that replaced the lease we had with American Golf to run the golf course.
The complete presentation should definitely be a part of the Agenda materials provided to the committee members and available to all on the city’s website for ourFebruary 8, 2016 meeting.
As a member of the Park and Recreation Department it is my fiduciary role to get to the truth. That means an unbiased review of all the facts concerning these unfortunate allegations.
The people of Fullerton can expect that I will represent them with objectivity and be motivated only to learn the complete truth wherever it may lead.
#1 by The City of Fullerton - No Reform, No Justice, No Integrity on February 14, 2016 - 12:13 pm
Look at how our City Council, City Manager and Director of Parks and Recreation all have ignored these allegations provided with much supporting documentation. Now compare that to the way the City Council and the Fullerton Police Chief, Dan Hughes handled the totally bogus claim against Mr. Levinson in 2014.
It is amazing to me that Dan Hughes admitted personally handling the investigation of Mr. Levinson, while stating on the record that he could hate Mr. Levinson.
A little conflict of interest from our self-proclaimed objective, non-political police chief. The fact that he lead this investigation from start to finish should send chills down any honest, reasonable citizen. The Police Chief admits his personal bias against Mr. Levinson and then proudly admits that he handled the bogus investigation from start to finish and after coming up with nothing recommended that Mr. Levinson be charged and prosecuted by the OC District Attorney anyway. What a guy….what a police chief…. what a totally flawed human being.
We have Mr. Gennaco’s firm available for internal audits for cases just like this one, where the actions of the FPD and the city does not stand up in the light of day. Yet although this investigation has been called for by several citizens at city council, not one council member has even addressed this issue. When the evidence of wrongdoing by the city and FPD is staring our council in the face and they all do nothing, in my book that makes all of them unfit for office. And then of course we have the city council installing Ms. Fitzgerald as our new Mayor with a 5 to 0 vote, even though she is a highly paid consultant/lobbyist, with the title of Vice President for Curt Pringle and Associates. We have articles written that state in their opinion, the best way to get a more honest, responsive government is to vote for candidates not supported by Curt Pringle and Associates. How much worse is it to have the Vice President of Curt Pringle and Associates as the Mayor of your city. On top of all of that, Mayor Fitzgerald refuses to make public their client list making it impossible for the public to know when she might have a conflict of interest. That tells me we have 5 city council members supposedly representing the people of Fullerton who ignore this huge ongoing potential conflict of interest and for the sake of playing nice, ignore common sense and decency and vote unanimously for her to be our next Mayor.
Just business as usual for the city headed by Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald, City Manager Joe Felz and Police Chief Dan Hughes.
#2 by Bushala's rabble on February 14, 2016 - 2:01 pm
Why don’t you guys on this blog call out Bruce Whitaker? To use Joe’s own vernacular, aren’t you all AND YOUR PALS like Levinson, Imbriano, Paden, Curlee and the rest of you just a bunch of Whitaker SYCOPHANTS yourselves?
Please tell the readers why you never criticize Bruce Whitaker. Show me one thing that Bruce Whitaker has done about anything in this rant posted above by Mr. No reform no justice. We are all waiting.
#3 by Fullerton Lover on February 14, 2016 - 3:27 pm
Please tell the readers why you would refer to those residents of Fullerton who seek the truth as “rabble?”
I think that that would be far more educational.
#4 by Reality Is..... on February 15, 2016 - 7:54 pm
It’s like Quirk Silva. She bought socks for the homeless and escaped every wrath attempted at her because of that. She moved onto bigger and better things.