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 Joe Imbriano on June 16, 2016 - 11:24 am
Bruce made his choices and it is horrid what he did to Barry.
#2 by Fullerton Lover on June 16, 2016 - 11:54 am
It’s unconscionable that Bruce Whitaker (Judas) could publicly betray his friend and political appointee for his own selfish political ambition.
I wonder how much Tony Bushala had to do with this, given that Tony is a personal friend and heavy political donor to both Bruce Whitaker and Shawn Nelson’s political campaign’s?
#3 by Fullerton Lover on June 16, 2016 - 1:04 pm
I always wondered why it was that Tony Bushala labored to get Bill Chaffee, Doug Chaffee’s disabled brother, to run for City Council in 2012?
You don’t think it would have been to siphon off votes do you?
FULLERTON Member, City Council
Number To Vote For: 2
Completed Precincts: 88 of 88
Vote Count Percentage
* DOUG CHAFFEE 11,222 24.9%
* GREG SEBOURN 9,133 20.2%
LARRY BENNETT 8,126 18.0%
JANE RANDS 5,813 12.9%
RICK ALVAREZ 5,126 11.4%
SEAN PADEN 4,578 10.1%
BILL CHAFFEE 1,153 2.6%
* Indicates Incumbent Candidate, if any
#4 by Anonymous on June 16, 2016 - 8:27 pm
Doesnt surprise me at all. Bruce is just one of Bushalas rabble and another one of Nelsons waterboys.
#5 by Reality Is..... on June 17, 2016 - 4:21 pm
It’s all not surprising at all. You have Barry who no one can stand seeing around city hall or council meetings. He says all city leaders and workers and cops and firemen are garbage and they all do a terrible job all the time. Not once has he commended one thing anyone has done. Put yourself in their positions. Would you want this plague around your meetings all the time? I think Bruce finally realized how off his rocker Barry is and knew he had to make a move. There are Barry types in all cities and all meetings. They are just part of the landscape. But as we know, what people like Barry say goes in one ear and out the other. Most people don’t even know what Barry says anymore. Good move Bruce. I knew what team Bruce was on long ago. Team Bushala now missed the bus with his $500,000 with both Bruce and Squirk-Silva but Squirky just had to buy the transients socks!
🙂
#6 by Mat Caraffa on June 17, 2016 - 10:59 pm
Barry Levinson is imminently ignorable.
I report, you decide.
#7 by Joe Imbriano on June 17, 2016 - 11:31 pm
Barry is the real deal. He tells the truth. The reason you want to ignore him is the same reason Dan Hughes wants to lock him up. You both cant handle the truth.
#8 by Anonymous on June 18, 2016 - 1:31 am
You guys have a funny definition of truth.
#9 by Reality Is..... on June 18, 2016 - 7:08 am
Dan Hughes could care less about Barry. Barry committed a crime before. Dan Hughes locked him up. Fact.
#10 by Joe Imbriano on June 18, 2016 - 12:30 pm
That is a completely false and defamatory statement and a total a lie. Mr. Levinson has never been arrested for anything in his entire life. Mr. Levinson is an upstanding member of this community with impeccable character, wisdom, integrity and courage. If RI was using his or her real name on here, Mr. Levinson would have a completely open and shut defamation case against this individual.
#11 by Reality Is..... on June 18, 2016 - 4:08 pm
LOL he is listed as a suspect in a crime report. That’s public information. Just because the case wasn’t filed doesn’t make him not a suspect. He knows he was guilty. Pull the report. I just did and he’s still a suspect. Always will be. Ask Bushala about defamation lawsuits and having to shut down web pages due to false statements.
#12 by Fullerton Lover on June 18, 2016 - 6:18 pm
I guess it’s time for you to put up or shut up at this point.
Where’s your evidence of Dan Hughes locking up Barry Levinson for committing a crime?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtcGDjtHZ_4
#13 by Reality Is..... on June 19, 2016 - 9:35 am
He’s listed as a suspect. Barry considered that locked up. Just look at how he acted. Never seen someone so butt hurt for committing a crime. Barry knew.
#14 by Fullerton Lover on June 19, 2016 - 7:34 am
You know I honestly didn’t realize that Bruce Whitaker had accepted a thousand dollars from Jeremy Popoff and the slimy Slidebar Café (pages 12 and 13 of 26) to win election to the city council in 2012?
Remember that Shawn (the Spawn) Nelson is the one that appointed Bruce to office in 2010.
https://www.cityoffullerton.com/gov/citycouncil/history_of_council_members.asp
http://docs.cityoffullerton.com/weblink/1/doc/482503/Page1.aspx
#15 by Joe Imbriano on June 19, 2016 - 8:53 am
Yes the same Shawn Nelson that wanted to put a homeless shelter next to a title I elementary school and apartment complex, the same Nelson that gives Fullerton the lobbyist running around masquerading as our mayor Fitzpringle.
#16 by Reality Is..... on June 19, 2016 - 9:32 am
and don’t forget the Army, Travis, and Tony B also tried to shut down the SlideBar as well. Picketing. Yelling at customers. Luckily, the smart people prevailed and it continues to be a very popular venue in So Cal. Like I said many times, local businesses always donate to political candidates. Always. You can also always interpret that however you want that fits any agenda you desire.
#17 by Socrates on June 17, 2016 - 8:01 am
Aside from the FPD creeps with their fetish for Levinson and their overt corruption, the most damning part of this story has to be the link to the article on how Whitaker actually passed the baton to Fitzgerald for mayor. That puts her on the ballot as Mayor which barring a disaster, virtually guarantees her re election. If that doesn’t tell you Bruce is bought off, nothing will convince you.