Barry Levinson
It is here where you will get the unvarnished truth, a unique and fresh perspective on the current status of College Town.
Let me just say this for starters. The plan deserved to be voted down, not just put on a temporary hold. The hungry beast (the city government) still wants to feed at the trough of taxpayer monies. It is our job to stop them.
I was very proud of my fellow citizens Wednesday night at the Planning Committee Meeting. All of you who spoke did a fantastic job. You may not realize it, but collectively we have the ability to greatly impact the decision making of our city leaders. It is only when we use that collective voice that we can force our city leaders to listen to us. The people have common sense and know instinctively when their city government is blowing smoke in their faces!
The display of arrogance of those committee members who spoke ill of some of the people at city hall was shameful. These citizens came to speak at this very important committee meeting to address not only the committee members but also the in-house audience and those watching on TV. If a speaker chooses to momentarily turn his or her head to the audience, you as committee members should not chastise the speaker. It is those people of Fullerton who deserve the accolades and great respect for taking the time out of their very busy schedules to speak before you. They do not earn a $75 dollar stipend for attending the meeting like the committee members. The bogus claim by Committee Member Ma’Ayn Johnson that there was public intimidation and harassment from some of the audience was a failed attempt to put the public on the defensive. It was both not true and only made Ms. Johnson look self-important, pompous and small. It is the committee who should be so embarrassed that they reduced the public comments to only 2 minutes. That action demonstrates a lack of respect shown by the committee to the public and they should apologize to us. Over and over again the chairperson interrupted public speaker time and time again.
The majority of the committee heard from the public who except for very few who had a connection to the project were 100% against it.
The committee members said it was important to continue to work on the project because of its importance but then stated that almost all major portions of the project were very flawed. They said the traffic, congestion, pedestrian safety and the partial closure of Nutwood were all problems. Some said that the adjoining colleges have not been good neighbors, especially as it pertains to the parking problems they cause to the surrounding residential neighborhoods that has exited over the last 20 years or more. They said that some intersections that would still be graded an F after the mitigation efforts were done were a problem. But don’t worry folks, they will probably remove the closure of Nutwood from the plan, maybe add a roundabout and then claim success in 3, 6 or 9 months from now and then salivate as the $40 million in fees starts arriving at city hall. What a total farce?
This plan should be scrapped for all of the above. Oh I did not mention the air quality concerns with the addition of thousands of cars was also mentioned as a problem.
SIMPLY STATED…IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. FOR STARTERS AT $11,700 PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT, THE PARK DWELLING FEE WILL GENERATE ALMOST 40 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE CITY ALONE.
It is clear that the city desperately needs to make up for the large budget deficits that already exists ($2.8 million) and which they have recently increased by millions of dollars in the form of large city employee raises especially the 6% next year raises for police and fire and the authorization of 5 new police officers. All these moves are done without a confirmed source of where those millions of dollars are going to come from. The city council and our city manager are guilty of abandoning their fiduciary responsibilities to the citizens of Fullerton. It is really that simple.
So we have exposed a simple truth. The College Town project is a terrible idea that has no community support but is being pushed hard by the city because the CITY COUNCIL WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER CONTINUE TO SPEND MONEY ON THEMSELVES WE DO NOT HAVE!!
They state the parking, safety, congestion, air quality and the closure of Nutwood for thru traffic are all problems with the plan but at the end of the day the majority said they think the plan in theory is a Great Idea.
I will continue to shine a very bright light on the machinations of our city government. They far too often represent the special interests over the needs and wants of Fullertonians.
I report, you decide.
Barry Levinson
#1 by The people on February 13, 2016 - 3:27 pm
Yes Joe. Do you have any solutions to share? Or are you just a paranoid delusional man who waves signs and carries around a dozen recording devices everywhere you go, pointing cameras at people and posting pictures on a blog and complaining? Doesnt seem like much of a life. But hey, whatever floats your boat.
#2 by Fullerton Lover on February 13, 2016 - 7:45 pm
I’d suggest that CSUF expand where there is already open space.
How about Coyote Hills?
Sounds like a win-win to me.
#3 by Joe Imbriano on February 13, 2016 - 8:47 pm
That’s hot. If you only knew how it feels when the truth sets you free.
#4 by Masters and Johnson on February 14, 2016 - 12:05 am
the truth, yes, of course … so tell the nice readers Joe, do you take your cameras everywhere you go? To the men’s room? To bed? Do you feel naked without them? How much time do you spend pouring over all the hours and hours of video? Do you get a certain thrill from pointing cameras at people? Do you have voyeuristic tendencies Joe? Please know that there is help out there.
#5 by Anonymous on February 14, 2016 - 5:11 am
Joe Felz and Dan Hughes do. Ever drove around the city? Ever been to city hall, downtown? There are cameras everywhere. Felz and Hughes like to hang out in the basement together and watch the world go by. Remember Dan Hughes watched the Kelly Thomas video 400 times?
#6 by Fullerton Lover on February 14, 2016 - 7:54 am
Do you think anyone would’ve believed that a 137 pound, shirtless, mentally ill man would be beaten to death by six Fullerton police officers if it wasn’t video taped?
Pictures and videos don’t lie…people do.
#7 by Anonymous on February 14, 2016 - 8:29 am
getting pretty desperate these days?
#8 by Anonymous on February 14, 2016 - 8:55 am
Masters and Johnson….a very sick puppy!!!
#9 by Anonymous on February 14, 2016 - 2:43 pm
I don’t know man. Carrying around a sack of recording devices and pointing a camera at everything and everybody you see is pretty twisted. Don’t shoot the messenger.
#10 by Joe Imbriano on February 14, 2016 - 5:20 pm
With the city’s half a million dollar recording system that they forget to turn on when it is convenient and the Register’s Lou Ponsi that runs cover for them with his 6th grade writing level and the Observer that puts the left side of the aisle to sleep while trashing the opposition to the the corruption, it is called responsible journalism and covering Fullerton in a way that no one else will because they are all bought off. Twisted are all those who get away with murder and plot and scheme to run our town into ruin. Would you like to do an on camera interview with me?
#11 by Anonymous on February 15, 2016 - 8:07 am
Heck, who needs the Register or the Observer, when we can go to the Fullerton Informer as an authoritatve, factual source for news? How can we not take someone as credible who believes the moon landing was a hoax, 9/11 was an inside job, the drought is geoengineered, wifi is a tool of the government to sterilize children, Apple is the devil and virtually every human being in the city is part of some sort of conspiracy?
#12 by Joe Imbriano on February 15, 2016 - 8:38 am
You are a fine student of The Fullerton Informer. Oh yeah it must be true if its on TV. People that for decades have believed the lies on the television have to come to grips with what their laziness, willfull blindness, ignorance and apathy have bestowed upon their children. Everything you stated is correct with the exception of the last two sentences. Apple is not the devil, they serve lucifer. Look at the pricing of their first product, their logo, and how what they have invented and brought to market. The infertility Pad (iPad) is a microwave weapon that broadcasts at the exact frequency at which the maximum dielectric loss of water begins, through a slot antenna which intenifies and directs the microwave beam and is being deployed in the laps of children in direct proximity to their sensitive developing reproductive organs. I never said virtually every human being in the city is part of some sort of conspiracy, just a handful of people and they are becoming household names for that very reason.
#13 by Flash Gordon on February 15, 2016 - 12:08 pm
Thanks for the Info! I’ll be sure to pack my Q 36 Immodium Space Modulator and ray gun next time I head out of my house.
#14 by Joe Imbriano on February 15, 2016 - 12:48 pm
So tell me Flash, why did the planning commission vote down the College Town project and yet they passed the DDSCP which is 10-15 times bigger and worse?
#15 by Flash Gordon on February 15, 2016 - 3:12 pm
Only logical and obvious explanation is that extraterrestrials have occupied the brains of planning commissioners and are controlling their thoughts and actions from a galaxy billions of miles away.
#16 by Anonymous on February 15, 2016 - 7:34 pm
Apparently, you are incapable of doing your own research but would rather attack.
Time to roll up your sleeve for your vaccination.
#17 by Preoccupied on February 14, 2016 - 7:11 pm
Hmm… he carries around his video camera everywhere and is preoccupied with children’s reproductive systems…
#18 by Joe Imbriano on February 14, 2016 - 9:01 pm
I am concerned with protecting their reproductive future. Obviously, yours didn’t work out so well and maybe its for the better. I didn’t spend 5 billion dollars on a headquarters whose landscape architecture plans are obsessed with thwarting human fertility and reproduction but Apple computer company and their offshoots sure did. https://thefullertoninformer.com/apple-666-project-inkwell-and-agenda-21-an-expose-with-an-all-star-cast/
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