Mayor Fitzgerald along with the council majority have willfully put the city into millions of dollars of debt (current $2.8 million dollar deficit) and yet they want to keep on giving to their special interest buddies nonstop!
College Town Specific Plan,
Downtown Core and Corridor Specific Plan (DCCSP),
Hunt Branch Library proposed sale
They are hoping all will soon pass.
Need more proof of the intentions of our city council and city manager. Here is the Library Board of Trustees Agenda for February 25, 2016. Under Regular Business, Item No. 2 it states the following: Hunt Branch Future – Action Requested. That was the opaque way this city attempted to get the recommended approval for the sale of the Hunt Branch Library to come to council without anyone from the community being any the wiser. According to Jane Rands, Chris Meyer retired City Manager,
made a motion to recommend selling the property because of its hard to find location. In addition, Joe Felz suggested that the Hunt Branch Library and property should be sold to the Grace Ministries as a sole source transaction. The same city manager that wants this city council to give him total control over high-rise developments throughout most of Fullerton, wants to sole source the sale of Hunt Library. No surprise there, just the same old undemocratic, I want to be Emperor Joe. But last night at Fullerton City Council, the Emperor had no clothes but the same familiar brooding evil stare.
He was so shaken by my remarks that he even responded to me. He said that he did recommend the sole source sale to Grace Ministries because they came to him showing interest in buying the property and with the sale we could keep the building as a Historical Structure. He then stated that the whole explanation was way to complicated to go into at council. Really Joe, someone who has the floor for as long as he wants says he can’t go into the whole explanation for his underhanded, crony capitalism, neighborhood and taxpayer-screwing idea! You had all the time in the world Mr. Felz but you got caught with your pants down. Our Fullerton Emperor indeed has no clothes.
The city provided the residents of southwest Fullerton no warning, and no community outreach. They wanted to get this action item done as quickly and as quietly as possible. Only a city that has total contempt for its residents would attempt to pull off such a secretive end around to get their way.
The city council just gave the Police a 6% annual raise and the Firefighters a 9% raise over the next two years costing the taxpayers multi-millions of dollars but they say they do not have the money to keep the library open or apparently to even keep the property.
The following is what Joe Felz and our City Council is telling the good people of Fullerton.
- Hunt Branch Library and Park No,
- Decent Roads No,
- Decent Water and Sewer Pipes No,
- Entrance to 57 freeway from Nutwood Avenue expendable (i.e. let the commuters eat cake on the grass esplanade formerly Nutwood Avenue).
But they are in favor of the following:
- Much more traffic and congestion,
- Much more air pollution,
- Many more 8 story high-rises throughout the city, and
- Much more water rationing for the existing city residents as the size of the city grows tremendously.
This is the sad legacy of our City Council and City Manager would like to leave to the residents of Fullerton as Joe Felz retires with his approximately 200,000 dollar pension and Mayor Fitzgerald gets rewarded generously by Mr. Pringle for bringing home the bacon.
I report, you decide.
#1 by Fullerton Lover on March 8, 2016 - 9:40 pm
It just occurred to me that watching Jennifer Fitzgerald bully men from the council dais, reminds me of watching Marcy D’Arcy from the 80’s sitcom, “Married With Children” belittle Al Bundy whenever he rained on her parade.
…Well Steve, I guess much like our honeymoon, it’s up to me to finish the job and pay the bill!”
—Marcy D’Arcy
Marcy D’Arcy (played by Amanda Bearse), formerly Marcy Rhoades, is Peg Bundy’s best friend, Al’s nemesis, and the family’s next door neighbor on the FOX series Married… with Children. Though she considers herself to be better than the Bundys, Marcy often sinks to their level. She originally worked as a loan officer at the city bank (in a higher position than her husband, Steve) and then as the manager of the Kyoto National Bank from the second season. But for a brief time, she was demoted to drive-up window teller as punishment for approving a loan Al could not repay (in fact the purpose was to make Al able to repay a previous loan approved by Steve, but Al instead turned this loan into his “shoe hotline” project as well, and lost it too). She won back her old job after frugging on her boss’s desk for 20 minutes, clad only in a slip, while the other drive-up window tellers tossed quarters at her. Marcy holds a Bachelor’s degree in economics.
Initially, Marcy was a sweet, wholesome newlywed, but years of living next to the Bundys apparently warped her into a character almost as outrageous as the Bundys. She contemptuously bickered with Al, and reveled in his misery. One of the reasons for her hatred of Al is his chauvinistic and misogynistic view of women. Marcy seemed to have a disturbing dark side, and enjoys sharing her past memories with Peg, but often tends to get lost in them. At various points in the series, she is identified as a who looks down on the Bundy clan, but is also a environmentalist. Marcy is an active feminist, leading a group of other ‘feminists’ to gain equal rights to men. while not a bad thing she is unfortunately characterized as a ‘straw feminist’ who seeks superiority over men rather than equality based solely on the fact that as women they are automatically better than men. She is often portrayed being sexist towards men which is ironic since she frequently calls Al out on his chauvinism. She admonishes male strip clubs as demeaning women yet doesn’t see anything wrong into going to one for women where men dance for them. During the dream arc where she and Peggy were pregnant she and her pregnant women’s group took over Al’s garage/private room on the grounds that as women they can do anything they want and take whatever they want from men just because they are women, calling themselves W.O.M.B for (Women. Owe. Men. Bupkiss).
She has however been civil with Al from time to time, such as when Steve was arrested. Al comforted Marcy at a bar and told her all about the ‘horrors’ of having kids. She also warned Al to not jump to conclusions when Al suspected that Kelly had earned money for a dress by prostituting herself(Kelly was actually hustling pool with Jefferson as her manager).
Al’s most frequent targets are Marcy’s flat chest and her chicken-like stance when she gets annoyed. In season 6 Marcy claimed she was pregnant though this was later written out of the show. This was done when Katey Sagal’s pregnancy was written out after the actress suffered a miscarriage. Marcy had a loud, piercing laugh, which she usually displayed whenever Al suffered some misfortune.
One of the running gags in the series has Marcy often mistaken for a young boy, on one occasion even being mistaken for; when she reminisces about her first training bra, Al asks “How old were you then—twenty five?!” Despite wanting to appear prudish, Marcy is shown to be a very sexual person, and is revealed to have a rather sordid sexual history, such as the “Little Bo Peep and the Cop” game.
Though she will often make disparaging remarks about Bud and Kelly she does not seem to hold the same contempt for them that she does for Al, possibly because she realizes that the Bundy children cannot be faulted for their behavior due to their extremely dysfunctional upbringing.
Marcy often relives past moments in her life as well as routine experiences (such as going to the dentist) by telling stories and describing them in a sexual manner.
Although Marcy and Al are usually adversaries, they often unite in common causes, such as later when Jefferson comes into the series. Their teamwork is attributable to the fact that they are both “bread-winners,” giving them occasional moments of mutual understanding.She even writes a song called Al Bundy away.
#2 by Reality Is..... on March 9, 2016 - 9:38 am
So the big question then is……
who is Al Bundy? Or does Al Bundy change characters each year? I could see Al originally being Tony Bushala. But is the real Al now Barry or Joe?
🙂
#3 by Fullerton Lover on March 9, 2016 - 3:23 pm
…Al Bundy is any one of us that doesn’t enjoy a symbiotic relationship with Jennifer Fitzgerald.
#4 by Reality Is..... on March 10, 2016 - 8:30 am
She’s hot. I’d let her smoke the pole.