The next mayor will be chosen in December. It will be either Sleepy McBlankhead or Pat McPension. They don’t dare let Whitaker be the face of Fullerton and Quirk is a Democrat.
We cannot let a woman let alone a liberal hispanic woman anywhere near power in our city. If we allow that who knows whats next, god help us if one of those hershey people get on the city counsel.
Mark my words they’ll confiscate our guns.
“The tree of liberty must be watered at least twice a day or the leaves will turn yellow.” – Tom Jefferson
#1 Yes, #2 Yes, #3 No.
I say we pass a law that says no more EX PD are allowed on the council. Nuff said. Go Whitaker! I didn’t vote for you but will from now on.
Based on the date of his letter you can see Mr. Whitaker has been speaking out since July. Why has it taken this interview clip for you to recognize that is the better question. Is it Mr. Whitaker’s fault you dont pay attention?
The interview was very awkward. why did the commentator need to repeat all her questions and then cut to Mr. Whitaker? His answers were great, she came off poorly.
We need more like him representing this city. He is an example of what a city official’s attitude and behavior should be. Take note, present (soon to be past) and future city officials and LE, this is how it’s done.
Oh I’m paying attention Hollis….. There is a lot going on though, so If you will let me know how many “real” press conferences he has spoken at I would be obliged. His answers were nothing revealing , for those involved since July anyway, and the interviewer did come off bad , but the video editing looked very staged and planned out as in “leaving a sinking ship”…….
Councilman Whitaker is one of the answers to Fullertons’s problems. He is honest, articulate, and is sorely needed to counter-act all this corruption. He has the reason for Government down to a T; they are OUR servants, NOT the other way around.
The other answer, is what is going on now with the recall effort. It is the Will of the people, that the corrupt politicians never quite get. These political hacks, are bought off by rich, slick lobbyists, then grant those who grease their wheels, lucrative city contracts.
Thank God for good people around here who will not stand for such cronyism; Councilman Whitaker IS one of those good people. I salute you sir!
I’m totally with you 9c1copcar on your personal assesment of Councilman Bruce Whitaker. His wife has also been extremely nice to everyone and they both seem like genuinely nice people who truly care about others.
He’s definitely got my vote for Mayor.
The city lawyer becomes the de facto decision maker.
Felz becomes a co-conspirator with FPD brass to distort information.
FPOA friendly McKinley runs over and watches the public surveillance video, then goes on CNN to deflect blame.
Chief of Police gets a runny nose and takes leave.
Public servants Whittaker and Quirk-Silva are denied vital access to public surveillance video.
Whitaker is a keeper……How refreshing that he publically admits wrong information is being given out in an obvious coverup for damage control. Funny though, , to do that with your boss only increases the liability and results with egg on everyone’s faces over there.
Well, , too late…. almost everyone that’s been following this case is aware of that fact too!
I loved it when he said that he comes to the FFFF website to get true and accurate information.
Time to clean house completely with the FPD and all in city government that allowed this to be happening for as long as it has been and criminal charges filed for all that deserve it.
I honestly can’t believe this! He has no more regard for the law than Ramos ! He calls the Staff liars! He is the liar – he throws out bullshit pieces of info without doing ANY type of homework to see of it has any validity whatsoever – just to get face time on TV ! Keep it up Bruce – it’s going to bite you in the ass in the end!!!!
Bruce Whitaker should not fear any negative blowback from this by the voters. If anything it should boost him in the polls. I would venture to say he should run for mayor. either him or quirk-silva. He spoke out at what he saw was wrong and he was right. And he continues to seek out the truth. The city manager, city atty and police chief should all be arrested.
Again FFFF proves my point! This is all political! FFFF doesn’t care about anyone or thing except their own agenda! And by the way what lame as show was he on?? The only way anyone wouldnever see that show is if it was posted on a blog!!! Morons!
“angry” the 8th dwarf comes out of his hole to comment as “FFFFer” on the blog that he claims to hate and that everyone on it is is a moron, over and over and over
No really, I never cease to be amazed at people who engage in name calling and attacking the intelligence of others while not being able to spell or punctuate properly.
Bruce Whitaker always brings intelligent new insights to any discussion or argument. He is serious about doing his public service duties in an honorable way based on enduring honest American principles of limited government, fairly and openly administered.
The deviance of withholding factual information from any sitting City Councilman, such as Mr. Felz has done, with the (illegal?) support of the three Council members (Bankhead, Jones and McKinley) who are presently up for RECALL from their offices, shows crystal clearly why the RECALL of those three members must be supported by everyone interested in good government for Fullerton.
That Mr. Felz has provided false information to Mr. Whitaker and lying-skewed “stories” about this criminal catastrophe within our Police Department indicates the first matter that the new City Council – which replaces Bankhead, Jones and McKinley – is to fire Mr. Felz and company.
Yes, in the contest between right and wrong, Mr. Felz put all his money on the wrong horse. He must have known he was on the wrong side of ethics. He, like some others, could have changed the dynamics after the Thomas killing right away. Instead, he doubled down on on a sure winner named Status Quo which turned out to be an old nag standing next to the thoroughbred named We the People.
Mr. Felz may have seen the errors of his ways and may try to salvage his position by doing something bold. It just would have been nice if he showed real leadership before public scrutiny forced his hand.
I think the police spokes person Sgt. Goodwrench would make a fine double talking mayor. On the other hand, there is no difference between Goodwrench and former Chief of Police Pat McPension. So its a toss up!
Congrats!! You have taken a stand in the right direction from the beginning. I have followed this case from the start, and I think it has taken great courage and integrity to stand up for what is right in his position of City Councilman. I am sure that his fellow councilmen have not made it the easiest or will not make it the easiest for him. BRUCE WHITAKER you have my vote FOR MAYOR!
GREAT JOB Bruce!! From what I have been able to tell, is that you have stood up for justice on your own, with your own heart and conscious being your guide. INTEGRITY at its greatest!!!
You have been a great witness and leader for our city, THANK YOU!!! I have lived in Fullerton all my life, and am appalled at what I have come to realize is corruption at its fullest in our police department and city government, both of which I fully trusted to uphold the law. It was truly a sad day when my head finally got out of the sand, but now it’s out for good! I will continue to speak out and help to regain the truth and justice that our city and the citizens of Fullerton deserve.
I lived in Fullerton or near (Anaheim), from 63 to 92, went to BPHS, and am back this year, after almost 20 yrs. This is not the Fullerton I remember. Now Fullerton CA = Bell, CA it seems. I’m sorry to say.
Now, go after Sellers’ breaching of contract. Aside from his bogus medical leave, he signed on to living in Fullerton by December of last year.
Moving from pricey San Clemente to lowly Fullerton should have been pretty easy. He could have traded in his fancy gated home for a modest pad on Jacaranda, or Roberta, or Baker Aves., and pocketed the diff.
Good point, breach of contract=no more pay, no pension, no benefits? Wouldn’t it be nice if he had to give back the pay recieved since last Dec when he breached the contract?
Sellers breached his contract and the city council does nothing. He is being protected by the 3 blind mice. Upon their removal, the new constituted city council can vote to file a lawsuit against Sellers and there will be some sort of settlement.
Did you really expect this current city council to file a lawsuit against Sellers? The Sellers who can tell the court exactly what members of city council may have told him to do in the Thomas case? What did the Mayor tell him? What did the city manager (his boss) tell him? So the lawsuit would be to break out the truth for a change via depositions.
I’ve been wondering if the city attorney (also) Dick Jones is related to the mayor, or is it just a surprising coincidence? Mr. Felz needs to go, he’s either extremely inept, or extremely complicite in the coverup, as is attorney Jones. Just my opinion of course.
If Felz has been lying or withholding information from Whitaker or Quirk-Silva, that is absolutely grounds for firing him. Bruce, you have the people’s support in firing him and anyone else who sought to hide the truth of these events.
answer ti question #3-absoultley not- the “unions and the others”like us, only have 1 vote a piece and there are more of the taxpayin, honest citizens then those mafia gestapo out there. But, I do have a question for Whitaker-you say you have to go thru the city manager to get to the police chief- uhhh, is something baaad going to happen to you if you shine that on and do your thing anyway? I think you’d get a hell of alot of support and I think you should confront some doors and get some answers-what are they going to do? fire you?
Do ANY of you people have any knowledge how municipal government is structured? Have you bothered to learn? Just like Whitaker, even after many explanations from the cities attorneys, he, and most of you, don’t have a clue! HE CANNOT HIRE OR
FIRE ANYONE, except the City
Manager with 2 more votes! Per the municipal code he cannot direct any city employee and must go through the Manager for all requests. He is an elected Council-member, not the freaking King! His claim rebasing Sellers violating his contract is 100% BULLSHIT !, but he goes to the press with it without bothering to verify the current status. HE IS A LIAR, tosses out bullshit without concern to the validy, nor the legality of making such statements. he’s digging a hole he won’t be able to bullshit his way out of!
Could you rephrase that in some way that is at least borderline intelligable? What does “rebasing” mean? What are the lies? What are you talking about?
Reply to #45:
Great post Merijoe! Is he afraid he will be arrested by the acting police chief? That guy wants the job permanently and would gladly meet directly with Whitaker. If he has to, Whitaker can take the city manager with him so he does not get lost and then can tell the City Manager to take a hike!
But I will bet a dollar to a DONUT that the police chief would love a private meeting with a member of city council who is NOT under possible recall.
They lied, and should be punished. Government servants are just that… servants. Clearer statements were never made by a politician, in my memory. If I were a Fullerton resident, I think I could do a lot worse than having Bruce Whitaker as mayor of my city.
Whitaker sounds like a one upstanding citizen and leader. Realize this, because he doesn’t play dirty politics, those back door dealers won’t support him. So, what that means is that the citizens of Fullerton have to support him in order to get a true leader that will look out for the best interest of the PEOPLE!
Imagine that, a council member is being blocked at every turn when he makes legitimate inquiries. Fire the city manger and everyone else that is part of the cover-up. Let Fullerton be the first city to show what happens criminals that hijack a city.
First! Whitaker should be the next Mayor.
2nd, Agreed and his is doing right by the people and will come out smelling like a rose,as well he should.
The next mayor will be chosen in December. It will be either Sleepy McBlankhead or Pat McPension. They don’t dare let Whitaker be the face of Fullerton and Quirk is a Democrat.
and a woman …and hispanic.
We cannot let a woman let alone a liberal hispanic woman anywhere near power in our city. If we allow that who knows whats next, god help us if one of those hershey people get on the city counsel.
Mark my words they’ll confiscate our guns.
“The tree of liberty must be watered at least twice a day or the leaves will turn yellow.” – Tom Jefferson
Umm, thought that quote ended by the tree of liberty will be watered by blood of patriots!
I thought I could see admin’s hand up whitakers ass moving his mouth???
Goodrich or Coffman?
#1 Yes, #2 Yes, #3 No.
I say we pass a law that says no more EX PD are allowed on the council. Nuff said. Go Whitaker! I didn’t vote for you but will from now on.
Whats with that backdrop, Looks like Blade Runner….
Why did it take him this long to speak out? Sounds like lip service to me. “How evolutionary.”
Based on the date of his letter you can see Mr. Whitaker has been speaking out since July. Why has it taken this interview clip for you to recognize that is the better question. Is it Mr. Whitaker’s fault you dont pay attention?
The interview was very awkward. why did the commentator need to repeat all her questions and then cut to Mr. Whitaker? His answers were great, she came off poorly.
#1. Yes.
#2. Yes.
#3. No.
We need more like him representing this city. He is an example of what a city official’s attitude and behavior should be. Take note, present (soon to be past) and future city officials and LE, this is how it’s done.
Oh I’m paying attention Hollis….. There is a lot going on though, so If you will let me know how many “real” press conferences he has spoken at I would be obliged. His answers were nothing revealing , for those involved since July anyway, and the interviewer did come off bad , but the video editing looked very staged and planned out as in “leaving a sinking ship”…….
First things first why is he hanging out supporting Ed Royce? We need a third candidate!!!
Bruce Whitaker is a rock star. He is one of my favorite public servants, a rare example of integrity in office. Fullerton is lucky to have him.
Councilman Whitaker is one of the answers to Fullertons’s problems. He is honest, articulate, and is sorely needed to counter-act all this corruption. He has the reason for Government down to a T; they are OUR servants, NOT the other way around.
The other answer, is what is going on now with the recall effort. It is the Will of the people, that the corrupt politicians never quite get. These political hacks, are bought off by rich, slick lobbyists, then grant those who grease their wheels, lucrative city contracts.
Thank God for good people around here who will not stand for such cronyism; Councilman Whitaker IS one of those good people. I salute you sir!
I’m totally with you 9c1copcar on your personal assesment of Councilman Bruce Whitaker. His wife has also been extremely nice to everyone and they both seem like genuinely nice people who truly care about others.
He’s definitely got my vote for Mayor.
The real victims are the police officers, not the Thomas family.
Have you thought about going on Jay Leno???
Wear was the thomis famaly when there son got wipped?
The same place your folds were when you sustained dain brammage!
i am keeping an open mind at this time. let us see how things go.
This is a vague one line comment that has no substance.
When FPOA gets caught red-handed:
The city lawyer becomes the de facto decision maker.
Felz becomes a co-conspirator with FPD brass to distort information.
FPOA friendly McKinley runs over and watches the public surveillance video, then goes on CNN to deflect blame.
Chief of Police gets a runny nose and takes leave.
Public servants Whittaker and Quirk-Silva are denied vital access to public surveillance video.
Nothing unusual going on here.
Whitaker is a keeper……How refreshing that he publically admits wrong information is being given out in an obvious coverup for damage control. Funny though, , to do that with your boss only increases the liability and results with egg on everyone’s faces over there.
Well, , too late…. almost everyone that’s been following this case is aware of that fact too!
I loved it when he said that he comes to the FFFF website to get true and accurate information.
Time to clean house completely with the FPD and all in city government that allowed this to be happening for as long as it has been and criminal charges filed for all that deserve it.
I honestly can’t believe this! He has no more regard for the law than Ramos ! He calls the Staff liars! He is the liar – he throws out bullshit pieces of info without doing ANY type of homework to see of it has any validity whatsoever – just to get face time on TV ! Keep it up Bruce – it’s going to bite you in the ass in the end!!!!
Bruce Whitaker should not fear any negative blowback from this by the voters. If anything it should boost him in the polls. I would venture to say he should run for mayor. either him or quirk-silva. He spoke out at what he saw was wrong and he was right. And he continues to seek out the truth. The city manager, city atty and police chief should all be arrested.
Again FFFF proves my point! This is all political! FFFF doesn’t care about anyone or thing except their own agenda! And by the way what lame as show was he on?? The only way anyone wouldnever see that show is if it was posted on a blog!!! Morons!
Of course it’s all political. Idiot.
And your point is? “Morons”? Calling you a moron gives morons everywhere a bad rap.
“angry” the 8th dwarf comes out of his hole to comment as “FFFFer” on the blog that he claims to hate and that everyone on it is is a moron, over and over and over
F fffer’s:
You speak of the people here as being morons, while you have an apostrophe in your username that doesn’t belong.
Hell my handle is “TheMoron” , so I consider him taking my name in vain and I won’t stand for it.
How dare he use moron in a derogatory way……………
No really, I never cease to be amazed at people who engage in name calling and attacking the intelligence of others while not being able to spell or punctuate properly.
Bruce Whitaker always brings intelligent new insights to any discussion or argument. He is serious about doing his public service duties in an honorable way based on enduring honest American principles of limited government, fairly and openly administered.
The deviance of withholding factual information from any sitting City Councilman, such as Mr. Felz has done, with the (illegal?) support of the three Council members (Bankhead, Jones and McKinley) who are presently up for RECALL from their offices, shows crystal clearly why the RECALL of those three members must be supported by everyone interested in good government for Fullerton.
That Mr. Felz has provided false information to Mr. Whitaker and lying-skewed “stories” about this criminal catastrophe within our Police Department indicates the first matter that the new City Council – which replaces Bankhead, Jones and McKinley – is to fire Mr. Felz and company.
Yes, in the contest between right and wrong, Mr. Felz put all his money on the wrong horse. He must have known he was on the wrong side of ethics. He, like some others, could have changed the dynamics after the Thomas killing right away. Instead, he doubled down on on a sure winner named Status Quo which turned out to be an old nag standing next to the thoroughbred named We the People.
Mr. Felz may have seen the errors of his ways and may try to salvage his position by doing something bold. It just would have been nice if he showed real leadership before public scrutiny forced his hand.
I agree. but Felz needs to go too.
thanks for listening to us the people Mr.Whittiker
I think the police spokes person Sgt. Goodwrench would make a fine double talking mayor. On the other hand, there is no difference between Goodwrench and former Chief of Police Pat McPension. So its a toss up!
Question:
#1 Yes
#2 Yes
#3 No – hopefully!
Congrats!! You have taken a stand in the right direction from the beginning. I have followed this case from the start, and I think it has taken great courage and integrity to stand up for what is right in his position of City Councilman. I am sure that his fellow councilmen have not made it the easiest or will not make it the easiest for him. BRUCE WHITAKER you have my vote FOR MAYOR!
GREAT JOB Bruce!! From what I have been able to tell, is that you have stood up for justice on your own, with your own heart and conscious being your guide. INTEGRITY at its greatest!!!
You have been a great witness and leader for our city, THANK YOU!!! I have lived in Fullerton all my life, and am appalled at what I have come to realize is corruption at its fullest in our police department and city government, both of which I fully trusted to uphold the law. It was truly a sad day when my head finally got out of the sand, but now it’s out for good! I will continue to speak out and help to regain the truth and justice that our city and the citizens of Fullerton deserve.
I lived in Fullerton or near (Anaheim), from 63 to 92, went to BPHS, and am back this year, after almost 20 yrs. This is not the Fullerton I remember. Now Fullerton CA = Bell, CA it seems. I’m sorry to say.
Bruce–
Now, go after Sellers’ breaching of contract. Aside from his bogus medical leave, he signed on to living in Fullerton by December of last year.
Moving from pricey San Clemente to lowly Fullerton should have been pretty easy. He could have traded in his fancy gated home for a modest pad on Jacaranda, or Roberta, or Baker Aves., and pocketed the diff.
Good point, breach of contract=no more pay, no pension, no benefits? Wouldn’t it be nice if he had to give back the pay recieved since last Dec when he breached the contract?
Sellers breached his contract and the city council does nothing. He is being protected by the 3 blind mice. Upon their removal, the new constituted city council can vote to file a lawsuit against Sellers and there will be some sort of settlement.
Did you really expect this current city council to file a lawsuit against Sellers? The Sellers who can tell the court exactly what members of city council may have told him to do in the Thomas case? What did the Mayor tell him? What did the city manager (his boss) tell him? So the lawsuit would be to break out the truth for a change via depositions.
I’ve been wondering if the city attorney (also) Dick Jones is related to the mayor, or is it just a surprising coincidence? Mr. Felz needs to go, he’s either extremely inept, or extremely complicite in the coverup, as is attorney Jones. Just my opinion of course.
Great answers by Councilman Whitaker.
If Felz has been lying or withholding information from Whitaker or Quirk-Silva, that is absolutely grounds for firing him. Bruce, you have the people’s support in firing him and anyone else who sought to hide the truth of these events.
Leslie Dutton sounds like she’s reading a bedtime story to pre-schoolers. On second thought, maybe she is.
answer ti question #3-absoultley not- the “unions and the others”like us, only have 1 vote a piece and there are more of the taxpayin, honest citizens then those mafia gestapo out there. But, I do have a question for Whitaker-you say you have to go thru the city manager to get to the police chief- uhhh, is something baaad going to happen to you if you shine that on and do your thing anyway? I think you’d get a hell of alot of support and I think you should confront some doors and get some answers-what are they going to do? fire you?
Maybe the Anti recall fucktards will try to recall Bruce for standing up for truth, justice, transparency and the citizens.
Do ANY of you people have any knowledge how municipal government is structured? Have you bothered to learn? Just like Whitaker, even after many explanations from the cities attorneys, he, and most of you, don’t have a clue! HE CANNOT HIRE OR
FIRE ANYONE, except the City
Manager with 2 more votes! Per the municipal code he cannot direct any city employee and must go through the Manager for all requests. He is an elected Council-member, not the freaking King! His claim rebasing Sellers violating his contract is 100% BULLSHIT !, but he goes to the press with it without bothering to verify the current status. HE IS A LIAR, tosses out bullshit without concern to the validy, nor the legality of making such statements. he’s digging a hole he won’t be able to bullshit his way out of!
Could you rephrase that in some way that is at least borderline intelligable? What does “rebasing” mean? What are the lies? What are you talking about?
Reply to #45:
Great post Merijoe! Is he afraid he will be arrested by the acting police chief? That guy wants the job permanently and would gladly meet directly with Whitaker. If he has to, Whitaker can take the city manager with him so he does not get lost and then can tell the City Manager to take a hike!
But I will bet a dollar to a DONUT that the police chief would love a private meeting with a member of city council who is NOT under possible recall.
They lied, and should be punished. Government servants are just that… servants. Clearer statements were never made by a politician, in my memory. If I were a Fullerton resident, I think I could do a lot worse than having Bruce Whitaker as mayor of my city.
Whitaker sounds like a one upstanding citizen and leader. Realize this, because he doesn’t play dirty politics, those back door dealers won’t support him. So, what that means is that the citizens of Fullerton have to support him in order to get a true leader that will look out for the best interest of the PEOPLE!
Imagine that, a council member is being blocked at every turn when he makes legitimate inquiries. Fire the city manger and everyone else that is part of the cover-up. Let Fullerton be the first city to show what happens criminals that hijack a city.