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Does Jan Flory think we’re too stupid to use safe and sane fireworks?

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, Fireworks, Fullerton, Jan Flory, Jennifer Fitzgerald, Travis Kiger Leave a comment

From the New Fullerton blog

Safe and sane fireworks were illegal in the City of Fullerton for over 22 years until over 53% of the voters passed Measure X last year, allowing the sale and use of these fireworks, on the 4th of July.

Prior to the passage of Measure X, former Fullerton Council Member Travis Kiger said that “This goes back to freedom and the Fourth of July. This is America. Why is our city acting like our parent and telling us what we can do on our driveway,” according to the Daily Titan.

The Fullertonian blog reported this month that Council Member Jan Flory, who defeated Kiger in November, “suggested that for each firework sale, customers are provided a map of the city that limits which areas they can and cannot set them off.” Continue reading→

RIP FFFF – say hello to the New Fullerton blog

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Editor Posted in Bloggers, Bruce Whitaker, Chris Norby, Fullerton, Fullerton Recall, Tony Bushala, Travis Kiger 16 Comments

When I heard that my old friend Tony Bushala was shutting down his incredible Friends for Fullerton’s Future blog I certainly understood his decision. He never meant to keep fighting forever. He spent a great deal of his own money trying to help the people of Fullerton and while he succeeded in recalling several terrible Fullerton Council Members, and he was able to help his friend and ally Bruce Whitacker to get elected as well, the downside was that his other great ally, Travis Kiger, lost to liberal Jan Flory on Nov. 6.

Kiger’s loss must have been very hard to take. I know that I was disappointed to see such a sharp young man lose. But that’s politics for you. You win some, you lose some. And we also lost Chris Norby’s Assembly seat to Sharon Quirk-Silva, a Democrat whose successful campaign probably helped Flory to win as well.

I looked at the current blogs and media in Fullerton and saw a void in the absence of the FFFF blog. So I decided to start my own blog, which I am calling New Fullerton. Continue reading→

Updated: Friends for Fullerton’s Future Signs Off

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Roy Reynolds Posted in Fullerton, Fullerton Recall, Steven Greenhut, Tony Bushala, Travis Kiger 5 Comments

Holy cow…they’re done.

The most impactful Blog in Orange County is going on a long, if not permanent hiatus per this mid-afternoon post from Tony Bushala. Tony and colleagues like Travis Kiger, and a host of other anonymous posters and commentors spent the last few years turning Fullerton on its ear with their activism and coverage of city politics that ran circles around the mainstream media and set a standard that the rest of us admired and, frankly, envied.

The FFFF played a national role in revealing the murder-by-cop death of Kelly Thomas, a homeless man with mental issues. Three BAD cops are no longer on the Fullerton Police force (and likely destined for jail) due to FFFF’s diligence and the copious reporting they committed to the blogosphere. They caused the retirement of Fullerton’s feckless police chief and revealed plenty about this gang of nasty, violent cops that often ruled the city with fists and billy clubs. Tony and Travis were frequent guests on KFI’s John and Ken Show — that’s rare, and even rarer that they convinced this drive-time program with over one million daily listeners to come down to Fullerton for multiple events spawned by the Thomas killing.

Tony announces his recall plans to last year’s Fullerton City Council
Photo credit: OC Weekly

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A look back at our top ten O.C. political news stories of 2012

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, Anaheim, Carlos Bustamante, Chris Norby, Claudia Alvarez, Fullerton, Fullerton Recall, Irvine, Jon Dumitru, Larry Agran, Miguel Pulido, Nadia Lockyer, Orange, Orange County, Police, Police Brutality, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Sharon Quirk-Silva, Taxes, Teresa Tita Smith, Travis Allen, Travis Kiger 2 Comments

The new Irvine Council majority

We started this blog on January 1, 2012. What a year it has been! Here are our top ten stories of the year, based on our readership data:

Irvine boss Larry Agran lost in his campaign for Mayor and the Republicans took over the Irvine City Council
Sharon Quirk-Silva beat Chris Norby in the 65th Assembly District – and it was all John Lewis’ fault
Travis Allen beat Troy Edgar in the 72nd Assembly District. For once the good guy won!
Orange County’s administration imploded in the wake of the arrest of Carlos Bustamante for alleged sex crimes Continue reading→

Kiger won’t seek a recount of the Fullerton Council election results

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, Fullerton, Jan Flory, Tony Bushala, Travis Kiger 1 Comment

Kiger lost in part due to the Fullerton cops buying votes with burgers

Former Fullerton City Councilwoman Jan Flory, a Democrat and a lawyer, defeated short-time incumbent Travis Kiger by just 29 votes, in the Nov. 6 election, according to the Voice of OC. I found out today that Kiger won’t be challenging the election results.

I was at the Orange County Voter Registrar’s office this afternoon when I ran into my good friend Tony Bushala, who helped to recall a trio of RINOs (Republicans in Name Only) after the murder of Kelly Thomas by several bad Fullerton cops. The OC Weekly later named him the “Best Gadfly.” I think he’s just a great human being! Bushala was at the Registrar’s office today with our mutual friend, Chris Thompson, to talk to the Registrar, Neal Kelley, about the Fullerton election results. Continue reading→

Blame John Lewis for the Democrats picking up an Assembly supermajority

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, Anaheim, Big Government, Cecilia Iglesias, Chris Nguyen, Chris Norby, Corruption, Curt Pringle, Dave Gilliard, Fullerton, Janet Nguyen, Jimmy Camp, John Lewis, Jordan Brandman, Jose Moreno, Jose Solorio, Loretta Sanchez, Matt Cunningham, Matt Harper, Miguel Pulido, OC GOP, OCTA, Orange County, Republican Party, Rob Richardson, Robert Hammond, Sales Tax, Santa Ana, Scott Baugh, Sharon Quirk-Silva, Tom Daly, Transportation, Travis Kiger 1 Comment

Former State Senator John Lewis has such a hold on the Republican Party of Orange County that he was able to force the withdrawal of Robert Hammond, their candidate for the 69th Assembly District, so as to pave the way for his Democratic pal Tom Daly. And Lewis also ran the failed campaign of Chris Norby, for the 65th Assembly District. With the loss of Norby’s seat, and the 69th, the California Republican Party ceded a supermajority in the State Assembly to the California Democratic Party.

But Lewis is not the only one to blame. OC GOP Chairman Scott Baugh (a political consultant) and OC Supervisor Janet Nguyen were personally involved in pulling Hammond out of the race for the 69th. And neither of them helped Jose “Joe” Moreno, the Anaheim Republican who, at the last minute, filed for the 69th rather than concede the victory to Daly. Moreno was however undone by allegations that he violated an obscure Federal law – the Hatch Act. Moreno, an employee of the O.C. Health Agency, was accused of this by labor, even though he is a longtime union member. Continue reading→