I don’t very much care for your sympathies. I don’t need it. I suggest you look at your own life…
Yeah, you love talking about lawsuits. But this fact remains until you are convicted, you are not guilty but of…
Oh, Sam. You don't know anything about local politics and elections or local governance. I do. I'll leave it at…
The cost to the registrar or the cost to run the campaigns? The cost to the registrar would not be…
Do you have any idea how much a campaign for the 360,000 district would be? The distinction from a 640,000…
Paying Janet Nguyen more is ludicrous.
If we want better and more transparent elected representatives we simply need to pay them more. Take a look at…
You might be surprised what sort of low-lives would crave a quarter mil job with no professional qualifications and no…
That would just spark even more corruption and only allow independently wealthy people to run and win.
Kelly Thomas Archive
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December Anticipation: Kelly Thomas Trial Begins
Posted on December 2, 2013 | 17 CommentsIt isn’t easy to capture the emotion behind anticipation. I helped my kids set up Christmas today. We got a tree, we hung up lights, we read stories and watched […] -
Confusing Homelessness with Police Brutality
Posted on May 21, 2013 | 2 Comments. by Matt Leslie, from the Fullerton Rag Two recent editorials by OC Human Relations Executive Director Rusty Kennedy attempt to make the case for a county homeless shelter in […] -
What Happened to Police Oversight in Fullerton?
Posted on May 20, 2013 | 1 Commentby Matt Leslie, for the Fullerton Rag It has now been exactly two months since the Fullerton City Council held a session to study different proposed models of overseeing […] -
Fairgrounds Sale Struggle ends with whimper and adoption of new policies.
Posted on March 3, 2013 | 7 Comments. “ENOUGH ALREADY! This Fair Sale Review Committee has done great work, but we can’t go any farther without subpoena power which we don’t have. I move that we pack […] -
Police Review Commission proposals hit the fan in both Anaheim and Fullerton tonight!
Posted on February 19, 2013 | 4 Comments. ANAHEIM, FULLERTON, what do they have in common? CORRECT, if you said they’ve regularly made not only national but international news with the brutality of their police forces. Fullerton, […] -
Officer Wolfe Finally Charged! [update – legal analysis by Diamond]
Posted on September 27, 2012 | 7 CommentsToday, over a year after the event, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced new charges against former Fullerton Police Officer Joe Wolfe. This brings the total number of individuals […] -
Ron Thomas and Bax Baxter: Kelly Thomas’ Name to be Cleared Tuesday night!
Posted on September 15, 2012 | 61 Comments. Kelly Thomas’ father Ron posted this last night on Facebook, and the Weekly has already picked it up: It is time to share with everyone the news of another […] -
The Gennaco Report
Posted on August 22, 2012 | 3 CommentsThe Los Angeles Office of Independent Review Board released their report to the city council and the citizens of Fullerton last night. Ron Thomas, the father of Kelly Thomas only argued […] -
Baxter’s New Fullerton!
Posted on August 6, 2012 | 4 Comments. Yesterday morning, as I always do on the first day of the month that I find myself in Fullerton, I went to the newsstand out back of the Salt […] -
A Very Kelly Thomas Weekend – Art With an Agenda Friday night, and The ADOLESCENTS FREE Saturday!
Posted on July 1, 2012 | 2 Comments. From Juice friend, Fullerton artist Steve Baxter: 1. Friday night FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FULLERTON CALIFORNIA, JUNE 18TH, 2012 ART WITH AN AGENDA, THE LIFE AND MURDER OF KELLY THOMAS, […] -
The Truest Basic Purpose of the Fullerton Recall may soon be revealed
Posted on June 27, 2012 | 13 Comments. . We are now in the moment when evidence begins to accrue so as to favor one or another story regarding what really motivated the Fullerton recall. I don’t mean […] -
[Updated]Fullerton Police Records Request by Activists Met with Undue Silence
Posted on June 6, 2012 | 1 CommentUPDATE: After the article went live, the organization received a response from the public sector law firm representing Fullerton. (Ain’t it something what a little pressure can do!) Documents have […] -
One-Eyed Jack is Wild
Posted on May 27, 2012 | 28 CommentsI’m confused by an article at FFFF, but I’ve learned that that’s not the best place to go for cogent explanations of what they’re saying. (It’s a great place to […] -
What Officer Ramos did wrong — and why he’ll be acquitted
Posted on May 15, 2012 | 18 Comments. . . I think that what Officers Manuel Ramos and Joseph Wolfe did in the first 18 minutes of the Kelly Thomas video was morally and ethically wrong. I […]
I can draw all the attention I want. It doesn’t bother me. I don’t know why people like to put…