The Second Chance
An alert Friend directed my attention to the online version of the Fullerton Observer in which Sanskia, the younger Kennedy sister, is informing people that they will have a second chance to weight in on the City Council’s April 1st decision to severely restrict where non-governmental publications can be disseminated on City property.
A second chance? How come? Let’s let Skasia tell us in her own words:
“During a council meeting on April 15, Mayor Protem (sic) Dr. Shana Charles and Councilmember Dr. Ahmad Zahra expressed their discontent with the decision, asserting that the council had not been presented with all necessary information before making such a significant ruling. Both officials indicated their intention to rescind the policy at the upcoming meeting scheduled for May 6.“
Hmm. The implication here is that these two have decided to re-agendize the matter on May 6th. A person with a little bit of common sense might well wonder how a council minority could resurrect an issue previously decided by a majority of the council. Well, of course they shouldn’t be able to; the policy of permitting two members to agendize an issue presupposes that it is a new item, not one previously decided by the City Council. Otherwise a minority could keep dredging up decided issues, ad infintum. A baboon could grasp this.
But no. You see “necessary information” of some sort has popped up, according to Zahra and Charles, not previously presented by the staff or the City Attorney. This alleged insufficiency is their pretext for stirring the whole thing up again.
Why does this seem familiar?
Because Zahra and Charles pulled the same horseshit on the Trail to Nowhere at the end of 2023 when they claimed that new revelations by the State required more public hearings. The City Manager, Eric Levitt, with the blessing of City Attorney Dick Jones permitted the issue to be put on the agenda. At the end of 2024 Charles trotted out the “new information” schtick to keep the Wank on Wilshire on life support until Vivian Jaramillo (hopefully) could get on the council and keep it going.
The main point seems to be about about giving Charles an excuse to change her vote. She will have to try to explain what “new information” has caused her to change her vote, and that might be unintentionally funny. But that wouldn’t be the only outcome.
If the issue is agendized for the meeting on May 6th by Levitt, the Council majority will be subjected to the usual hours long harangues from Fullerton Boohoo and the Kennedy Sisters. They, finally, may even be caused to wonder about the future of CM Eric Levitt and Dick Jones of the “I Can’t Believe It’s a Law Firm.”
But probably not, Fullerton being Fullerton.
Anyhow, we’ll know for sure May 1st when the May 6th meeting agenda is published,
Maybe Charles got to Dunlap who wants to play nice.
That’s possible. Hard to see bringing it back without a 3rd vote lined up.
Eric Leavitt is so limp-wristed, spineless and milquetoast that he could easily be bullied into putting anything on the agenda. In order to officially get an item on the agenda the two ding dongs would have to first officially give staff that direction in an official council meeting. Was there specific direction given to add this to the May 6th Council meeting on April 15th? If Leavitt and Jones show up to the next council meeting with this on the agenda again without being told to by the council majority they should both be fired. I doubt this council majority has the testicular fortitude to make a move like that because, Fullerton being Fullerton.
Well, according to Siskiyou there was direction. I didn’t see the meeting so I don’t know. She’s pretty stupid but it’s hard to see getting that wrong.
Yes, Zahra would definitely try to bully Levitt, but where is Jung? Would he go along with that? He’s got an iron fist, we are told.
Jung and Dunlap will vote to rescind the BS law. Valencia will do whatever they do and Zahra will have his way.
“Zee” is frustrated and uses a cane for mobility!
Zahra bullied Charles, for sure, to cook this up. Well, we’ll see if Fred Jung has any mojo or not.
Poor, sad maroon, Saskatoon. Still trying to make the news instead of reporting it.