Posts Tagged Friends for Fullertons Future
How Low Can My Opposition Go? By Barry Levinson
Posted by Joe Imbriano in Friends for Fullertons Future, Tony Bushala on July 10, 2017
Barry Levinson
Here is one anonymous comment under an article I wrote on the Fullerton Informer entitled “FFFF Once Again Fails The Good People Of Fullerton By Not Allowing Me To Post All My Comments On Their Website. Why Are They So Afraid of My Words? By Barry Levinson
comment entry
“#30 by Anonymous on July 9, 2017 – 9:25 pm comment contents Wow, you love expropriating smart people’s quotations – just like you take credit for other people’s work. Here’s a tip from some one who has read a book – rather than just swiping quotes found on the Internet: George Orwell was a hard core socialist. Good to know who your friends are, right Vladimir?”
Obviously Anonymous does not know the definition of expropriation for his statement makes absolutely no sense. Here is the definition of expropriation and its proper use in a sentence.
From the Merriam Webster Dictionary
Definition of Expropriation
The act of expropriating or the state of being expropriated; specifically: the action of the state in taking or modifying the property rights of an individual in the exercise of its sovereignty
Example of Expropriation in a Sentence
The development of the colony involved expropriation of large tracts of fertile farmland from the natives.
My posting quotes with the author’s names clearly stated are hardly the act of a state taking away someone’s private property. I am not taking credit for these quotes since I provided the author’s names in every single case. Also to claim that Lenin and Orwell are my friends because I quoted them once is patently absurd. All these baseless attacks shows how desperate my enemies are and how stupid they must think the Fullerton public is to believe any of it.
These attacks on me are the acts of desperate, despicable people, which includes a few bottom dwellers from the FFFF crowd. Obviously they have no shame, no integrity and no scruples. Their tactics are to literally throw as much mud at me as possible hoping that some of it might stick. The only people that it sticks to are those throwing it.
Another Anonymous comment now infers that Joe Imbriano and I are cowards for not confronting Tony Bushala in person, and also infers they want some kind of physical altercation. Only bullies use physical force to intimidate their opponents. Here are those two posts below.
- #80 by Anonymous on July 8, 2017 – 5:18 pm
- #81 by Anonymous on July 8, 2017 – 5:43 pm
- Yes and make sure Chris Thompson shows up so he can take a swing at Barry. Maybe this time he won’t miss.
- To Embriano:I notice you and your partner only talk tough when you are able to hide behind your computer screens or there are Fullerton cops in the room to protect your sorry asses. Ironic, much?Ha!
- Go ahead. Make your accusations directly to Bushala. Let’s see what you got. Oh, and be sure to take your big mouth sidekick with you.
- Here is Bushala’s address – 110 E. Walnut Avenue, Fullerton. I bet you don’t have the guts to pay him a visit and tell the man to his face the lies and nonsense you casually spew out here without a shred of evidence.
The quote from Anonymous above stating; “Let’s see what you got” sounds like a physical threat to me.
I will stick to the facts, the truth and my intelligence to provide the readers of the Fullerton Informer with the much needed information neccessary to make up their own minds.
I report, you decide!
FFFF Once Again Fails The Good People Of Fullerton By Not Allowing Me To Post All My Comments On Their Website. Why Are They So Afraid of My Words? By Barry Levinson
Posted by Joe Imbriano in Barry Levinson, Tony Bushala on July 6, 2017
Barry Levinson
The FFFF has no credibility for they once again prove below that they would not post my second and third responses under their article Fitzgerald Casts Toxic Vote for Pringle Client July 3, 2017 The Worm. They are clearly censoring factual commentary that does not fit their agenda.
I first responded to “just a guy” and they allowed that comment to be posted (1). Then I responded to “Everyone Except (Except S/B Except) Me…” (2). Joe Sipowicz unfortunately removed my comment; see below (3). I strongly believe that Joe Sipowicz is none other than Tony Bushala.
“just a guy July 3, 2017 at 8:56 AM “In a Voice of OC interview, Fitzgerald said that Curt Pringle & Associates had never worked directly for Northrop Grumman and only for an attorney who was involved in the clean up fight. ” How stupid does she think we are? Reply
(1) Barry Levinson July 3, 2017 at 4:43 PM just a guy asks how stupid does Jennifer Fitzgerald think we are? Well the better question to ask is the following: Just how much in bed has the FFFF been with Jennifer Fitzgerald and her mentor, Shawn Nelson to give her a pass for not one election but for two elections. Those questions will never be addressed on this phony site. Reply
Captain Kangaroo July 3, 2017 at 5:01 PM Why didn’t YOU attempt to stop Fitz from being reelected? Reply
LinkedIn July 3, 2017 at 5:12 PM Speaking of phonies . . . How’s that day job, Barry? I wouldn’t go around asking who is in bed with whom, Barry. You might not like what you find. Reply
Facts is Facts July 3, 2017 at 5:14 PM Hey Barry is it really true that you are being paid by Curt Pringle to make Jennifer Fitzgerald look good? What better way than to have two certified monomaniacal loonies attack your employee. Cuckoo, cuckoo! Reply
(3)Joe Sipowicz July 3, 2017 at 5:17 PM I’m going to let this comment stand as a testament to a loud-mouth blowhard. And that’s it. No more thread hijacking by you and your lunatic sidekick.
EVERYONE EXEPT ME IS PART OF THE CORRUPT ESTABLISHMNENT AND ONLY I cAN SAVE FULLERTON, AS I EXPLAIN IN MY 25 PART ESSAY July 3, 2017 at 5:00 PM Barry your facebook page had a picture of you holding hands with Shawn Nelson as recently as 2016 and you actively sought Nelson’s endorsement multiple times. The FFFF blog broke with Nelson years ago in 2013, which you know for a fact. Bring some fresh lies next time you come back here. Reply
(2)Barry Levinson July 3, 2017 at 5:27 PM Wow the last time I shook hands with Shawn Nelson was the recall election of 2012. EVERYONE EXEPT ME… is only 4 plus years off. In the November 2012 election he supported Jennifer Fitzgerald. That is when I first learned that Shawn Nelson was a total phony politician. You see one day Nelson is supporting me and the next month he will not return my emails or phone calls. What a guy? What a total and complete phony? The thought of him getting a judgeship is frightening. You state that FFFF broke with Shawn Nelson in 2013. Don’t you really mean that the FFFF went away in Feb. 2013 and broke from the entire Fullerton community and did not come back until after the 2016 elections? Three out of five seats on the line and this blog comes back right after the election. How incredibly phony is that? You had a golden opportunity to stop Fitzgerald from getting reelected and you in my opinion purposely did nothing to stop her. ”
FFFF REMOVED MY ABOVE COMMENT SOON AFTER IT WAS POSTED BY THE SO-CALLED LIBERTARIAN ADMINISTRATOR WHO TOLD ME IN 2012 THAT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN INTERFERING WITH ANY COMMENTS FOR ANY REASON! FFFF MUST BE INCREDIBLY WORRIED TO REMOVE MY COMMENT ABOVE.
EVERYONE EXEPT ME IS PART OF THE CORRUPT ESTABLISHMNENT AND ONLY I cAN SAVE FULLERTON, AS I EXPLAIN IN MY 25 PART ESSAY July 3, 2017 at 5:00 PM Barry your facebook page had a picture of you holding hands with Shawn Nelson as recently as 2016 and you actively sought Nelson’s endorsement multiple times. The FFFF blog broke with Nelson years ago in 2013, which you know for a fact. Bring some fresh lies next time you come back here. Reply
Barry Levinson July 3, 2017 at 5:27 PM .
NOTICE HOW THE FFFF ADMINISTRATOR REMOVED MY COMMENTS BUT LEFT MY NAME, DATE AND TIME STAMP. PLEASE CHECK THE TIME AND DATE TO CONFIRM FOR YOURSELVES!
EVERYONE EXEPT ME IS PART OF THE CORRUPT ESTABLISHMNENT AND ONLY I cAN SAVE FULLERTON, AS I EXPLAIN IN MY 25 PART ESSAY July 3, 2017 at 5:29 PM Oh sorry you fogured out he was a phony in 2012 and you STIlL campaigned on his endorsement? Your walk piece in November 2012 had Shawn Nelson on it , don’t even try to deny it.
(4)Barry Levinson July 4, 2017 at 12:57 AM Your comment is awaiting moderation. (Italics and bold for emphasis)
Wow the last time I shook hands with Shawn Nelson was the recall election of 2012. “EVERYONE EXEPT ME…” statement is only 4 plus years off. In the November 2012 election he supported Jennifer Fitzgerald. That is when I first learned that Shawn Nelson was a total phony politician. You see one day Nelson is supporting me and the next month he will not return emails or phone calls. What a guy? What a total and complete phony? The thought of him getting a judgeship is frightening. You state that FFFF broke with Shawn Nelson in 2013. Don’t you really mean that the FFFF went away entirely in Feb. 2013 and did not come back until after the 2016 elections? Three out of five seats on the line and this blog comes back right after the election. How incredibly phony is that! You had a golden opportunity to stop Fitzgerald from getting reelected and all Tony Bushala did was help Josh Newman by putting up anti-Kang signs throughout Fullerton. What a guy!
NOTICE THAT I (BARRY LEVINSON) TRIED ONCE AGAIN TO REPOST A SIMILAR COMMENT ABOVE (4). THEY STOPPED ME FROM POSTING IMMEDIATELY BY STATING IT IS AWAITING MODERATION. CENSORSHIP FROM A LIBERTARIAN NO LESS. I GUESS THE EMPEROR, TONY BUSHALA HAS NO CLOTHES! PLEASE NOTE THAT AS OF JULY 5, 2017 THE ABOVE COMMENT STILL DOES NOT APPEAR.
As you can see the FFFF website has agendas that have nothing to do with the betterment and wellbeing of the people of Fullerton. The truth in my humble opinion is that Tony Bushala and the FFFF website have been an intentional distraction to many Fullertonians. Again in my opinion, he is not Fullerton’s friend and he will never be Fullerton’s friend.
For those who figured out Tony Bushala’s motives earlier, I applaud you. For those who are finally realizing that Tony Bushala is not what he wants you to think that he is, welcome to the rarified air of the truth. Breathe deeply my fellow Fullertonians because so many for so long have been figuratively breathing the poisoned air in Fullerton. Please know that those who were fooled have nothing to be ashamed of for a great deal of time, effort and money has been expended for the express purpose to fool us all.
It took many years to accomplish but I am here to tell Tony Bushala and the FFFF website that Fullertonians are now fully aware of all your Machiavellian games. As I have said for a long time, to understand Fullerton politics and our Fullerton City Government all you have to do is…Follow The Money!
I Report, You Decide!
Why Are So Many Regular Unnamed Supporters/Defenders of the FFFF Website Running Scared? By Barry Levinson
Posted by Joe Imbriano in Fullerton politics, FULLERTON PRAVDA on June 27, 2017
They claim Tony Bushala has nothing to do with the FFFF website yet Google and their own site clearly prove otherwise.
Here is my one comment I made on the FFFF website in response to the post entitled Gretchen Cox and Fullerton First dated June 26, 2017 by pseudonym, Mr. Peabody. .
“Barry Levinson June 26, 2017 at 1:47 PM Joshua Ferguson, Anonymous raises a very simple question and up to now you have completely dodged it. Why? You brought forth a problem with the quality of the construction and safety of the Hillcrest Stairs. Yet since then the Fullerton City Council including Mayor Whitaker and Council member Sebourn (two council members that Tony Bushala and/or one of his PAC’s have supported politically and financially) have not taken one tiny step forward to hold either the outside contractors or the city inspectors accountable. Why? Your silence since that May 16th city council meeting makes absolutely no sense and I am sure it puzzles many Fullertonians. You bring it forward once and then you drop the subject completely at subsequent council meetings. Could it be that your support for Sebourn and Whitaker has convinced you to remain silent going forward? Is protecting their total lack of follow through more important than holding those inside and outside city hall responsible for all the apparent construction and design defects. Again what is your explanation for your total lack of follow through on this problem at any city council meetings after your remarks at the May 16 meeting? Second question that your readers deserve an answer to is why the FFFF a Fullerton local political blog waits until right after the 2016 election (with three seats to be chosen for the council) to come back online? That also makes no sense to me unless the purpose of this blog is not to help reform Fullerton but rather to help Tony Bushala with his development agenda for his many downtown Fullerton properties.”
Now here is a sampling of the comments of FFFF pseudonym contributors attacking me for the above comment as follows:
Seek Help June 26, 2017 at 1:51 PM “if I were Bushala I would sue your useless and ungrateful ass for serial defamation. Unfortunately you don’t have anything except a big fat mouth which is of use to no one except, apparently your fellow paranoid nut case Joe Embryo.”
nipsy June 26, 2017 at 3:22 PM “Please, neither of the Kook Brothers are fit to stand trial.”
“Joe Sipowicz (pseudonym) June 26, 2017 at 1:56 PM “Hey dumbass, Bushala is no linger (his spelling not mine) affiliated with this blog.”
The most outlandish claim is that Joe and I are plants for Jennifer Fitzgerald and her friends. This tells me that the FFFF crowd is getting very worried that the motives of the leaders of that blog are no longer hidden in my opinion. The blogger who is spouting this nonsense calls himself/herself Conspiracy Lunatic. Here are just a few videos those blows that claim to smithereens.
………and the list goes on. We don’t work for Curt Pringle but she does.
The FFFF comments go on and on and on with no facts but pure unadulterated character assassination. I am more than willing to have a debate on the facts but the likes of Seek Help, nipsy and Joe Sipowicz prefer name-calling and nothing more. I ask serious questions about city business without the use of any pejorative words and I am called a kook, dumbass, a paranoid nut case and a useless ass. Wow and many of these comments are coming from regular bloggers on the FFFF website.
What is most disturbing about the FFFF website and an iron clad reason that no smart and objective person in Fullerton should ever trust this website is that the majority of articles are written by nameless people. How credible is that Fullertonians? There is logic to allow people to respond to posts without giving out their real names but there is absolutely no good reason to allow people to post articles making unfounded and unsubstantiated claims and insults under the cover of anonymity. In other words they are cowards and bullies pure and simple and the people running the FFFF are the same. It is my educated opinion based on 8 years of very closely watching Fullerton politics, that it is all about placing Tony’s pals into elective offices with the grand prize to maximize the value of each and every one of Bushala’s properties here in Fullerton.
A PROCLAMATION TO ALL FULLERTON RESIDENTS. MY POSTINGS ARE HAVING THEIR IMPACT AGAINST THE FORCES OF CORRUPTION IN FULLERTON. IT IS PRECISELY BECAUSE I AM INFORMING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE TRUE NATURE OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT, OUR FULLERTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITY COUNCIL THAT HAS FORCED A FEW TO CRAWL OUT OF GUTTER AND TO MAKE TOTALLY FALSE AND UNFOUNDED CLAIMS AGAINST ME! BY BARRY LEVINSON
Posted by Joe Imbriano in Bruce Whitaker, Fullerton politics, FULLERTON PRAVDA, Tony Bushala, Who's who in Fullerton politics on May 29, 2017
P.S. THIS MEANS TWO THINGS FULLERTONIANS. FIRST IT MEANS THAT OUR MESSAGE IS GETTING OUT TO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE. SECOND IT MEANS THAT THE CORRUPT FULLERTON GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP AND THEIR SPECIAL INTEREST SUPPORTERS ARE GETTING VERY WORRIED THAT THEIR PLANS TO DESTROY FULLERTON, AS WE HAVE KNOWN IT MAY NOT COME TO FRUITION.
Here is an excellent example of the depths my enemies will go to try to ruin my reputation straight from the on-line comments of the recently dug up from the ashes Friends for Fullerton’s Future website approved by Travis Kiger
Travis Kiger-administrator FFFF
“The City Attorney explained it to you Barry..remember?
“Barry was let go from P and R due to him repeatedly harassing an employee who was just this side of suing him and the city for not protecting her from Barry. But Barry lies and says he has no clue why.”
The comments quoted above directly from the Friends for Fullerton’s Future website are a total and complete lie. The city attorney explained absolutely nothing to me and I did not harass any city employee or anybody else for that matter.
How very sad and very disgusting at the same time that it was none other than current Appointed Mayor and my former friend Bruce Whitaker who stated this falsehood for the first time in the July 2016 Fullerton Observer approximately 5 weeks after he informed me that he would remove me after stating that he considered doing this for months. For the record , he never gave me an explanation then or did he to this day every contact me with a direct explanation from him. What a guy!
Here is Whitaker’s shameful totally false defamation of me as follows: “The (Fullerton) Observer asked Council member Whitaker for his reason for removing his appointed commissioner. He sent the following response:” ““Faced with an imminent employee action which would have likely generate substantial cost to the City, to avoid that action, I opted to remove the commission member. That member’s term would otherwise have expired in December 2016. As you know there had been an effort by Council members in October 2014 to remove that same appointee from the P&R commission which failed on a 3-2 vote. An involuntary removal required four votes.””
What Whitaker so deceitfully left out was that he voted against removing me and said at the time that there was no evidence to support my removal but that it seemed to be nothing more than a political vendetta against my activism by then Police Chief Dan Hughes and members of the City Government. What a guy you are Bruce. Can you be any more deceptive than with that quoted statement sir from the Fullerton Observer? Here below are your exact words on the City Council dais. You paint a totally different picture on that night of November 4, 2014 as follows:
Now for the readers I can’t tell you how many times in the past after I spoke out on some problem facing Fullerton during a Fullerton Council meeting that Council member Whitaker would call me immediately after the meeting to thank me for my great input and to keep up the good work. I never ever received any criticism for any of my service to the community as a Fullerton resident activist at City Hall or for my service of almost 6 years (well into my second term) as Whitaker’s appointee to the P&R Committee. Funny that he has never mentioned any of this false storyline to me. I guess this would be another example of his failure to do his fiduciary responsibility for the good people of Fullerton. Because if there were any bit of truth to this, if I were his boss, I would have immediately discussed the accusation with him. The first time I hear this total fabrication is indirectly thru the Fullerton Observer article over five weeks after he removed me.
To the anonymous writer of this complete defamation, please give me your full name and address and I will take appropriate action against you. For you are a low life, a coward and a liar all wrapped together in one disgusting human being. (Please note that the only difference between the actions of Bruce Whitaker and the anonymous person commenting on the FFFF website is the fact that Bruce Whitaker gave us his name.) Please also give me the name of the employee that you allege I harassed!
To the administrator of the FFFF website (which was Travis Kiger and I suspect still is), I demand that you give me the IP address of the person who spewed out those defaming comments. I would ask you to do this on your site but you have already seen fit to block any more of my comments. So much for your so-called libertarian beliefs.
Fullertonians please take note that this is all that the phony and corrupt people supporting our corrupt city hall have as a defense. When they can’t handle the truth and when the heat gets too high, they turn to libel, slander and defamation. In other words, they have nothing to defend themselves, for you can’t defend yourself from the truth and the facts. So they make up totally false allegations in an attempt to assassinate someone’s character, namely mine in this case.
Is Bruce Whitaker telling another tall tale or worse?
I seriously doubt you will come out from the shadows because you know you are not being truthful and do not want to get sued. I have asked Bruce Whitaker to provide details to his false character assassination story. He has remained dutifully silent. What does that tell you about our Appointed Mayor?
There are some very morally bankrupt people participating and defending our city government. It it contemptuous that there are allegations given anonymously with the person allegedly harassed by me conveniently not identified, nor the nature of the alleged harassment. It is very simple that you can’t provide a name that does not exist. Your allegations are so, so dishonest, baseless with absolutely no specifics whatsoever. I deal with facts and if you can’t live with the facts I suggest that you change your behavior. I am putting those responsible for the FFFF website on notice that going forward I expect that you either do not post these defamations or respond to the defamations that they are to be ignored without the weight of any evidence.
FFFF’s Travis Kiger eating his …….
Why would these miscreants go to such lengths to defame me, when all I have done is to speak the truth and give the facts? For you see Fullertonians if that were not the case many of these big money special interests would have already filed lawsuits against me. They had nothing before and they have nothing now, but to lower themselves by defaming my character. All I can say when you read or hear these lies….Remember the Source (when they actually give the source, which is very infrequent).
Here’s Bruce Whitaker shovelin’ more …….
It is so very sad that Bruce Whitaker had a golden opportunity to make a difference if only he meant a small portion of the things he told his supporters and constituents. He failed us miserably over the past six and one-half years as a council member and now finds it necessary to defame me without any proof for any of his defaming remarks.
Barry Levinson
Let’s take a closer look at the Friends For Fullerton’s Future Website by Barry Levinson
Posted by Joe Imbriano in Fullerton politics on May 27, 2017
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.
Recent Comments