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 Ashamed Fullerton Resident on July 12, 2016 - 2:59 pm
Regardless of your political persuasion, every decent Fullertonian should be outraged that our Police Chief uses his officers for his vindictive, political reasons. This is the same police chief who at every opportunity tells us that he is very much undermanned. If you are undermanned how do you have three officers including a supervisor available to sit in an empty city hall auditorium for hours. The same Police Chief who sent 6 officers to Pasadena to arrest one individual who was in Fullerton almost daily for a non-violent misdemeanor charge. Yes Police Chief Dan Hughes you can be objective but so often sir you are not objective at all. In fact we have witnessed you being a very biased, vindictive police chief who ignores the facts in the conduct of your work.
I also found it very, very disturbing that when Mayor Fitzgerald and City Manager Felz put the marijuana agenda item on a recent city council agenda, the Police Chief nor any of his direct reports had anything to say about this item. They wanted to put before the people of Fullerton not only the sale of the drug but also make Fullerton one of the first places to legally grow and manufacture the drug as well. Just another red flag that demonstrates how politicized our Fullerton Police Department has become under Police Chief Danny Hughes.
Finally you may say how can I state that Ms. Fitzgerald and Mr. Felz were for this being approved. It is very simple. If Mr. Felz and/or Mayor Fitzgerald were against this voluntary action, it would have never been placed by them on the city agenda.
#2 by Anonymous on July 12, 2016 - 11:25 pm
Barry could have snapped, especially with a history of potential assault. The officers were there for a good reason, being proactive.
#3 by Barry Levinson on July 13, 2016 - 7:36 am
Anonymous please give me your real name and contact information and I promise you a defamation lawsuit.
I say simply put up or stop the defamations now.
Fullertonians these are the kinds of moral degenerates that troll this website and are some of the biggest supporters of our current city council.
#4 by Reality Is..... on July 13, 2016 - 10:15 am
Defamation? Someone needs to talk to Bushala. He can tell you all about that and how quickly it will shut down your entire web page and take money out of your pocket.
#5 by Fullerton Lover on July 13, 2016 - 12:42 pm
Prove it.
#6 by Anonymous on July 13, 2016 - 5:40 pm
Mr. Bushala’s site is still up in its entirety as he has willingly chosen to leave it up. You are not being forthright. I suggest Mr. Imbriano block further comments posted under this RI moniker.
#7 by Fullerton Lover on July 13, 2016 - 8:17 pm
So much for backing up those words of yours Mr. Reality Is.
Your credibility is in question.
If your words have no basis in fact, how do you expect people to listen to them?
#8 by Mat Caraffa on July 14, 2016 - 12:42 am
People keep suggesting Joe block people. You do realize he has absolutely no idea how to run a website, right? Have you looked at this shitshow? He couldn’t block anyone if he wanted to.
#9 by Fullerton Lover on July 14, 2016 - 9:14 am
Yet here you are…
#10 by Reality Is..... on July 14, 2016 - 7:52 am
Yes It’s up big dummy. Try to post on it and tell me when the last article was. FFFF was shut down due to a mutual decision in a multiple defamation lawsuits against him by the cops.
#11 by Fullerton Lover on July 14, 2016 - 4:31 pm
Where’s your proof?
Not that I don’t trust you : )
It’s just that you’ve been a little scant lately on proving verification of what your asserting, and according to the Friend’s For Fullerton’s Future’s old website, Tony shut it down because he had just watched a close friend die of cancer, and realized that life’s too darn short to be screening web posts all day.
#12 by Reality Is..... on July 13, 2016 - 10:16 am
Barry you are listed as a suspect in a police report. That report will never disappear.
#13 by Joe Imbriano on July 13, 2016 - 7:56 pm
The doctored lobby cam feed is a farce. This is one of the reasons Dan Hughes should be fired. The fact that Dan Hughes penned the report that was full of factual errors and totally unsubstantiated by the city’s video evidence is clear evidence to me that he is a danger to the community. The first thing that should have been established as rock solid was the video feed capturing what was alleged. After all this is a government building and the security should be tight and solid including video surveillance. Instead the feed failed to confirm everything Dan Hughes wrote, that Ms. Loya dreamed up, and the ATT rep fabricated. When the police chief can put whatever he wants in a police report and submit for prosecution to the DA when nothing exists to support what he alleges, NO ONE IS SAFE. Dan Hughes needs to be fired.
I wonder why Dan Hughes and Jan Flory have not contacted me like they did with the ATT rep to file assault charges and yet I have video of Pam Keller and Sharon Quirk Silva and Sex Ed Silva’s camera man violating my personal space and making me feel unsafe and threatened right in front of them and the entire city council.
It also shows what a fraud this whole thing is including how Bruce even admitted that Dan Hughes says he hates Barry Levinson and Bruce who appointed Barry to Park and Rec did nothing. Gennaco should have been involved investigating this falsified police report and Bruce, in spite of repeated requests from the public never once addressed this. Bruce turned his back on Barry and then fired him for no reason from his commissioner position. Bruce needs to be fired in November.
#14 by Anonymous on July 13, 2016 - 11:50 pm
You keep saying there was no reason to fire Barry. There are plenty of reasons, he just doesn’t have to state them.
#15 by Reality Is..... on July 14, 2016 - 7:55 am
So are you saying that Dan Hughes name is on Barry’s police report? Dan Hughes did the crime report against Barry? You sure about that Joe? Why don’t you just have Barry post the police report and the video that he has to show that he did nothing wrong? Sounds like a great post for you and Barry to do today. Right? So simple. I want to see Dan Hughes name on this police report!
Violating personal space isn’t a crime Joe. That shows how lost in outer space you are.
Bruce was a cancer for Fullerton. He needed to go before the election.
#16 by Joe Imbriano on July 14, 2016 - 10:32 am
Of course Dan Hughes did the report.
An intent to scare or frighten another person can be enough to establish assault charges.
#17 by Reality Is.. on July 15, 2016 - 8:40 am
Weird. I don’t see Hughes as the author. I see another officer.
#18 by Anonymous on July 13, 2016 - 9:42 pm
Yes and that report should get Dan Hughes criminally prosecuted for knowingly providing false information and knowingly recommending an innocent man be prosecuted. That will also live on forever and ever.
#19 by Anonymous on July 13, 2016 - 2:46 pm
There was no defamation, you moron. Work on your reading comprehension.
#20 by Anonymous on July 13, 2016 - 5:38 pm
Defamation lawsuit??? Uh …. no.
#21 by Reality Is..... on July 13, 2016 - 10:19 am
Ashamed FR. What you fail to realize is that numerous cops go on every call. If it’s to go arrest a whack job activist in another city like JR or whatever his name was, or to be at a council meeting to make sure nothing goes crazy i.e. Barry, or anything else, nothing is ever 1 cop. It can be 2 to as many that are on duty. That’s part of policing.
The weed thing makes sense also. Weed is going to be legalized. No doubt about it. So the Chief isn’t going to come out as being against weed. He will maintain a neutral stance unless asked or until lawmakers push a law that is detrimental to the safety of Fullerton. Just like the Dallas Chief just said, don’t ask me about gun control. Ask your lawmakers to push some laws and I’ll respond to their laws. Until then, that’s up to the lawmakers.
#22 by Joe Imbriano on July 13, 2016 - 11:35 am
Well RI, I appreciate your insightful confirmation that it was indeed a failed set up for Barry Levinson once again.
#23 by Reality Is..... on July 14, 2016 - 7:56 am
LOL where did I say that Joe? It was a crime by Barry. Simple.