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Thank You – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Helen Armstrong
Thank You
I am delighted that Carl Jacobson has been reelected to serve our community and has been selected by four of our five city council members to be our mayor. Only Marie Fellhauer voted “No.”
Carl has selflessly served our community with integrity and distinction for many years, giving much time out of his life for altruistic reasons. He has the experience and motivation, and now enough support on the council with Suzanne Fuentes and David Atkinson, to help get our city back on the right track.
I am also delighted that ninety percent of the voters rejected Measure P, and instead voted to keep our local fire department and paramedic ambulances.
Mike Robbins led an informative and persistent campaign against Measure P since mid-2010. It took much of his time and effort to educate and motivate our community on this important issue, and our city’s future will be better as a result of his efforts.
I am grateful that our community has good citizens who give so much of themselves and expect so little in return. I am also grateful for those in our community who cared and supported them and their efforts. … Continue reading
Posted in El Segundo, El Segundo Election Coverage, El Segundo Herald Letters, Firefighter Union Corruption, Letters to the Editor, Measure P - Firefighters Union Initiative
Tagged city, city council, corruption, El Segundo, El Segundo Firefighters Association, El Segundo Herald, election, fire union, firefighters union, firefighters union corruption, Helen Armstrong, letter, local government, Measure P, Mike Robbins, union corruption
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Vents about Public Employee Unions – Letter to the El Segundo Herald by Kip Haggerty
Vents about Public Employee Unions
I would like to congratulate the citizens of El Segundo on their stinging electoral rebuke to the public employee unions. To vote Carl Jacobson back in with the most votes after the vicious attack perpetrated upon him and then for the Council to elect him mayor speaks volumes. The shellacking that Measure P took is indicative of the mood that many shared, that the lies the Fire Department pollsters told in their early push poll were irrelevant, only local control mattered.
I saw Marie Fellhauer’s first act was supporting Bill Fisher for Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem. This reminded me of Don Brann’s support for Eric Busch because it was “his turn” to be Mayor. She’ll be a one termer too. While I appreciate that Marie and Don have given up their time to serve, the mindset a public employee brings to the Council is inconsistent with fiscal responsibility and their natural tendency is to represent public employee unions instead of the citizens.
I hope that the public employee unions have learned their lesson. You can’t shake down your neighbors for excessive pay and benefits in a down economy. The money simply isn’t there. I also hope they will listen to Dave Atkinson on pension reform ideas because the same sad fate may befall them as many private sector union members. When their companies went bankrupt, they got only a fraction of their pension … Continue reading
Posted in El Segundo, El Segundo Election Coverage, El Segundo Herald Letters, Firefighter and Police Union Compensation and Pensions, Firefighter Union Corruption, Government Employee Compensation and Pensions, Letters to the Editor, Measure P - Firefighters Union Initiative, Police Union Corruption, Political Corruption, Union Corruption
Tagged city, city council, city employee compensation, El Segundo, El Segundo Firefighters Association, El Segundo Herald, El Segundo Police Officers Association, election, ESFFA, ESPOA, fire union, fire union corruption, firefighter compensation, government employee unions, Kip Haggerty, letter, local government, Measure P, police compensation, police union, police union corruption, union corruption
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Reelecting Jacobson – Letter to the Beach Reporter by Helen Armstrong
Reelecting Jacobson
I am delighted that El Segundo City Councilman Carl Jacobson has been re-elected to serve our community and has been selected by four of our five City Council members to be our mayor. Only Marie Fellhauer voted “No.”
Carl has selflessly served our community with integrity and distinction for many years, giving much time out of his life for altruistic reasons. He has the experience and motivation, and now enough support on the council with Suzanne Fuentes and David Atkinson, to help get our city back on the right track.
I am also delighted that 90 percent of the voters rejected Measure P, and instead voted to keep our local fire department and paramedic ambulances.
Mike Robbins led an informative and persistent campaign against Measure P since mid-2010. It took much of his time and effort to educate and motivate our community on this important issue, and our city’s future will be better as a result of his efforts.
I am grateful that our community has good citizens who give so much of themselves and expect so little in return. … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Reporter Letters, El Segundo, El Segundo Election Coverage, El Segundo News, Firefighter Union Corruption, Letters to the Editor, Measure P - Firefighters Union Initiative
Tagged Carl Jacobson, city, city council, El Segundo, election, Helen Armstrong, letter, local government, mayor, Measure P, Mike Robbins, The Beach Reporter
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Kudos to El Segundo voters – Letter to the Daily Breeze by Michael D. Robbins
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LAX TO L.A. HARBOR
Letters to the Editor for Monday, April 23, 2012
Posted: 04/22/2012 02:02:23 PM PDT
April 22, 2012 9:27 PM GMT
Updated: 04/22/2012 02:26:15 PM PDT
Kudos to El Segundo voters
Thank you to the 90 percent of El Segundo voters who rejected Measure P. We saved El Segundo City Fire Department from selfish firefighters only interested in maximizing their salaries and job security. Measure P would have disbanded our Fire Department, contracted with Los Angeles County for significantly reduced emergency services and endangered lives. The firefighter union quit campaigning when their professional polls determined it would lose by a wide margin because of our early and sustained campaign against P. They did not give up as a favor to residents. We defeated the two candidates endorsed and funded by the self-serving police union: Progressive candidate Scott Houston who falsely campaigned as a conservative and Cindy Mortesen.
– Michael D. Robbins, El Segundo
Note: This letter was edited down by the Daily Breeze from the original 150 word letter that was submitted. Here is the original letter as it was submitted:
El Segundo Election Victories
Thank you to the 90 percent of voters who voted against Measure P, the firefighter union’s initiative, and those who campaigned against it. We saved our city fire department from selfish firefighters only interested in maximizing their salaries and job security. Measure P would have disbanded our fire department, contracted with L.A. County for significantly reduced emergency services, and endangered lives.
The firefighter union quit campaigning when their professional polls determined it would lose by a wide margin, due to our early and sustained campaign against P. They did not give up as a favor to residents.
We defeated the two candidates endorsed and funded by the self-serving police union – Progressive candidate Scott Houston, who falsely campaigned as a Conservative, opposite his true record, and Cindy Mortesen.
I wonder how the police officers and firefighters can be trusted on their jobs when they are blatantly dishonest in city election campaigns. … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Breeze Letters, El Segundo, El Segundo Election Coverage, Firefighter Union Corruption, Letters to the Editor, Measure P - Firefighters Union Initiative, Police Union Corruption
Tagged Cindy Mortesen, city, city council, Daily Breeze, El Segundo, El Segundo Firefighters Association, El Segundo Police Officers Association, election, firefighters union, letter, local government, Los Angeles Daily News, Measure P, Michael D. Robbins, police union, progressive, Scott Houston, union corrpution
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Carl Jacobson selected as new El Segundo mayor, Suzanne Fuentes as Mayor Pro Tem – Marie Fellhauer and Bill Fisher lose first two key votes
by Michael D. Robbins April 18, 2012 The newly elected El Segundo City Council members, City Clerk, and City Treasurer were sworn in at the April 17, 2012 City Council meeting, one week after the April 10 El Segundo General … Continue reading
Posted in El Segundo, El Segundo Election Coverage, El Segundo News, Firefighter Union Corruption, Measure P - Firefighters Union Initiative, Police Union Corruption
Tagged Carl Jacobson, city, city council, councilman, councilwoman, David Atkinson, El Segundo, El Segundo Firefighters Association, El Segundo Police Officers Association, election, firefighters, firefighters union, Karen Foshay, KCET, local government, Marie Fellhauer, mayor, mayor pro tem, police, police union, propaganda, Scott Houston, SoCal Connected, Suzanne Fuentes, union
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Video – April 5, 2012 El Segundo Candidates Forum hosted by the League of Women Voters
Watch the April 5, 2012 El Segundo Candidates Forum hosted by the League of Women Voters video here.
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April 5, 2012 El Segundo Candidates Forum
hosted by the League of Women Voters (01h 45m)
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Posted in El Segundo, El Segundo Election Coverage, Videos
Tagged candidates, Candidates Forum, Carl Jacobson, Cindee Topar, Cindy Mortesen, city, city council, Dave Burns, David Atkinson, El Segundo, election, forum, League of Women Voters, Lisa Wood, local government, Marie Fellhauer, Mike Dugan, Scott Houston, Susan Truax, Tracy Sherrill Weaver
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Marie Fellhauer’s ethics lapses pile up as El Segundo election approaches
Police Union member Marie Fellhauer is running for El Segundo City Council
Photo copyright © 2012 by Michael D. Robbins.
Marie Fellhauer is a Police Union member, and her multitude of ethics lapses make it more likely that she will represent the Police and Fire Unions rather than the Voters and Taxpayers if elected to City Council.
Marie Fellhauer has made at least four known ethics lapses:
- Fellhauer’s 32 percent absenteeism rate for Planning Commission meetings she was obligated to attend, and her misrepresentation of her Planning Commission record in her campaign literature.
- Much of Fellhauer’s campaign assistance is coming from Mayor Eric Busch, who took $10,900 in campaign cash and other support from the Police and Fire Unions in 2008, and paid them back with millions of extra tax dollars per year in a back-room sweetheart deal, and more than 11 to 23 percent pay raises during a recession when they were already grossly overpaid.
- Fellhauer knowingly accepted a $700 contribution from a local businessman who tried to cheat the City out of $55,000, and who was bounced off the Planning Commission by the City Council before his first Planning Commission meeting because a majority of the City Council did not trust him.
- Fellhauer got caught in a lie where she tried to cover up her Police Union campaign contribution money at the League of Women Voters Candidates Forum.
Planning Commission Ethics Lapse
Marie Fellhauer’s known ethics lapses start with her Planning Commission appointment.
Excerpt from Marie Fellhauer’s Campaign Literature.
Fellhauer claims in her campaign literature that her appointment to the El Segundo Planning Commission is an example of “Marie’s Proven Commitment to Community.”
However, Fellhauer has been absent for a third (32%) of all the Planning Commission meetings she was obligated to attend over the last two years, and absent for a fourth (25%) of all her obligated meetings over the last four years.
There are several problems here.
First, Fellhauer failed to meet her commitments for a very important city function for at least four years.
Second, once she realized she could not or would not meet her commitments, she should have resigned but failed to do so. It appears that Fellhauer retained her seat on the Planning Commission solely to use it as a stepping stone to higher office, i.e., City Council.
And third, Fellhauer misrepresented her record in writing in her own campaign literature to gain trust and confidence from voters. … Continue reading
Posted in El Segundo, El Segundo Election Coverage, El Segundo News
Tagged absenteeism, campaign, city council, El Segundo, election, Eric Busch, ethics, ethics lapses, local government, Marie Fellhauer, planning commission, police union
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Video – Cindee Topar is in an official in the militant AFA union which targeted the customers
Cindee Topar is in an official in the militant AFA union which targeted the customers
Watch the AFA Union’s CHAOS™ Training Video
El Segundo City Council candidate Cindee Cindee Topar is both an official and a member in the militant Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) union, which targeted customers, canceled randomly selected flights without notice, and stranded passengers to create “CHAOS™” for the customers and their employer. Topar’s union was so proud of their anti-social behavior that they even trademarked the name “CHAOS™”.
Cindee Topar at a City Council meeting.
Photo copyright © 2012 by Michael D. Robbins.
How would you like it if Topar’s militant union caused you to miss a job interview, business meeting, expensive vacation cruise, or an important once-in-a-lifetime event such as a family wedding, bar mitzvah, or funeral?
The union’s stated goal was to scare away customers to sabotage their employer’s business without suffering the loss of income that a traditional strike would cause. Her union was so proud of stranding airline passengers without incurring the penalty of lost income for their union members that they trademarked the name CHAOS™! The name CHAOS™ stands for “Creating Havoc Around Our System.” If Topar gets elected, we may have CHAOT – Creating Havoc Around Our Town.
Here is the United AFA union’s official CHAOS™ web page:
http://www.unitedafa.org/afa/chaos/default.aspx
How does CHAOS™ work?
When Cindee Topar’s AFA union creates CHAOS™ for customers and management, the following steps are taken. … Continue reading
Posted in El Segundo Election Coverage, Videos
Tagged AFA, Association of Flight Attendants, candidate, CHAOS, Cindee Topar, city council, El Segundo, election, intermittent, militant, random, strike, union
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Vote for independence – Letter to the Beach Reportor by Illeen Joscha
Vote for independence
The newly-released city documents and e-mails tell all. The firefighter and police unions were behind this push to extort $10 million per year in new taxes from Chevron, to pay for their astronomical and unsustainable salaries and benefits that have averaged $211,000 ($342,000 maximum) per individual per year for firefighters and $178,000 ($304,000 maximum) for police.
These self-serving safety unions are supporting Scott Houston (who took a police union endorsement, large campaign contribution, and other support in 2010), Marie Fellhauer (a police union member herself), and Cindee Topar (former City Council campaign manager for a firefighter union member and a militant union official herself) for City Council. … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Reporter Letters, El Segundo, El Segundo Election Coverage, Letters to the Editor
Tagged Beach Reporter, Carl Jacobson, Cindee Topar, city council, corruption, Dave Burns, David Atkinson, El Segundo, El Segundo Firefighters Association, El Segundo Police Officers Association, election, fire, firefigfhters union, firefighters, Illeen Joscha, letter, Marie Fellhauer, police, police officers union, police union, Scott Houston, taxes, union
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