This first one is from August 10’s meeting of the “Orange County Fairgrounds Authority” – the same folks as the Costa Mesa City Council, but “wearing different hats.” Councilwoman Katrina Foley had just given a report from Sacramento, on the status of the legislation which is needed to consummate Costa Mesa’s deal with Facilities Management West to purchase the Orange County Fairgrounds. Her presentation ended with the observation, “And finally as we’ve all read in the papers, the Latino Caucus has some concerns with some actions that have taken place here [in the Costa Mesa City Council.]”
This was a discreet reference to Mayor Mansoor’s declaration that Costa Mesa is a “Rule of Law City” – which is evidently the opposite of a Sanctuary City. It is a meaningless declaration with no policy effects, and as Allan puts it, merely “sets the tone” against illegal immigration. But most Latinos, including Sacramento’s Latino caucus, quite understandably interpret it as an offensive anti-Latino gesture.
Mayor Mansoor can’t accept that his actions would have any negative effect on the Fairgrounds deal, so he interrupts Katrina, and blurts out his own interpretation of what REALLY might be going on behind the scenes, simultaneously belittling the Latino Caucus’ concerns as insincere while bashing his SECOND favorite target, labor. This should really help in getting the 2/3 up in Sacramento Allan’s pals need:
This next clip is from August 17’s council meeting, the same meeting where he earlier pandered clumsily to South Vietnamese veterans. The final item on the agenda was, to quote Potstirrer, “a fee waiver for a new soccer group in town that would provide organized soccer for Westside Costa Mesa kids. So called ‘Group 1 Users’ traditionally have the fees waived because they provide recreation activities for a high percentage of Costa Mesa kids. This program would use school fields at three schools deep in the heart of the Westside” of Costa Mesa, a majority-Latino area.
Allan, after citing vague “concerns” that he can’t name – something he’s been doing a LOT lately – calls for a vote, and then refuses to vote himself. It’s a pretty funny scene – in his eighth year on Council and second term as Mayor, he has to be instructed by Councilwoman Foley and City Attorney Barlow that he is required to vote unless he has a conflict. He still refuses to vote, without giving the slightest reason why.
The only reason most of us can think of that would paralyze him like this is that he doesn’t want to look like too big of a prick voting against kids’ sports right before an election, but neither can he bring himself to alienate his racist base by doing anything to help Westside kids, most of whom are Latinos and many of whom are probably undocumented. Eventually the Council is forced to go into closed session due to his intrasigence…
What happened afterwards is the Council came back WITHOUT Allan – who had left the meeting for good in a fit of pique. The council went on to approve the fee waiver 3-1, Monahan having had a change of heart, and only Eric Bever – an equal-opportunity Scrooge who preferred to take away fee waivers from ALL kids in the city – voting no.
Do we want this big baby, this big Latino-hating, labor-bashing baby, to represent us up in Sacramento, where he is going to be utterly despised and isolated?
Good question. The answer’s NO. Costa Mesa, Garden Grove, Fountain Valley and Westminster will be infinitely better served and represented by the historic Vietnamese Democrat Phu Nguyen, who will NOT bugger off in a huff because of unnameable “concerns.”
Mansoor’s advisers are pleading with him to follow Don Warner’s strategy and disappear from public view until November 3rd.
That’s his only chance of winning.
The Latino caucus is well aware of Mansoor’s “relationship” with Martin Millard.
Don’t forget Mansoor’s Aztec Basketball League fiasco!
Mansoor and his bigoted actions have destroyed the once great City of Costa Mesa.
Mansoor’s reputation of a “do nothing” at the OCSD is well warranted.
Mansoor has transformed CM from a city filled with graffitti, multiple people sleeping in garages and negatively impacting neighborhoods, rampant shootings, bold gang members telling whitey to leave their area, etc. Thank you Mayor Mansoor. Oh, and all you “tolerant” ones out there who believe the criminals have a right to destroy our quality of life, invite them to your city. Costa Mesa, love it or leave it.
thanks for the video links. this shows how argumentative Foley is. Thanks Mayor for standing up to the two big budget breakers: illegal aliens and unions.
“Argumentative.” I guess that’s an insult when you’re a woman. Sort of like being a bitch. Doesn’t matter that she was right both times, she should have kept her mouth shut and stayed in her place, eh?
deadwhitemale, is stinking up the place….
An uptick in code enforcement and a graffitti hotline, has helped , same thing with people sleeping in illegal garage conversions , which are usually absentee landlords renting to whomever….
This one is the biggest joke…..Rampant shootings!? One shooting against a latino dude by a meth head white supremecist, probably a Mansoor supporter.
As for “Bold gang members telling whitey to leave their area”, I see Latino kids riding skateboards wearing RVCA and Volcom shirts. Mansoor has tried to paint a xenophobic picture that has no basis in reality. Did you know that we no longer have an ICE agent in the city jail? Wow, Mansoor really did a lot (snark)
The center street apartment complexes (slumlord owned and operated) have been cleaned up through community outreach efforts from Mika and local religious groups , even the cities parks and recs. lent a hand.
Mansoor is Bad. He didn’t know how to negotiate with the state over the Fairgrounds deal and put his own personal political ambitions first. The “Rule of Law” resolution wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on, as it does nothing, NOTHING! Except alienate, and compromise this city and its taxpayers.
While he’s busy pissing off the Latino caucus he goes forth and doubles down on the Unions. Because when you’re negotiating on the citizens of Costa Mesa’a behalf, he thinks it’s good to piss off everybody in Sacramento.
That’s why this deal is stalled…….because Mansoor is an idiot and can’t find his ass with both hands unless his advisers tell him where it is.
8 years on the dais and he doesn’t know the rules regarding voting. You have to vote, unless you have a conflict of interest. A conflict of interest, isn’t “I want to win an assembly seat and this vote will paint me as a racist, so I won’t vote”. Where was his stalwart resolve and xenophobic banner waving then?
Nowhere, he ran …. like a little punk … hardly the qualities we look for when electing someone for higher office.
Mansoor has no job, no wife, no kids, no house, no personality, and no record of improving Costa Mesa….that’s why he’s running a campaign on hate politics and political pandering (wake up people)…..
At least Katrina Foley is doing her job up there……..
gericault nailed it!
Graffiti filled, Rampant shootings & Bold gang members telling whitey to leave?
You sir are full of shi*t.
In fact, your propaganda smells like Millard, which is pretty close to mierda!!!
The one thing Mansoor accomplished was throwing the entire city along with the CMPD under the bus!!!
Mansoor has successfully tarnished Costa Mesa’s reputation and made Costa Mesa the laughing stock of many!
Of course there are some of those low iq types who are easily manipulated and believe the lies of idiots like Martin Millard.
Someone should ask Mansoor about the mouth and watch him back pedal like the little weasel that he is known to be.