FAILURE Archive
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A Tale of Two Toms
Posted on May 19, 2010 | 1 CommentIt’s not easy to look like you’re taking responsibility for some screw up or other when in reality you’re trying to spin as fast as you can to avoid accountability.... -
Nick Berardino is Dishonest. And Really Stupid.
Posted on May 9, 2010 | No CommentsOver at the Red County blog yesterday Cynthia Ward properly went after the idiotic mailer the OCEA put out against Shawn Nelson for voting to preserve the Fox Theater. Naturally,... -
Pacific Strategies and the Big Toothbrush Caper
Posted on May 3, 2010 | 5 CommentsApparently part of Matthew Cunningham’s deal as wordsmith to the OC Children and Families Commission is to fill other functions from time to time – such as Ambassador to the... -
Diane Harkey Tries To Drive Spike Through Heart of High Speed Rail Boondoggle
Posted on March 17, 2010 | No CommentsI’ve never heard much good about Diane Harkey, the State Assemblywoman from, um, down there somewhere. But that changed dramatically when a Friend of mine and a devout High Speed... -
Tom Daly’s $10,000,000 Headache
Posted on March 10, 2010 | 2 CommentsWell, no that’s not quite right. Headache would imply that County Clerk Tom Daly cares he blew $2,100,000 of public money on a real estate venture and that it could... -
The Making of An Eyesore; And a Hell of a Climb, Too
Posted on February 20, 2010 | 2 CommentsA little less than 20 years ago, some friends and I stood in front of the Fullerton City Council pleading with the Redevelopment Agency to build a pedestrian underpass at... -
Santa Ana Goon Enlisted to Attack Shawn Nelson
Posted on February 8, 2010 | 10 CommentsWhen you get beyond the personal appearance issues things really start to get unattractive… The Tom Daly For Supervisor campaign being operated out of the back of the Mauve County... -
Handling Politicians: The Termite Queen Syndrome; A Brief Essay
Posted on January 21, 2010 | No CommentsIn our casual study of the behavior of our local elected officials we have observed a rather disturbing thing: their treatment by the bureaucrats, local media, and even their own... -
Fullerton decision-makers lied too, so what’s new?
Posted on January 15, 2010 | No CommentsLast year just before Christmas the Fullerton City Council voted 3-1 to approve the idiotic Richman housing project, a staff-driven boondoggle that makes zero planning, housing, or economic sense. We... -
In Fullerton It’s Only Over When Staff Says Its Over
Posted on December 24, 2009 | No CommentsA few items in 2009 have caused me to reflect on the way things go in Fullerton, the way things have always gone, in fact. My poodle friends have a... -
Another Disaster in the Making
Posted on December 19, 2009 | No CommentsHow come our electeds don’t seem to be able to grasp simple concepts; why have they no resistance to the bureaucratic sales pitch; why must they obscure their own ignorance... -
FSD Teachers: Get Ready for a 10% Pay Cut
Posted on December 16, 2009 | No CommentsFullerton teachers, it’s time to be frank with you because the school board and your union will not. There will be no new parcel tax to save the FSD budget.... -
Marty Burbank Hopes Norby Has Short Memory
Posted on December 8, 2009 | No CommentsWell, you’ve gotta give Marty Burbank credit for unmitigated gall; or as my friend Jeffrey Goldfarb’s Nana used to say in Yiddish: chutzpah. This Chamber of Commerce/Repuglican/Rotarian/Redevelopment cheerleader-type zero (think... -
Ground Zero of Fullerton Redevelopment Failure
Posted on November 30, 2009 | No CommentsFor dyed-in-the-wool government apologists like Dick Jones, Jan Flory, Dick Ackerman, Sharon Kennedy, Don Bankhead, et al., Redevelopment blunders are conveniently overlooked, when possible; when not possible, some lame defense...
