BY BARRY LEVINSON
FULLERTON CIVIC LEADER AND ACTIVIST BARRY LEVINSON
THE TRUTH
IT IS WHAT I TRULY BELIEVE IN. WELL IN THE CASE OF STATE SENATOR CANDIDATE JOSHUA FERGUSON’S RESPONSE UNDER THE FFFF ARTICLE “THE WHITAKER RECORD” HE TOLD THE TRUTH. I BELIEVE ALL PEOPLE SHOULD GET CREDIT FOR THEIR TRUTHFUL STATEMENTS MADE ON THE RECORD. HERE ARE HIS COMMENTS, WHICH I TOTALLY AGREE WITH.
The Whitaker Record
August 3, 2017 Joe Sipowicz Comments(25)
Joshua Ferguson (comment)
“Okay, I’ll bite.
You’re mad because you can’t get a good wine so what do you do?
Apparently you sit on the sidelines and complain that you can’t get good wine as it gets worse and worse each year. I’d rather try and make wine. That’s EXACTLY why Napa is world renowned for wine. Delusional people set out to make a change.
You can consider me delusional all you want but I’d rather be delusional than a defeatist.
I would have never thrown my name in and would have eagerly supported Whitaker if I thought he’d fight. But he won’t and he hasn’t.
We have serious allegations of police misconduct & obstruction of justice in the Felz case alone. Whitaker is Mayor. What has he done to get to the bottom of it?
Be precise about the actions in this case. I’ll award bonus points for source citations.
As a reminder the former police chief allegedly obstructed justice on his way out of the door. The DA allegedly ignored it owing to political favors.
Do we need to put a ribbon on the tee before the bat is swung? We can’t swing it for the council. The whole council is complicit in this corruption but the Mayor has the power to put things on the Agenda. He doesn’t. I see a new higher paid chief from a problematic department. That’s it. Where’s the oversight? Reform? Investigation? Anything?
Oh I know. Despite the council being 3-2 (R) he doesn’t think he can accomplish anything so its better to do nothing.
Put it on record. Put reform and an investigation on the agenda and make the opposition take a pro-cover-up position. Make them make the pro-corruption vote. Do something. Be the voice you ran to be and fight for us and if you won’t don’t be surprised if allies get fed up and try to use their own voices you seem intent on ignoring.
Newman is being recalled because he lied to voters and opted to rob us blind. I’m not about to vote for somebody else who will sit silently owing to a minority position while we still get robbed.
I’ve had enough of (R)s who say they’d do the right thing if only they had power. Fight for the right thing or you’ll never get the chance.”
That concludes Mr. Ferguson’s remarks. As I stated in my title of this article, I give people credit for telling the truth in a public forum. Ferguson has been supportive of Mayor Bruce Whitaker and an ally in the past. The fact that he was willing to look at Whitaker’s public performance to judge whether he is worthy of Ferguson’s support is admirable. Two fellow conservatives Sean Paden and David Curlee, still in my opinion see Mayor Whitaker thru rose color glasses.
Click the photo to understand more about Bruce’s sycophant Paden.
Paden goes out of his way to support him no matter what the facts state. Blind allegiance in politics is extremely dangerous.
The big question is whether I would vote for Ferguson. There are a few issues that I would need to hear more from him on. I have seen him in a few instances, in my humble opinion, put saving taxpayer dollars ahead of the overall benefit to the community. I am a fiscal conservative and hate to see any taxpayer monies wasted but government has a role and sometimes monies need to be in fact spent for the benefit of the overall community.
In conclusion, my answer as of August 3, 2017 is that I would give his candidacy serious consideration. It is early and we may not know the names of all candidates who will throw their hats into the ring.
But the bottom line, I appreciate very much Ferguson’s above comments concerning Bruce Whitaker and see it as his taking an independent second look at a former ally. It takes a certain amount of courage to distance yourself from someone you used to support wholeheartedly.
Finally, as Ferguson said above…”Okay, I’ll bite.” ` I am glad he did.
BARRY LEVINSON
#1 by Randy on August 4, 2017 - 7:25 am
Wasn’t it Bushala who gave us Whitaker again and again you fools? We tried to warn all you loons about Tony. You were all too blind at the time with the recall. Barry took his money and I know for a fact Imbriano had a recall sign on his gate. So much hate for people that had nothing to do with Kelly’s death and now Tony has nothing to do with seeking justice. He even turned against Ron Thomas. Tony just uses people to further his selfish goals for enriching himself. It was and still is all about development. Aside from Bushala, Whitakers major donors have always been developers and people associated with the industry. You guys are a little late to the epiphany. Funny how this guy with the ZZ top look latched right on to Bushala out of the shoot and now he sees the light only after he wants to run for a position he has no chance in hell of even getting near?
#2 by Anonymous on August 4, 2017 - 10:41 am
Or . . . maybe he never was a Bushala Boy and you’re all nuts.
#3 by Joe Imbriano on August 4, 2017 - 11:19 am
Josh has been either not been paying attention for very long or worse. Bruce has been exposed for over a year now on this site and at the council meetings. Joshua chose to ignore everything factually documented about what a political fraud Bruce was for over a year. He chose to ignore it until now. How do you explain that? Was he ever one of Tony’s tools? He wanted to be the sharpest one in Tony’s shed. It just didn’t work out for him. He just hitched up to crowd over there and like the rest of them, ignored all 20 of the articles we have done on Bruce and his phoniness. He, along with the other Whitaker sycophant Paden have, however, made a complete mockery of what is being done to Fullerton’s children including their very own daughters with respect to the sterilization agenda in the schools. He and Sean made it perfectly clear through their own written statements. He and Paden have chosen to make a joke out of the most serious issues facing this community’s most vulnerable segment of the population. What’s worse is they, including Rands, Curlee, Paden, Leslie, and even Bushala sat through council meetings and ignored everything that was said about the disgusting repeal of the city’s sex offender ordinance.
#4 by Anonymous on August 4, 2017 - 11:27 am
Per usual, you’ve invented facts in your own head and insist others disprove them.
This is why it matters that you believe the world is flat.
People don’t agree with you, Joe. It doesn’t mean they deserve to be persecuted or “exposed” as you like to put it.
I don’t know why you insist on doing all of this by yourself, but you’d be better off trying to work with people on selective issues.
Oh, wait, I know exactly why. Nevermind.
#5 by Joe Imbriano on August 4, 2017 - 11:33 am
Joshua has mocked the plight of the school children on his own website. Words do not lie. A retraction would be in order for starters. As far as him sitting in sycophant row at the council meetings ignoring issue after issue unless it fit the narrow Whitaker guided boiler plate, well….
#6 by Anonymous on August 4, 2017 - 11:36 am
How could I have forgotten the great Wi-Fi litmus test.
Agree with Imbriano or you’re evil and must be destroyed.
Take note, Barry. Your time will come.
#7 by Joe Imbriano on August 4, 2017 - 11:39 am
Lets stick to sitting in on multiple council meetings in sycophant row locking arms with Tony’s tool chest ignoring the issues that face our community. Facts are facts.
#8 by Anonymous on August 4, 2017 - 11:49 am
Except they’re your facts, so they’re totally false.
Holy shit! People sit next to each other! They just agree on everything!
You’re insane. Flat out and completely insane.
#9 by Joe Imbriano on August 4, 2017 - 12:00 pm
There you have it. The justification to ignore everything is simply to just call people insane. It works for you but changes nothing. Go back to FFFF and pack Tony’s bong or help Travis fix another one of his broken axles. This rubber room is not the place for you.
#10 by Anonymous on August 4, 2017 - 2:12 pm
Go get em Joe.
#11 by Anonymous on August 4, 2017 - 1:30 pm
Imbriano has made no mistake about his position. https://thefullertoninformer.com/the-firmament-of-genesis-1-is-solid-case-closed/
#12 by Fullerton's Conscience on August 5, 2017 - 11:10 am
Mr. Imbriano’s comments above are indeed correct. Ferguson has some explaining to do for his tardiness in realizing the phoniness of Bruce Whitaker. He also needs to continue to expose the frauds that make up much of Fullerton’s leadership.
But I say better late than never. He is basically a novice to politics and I am willing to be open minded about his candidacy. I will take a wait and see attitude toward him and his candidacy.
In politics you have to make choices. Either you are your own person or you are not. Those that are not their own person, cozy up to the political establishment and basically leave their integrity behind. It is not that hard to notice these things if you pay attention and are willing to view each candidate objectively.
#13 by Anonymous on August 9, 2017 - 12:29 pm
Joe just lays the facts bare for all to see. Let the persecuted as you call it come to their own defense using their real names. Otherwise, if it pains you so then just go away.
#14 by Anonymous on August 7, 2017 - 5:31 pm
Yes he has, He has chosen to ignore many issues and flat out make fun of others. He is a child who wants to get involved in a senate race?