Who Will Be the Next Mayor of Fullerton? (Improved with Fun Pictures!)
Friends, it’s that time of year when the Fullerton City Council selects one of its number to be the voice and face of Fullerton to the community, and beyond.
Some folks say the title of Mayor is really only just a name for another voting member of the council; the person who just manages (or mismanages, as the case may be) the meetings, and signs documents approved by a council majority.
But consider this: how might the world, the nation, the State and the County have perceived Fullerton, if, as the Kelly Thomas police murder saga unfolded, Fullerton’s mayor had been other than the cantankerous southern-fried buffoon who, by all appearances treated the whole event as an annoying inconvenience on his way to a ribbon-cutting.
Which brings us to the December 6th vote. Last year Pat McKinley weaseled out on supporting Sharon Quirk-Silva for the number two spot, as he, at the behest of the repuglican establishment, joined Bankhead and Jones in keeping the Democrat Quirk-Silva out of the rotation.
Well, as they say, that was then. Under normal circumstances the Ed Royce/Dick Ackerman crowd would love to cut her out again. But this year is different all right, and the Slush Fund Gang can’t afford to alienate any more voters, especially a significant liberal-leaning crowd who may very well relish yet another reason to sign a petition, and then vote to recall the Three Blind Brontosaurii.
The fact that many of these folks also qualified a referendum on the Coyote Hills development issue will cause The Three Silent Sloths’ handlers cause to pause: when the Recall signatures qualify the Fullerton lefties will have two swings to reverse the Chevron entitlements approved by Jones, Bankhead, and McKinley.
Ackerman isn’t stupid (although he has recently made some horrendous underestimations of the electorate). The anti-recall campaign has made a deliberate attempt to woo Fullerton’s liberal/schools/feel-good cadre by attacking a real conservative, FSD Trustee Chris Thompson. Well, okay, maybe Ackerman isn’t smart at all: Thompson out-polled every other candidate in every Fullerton ballot in 2010, so let’s see how that works out for The Dickster.
Still, wait and observe how Quirk-Silva is quietly selected as Mayor by the same bastards that refused her the Mayor Pro Tem job just a year ago.We may even hear lame explanations about last year’s vote
How would that be for cynicism of the lowest kind?
Upon further consideration, I believe this post should address the solitary figure of Bruce Whitaker, a principled conservative who is worth ten armies of Jonses, Bankheads, and McPensions. By virtue of his intelligence, stability, and ethics, Whitaker should be the next Mayor Pro Tem, and Mayor in 2013. If that happens I’ll unscrew my right arm and throw it across the room. The Three Silent Slugs will never let that happen. And one more great reason to Recall them.
Any worthy candidates yet?
The point of this post is selection of mayor. You have to get on the council first.
Collect 10,500 signatures and watch what happens. Any “candidate” who declares they are running BEFORE an election is called for may be in some unusual hot water with the FPPC.
Huh? You’re full of BS.
We know there’s going to be either a special election or one at the regularly scheduled time, so there’s nothing illegal about announcing a candidacy for, um, whenever.
True, as long as the candidate doesn’t spend any money they can announce whenever they want to. Once you start spending cash on a campaign you have to file with the FPPC.
If you “announce” your intention, you have to file with the FPPC. When you file you must declare the office and election (date) in which you are running… kind of hard to do that when you don’t even have the signatures.
Solicit money or spend money without filing with the FPPC is asking for a world of trouble.
1-800-ASK-FPPC
But why belabor the issue… Sharron should be Mayor according to the McDickhead Rule that Bunkhead and Hee Haw voted for.
How about Robin whose house was busted into by the FPD? She is balanced and well spoken
To be eligible to become mayor, you first have to be elected to the city council in a public election, then the mayor is chosen by the city council in a vote. The mayor is chosen by the city council, not voted in by the public.
Robin spoke well but she caved in. Why do I say that? Well, she waited 1 full year to receive an apology from the police chief and it was not the police chief but the Acting police chief. I would have demanded that the vacation on a cruise, then I am sick police chief Sellers be made to give the apology at the public forum. But she caved in and settled for second best.
I still don’t think they’ll do it. They’re just too dumb to understand the situation, or they wouldn’t be the subjects of a recall.
It’s an interesting dilemma for Old Dickie Boy. He’s been meddling in Fullerton politics for years in an attempt to exclude anyone but Republican Rotarian dimwits on the council. And from what I’ve heard it’s always been anathema to him, Royce, and their nasty little circle to let a Democrat represent Fullerton as mayor.
But now its very clear that Dickster is pandering to the Education Community (ironic sarcasm intended) by linking Chris Thompson to the recall. So will he stand in the way of Q-S? Not a chance. He needs every vote he can get or his little project on Santa Fe may go out the window and his job with Nossaman right along with it.
Well, if Ackerscum forces their collective hand they will let SQS have it, I suppose, but it’s just so hard to picture.
Robyn Nordell for mayor
You mean for city council in the recall replacement election.
Praying won’t help if you don’t know how your government works.
Jimmy for Mayor!
i think it should be some who’s loud and outspoken and won’t take crap-frankly im sick of “well spoken” ones they turn out to be wafflers
LOL!!!
Fullerton keeps making the news…..
Orange county register;
http://www.ocregister.com/news/csu-328504-ferp-faculty.html
Damn, you could really live the high life in Humboldt on more than 200K a year.
Well done. Nice hijack.
Please don’t do it anymore or you’ll have to start your own blog.
Funny I was thinking about this last night. As I passed Tutti Fruitti I saw Mr. Whittiker and wife enjoying some yogurt. They were talking to a girl that looked homeless inside. I have seen Mr. Whittiker around town mixing with the community and feel like he is making an effort to understand and be appart of the community he serves.I got to sit by Mr. bankhead at the committie of homeless and mentaly ill as the last seat in the house seemed to be next to me. He has been attending those meetings regular. Sharron Quirk has been in the community quite a bit and has communicated and worked with the public.Based on community involvement I would like to see one of those three be the next mayor that have been most involved at the community level.It puts a face on the large monetary expeditures being made by seeing the citizens face to face that are paying for them.
Nothing wrong with that. Do you want him to work for free.
No, sorry, not fair. I agree that university professors are valuable and should be compensated well and be able to earn appropriate pensions, but they should either retire or not retire. Tou can’t be on the DL and play at the same time.
PERS offers the same option for police. You can work a year following retirement at an hourly wage and no benefits, thus saving the city money. City pays an hourly wage for same workload but saves all the extra benefits they would pay that position if they hired someone right away to fill it.
Actually, I think the maximum number of hours is 960 – pretty close to “half time”… That’s a PERS requirement, not a PERS-agency contractual requirement…
Yes 960.
Pretty sure teachers is the same concept. Pay a professor a wage after retirement and avoid having to promote and hire the same position with pay and benefits. Saves money in the long run.
The problem isn’t them working after retirement…that’s just an indicator od the real issue: the retirement age for a full pension is way too low.
Bingo!
That is 100% correct.
retiring at 50 is having your cake and eating it too.
Saves money? Pfft.
suuuure, if you set up a no win situation for the taxpayer it does…..
retire or not, that is fair….
Then change it. It’s been in place for years. Some small changes being done now to new employees. I don’t think existing employees pensions will change unless the world goes bankrupt which according to some that is possible. Time will tell.
Change it how? …..the unions control California.
RI, no disrespect but YOU (and even I) make the perfect case of WHY LE should not retire at 50…the older crowd (like me) should be able to sit at the computer or at a desk at least until social security starts to pay out for the rest of us peasants.
No need to retire when you can blog all day and get paid.
🙂
I understand. Retirement eligibility starts at 50 but the majority work until 55. Some work until 60. Or some work until they die. Seeing how the bodies hold up, I think 55 is the max for cops wearing belts and running patrol cars. Yes, desk jobs could be until 60 but the problem is there are no desk jobs except Detectives and that’s a promotion. It’s complex.
Yes they say the money will run out. The $270-$300 billion in PERS will be fine unless the world crashes. It won’t be there for your kids if they get into PERS or the teachers retirement system.
“It’s complex,” no, it’s a RAGWUS RI! 😉
OK 2% at 50. I retired from tree trimming at age 54 and get to inest everthing I saved to fund a nursery. Sink or swim from here.
Public servants have to retire at a level the tax base can sustain. Or the entire society will sink.
It is going to change on its own as the money runs out RI! 😉
Christine for Mayor…..
What many of you have forgotten is the title of mayor looks great when running for office. Bankhead will want to run as mayor Bankhead. We cannot expect anyless from the mice.
Goodrich for Mayor lol. 🙂
Goodrich to jail, sounds like justice! 😉
🙂
enough of the happy faces. It’s better when you say ” copy” I makes me feel like you are a real cop. Or the “Star Bucks” security guard.
Looks like the Recall signature gathers, are in our neighborhood, Yeh! 🙂
Copy.
Tebow Nation!! 🙂
football????
Not really. Can’t just put 55-65 year old cops on desk jobs. Sounds simple but it’s not. 🙂
Yeah, 9 out of 10 police union doctors say people – well not people, just police – over age 55 must not sit. They might fall out of their chair and claim a disability tax exemption on half their pension.
Oh.
So raise the age to 60 and nothing changes. Disability retirements increase in a huge way.
I say go Logan’s Run on the lot of them.
Runner!
Tuco says……
Suddenly, the three blind mice want the heat off of them. So if they choose Silva as Mayor, the heat is off them and on her. Question is will she as Mayor question the attitudes of the Police Union and Police Chief on internal investigations of the innumerable FPD misdeeds? Or will all that be swept under the rug of “Closed Session”?
People want to know, when a cop steals an ipad, what was the result? When a cop has several problems with sexual “healing” in the back seat of police car, what was the result of the investigation? Or is that only in closed session? People want to know and Jesse Unrah authored the public meetings act to ensure information was provided to the public.
The most you will get is if someone was fired. You won’t get much else. Even if the Mayor asks for it she will be told by the City Attorney no. If she blurts it out anyways, the city will pay.
A Day in Occupy Wall Street…..
http://theulstermanreport.com/2011/11/27/a-day-inside-occupy-wall-street/
We need a caption contest on that pic of Obama at the bottom of that article. 😀