FFFF Founder Tony Bushala
FFFF Site Administrator Travis Kiger
If the FFFF website was run by objective straight-forward people they would know that they only had to look into a mirror to find some of the people responsible for the construction disaster, known as the City of Fullerton Hillcrest Park to Lion’s Field Stairs. For you blame Ms. Cox for her phony, contrived and orchestrated statements.
Yet who put Ms. Cox in the position of Park and Recreation Committee member? That person was none other than Council member Jennifer Fitzgerald. And what Council member among others has this website given a pass over the last 5 years? I believe that would be the same aforementioned Ms. Fitzgerald. So FFFF, look no further than into a mirror to place some blame for those hideously constructed stairs.
I believe that would be the same aforementioned Ms. Fitzgerald. So FFFF, look no further than into a mirror to place some blame for those hideously constructed stairs.
It is so obvious to see that this website is exactly the carbon copy of the political careers of Bruce Whitaker and Greg Sebourn who they so often tout.
They acknowledge problems, wring their hands over the issues and then do absolutely nothing to solve the problems. Giving Greg Sebourn credit for stating the obvious after the many problems with the stairs were exposed by the public is so, so ridiculous.
Sebourn failed to bring forth a motion to agendize an internal investigation over whom within the city approved the shoddy and very substandard construction and then Sebourn did not bring a motion to sue the contractor responsible for all the derelict construction. This demonstrates clearly that he is only good at grandstanding. The same could easily and correctly be said about Appointed Mayor Bruce Whitaker who touts limited fiscally conservative government. But did he make either of the above motions as Mayor…of course not. For it is so obvious that neither have the integrity or the courage to do the right thing for the people of Fullerton. However, they are all too often ready to take credit for statements they make that never do the good people of Fullerton any darn good. What a pair they make on that dais!
Questions for those responsible for the Friends for Fullerton’s Future as follows:
- Please explain as libertarians your censorship and your lack of candor about your moderation and canceling comments that you obviously do not want to be posted to your website?
- Please also explain why this web page waited until literally the day after the 2016 election to go back on the Internet. I guess the outcome of the 2016 election for a so-called political reform website was not important enough to restart it prior to rather than immediately after the 2016 elections.
I believe you owe it to your readership to answer the above two questions.
One last comment concerning the name of the website. Friends for Fullerton’s Future can’t be a more vague and nebulous title. Unless you believe that the end of days is quickly approaching, or a meteorite will destroy the entire planet very soon, or if the entire world will cease to exist due to a nuclear annihilation, the future is a given. But it is a very appropriate title for your website because it says nothing, means nothing and your website accomplishes nothing; no solutions, no improvements just grandstanding and allowing undisclosed bloggers to defame good people like myself.
What I am concerned about is the quality of the future we will leave to our children and grandchildren and the honesty and integrity of those we call our leaders including those that work at Fullerton City Hall.
#1 by Barry Levinson on May 27, 2017 - 11:58 pm
Joshua Ferguson is giving Council member Greg Sebourn a pass on the already falling apart Hillcrest Park to Lion’s Field 1.7 million dollar stairs and I ask why sir? Here is his comments from the FFFF website as follows: Joshua Ferguson
May 19, 2017 at 11:30 AM
“To be fair Sebourn did say we should get a refund and the council needs to look at the issue.” Yes and then Mr. Ferguson he did absolutely nothing to get it done. No motion to put a refund on the next meeting agenda. No motion to put an investigation of our city employees responsible for inspecting and approving the construction of the stairs. (The same is true for the other four council members as well.) All he did was after the fact grandstand for the audience. The fact that he acknowledged the problem and then still did nothing tells you all you need to know about Council member Greg Sebourn and none of it is any good! You see Greg Sebourn and Joshua Ferguson are part of the FFFF website crowd as is our esteemed Appointed Mayor Bruce Whitaker. Therefore, whenever they do not do their jobs, people like Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Paden, etc find it necessary to ignore their misdeeds altogether or give them a pass when it is mentioned by someone else. Not the best way or even a good way to proceed if your real goal is to get a better, more honest, more transparent city government. Remember when Mr. Paden got up to speak at council to respond to my concern why Bruce Whitaker to this day has not and will not speak to me about an extremely well documented 4 to 5 million dollar finding about the Fullerton City Golf Course to defend the indefensible by stating that Whitaker talked privately with David Curlee instead. Did you shine his shoes also Mr. Paden after the meeting as well? It is hard sometimes to really understand what people like Paden and Ferguson really want. Is it a seat on the council with the support of the Republican establishment and/or attention? So my question to Mr. Fergusen what was your goal for writing the story about the stairs? Was it to bring attention to the waste of city money and then do nothing to fix the problem nor to hold those responsible fully accountable. For to defend Sebourn lack of any action in the face of this overwhelming evidence makes Greg Sebourn look like a total empty suit wasting time and space on our city council. We have had that type of so-called leadership for over 6 years now from Appointed Mayor Bruce Whitaker who only brings up problems after he knows the issue will be passed by the city council anyway. I for one will not give any council member a pass on this or any other boondoggle until they actually start acting like our elected representatives and get answers to my questions and hold everyone in the city and outside the city (contractors) fully accountable. P.S. I fully expect more anonymous libelous statements with absolutely not a thread of proof to pop up on the FFFF site or even the Fullerton Informer site. In fact it has already happened on the FFFF site.
#2 by downtown insider on May 28, 2017 - 3:25 am
I am impressed with your finally publicly questioning Bushala’s motives.
Tony Bushala is a developer. He is an ardent advocate of sustainable development. He worked for decades bringing the SOCO walk to Fullerton which was the prototype of the rail centered high-density development. He also remained notably silent on the DCCSP while salivating over the prospects of its passage. Barry, you have just scratched the surface with Bushala. I get the impression that you know a lot more about his political gamesmanship and are holding back. It would be wise for you to expose him to the fullest. His activism is dangerous to Fullerton’s future. If you will notice, it is extremely biased, and always lacks a clear purpose, never proposing any solutions, just stirring the proverbial pot if you will. When there is smoke there is fire. but Bushala’s activism produces pure smoke and a cover for the real backdoor deals that are driving Fullerton to a complete sustainable development model for the future.
He tends to draw people into his fray that he can easily manipulate and control, usually those with political aspirations and little to no finances to speak of.
Bruce Whitaker is probably the purest form and the best example of what a true Bushala development operative looks like. Tony would have mortgaged half of his properties to clone him if he could have.
You briefly touched on the phenomenon of Jennifer Fitzgerald and you duly noted his involvement in getting her elected. We all know that this was a favor to Shawn Nelson as well as a guaranteed vote for future projects. You also rightly inferred that he enabled her to get re-elected, citing the silence of the FFFF blog during the last election cycle.
Tony’s plan, admittedly all along was for the DCCSP to pass and thus allow SOCO walk rail centered properties to litter the skyline making Tony, not a kingmaker but a mini version of Donald Trump. From what I can reconnoiter, you stopped him without even realizing he was a player. I could be mistaken. You and Joe really don’t miss much and perhaps you have been holding back. Now is the time to expose the real agenda Bushala has always had for Fullerton. Tony likes people to think he is a limited government, historic preservationist. Instead, he has given us Jennifer Fitzgerald and Greg Seabourn to do his bidding. Yes he has managed merely for PR purposes, to save a few buildings that were not identified in The DCCSP.
Tony’s goal is to block all outside involvement in Fullerton politics, thus his “no carpetbagger” campaigns. He is narrowly focussed on controlling the local political process through influencing elections, buying off candidates, installing his kingpins, and while hiding behind his facade of being a historic preservationist, meticulously plans to raze his slums and tenement buildings while behind the scenes planning to urbanize the family holdings. The FFFF blog is really just pure astroturfing and a constant exercising of the local activists keeping them off target.
#3 by code enforcement on May 30, 2017 - 4:42 am
not to mention the slums he and his brother run
#4 by dime bag on June 4, 2017 - 5:42 am
All of Tony’s little wind up toys are a bunch of financially challenged political wanna bees with delusions of grandeur. get this through your thick heads. Tony wants highrise on his lots. He doesn’t give a fuck about Fullerton. Its all a political video game to him.