Bruce Whitaker shamefully and cowardly removed Barry Levinson from his long term position on the Fullerton Parks and Recreation Commission without any formal written notice and without any reason given. Bruce has shown his hand and I believe Dan Hughes once again has too. Was Bruce in on this possible set up of Levinson gone bad with the FPD? Who knows but one thing is for sure, the way Bruce Whitaker handled this issue certainly provided an opportunity for a game of FPD “gotcha” that almost played out when no one was looking on a Monday night while everyone was home watching the ball game.
This speech by Barry Levinson is probably what got Bruce’s bosses up in arms. We all know that Nelson, Fitzgerald, and Bennett are as tight as a pipe wrench on a busted city water main. We know that Nelson and Bruce have been two peas in a pod for years with Bruce squandering all of the political capital of the recall on firework stands under Nelson’s direction. We all know Bruce has never publicly gone after Fitzgerald’s voting record or her blatant conflict of interest as a lobbyist for Pringle as she holds her next fundraiser at Pringle and associates office but Barry has. Bruce even voted for her to be mayor making it even more difficult to throw her out in November. Nice going Bruce. We all know Barry Levinson stands up for the residents of Fullerton and has selflessly given of himself for years with NO CONNECTIONS to the establishment and has foiled more of their plans to rip off the taxpayers and ruin Fullerton with the developers than anyone in Fullerton. He has been more effective than anyone up on the dais and they know it.
Barry Levinson
Well Barry showed up for the Monday June 13, 2016 Park and Recreation commission meeting for the first time in over 5 years as a citizen instead of a commissioner and sat in the audience. Seated in the audience in the back of the totally empty room in the south aisle were seated not one, not two but three Fullerton Police officers. Yes there were a supervisor and two patrol officers. Why were they there after hours on overtime on a Monday evening in an empty room?
Was Mike Chocek waiting for Barry to make a move so these three can make theirs?
So why were the microphones turned off for the better part of the meeting? The clerk was there typing away and running the computer. Why? What was scheduled to go down?
Was Mike Chocek waiting to present information that was never asked for, waiting to answer questions that were never asked or waiting for just another opportunity to set up Barry Levinson?
I believe the plan was to go down like this. Barry was given no formal written notice that he was removed from the commission. The three officers, including a supervisor, were to wait for Barry to take his seat up on the dais, wait for him to be asked to step down, and then upon the slightest inclination of his questioning or refusal, was to be arrested by these three officers. There is no other reason for not one not two but three officers to be there.
does this face look familiar? Here he is in the video below.
In this video, Veth Mam, a citizen was arrested and framed by the Fullerton police while recording the event. The DA brought the charges even when presented with video evidence refuting the lies of the Fullerton Police officers at the scene. Yes they lied on their police report alleging Veth Mam jumped the cop and started chocking him when in fact the officer grabbed and abused a totally innocent man filming a detainment. After jail time, attorney’s fees and a trial, Veth Mam was acquitted of all charges. He later sued and got nothing.
Barry and I had discussions prior to this meeting and knew that something was brewing considering how underhanded city officials have acted in the past. Our plan was to continue being citizen activists like we have all along. The meeting went on and the officers were never introduced, called upon for questions or even mentioned.
So at the end of the meeting, hours later on a Monday night, I took it upon myself to question this blatant waste of taxpayer resources and ask them personally why they were there, all three of them. As it turns out, Hugo Curiel invited them and I believe it was probably on the orders of Dan Hughes and on behalf of Joe Felz who Hugo repeatedly refers to as “the Boss”. Hugo was obviously the most unsettled I have ever seen him. He couldn’t sit still for most of the meeting, noticeably extremely uncomfortable and nervous. I believe his demeanor indicated that this was not going to be a normal evening. It was also a dead giveaway as Alice Loya kept smirking and smiling as acted as if she was the only one in the buffet line at the Bellagio.
Hugo Curiel and Alice Loya. Ms.Loya was apparently able to see through Travertine walls and an elevator shaft the night of the attempted framing of Levinson back in 2014.
So why all the cops with a supervisor just to sit in an empty room for hours in silence? Lying in wait to seize the moment for their boss Danny Boy, intimidation or for information? Well these three models of public service had jack shit for information folks. Listen up. Hugo invited them.
So when I asked them why they were there, they told me it had to do with the homeless issue at Pacific Drive Park. Funny not one staffer or commissioner had a question for the three of them who were probably all on overtime. How many officers does it take to answer staff questions? So as a member of the public, I proceeded to ask these officers questions about the issues at the park as they were supposedly there to answer questions about the park. They of course had no information about the park or anything related to crime or problems associated with the park that Felz wants to fence off and take away from the public possibly to sell it off to Grace Ministries along with the Hunt Library.
Commissioner Silva looks on as truth is being told
Yes sell off public property like the Hunt Library behind our backs to fund the out of control pensions and salaries for people like this.
So tell me how many officers does it take to answer questions of present information to a commission on issues regarding homelessness at a park that sat for hours in an empty room after hours that were never mentioned, introduced or called upon?
How many police officers are required to set up, frame and arrest Barry Levinson? Why do we need Mike Chocek, a supervisor and two patrol officers to sit for hours in a meeting in an empty room on a Monday night and never open their fly traps or answer any questions even when called upon by me after the meeting?
How many officers does it take to set up, frame and arrest Barry Levinson?
How many officers does it take to set up , frame and arrest Barry Levinson?
Why would the FPD’s Dan Hughes want Barry Levinson in jail? Dan Hughes hates Barry Levinson because Barry Levinson is a threat. He exposes corruption that Dan Hughes is involved in. How about “the Boss” Joe Felz?
How about “the Boss” Joe Felz?
Now you tell me after watching this video how the city council including Bruce Whitaker could have done anything but demand a full investigation into what went down with what appears to be the attempted framing of Barry Levinson. After Bruce delivered this speech, he was never the same man up on the dais, never mentioning this issue again and remaining silent on many serious issues that followed even though he promised Barry and I that he would. Obviously he got a talking to and it worked.
Don’t let the flag fool you. Stanford is an empty suit too.
BARRY HAS BEEN CALLING OUT CORRUPTION IN THIS TOWN FOR YEARS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
Dan Hughes told Bruce Whitaker that he “HATES THE GUY” referring to Barry Levinson
Dan Hughes calls Barry Levinson “CRAZY AND UNSTABLE” at a city council meeting
Dan Hughes claims he can be objective while he hates Barry Levinson and personally runs the investigation, personally interviews the witnesses and writes the report himself and personally submits the complaint to the DA for prosecution but he can be objective right?
Barry was a former chairperson and two time appointee to the Fullerton Parks and Recreation commission. He was put there to do his job by Bruce Whitaker over 5 years ago. Here is just another example of Bruce Whitaker’s appointee Barry Levinson doing his job and for months, the person that put him there, Bruce Whitaker, has totally ignored what Barry has brought forward! So what does Barry get for doing his job? He gets fired by the one who holds himself out as a statesman on the council, Bruce Whitaker. Whatever happened to the audit committee Bruce was crying for? Barry repeatedly hands up the goods on a silver platter and gets set up like a bowling pin. City hall needs an enema like nobody’s business folks.
Ladies and gentlemen, like many of you, Barry and I will never rest until this town is cleaned up and you have our word on that.
Watch who you vote for in November and watch your backs with the FPD-anyone could be next. That is why you will see my name on the Ballot and I won’t take a dime or an endorsement from any of the establishment thugs that are still trying to ruin this town for their own selfish gain and political ambition. Fullerton is worth fighting for because it is our town folks. Lets make sure they never forget that. It is our town, yours and mine. Stay vigilant Fullerton.
#1 by Telling It Like It Is on July 12, 2016 - 11:48 am
Jennifer Fitzgerald and Bruce Whitaker Have A Lot In Common
Both voted for Redistricting Map 8A better known as the developers’ map, which conveniently for the developers greatly diminishes the vote for those living in and around downtown Fullerton.
Whitaker supported and voted for Fitzgerald for Mayor. I guess he is perfectly okay with her conflict of interest. I guess he is perfectly okay that she continues to refuse to disclose her client list.
Whitaker sat idly by as Fitzgerald and Felz put a 2 decade lease extension for the Summit House Restaurant (on City of Fullerton parkland) with the same terms thru the year 2060 on the Consent Calendar at City Council. As soon as Mr. Levinson spoke out against this travesty of crony capitalism, the brazen attempt to deceive the public was pulled and has not been brought forward since then.
Question: If the lease extension was just a mere formality (as should be any item that is placed on the Consent Agenda), why has city hall decided to shelve it once it got exposed?
Does any honest elected official remove a two term appointee (who has served 5 and one half years without missing one committee meeting), without even a hint that they were not happy with their performance, without any warning or any reason for “statesman” Bruce Whitaker’s actions?
Whitaker who is supposed to be concerned with how the city spends our tax dollars has not even once questioned the apparent conflict of interest of Mayor Fitzgerald as Vice President of Curt Pringle and Associates. Why?
Whitaker never asked one question at city council or as reported on these pages to his own appointee, Mr. Levinson who provided him with detailed supported analysis that the city took actions which will cost the taxpayers 4 to 5 million dollars over 20 years. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITAKER CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR COMPLETE SILENCE?
At the same time you laughingly have asked for an audit committee to be created here in Fullerton.
I along with many Fullertonians want you to know that for all the above reasons and many more, you have now been completely exposed as a phony and a hypocrite.
One last thing that both Mayor Fitzgerald and Council member Whitaker have in common. They both greatly deserve to be voted out of office come November.
#2 by Joe Imbriano on July 12, 2016 - 12:01 pm
Bruce never even mentioned the Summit house scam to his Park and Recreation commission appointee Barry Levinson as it almost went through bypassing The Park and Recreation Commission. Was Bruce in on this? How could he have not alerted his appointee to such a dirty deal? Why did Barry find out about this issue only after sitting in the back row with me at a council meeting as this scam was being rammed through as a consent item? The fact that Bruce left his appointee in the dark on this one makes me agree with the previous comment.