Located in the center of Fullerton is a resource of inestimable value, overlooked by almost everybody in and outside of City Hall: Hillcrest Park. Included in an early vision of the city it followed upon the City Beautiful, and natural urban park elements of the Progressive movement; and coincided nicely with the new auto culture of the 1920s, positioned as it was, along the original Highway 1.
Developed fully during the Depression in a rustic mode, the park soon after began a long decline into municipal irrelevance, and if anything, seemed to be perceived by many as a liability rather than a great asset. This tragic trajectory is a shameful blot on Fullerton’s history and is akin to placing your eighty-five year old mother in a criminally negligent nursing home.
According to an article reported by Denise Salazar in todays OC Register, Assistant OC District Attorney Jaime Coulter said that Pastor/Dr. “Willie” Ray Holmes must report to jail March 6, 2009 to start serving a 360-day sentence for “engaging” in “lewd” conduct at the historic “Hillcrest Park” aka “Perve Park” in Fullerton.
What the darn nation is going on in Fullerton?
This is same guy that was recently attacked by a group of hoodlums.
COURT ORDERS PASTOR TO START JAIL SENTENCE by Denise Salazar
“Pastor Willie Ray Holmes pleaded guilty to engaging (three times) in lewd conduct at Hillcrest Park”
Isn’t this the same guy that was recently “attacked” by a group of teenagers in Fullerton?
What the darn nation is going on in Fullerton?
COURT ORDES PASTOR TO START JAIL SENTENCE by Denisse Salazar (page 2) todays OC Register.
FULLERTON- Pastor Willie Ray Holmes who’s family was attacked last week, was ordered to report to OC jail next month for a violation stemming from three lewd-conduct convictions…Holmes has been ordered to stay away from Hillcrest Park”.
What the darn nation is happening at Fullerton’s Hillcrest Park aka Perve Park?
The place is a mess. Caused by negligence, alright.
Thanks for posting Tony. I spent many wonderful hours at the park as a kid, and it remains in my memory a very special place. The church I went to originally met in the Isaac Walton Lodge! It is sad to see that the place has fallen into such horrible disrepair. Keep up the campaign Tony, I hope you get the support you need to revitalize the place.
Sorry to hear about those problems at Hillcrest Park. I remember it fondly from the late 1960s to the early 1970s when my family spent weekends there in my chidlhood. I remember a slice of a giant redwood tree where we could count the growth rings. In the middle of the park there is a green grass covered valley where we would roll down. Good memories. Then the hippies came and trashed it for a short time, then they were gone.