HOW LOW CAN THEY GO?
I Report You Decide. By Barry Levinson
HOW LOW CAN THEY GO?
I Report You Decide.
A friend of mine recently made a very profound comment to me.
He said you could tell how corrupt a city is by the condition of
the infrastructure. Well if that is a correct statement ladies and
gentlemen, Fullerton ranks way up there on the corruption meter. Our
roads, our sewers and water lines are in terrible shape.
Several months ago, Republican former State Assemblyman Chris
Norby was taken into custody after the FPD came to his house as
a result of a domestic dispute. A typical he said, she said, but they
arrested only Mr. Norby anyway. Later they had to drop all charges
because there was insufficient evidence.
In my opinion, why would the FPD want to arrest someone with no
real evidence of any crime being committed? I leave it to all of you to
answer that simple question.
Well yours truly has certainly ruffled enough feathers in this town,
with my speaking out for justice for Kelly Thomas and real reform
of the FPD. I have recently been very vocal about the Downtown
Core and Corridor Project proposal calling it both a huge attempted
power grab by our City Manager, Joe Felz and a move that would
be extremely undemocratic. I have consistently reported that the
percentage of the Operating Fund Budget has to be reduced from the
approximately 80% level for salaries and benefits if this city is going
to make real strides in improving our infrastructure.
No ladies and gentlemen, as George Orwell stated many years ago
and it applies even more today, “In a time of universal deceit – telling
the truth is a revolutionary act.”
I have consistently spoken the truth and will continue to do so.
Dishonest people have and will resort to the use of personal attacks,
when the facts are not on their side. The only difference is that now
all of you know another one of their dirty little secrets.
#1 by Douglas Wilkie on September 11, 2014 - 12:37 pm
My 94-year old widowed mother continues to be hosed by Fullerton Water. The current bill was the last straw. I have challenged them on their purported reading of her meter (can you say LADWP?). All I get from David Schickling is that my mother submit to a MWD ‘audit’ to find that nasty leaking toilet that is responsible for a 100%+ spiking of her water bill.
The so-called ‘Tier 3’ is an obscene cash cow for
the City and an unmitigated gouging of the ratepayers. The additional
revenue is apparently being transfered to the General Fund (Greg Sebourn has told me 7%) and used primarily to fund the city’s pension obligations (and for ‘other purposes’).
While I don’t reside in Fullerton, I have urged my mother to vote for Sebourn/Paden and to vote NO on the two bond issues.
Have you opined on the water wars? I know that the topic is a passion of Sebourn. However, this latest rate hike indicates to me that it’s still business as usual at City Hall. The 2012 recall election has resulted in little meaningful reform (COIN!), with clones of the recalled council members running the show. With Kelly Thomas a distant memory, will the low-information Fullerton voter get his collective
back up once more in 2014? Doug Chaffee is particulary offensive and must go!