Fullerton Council Member Jan Flory – Is She A Champion of Attempting to Keep Vital Facts and Figures from the Public’s Purview? Is She A True Hero to the City’s Special Interests? I Report, You Decide! By Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson
On September 15, 2015, I went to the Fullerton City Council podium during public comments to discuss the leaked Gennaco investigative report on the Kelly Thomas beating death. It had been leaked (by someone else) almost 2 months earlier. https://thefullertoninformer.com/barry-levinson-on-the-confidential-gennaco-report-on-the-kelly-thomas-murder/
Yet Ms. Flory interrupted my comments to suggest that I was out of line to provide this information to the public and to the council as well. The city attorney informed her that as a private citizen I had every right to discuss anything that was already out in the public including this report.
Jan Flory
Now let us go forward to the last Fullerton City Council meeting on October 20, 2015. A Council member pointed out to Gretchen Beatty, the head of our Human Resources Department that her cost numbers for the general employee union four-year wage and benefit proposal was understated by approximately 900,000 dollars. This understatement was based on not including all the pension costs the city would be financially responsible for over that four-year period. Ms. Flory creatively but incorrectly called the 900,000 dollars a philosophical difference.
Well ladies and gentlemen I do not believe Ms. Flory would identify the 900,000 dollar difference as philosophical if she were personally on the hook for that amount of money.
In fact, I had to remind her that she was supposed to be looking out for the taxpayers of Fullerton and that every dime we the taxpayers are responsible for should be of concern to her in her fiduciary role as a city council member. (Please remember that approximately 85% to 90% of all city employees live outside the city boundaries.)
Two very separate sets of circumstances and the only connection is that Council Member Jan Flory in both instances seemed not to be concerned about the folks living in Fullerton. Shame on you Ms. Flory for taking these two positions that in my opinion champion the special interests over the interests of the people of Fullerton.
P.S. There is however a silver lining in all of this. The silver lining is that Ms. Flory is up for reelection next November, at which time the Fullerton voters can remove her from council.
I report, you decide.
Barry Levinson
#1 by Fullerton Lover on November 6, 2015 - 4:06 pm
Do you think it was an “accident” that Fullerton College lost their accreditation for their Police Academy?
You think old Danny Boy may have had his finger in that pie?
I’ll cut and paste an excerpt from Officer Lira’s letter to the City Manger to give you a clue as to why they and all of the officers that went through Fullerton College lost credits for the courses that they “supposedly” took…
“The more I look around I can’t help but feel Dan Hughes is the common theme amongst corruption that has occurred. For instance, the city is being sued by Clarke, a citizen who said he was assaulted on St Patrick’s day 2010. All those involved know it was Dan Hughes who initiated this contact and took Clarke down to the ground causing him injuries yet no record of this ever exist. In fact, this arrest was followed by Officer Cary Tong purposely slamming on the brakes and while recorded on DAR you can hear Officer Tong allowing the inmates face to slam on the “cage” three times in the Police car. I think it’s sad and ironic how now the city is being sued but up until now Hughes’ involvement is not known. To me this shows what kind of person he really is. In addition to that during this investigation he had Sgt Chocek secretly/privately go up to each officer involved and promise them lenient discipline in return for not reporting Dan Hughes’ involvement.”
#2 by Reality Is.... on November 6, 2015 - 5:57 pm
No not a mistake. POST shut down Rio Hondo a few years ago for the same things. They just check certain licensing requirements here and there and find them out of whack. Shut em down. Clean house. Reopen with new people.
DannyBoy rules Fullerton. He’s the king Cheese. Just ask Ron Thomas.
#3 by Fullerton Lover on November 10, 2015 - 6:11 am
The latest and greatest on the suspended for bad behavior POST program, that purported to train police officers at Fullerton College.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/college-691375-academy-commission.html
Looks like the gravy train has left the station and it isn’t coming back!
Start the clock…
I’ll be waiting for the rationalization for bad behavior from Reality Is, explaining how he’s seen all of this before and is standard for the course. (pun intended)
#4 by Reality Is on November 10, 2015 - 2:19 pm
Sucks for the students. Shouldn’t have ever happened. Looks like it will be Rio Hondo all over again. Crazy. Clean house and reopen with a new staff. Almost identical.
#5 by Fullerton Lover on November 11, 2015 - 3:20 am
Direct quotes from the article…
“Among the problems: Three-quarters of the school’s instructors could not show they met minimum training or qualifications”
During a meeting with upset students on Oct. 15, an instructor allegedly assaulted a student. The case is still under investigation by Fullerton police, according to Sgt. Kathryn Hamel.”
…sounds like someone forgot to tell the student about the code of silence, and the instructor was simply reminding him?
#6 by Reality Is..... on November 11, 2015 - 8:37 am
or sounds like Barry’s case? and in the end there will be no charges and it was all made up? LOL
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#7 by Barry Levinson on November 11, 2015 - 10:41 am
It is getting harder and harder for the city of Fullerton establishment to continue with their mantra that Fullerton is a well-run city.
Every time a council member makes that claim they expose themselves as part of the problem and not the solution to the city’s many deep and long term problems. They are either very misinformed or are great actors to be able to make those claims with a straight face.
If this continues, the city instead of being known as the city of trees, should be known as the city of roots because our city leadership has their collective heads buried in the dirt ignoring the growing and obvious problems facing our community. What is even worse is their current decisions are making our future problems even worse. But apparently they do not care about our future for by then they will either be retired from politics, representing us in the State legislature or at the County Board of Supervisors or continuing to live the good live representing special interests as consultants?
#8 by Reality Is on November 11, 2015 - 2:25 pm
In politics you can never make everyone happy. There is always that group that is at every city council meeting yelling about something or how F’d up the council and city is. Every city is like that. As long as council members feel they are making most happy, that’s what they care about.
Futures depends on if they are life politicians. Some come and and go. Some want bigger political spots. Some just know how hard it is to oust and incumbent.
Politics is dirty. They know that. They also like to irritate people that hate them by ignoring them or laughing at them.
#9 by Fullerton - The Cesspool City on November 11, 2015 - 3:58 pm
In other words RI is saying that our local politicians are selfish, corrupt and immature human beings. The exact opposite of the kind of people we need running our local government, i.e. mature, selfless and honest individuals.
Their actions demonstrates a lack of concern and “love” for our city.
#10 by Reality Is on November 11, 2015 - 9:00 pm
Yes. They are. To the small group that is never happy with anything they do. Exactly.
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