Public employees’ work-related email and text messages sent on their personal devices through their private accounts are public records.
Brendan O’Reilly and Rob Sims cozy up before the agenda item is rammed through
Hangar 21’s Rob Sims and Fullerton Airport manager Brenden Oreilly sit next to each other during a council meeting where the council voted Air Combat USA out of The Fullerton Airport and voted to turn Mike Blackstone’s hangar into a nightclub.
It has been a long and winding road to get rid of a long time tenant at the airport and make room for Sims’s business. According to Mike Blackstone of Air Combat USA, it has been one riddled with crooked deals, lies and potentially criminal behavior. He has filed a lawsuit against the city for Breach of Contract.
One of the exhibits in the lawsuit is the text messages (click the screen shots below) between a city employee, namely the airport manager, Brendon Oreilly, and a La Habra reserve narcotics officer Rob Sims, who leases two helicopters for his aviation business that he wants to expand into an event business (read that nightclub on the tarmack)
At issue are allegations that City officials intentionally lied to Mike Blackstone about the lease renewal date in the wake of his father’s death and an ongoing mutiny inside his company.
Here are more text messages (click the screen shot below)
Fullerton Public Works director Don Hoppe
Public works director Don Hoppe allegations made in the lawsuit, one such allegation is that Don Hoppie intentionally lied to Mr. Blackstone about the terms of his lease.
Fullerton City Attorney Dick Jones
Among the allegations made in the lawsuit, one such allegation is that the city attorney’s office intentionally lied to Mr. Blackstone about the terms of his lease as well.
Here is the alleged timeline of the events that led up to the lawsuit. (click on the screen shot below)
The Trial begins in January of 2018. We will keep you posted.
#1 by Anonymous on December 31, 2017 - 6:05 pm
And he has no case. Those documents and text messages are meaningless. They prove nothing. Very simple people! He didn’t request an extension in writing per the terms of the lease. The reason he didn’t is because he had no business and it was going down the tubes. If any of this had meaning he may have gotten his restraining order after three attempts. Move on already!
#2 by Anonymous on January 1, 2018 - 3:23 pm
When they flat out lie like the above post, you know that the crooks at City Hall are very worried.
He has the money, he has a very good case and he is going to trial.
#3 by The Truth is Truth on January 3, 2018 - 6:57 am
I call people like you virtual stone throwers… spineless. The truth is indisputable. Brendan, maliciously lied! He admitted it in court documents. How do you defend a liar? He lied with the help of Don Hoppe, for their personal gain and it has backfired. He picked a fight with the wrong guy… He and everyone involved will be exposed. He is by far the worst airport manager and I don’t see him being employed after the jury trial ends. He is a liability to the city, just like Fitzgerald.