Vivian ‘Kitty’ Jaramillo announced her bid for the District 4 council seat at a Fundraiser hosted by Senator Josh Newman and Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva on April 6 at Salt and Pepper restaurant. Other dignitaries in attendance included Senator Tom Umberg, District 5 councilmember Dr. Ahmad Zahra, District 3 councilmember Dr. Shana Charles, Fullerton School Board Trustee Aaruni Thakur, President of Democrats of North OC Andre Charles, former Fullerton mayors Jan Flory & Jesus Silva, and Parks and Recreation commissioner Adrian Meza. Maple Alumni, including Bobby Melendez, numerous family members, and friends, were also in attendance.
Jaramillo is a lifelong Fullerton resident. She attended Maple Elementary, Wilshire Junior High, and Fullerton High School.
Kitty retired in 2011 as a municipal employee for the Fullerton Police Department and Code Enforcement. She also worked for the City of Santa Ana, where she was a Service Employees International Union member when she retired. Although Kitty enjoys retirement by spending time with her husband, Jimmie, and their adult children, her friends, community members, and elected officials encouraged her to run for city council again.
Kitty was one of two plaintiffs in the litigation that spurred Fullerton to implement district elections. She is running for city council in Fullerton’s 4th district. Bruce Whitaker, the current council member, was elected to the Fullerton city council in 2010 and has been termed out.
Kitty is committed to bringing additional resources from Fullerton’s city budget to the 4th district, improving and growing public safety, such as police and fire, and ensuring that city government is equitable and transparent.
Over $6k was raised for her campaign. More info can be found at FB @Kitty Jaramillo and INSTA @kittyj1.
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God help us
Kitty will be a great councilmember – she knows everything about the city as a lifelong resident – and as a former employee knows how to make things work at city hall. And she isn’t interested in power or future political offices like some of our current council members appear to be. She is interested in making the city the best it can be for all residents.
Humm,
She only cares about the city?
She doesn’t care about future political offices?
Do you know she has run before twice and lost both times?
Then she got mad because she couldn’t win a city wide election, so she sued the city to create district maps so this time she would only basically need people in her own neighborhood to win!
Have you ever sued the city?
Yeah, me neither.
Does she really care about the city, or her own potential political career?
I know which one I believe……..
Dear “Don’t believe the hype at NoTrolls@Fullerton.com,” I think you are spam. I also think you may be the thing you despise – a Troll. Marginalized residents did not have the benefits of representation that is why Kitty championed the cause and got district representation. Is it a perfect solution–No. Is it better than having a disinterested representative who did not need your vote because he had money–Yes. Please go back to your bridge and think about how you think.
So somebody states what they believe, and they are spam. A troll.
You got one thing right. This candidate – a former City employee and pension beneficiary – is definitely not disinterested.
Fullerton Observer you are acting just like Kitty.. Calling people trolls or saying it is spam because they do not agree with your fake information or biased opinions… Who would want that as a councilmember? NOT ME!!!
Who is this disinterested representative you talk about? hmmm
Dear Jeff, That is the name they chose for their email. Therefore I responded using their name as I responded using your name Jeff.
Oh Fullerton Observer I am talking about how you just called him a troll not because its in his email
“I also think you may be the thing you despise – a Troll. ”
All these comments from the Observer and Sharon K are calling people trolls if they disagree w them.. of course you would want Kitty as a councilmember she acts the same way!!
I have tried to respond to this comment from the Observer three times now.
Obviously someone is deliberately choosing to censor my response.
If you disagree w the Observer or go against them they will delete your posts or banned you from posting!! Sounds like something Kitty does to the residents and Councilmembers!!
Dear Jeff, If you have a civil discussion, present your arguments without resorting to personal insults, slander, and vulgarity, and do not use websites then your posts may remain. However, if you violate any of the above mentioned then your post will be deleted and if you persist your post will be sent to spam and if you continue to come back your information will be reported and you will be blocked. Saskia Kennedy
No i only present facts and they were still deleted or blocked. Isn’t that calling the kettle black when you and Sharon Kennedy call people Trolls? Do as I say, not as I do!
Dear Censored, I am sorry that happened to you. It happens to me as well. Sometimes it can be fixed by refreshing your page or browser. I hope that helps. Saskia Kennedy
My understanding is that she sued the city to give marginalized residents more representation at City Hall. The district-system has benefited my District 1 neighborhood, as well. Easier access, quicker response from council reps.
Yeah, because that sounds so much better than the reality.
Who are these “marginalized residents” of which you speak?
It’s a shame they couldn’t vote before Kitty sued the city.
Wonder how many of them were given tickets by Kitty when she was a meter maid?
Good thing she cares about them now……
Hey Fullerton Observer,
Guess we know who your candidate is.
Banning me doesn’t change the fact that Kitty spent years exploiting the very people she now claims to want to represent.
The so-called “marginalized residents” who were apparently not able to vote until Kitty sued the city. How many of them were on the receiving end of one of her tickets?
Well, they didn’t vote for her then, so I don’t know why they would vote for her now. They probably realize that their money is much better off in their own pockets.
Paying new taxes or planting marijuana storefronts on every corner just to cover someone’s city pension isn’t my idea of progress, but if she makes the council Fullerton, you better believe these things are coming. And with her 2 pals already on the council, this will be a sure thing.
And so much for being fair and unbiased!
Dearest Troll, Those are facts.
Kitty “Tax, Tax, Tax” Jaramillo. This is a rude woman who loudly heckles public speakers she doesn’t agree with during city council meetings. Facts.
Is this someone you honestly want in charge of our city? Kitty is a vile human being, and would be the absolute worst choice for City Council Member, and by all means, vote for this ‘caring’ woman who *sued the very city* she wants to now represent. No.
If you desire even fewer city services, greasy backdoor deals with developers, higher taxes, raises for all city employees, and continued infrastructure can kicking, vote for Kitty. Facts, no printer.
i live on the border of fullerton and buena park, which i like to call no man’s land. there’s a constant graffiti battle, there’s no police presence, our tract dark and often people park at night drinking, smoking and dumping their trash in the street after their done. there’s no parks, not going to cross magnolia to go to valencia park. so why should you earn my vote?
Dear Fred F, and Don’t Believe – (two anonymous commenters),
You are misinformed or, more likely, attempting to spread misinformation.
Kitty has never heckled city council, is the opposite of rude, and has nothing to do with developers or taxes. So ridiculous.
She has, on occasion, come to council and made excellent points on critical issues. She is a longtime upstanding, ethical member of our community.
You two, on the other hand, appear to be plants of some sort trying to fool people who don’t know Kitty. This is to be expected from the developers in town who would like to see a person who can be easily manipulated in the 4th District Council seat.
Brady is correct about the purpose of districts and why the lawsuit happened. We should have added something to the district plan to prevent out-of-district campaign contributions from distorting district elections. It will be telling to notice who candidates for that seat are backed by. Expect huge money to be spent to try to block actual resident choice with shiny false info flyers and robo calls as happened in the last election.
She heckles audience members, not council. Stop spreading BS. Apparently the “Observer” is 100% pro sales tax, so I hope everybody when they vote in November remembers that any candidate that the “Observer” supports, I would think twice and three times about before voting.
Observer interns: please read the my entire post before replying! This woman will destroy Fullerton from the inside out. I smell bankruptcy in Fullerton’s future if this woman is somehow elected 🤔
PS: we’ll keep using fake names as long as you keep anonymizing your responses.
Prove your idiotic allegations
Sharon Kennedy- If I prove these ‘idiotic’ allegations to you with absolutely zero reasonable doubt, will you promptly apologize to me publicly *and* print a full-page retraction letter in the next Observer?
Hint: they’re not allegations, or else I wouldn’t have said them in the first place.
Are you ready to place that wager Sharon? Put up or shut up as they say?
And for the record, it’s Fred Featheringham with a ‘F’ for your retraction letter. And I’m a very real person.
Sure Fred – prove your ridiculous allegation that Kitty heckled any public speaker ever and I will gladly apologize to you. Since I retired from the paper several years ago I can’t promise a full-page retraction – which is also a ridiculous ask and would be a waste of space. However, we will never hear your “proof” anyway – since there isn’t any.
Also I am glad to hear you are an actual person though you have zero presence online for Fullerton or anywhere else. Quite a feat.
Sharon K
I heard that same story from a person who sat in front of her at a council meeting and said Jaramillo audibly heckled a speaker and then told that person to shut up when asked to be polite. And I give that individual a lot more credence than I do to you.
Are we watching the same council meetings where she makes public comments making rude insulting comment to the council members she disagree with? That is not an ethical member of the community I would want to represent city council.
I watch or attend every council meeting and have never heard her make such comments. Can you please cite examples of situations where you felt she insulted councilmembers?
Ok, I’ll start……
12/19/23
2 hour and 5 minute mark.
Perfect example – Anyone who bothers to look up the 12/19/23 meeting will see Kitty in a very gentle voice asking Dunlap to break away from joining Whitaker and Jung in their decision to send back the $1.7 million dollar grant designed to build a pedestrian trail and bike path connecting Union Park downtown with Independence Park on W. Valencia and plant 176 trees. Dunlap finally did break away and Jung and Whitaker also reversed their decision.
The idea to transform the abandoned rail line running along the divide between north and south Fullerton into a trail/bike path was started by Egleth Nunnci and other southside residents who petitioned the state for the grant – won it, and then came to council for years asking for the plan to be accepted and for the $1.7 million grant not to be sent back to the state.
They pointed out that the trail and bike path was similar to what Brea had done with its abandoned rail line, that the trees and open space would be very beneficial to the park-poor southside of town and also to all residents of town, and that it was the second phase of a much larger plan to connect to other walking and bike paths in neighboring cities. Kitty saw the sense in the resident’s argument and stood up and made a comment.
There was overwhelming public support for the plan from residents from all over town – but it was opposed by local developer Tony Bushala who had other plans for the area and who is a regular major donor to various campaigns for and against local candidates. (Bushala supported the three voting against the trail/bike path and ran campaigns against their opponents.)
Thanks for the recap on the agenda item, that wasn’t the ask though.
The ask was to show Kitty being rude towards councimembers, which people can make up their own minds when they watch the clip.
The three stooges did indeed reverse their decision about the park. They had to. It’s an election year and by not voting yes, Dunlap and Jung are at risk of not being voted back in. It was nothing for Whitaker to not vote for it. His final choice wouldn’t matter because he’s run out his time in politics from what I understand of the rules he has to follow.
Now, if only those three could be made to answer for the BS they have put the various disadvantaged groups through. Oh wait, the two up for re-election can – by loosing!
I would not call it heckling when she is speaking the truth in a calm voice. You criticize everything the Observer and its volunteers say, but I don’t consider you a heckler. You just have a different opinion and that is ok.
The point I was making is that she was unnecessarily rude to council members, as she is most of the time she gets up to speak. You can speak in a calm manner and still be condescending and rude. In this particular clip she flat out insinuates that Whitaker is a racist. You can choose to not call that heckling if you want, but I know it’s just unnecessary and nasty.
As for me criticizing everything the Observer and it’s volunteers say, you may choose to look around yourself first at the people choosing to label me spam and a troll before you go pointing fingers elsewhere.
As I recall, she supported Measure S, the 1 1/4 cents sales tax measure that Fullerton voters soundly defeated in 2020. With inflation and the cost of living now being so high, the last thing we need in Fullerton is for our cost of living to go up even more. Local businesses will struggle even more, and may easily go out of business, once a local sales tax increase is imposed.
George Jacobson, Look where we live now… Pot holes, sidewalks in need of repair, water and sewer pipes in need of repair, and no money to fix them. Cost of living has gone up and so has the cost of our infrastructure. Fullerton’s sales tax is one of the lowest in California. While most sales taxes are between 9 and 10% – Fullerton is at 7%. We have no new industry or other means to bolster the city funds. I have to agree that your way is detrimental to Fullerton’s health and well being.
This is just false information. Anyone can look this up on the internet. Fullerton is at 7.75 and on par with several other cities in Orange County. Why would you post this unless you were trying to mislead your readers?
Hey, how about a name to go along with your comments. Or do you speak for everybody connected to your, ahem, “news” production?
My name?
My name is common sense.
Something it seems long forgotten these days.
Placentia voters approved a sales tax raise and are able to do amazing things with the revenue – a full city revitalization, a revitalized downtown district, city beautification, park maintenance, etc. Knowing Fullerton’s long-term budget problems, it’s not reasoble to complain about Fullerton’s problems and also to reject a sales tax measure that would have funded the the solution.
Fullerton has mismanaged every dime they have had for decades. Why on earth would we trust them with more money? What are they doing with the gas tax? Salaries and pensions must be addressed before more money is sent their way. Where is the accountability? Where is the transparency?
The only people on here that would be advocating for more taxes are either someone who is directly tied to the city, or someone who doesn’t understand that it has been complete incompetence that has brought us to where we are currently at.
And neither of those things should be rewarded with more compensation from the Fullerton taxpayer.
The Kitty Cannabis circus comes to Fullerton.
If Jaramillo is a serious public servant, she will donate every pension check she receives to the City of Fullerton earmarked for infrastructure repairs. She is just another public employee pig, slopping at the taxpayer’s trough if she doesn’t. Actions > Words.
Hopefully this year before the November vote there will be public debates where residents can see candidates they may not personally know in action and decide for themselves who makes sense.
Lots of misinformation below from people who are going to try and fool voters. That side is backed by a millionaire not interested in anything but power and his own pocketbook who will put out his shiny false flyers full of lies as usual in every election of late.
By the way, those worried about pensions might be interested in the pensions going to several council members supposedly representing Fullerton on various regional boards. Some of the compensation and benefits on boards like OCWD, OC Sanitation and OCPA are mind blowing. Sitting through meetings is very different than working an 8-hour day – 5 days a week. Full time workers deserve pensions and benefits – not sure that board members should be so well compensated.
“The Gas tax” (SB1) is a major funder of the roads in Fullerton that are being fixed.
Measure S – had it passed- would be taking care of street repair – and adding a few cents to purchases. (Example: The difference of paying seven and a half cents that we do now in state sales tax to nine cents – that extra penny and a half would raise $25 million a year for solving local problems.) About eight cities in Orange County have done this so far with good results.
This is complete and utter rubbish.
The only misinformation in this thread (besides your post above) is from the Observer itself.
Care to tell the readers what percentage of the gas tax is used to fix the roads?
You should know this.
And what would have Measure S have done besides just fund future salaries and pensions? We are broke now.
Measure S wouldn’t even keep us on par with expenses due to the cost increases of everything in this city across the board.
Fix the roads is always the battle cry when the city is desperately trying to avoid bankruptcy, but very few roads ever get fixed.
I can’t wait until Kitty unleashes her master plan of a dope hut on every corner to fix a city at which point won’t be worth living in.
Dear “Lies, Lies, Lies, Yeah” hilarious name
SB1 funding comes from all over California and is shared with each city, county, and for state infrastructure projects like bridges, etc.
Fullerton’s allocation for this year is over $3.5 million. Something – but not enough.
Measure S one-and-a-half cent tax would have raised $25 million per year for road repair and homeless issues. Seemed worth it to me. We are in the mess with roads because of too many council majorities over the years refusing to fund repairs.
There is a family involved with cannabis sales in Fullerton – but it isn’t Kitty or her family.
And there have been past efforts to smear a council candidate with false cannabis claims – it didn’t work. That council member won despite the enormous money spent and the false claims made.
All that said – the majority of California voters passed recreational use of cannabis in 2016 for 21 and over – so like alcohol – it is something to be regulated. Until Fullerton passes an ordinance restricting outlets to certain zones away from schools, and residences – stores can pop up anywhere and can’t be properly enforced by police. Several years ago, Fullerton’s flawed proposed ordinance located all outlets on the Southside of town, which Kitty objected to. She also spoke up about benefits of allowing some well-regulated cannabis stores in town for those suffering from Cancer, Parkinson’s, arthritis, multiple sclerosis and other health issues, who do receive relief from it. Adopting an ordinance with commonsense requirements would give police a tool to quickly shut down illegal stores.
Do you actually work for the city?
Your information above is completely false and misleading.
The amount of SB-1 money that actually gets spent on road repair is a small fraction of the money paid to the city. In 2021/2022, the amount of SB-1 (gas tax) money paid to the city was 3.6 million. Of that, only about two hundred and eighty thousand was spent on actual road repair if I remember correctly.
When it came to Measure S, there was absolutely NO parameters in place to insure ANY of the tax would be spent on roads. It’s how it was pitched, but was not supported by some on the council because of this.
Let’s not forget the Fullerton taxpayer was banged for $125 grand by some “consultant” hired by the city to frame Measure S in such a way that was to give it more of a chance to pass and it still failed.
People in this city are sick and tired of the incompetence at city hall and 4 years of a Kitty term is the last thing we need.
Dear “Here we go again”
No I don’t work for the city – I am just a longtime resident. I did edit the Fullerton Observer for 22 years until I retired several years ago. I never present false information or try to mislead anyone. I believe in the truth.
Thanks for making me look into this. You have some valid questions and can’t blame you for having a hard time finding the information on the city website – but your memory is incorrect. Also not sure I found everything – and I will make a public info request to make sure.
Here is what I did find in the “Annual Comprehensive Financial Report: Fiscal Year Ending June 2022”. According to that annual report expenditures through June 2022 on road repair totaled $1,267,567 (not $280,000 as you remembered) and included: $696,021 (Nutwood-Yale St); $299,995 (Euclid-Williamson-Fern); $271,551 (W. Valencia Dr.). Those projects were ongoing at end of 2022 and each project had remaining funds committed of $701,346; $1,299,344; and $576,497.
However, spending only $1.2 million on road repair in fiscal year ending June 2022, does not seem like much – (for instance $3.2 million was spent on road repair in fiscal year ending June 2021 – during covid – under direction of City Manager Domer.)
But you may remember that during fiscal year ending June 2022 – the city was just beginning to recover from covid shutdown poor economy and a lot of turmoil was going on at city hall after the April 2021 firing (without cause) of City Manager Domer by Jung, Whitaker, and Dunlap – who replaced him with the completely unqualified Danley in April 2021, plus the same council majority’s decision to unfund 50 fulltime city positions. So there were fewer employees working under an incompetent city manager trying to get the job done. Lots fell through the cracks during Danley’s employment. Danley was let go in Dec 2021 and the experienced interium CM Collier was hired until the city found and hired current City Manager Levitt in May 2022.
The city survived covid, Danley, and the exodus of seasoned city workers – whose jobs were defunded by council majority – and others who jumped ship for better conditions at other cities – due in large part to receiving the $32.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act federal funds in May 2022.
This has been edited for personal attacks. Domer was awful and left key positions unfilled to save money like so many jobs in Parks and Recreations. He gets a pass because he is a Kennedy family friend right? You’re so transparent in your self righteousness, it doesn’t say much about the paper you edited for 20 years. Moving out of Fullerton to Anaheim. Best decision. You are ruining the city with this kind of misinfo.
From everything I’ve heard Domer was handpicked by Jennifer Fitzgerald because he would do what she wanted. And he did. Like running cover for the downtown bar owners and letting Joe Florentine forge an official City document. Domer started out as a 5th Floor political flunky at the County. By the time I met him he had moved on to be the assistant to the City Administrator in Placentia. I wouldn’t have hired him to walk my dog. But then I’m not a city councilman, either.
City Managers are hired by, directed by, and fired by Council majority. Totally agree with you on the Florentine sweetheart deal but disagree with you about City Manager Domer’s performance. He was a very good city manager through tough covid economic times.
Dear Roger N., The City Manager takes direction from the City Council. I hope you are paying this much attention to Anaheim’s Government.
Yes, this should be how it works.
Not quite sure this is what was happening the last several years here in Fullerton.
And Sharon,
We were discussing SB-1. I believe your figures quoted above were from the total pool of monies for road repair for 2021-2022.
The SB-1 (gas tax) portion of the total money allocated to road repair was far less that you stated above.
Going to believe this was just an oversight and not a deliberate attempt to deceive anyone.
Ahmad was on the OCWD supposedly representing Fullerton when he was really in it ONLY for the compensation and benefits, which is mind blowing!! He also gave a lot of misinformation to fool people into voting for him last election!!
Zahra did use his well-paying gig to get OCWD staff to write water articles that he passed on to the Observer and that were published under his name. The was never a retraction or apology from Zahra or the Observer.
Jeff & Zenger – so funny you don’t mention Whitaker’s current and long years of service on the OCWD board prior to Zahra’s one-year on that board. Zahra did pass an article on what was happening at OCWD to the Observer which I did print with a byline in error when I ran the paper and which I have admitted to several times. The information in the article was true. That I allowed it to be printed with his name on it was my error not his. Sorry.
And I know you can’t come up with any proof of misinformation on his part so I won’t ask you for that. The misinformation and huge money spent against him in the last election didn’t fool voters. Maybe you should come up with some better tactics.
So when Zahra was on the OCWD he didn’t use it to his benefit by using people to write articles?? That’s not a great representation of Fullerton by you or him..
Certain people get passes, based on the ideology they sell to the gullible.
So funny you ignore Zahra’s plagiarism, and your complicity in it.
Pathetic. So what did Zahra you or Zahra do to in print to amend the error? That’s right. Nada. That’s the responsibility of a real, unbiased journalistic endeavor.
“Zahra did pass an article on what was happening at OCWD to the Observer…”
I did a little research in your archives to make sure what you said was untrue. Of course it is.
You published THREE of Zahra’s plagiarized articles. Meaning that even if the first one was an “error” Zahra never corrected the error and neither did you – two more times. Your archived stories have never been fixed, either, meaning that the falsehood has been deliberately perpetuated. Your “apologies,” such as they are, will never catch up to the ongoing falsehood.
Thanks for checking up on that. Sorry for all three errors. However, I would like to point out the information presented in all three articles was true. I should have been overseeing the paper more carefully and shouldn’t have let the byline stand. That was my fault. I don’t remember – way back then – but believe Zahra brought the error to our team’s attention. Thanks for the correction.
Zahra brought it to your attention? Yeah, right. Jan Flory later advertised his expertise in water matters, the proof being the articles he DIDN’T write for the Observer. Zahra didn’t contradict that lie, either.
The issue isn’t about the content of the plagiarized articles, written by some OCWD mouthpiece, but the fact that the “error” of authorship (even if genuine ), went uncorrected. If Zahra did bring it to your attention you deliberately ignored him? Hmm.
BTW, what accounts for the “error” still being alive and well in Observer archives?
Dear David Zenger, It is true that the editor at the time, Jesse La Tour, did print the information from OCWD board under Ahmad Zahra’s name and never retracted the error. Zahra was a board member at the time and the information was correct. I am unclear why this offends you to the point of obsession. Have a better day. Saskia Kennedy
Oh, blaming a guy who’s gone? Classy.
Mommy already coped to the “error” so you got that wrong, too. Whether the information was correct or not isn’t the point. The point is “Dr.” Zahra took credit for articles he didn’t write. He had an opportunity to correct Observer “misinformation” and he never did. And you and your mother have never corrected the error in your archives – which is telling. I would think dwelling on the issues of truth, honesty and plagiarism would be basic for an “independent newspaper” and not an obsession. As mommy would say: Haaaaaaaaahahahaha!
I’ve written a couple posts about integrity that have magical not appeared.
Wish I could say I am surprised.
Sharon Kennedy is a liar. Unnecessary tax would raise 25 million for roads? Your own precious staff says it costs 10 million a mile. You’d get 2 miles. Lemme see that would take 100 years to fix Fullerton. Thank God I live in Anaheim!
Dear Roger, Yes – Thank Heaven you live in Anaheim – I am not a liar – mean thing for you to say.
I do hope you paid attention to the incredible corruption at your city council which required FBI investigation.
Your figures are way off – Road repair costs about $2 million a mile in Fullerton – not $10 million a mile.
Measure S would have raised $25 million per year and gone much further in getting the job done while costing residents one and a half cents per dollar spent.
Those interested in road repair in Fullerton can come to the city council meeting April 16.
Fullerton is making Stanton look more desirable every single day. This has been edited for slander.
“edited for slander”. Apparently, The Observer does not believe in the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. If “The Observer” decides they don’t like your opinion, they strike it from the record. Very 1984 of you. You should rename your paper “The Orwellian” — it would be a more accurate moniker.
I hope the “conversation” below will alert voters in this November’s National Presidential, and Fullerton’s Council election the type of shameful and baseless allegations that will be used in attempts to smear local 4th District council candidate Kitty Jaramillo. She is under attack because she is not the easily intimidated kind of person who can be bribed or manipulated that a local group desires to put in office, some of whom have contributed below, most hiding behind anonymous names. In the last election those false allegations advertised through multi-thousands of dollars worth of shiny postcards, yard signs, and robbo-calls didn’t work. Voters are getting smarter and harder to fool.
Maybe the many comments signal this Kitty Jaramilo lady is not a very good person. This has been edited for slander.
Dear Paul Peters, Your argument is not very strong if you rely on personal attacks instead of facts. Saskia Kennedy
No Paul – the numerous repetitive allegations are from the same people who attacked Shana Charles, Amad Zahra, and others with vicious false mailers and robo calls in last election. Those dishonest tactics and the multi thousands spent did not stop any of them from being elected. Voters are getting smarter and less easily fooled by you guys.
Your negative “Kennedy family trait” message is ridiculous. And why should any regular resident around town risk being attacked by you when they see the name calling here?
“vicious false mailers and robo calls in last election”
Such as?
Why back up Kitty when she is doing it at council meetings to people who disagree with her and to the council members?!?
aside from the one that was mentioned – do you have any other references to her yelling in council meetings?
Are there no other candidates who have declared their candidacy? Why basically give a veiled endorsement of this candidate? Unless you are exactly what you accuse Whitaker, Jung and Dunlap of, being bought and paid for. Aren’t you supposed to be unbiased and present the facts? Or does journalistic integrity not matter as long as your side wins?
Dear Mike, The Observer reports on traffic accidents and protests that doesn’t mean we were the driver or protester. And it doesn’t mean we advocate crashes or endorse protests. We report. As it stands no other report of candidates announcing their candidacy have been submitted. Saskia Kennedy
Hey Saskia, but you’re not “reporting”. You, or your publisher mom, are boasting about this candidate and as far as I can tell, no one else has even declared. So this “We report” stance is nonsense. You don’t report, or if you do, it is rare. Your opinions and biases are obvious. Do a better job hiding them. Mike
That’s hilarious. You not only “reported” news about the Trail to Nowhere, you were there orchestrating the “news” you reported about. You even fooled the Voice of OC to take the narrative bait. Mike is right.
Happily the council majority (Whitaker, Dunlap, and Jung) finally came around and joined Zahra and Charles in listening to the overwhelming support from the public for the new green trail that will connect UP Park and Independence Park and plant 176 new trees – and accepted the $1.7 million grant that pays for it.
You guys called it the “trail to nowhere” and tried to stop it.
In fact the very video of Kitty that your buddy suggests people watch shows her (not yelling or being rude) but very patiently urging the council majority to accept the state grant and build the long planned trail instead of being influenced by their million dollar developer campaign backer – also your buddy. She was telling the truth that you guys didn’t like having out in the open. And the audience of residents in the packed chambers applauded her statement.
Also Hilarious that you think the Observer “orchestrated “ the Voice of OC or any of the other news agencies that covered the issues.
LINDA WHITAKER FOR FULLERTON CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4! Linda is the only REAL choice who will put the interests of taxpayers and residents first. This has been edited for slander.
And God said, Let there be light……
Did she make an announcement? If, so, very interesting. There will be a distinct and clear comparison with the other one.
Haaaaaaaaahahaha Zenger – Everyone knows you and the other negative commenters are part of the little group supporting Whitaker.
Just like “everyone” knows you and your offspring are part of the little group supporting Vivian?
Oh, and haaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha.
Can you provide contact information for her campaign?
Kitty says her website will be up next week. The Observer usually has a spread of all candidates and their contact info each year before elections – so stay tuned for that. New candidates can also be found on the city website election section Nov 2024 after the June sign up date.
So refreshing to learn of this!! How can I support her campaign?
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Kitty Cannabis Saves Fullerton and we all get high! Hurrah!
Dear “cannabis one true god” – what a ridiculous comment and allegation in one. But good example of the type of misinformation we can expect in the upcoming election. Voters beware.
““I don’t know when the lightbulb will go on for our current council majority that our city is dying. We have been pinching penny’s for much too long and our city’s infrastructure shows it. If they would put on their thinking caps and allow legal dispensaries they could be the super heroes of Fullerton. Vote only candidates in favor of legalizing!“ Vivian “Kitty” Jaramillo
This is a direct quote from Kitty (edited for slander). If this is an “allegation” or “misinformation” as you claim, it’s coming straight from your candidate’s mouth!
Well – she is right about the sales tax on legal dispensaries. Without a city ordinance designating areas where legal dispensaries are allowed to locate – they can locate anywhere and can’t be regulated. Because California (including Fullerton) voters passed legal use of cannabis for adults – they can only be regulated by a city ordinance that prevents them from locating near homes or schools. As it is now, without an ordinance directing where they can locate – they can locate anywhere so shutting down them down is very tricky, takes many many months, and opens the city to lawsuits.
A city ordinance that does not locate all dispensaries on the southside of town but spreads them out around town, limits the choice of areas so they can’t locate near homes or schools, limits how close they can be from each other, and adds operating regulations – would solve that problem. So Kitty is right – both about how to regulate them so they can’t be near homes and schools and about the side benefit of sales tax collection.
First you said that Kitty being pro-Cannabis was “misinformation”. Now, you’re advocating for her because she supports it. You’re so entangled in your fallacious statements and doublegoodspeak that you can’t untwist your tongue! (Edited for slander) — you’ll both feel better and make more sense when you speak.
Logic is not welcome here. You have entered a logic-free safe space.
And apparently writing “go burn some wrappers” is “slander in the logic-free space!
Kitty Jaramillo had some good points. 1) make a policy to allow dispensaries so the city can enforce the rules and force out bad players. As it stands we have over twelve illegal dispensaries that we can not enforce because we have no policy. 2) The legal dispensaries generated $3.8 billion in tax revenue for California in 2023. Fullerton is not taking advantage of this. Alcohol and cigarettes are bad for your health, but are perfectly legal and regulated. Why not dispensaries? Fullerton residents are buying–just not in Fullerton.
“As it stands we have over twelve illegal dispensaries that we can not enforce because we have no policy.”
Absolute BS. What idiot told you that?
Probably Kitty