Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Hypocrite Blowing Smoke & Another Law Enforcement Endorsement
Over at the CM Press - hypocrite central - the author (who
resembles my theoretical character, Your Neighbor), continues
his inaccurate, incendiary rants about what a terrible city
Costa Mesa has become. He continues to fabricate issues that
don't exist in order to fool the voters of this city into
believing his chosen candidate, Allan Mansoor, and his running
mate, Wendy Leece, are the best choices for the future of this
city.
In a recent posting he uses a terrific graphic of the Titanic sinking to depict the hopeless situation he perceives for Costa Mesa. Well, I think his graphic is right on the money. With Allan Mansoor and his majority at the helm this city has, indeed, taken a severe nosedive - particularly in the public safety area. This is quite ironic, since four years ago Mansoor campaigned on a platform of making our city nicer, cleaner and safer. Also ironic, considering his 13 years as a law enforcement officer, is how little our mayor seems to understand actual police work. Perhaps his time in the jail has clouded his view of the work done by officers out in the real world. It's only one of many examples of just how out of touch our young jailer/mayor is on most issues.
Mansoor's ham-handed handling of his immigration screening proposal - which almost certainly has died a painful death now that Sheriff Carona's proposal has been slashed by ICE - has divided this city and made it much more difficult for the Costa Mesa Police Department to do its job. His approach has cast a pall of fear over much of this city and dried up sources of information that previously permitted our officers to head-off problems before they exploded into violence. The decline of public safety in this city falls squarely on Mansoor's shoulders.
Mansoor and his majority have disenfranchised the two other members of the council and have used fear as their primary tool of governance. This city cannot stand another two years of this kind of administration. With a majority of Mansoor, Eric Bever and Mansoor's hand-picked Yes-woman, Wendy Leece, there is no doubt in my mind that they will continue to run roughshod over the rights of Costa Mesa residents, ignoring their comments as well as the guidance of their senior staff, to solidify their dictatorship.
Of course, Your Neighbor will continue to try to blow smokescreens across the playing field to confuse the voters. Lies and fabrications are his only tools in this contest - the truth is with the opponents of his agenda.
Four weeks from today the voters in this city will make choices in the voting booth that will be critical to the future of this city. The editors of the Daily Pilot, in their excellent summary of the candidates last weekend, said the following about Mayor Allan Mansoor when they announced their decision to endorse Bruce Garlich and Mike Scheafer for the two open seats on the City Council:
"While he has served admirably, although contentiously, we disagree with too much of his philosophy — and the divisive results we believe his tenure has caused. We do not doubt that Mansoor believes he is doing the best for the city. We simply — and honestly and respectfully — disagree. We deeply believe Garlich and Scheafer are the right choices at this crucial time."
Let's hope the voters of this city understand and agree. In a month we'll know.
***
Over on his Itchingpost.com blog (a link for which is on my Useful Links page), Byron de Arakal reports that the Orange County Coalition of Police and Sheriffs is ready to announce its endorsement of Bruce Garlich and Mike Scheafer for Costa Mesa City Council.
According to de Arakal, this organization represents more than 2,500 deputy sheriffs and police officers throughout Orange County.
This completes a trifecta of public safety organizations that have endorsed Garlich and Scheafer instead of Mansoor and Leece and is yet another blow to the candidacy of our young jailer/mayor and his hand-picked running mate.
4:49 pm pdtIn a recent posting he uses a terrific graphic of the Titanic sinking to depict the hopeless situation he perceives for Costa Mesa. Well, I think his graphic is right on the money. With Allan Mansoor and his majority at the helm this city has, indeed, taken a severe nosedive - particularly in the public safety area. This is quite ironic, since four years ago Mansoor campaigned on a platform of making our city nicer, cleaner and safer. Also ironic, considering his 13 years as a law enforcement officer, is how little our mayor seems to understand actual police work. Perhaps his time in the jail has clouded his view of the work done by officers out in the real world. It's only one of many examples of just how out of touch our young jailer/mayor is on most issues.
Mansoor's ham-handed handling of his immigration screening proposal - which almost certainly has died a painful death now that Sheriff Carona's proposal has been slashed by ICE - has divided this city and made it much more difficult for the Costa Mesa Police Department to do its job. His approach has cast a pall of fear over much of this city and dried up sources of information that previously permitted our officers to head-off problems before they exploded into violence. The decline of public safety in this city falls squarely on Mansoor's shoulders.
Mansoor and his majority have disenfranchised the two other members of the council and have used fear as their primary tool of governance. This city cannot stand another two years of this kind of administration. With a majority of Mansoor, Eric Bever and Mansoor's hand-picked Yes-woman, Wendy Leece, there is no doubt in my mind that they will continue to run roughshod over the rights of Costa Mesa residents, ignoring their comments as well as the guidance of their senior staff, to solidify their dictatorship.
Of course, Your Neighbor will continue to try to blow smokescreens across the playing field to confuse the voters. Lies and fabrications are his only tools in this contest - the truth is with the opponents of his agenda.
Four weeks from today the voters in this city will make choices in the voting booth that will be critical to the future of this city. The editors of the Daily Pilot, in their excellent summary of the candidates last weekend, said the following about Mayor Allan Mansoor when they announced their decision to endorse Bruce Garlich and Mike Scheafer for the two open seats on the City Council:
"While he has served admirably, although contentiously, we disagree with too much of his philosophy — and the divisive results we believe his tenure has caused. We do not doubt that Mansoor believes he is doing the best for the city. We simply — and honestly and respectfully — disagree. We deeply believe Garlich and Scheafer are the right choices at this crucial time."
Let's hope the voters of this city understand and agree. In a month we'll know.
***
Over on his Itchingpost.com blog (a link for which is on my Useful Links page), Byron de Arakal reports that the Orange County Coalition of Police and Sheriffs is ready to announce its endorsement of Bruce Garlich and Mike Scheafer for Costa Mesa City Council.
According to de Arakal, this organization represents more than 2,500 deputy sheriffs and police officers throughout Orange County.
This completes a trifecta of public safety organizations that have endorsed Garlich and Scheafer instead of Mansoor and Leece and is yet another blow to the candidacy of our young jailer/mayor and his hand-picked running mate.
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