O.K., we know that we reported on this a few weeks ago and we also posted video of Nigsarian from the City Council interviews where he states his desire to tax the citizens of La Habra. However, now we have video of Nigsarian’s response to Candidate Shapiroaccusing him of wanting to tax water in the Video Link Below.
It is amazing to see Nigsarain lie with such ease when only a few months prior to the League of Women Voters forum he was giving careful, detailed explanations of why we need more taxes and how he would personally guarantee getting a hotel tax passed. AND WANTING TO TAX WATER AS A WAY TO GENERATE REVENUE!
Watch this video and immediately e-mail your friends cause this guy is lying before he even gets into office.
City Council Candidate Larry Dobkin got it right at last weeks council meeting when he accused the city of illegally campaigning for Measure-T and asking them if another mailer was coming out – of which he got no response.
This time, City Manager Hannah has recruited Police Chief Dennis Kies to be a party to this charade as a larger (8.5″x11″), more expensive 4 page color brochure arrived yesterday in the mail (Oct. 30) with Chief Kies giving a full accounting of the dangers if Measure-T does not pass.
He states that “..cuts will have to be implemented that may significantly impact public services.” Since when did the Police Chief decide about what is going to be cut in the P.D budget? At the Candidates Forum, Councilman Beamish and Espinoza both stated that they would not cut the PD’s Read the rest of this entry »
La Habra’s Politicians, those who feed at the trough of the taxpayer and other elitists, have finally come out of the closet and put their names on ballot Measure-T, the 20 year sales tax.
The mailers are replete with chalked out murder scenes with dangling and torn crime scene tape, followed by the fear mongering by line “You Never Want to Get This Call!” Of course, none of this will happen if you pass the 20 year sales tax.
The mailers are big, letter size color flyers that have come via the postman. Two received yesterday were interesting, to say the least. One of the flyers had the names of La Habra’s mostly elite endorsing the tax. And of course there is Lyle Parks , ultra wealthy contractor/developer of the Westridge retail center on Beach and Imperial Hwy., who endorse the sales tax. Along with a bunch of city employees and out of town real estate agents, The Doomis’s and a host of usual suspects that feed at the incestious trough of the city.
Keep watching as we get ready to post the pages of the those donors of the Yes on Measure
Another amazing item that we found, the Yes On Measure-T website (welovelh.com) has nobody endorsing the sales tax measure.
If you go to the site and try to click on the “Endorsements” link you will find it is not active. Why? Because none of the incumbents up for re-election, Rose Espinoza(D), Tom Beamish(R), and candidates Darren Nigsarian(D), Tim Shaw(R), will risk running on the tax for fear of losing.
While they all support the Sales Tax increase, they refuse to put their verbal commitments into print or on their individual web sites.
Come on you guys’ and gal. Be proud of your stance on raising taxes on your constituents during this country’s biggest economic crisis since the great depression. All of you are brilliantly articulate about why we need the tax when you speak to your supporters but you become very different when speaking to the public.
You can see Tim Shaw & Darren Nigsarian discussing why they are for the tax by clicking on the “Video” link in the Categories Box to the right side of this page.
These folks are covertly running on the tax while at the same time they are running away from it when it comes to their campaign material or speaking to the public.
When city council’s get a guaranteed revenue stream they usually want to realize the funds immediately by bonding against it. This will do two things; Thwart a recall of the measure after it is passed because bonds are tied to it and in-debt the taxpayers for years.
Our City Council can actually bond against the Tax once it passes. This would explain why the reported phone calls came from Boston, although they could come from N.Y., as there are plenty of bond companies that would have a stake in seeing a 20 year sales tax be passed in La Habra.
More food for thought for when we go to the polls next week.
We’ve had numerous e-mails complaining that telephone marketing from actual live callers, not automated computer calls, from the city of Boston, Mass. in support of Measure-T have been hiting homes in our city. Many angry voters have expressed their displeasure with folks from an extremely Liberal state, telling La Habran’s what would be best for them.
We can only surmise at this point, that the ”We Love La Habra – so taxes us hard and long group” will go to any lengths to drain us of our money.
If you go this link, “Socialist La Habran’s Who Know Whats Best For You” web site, you can see the idiots in action. The arguments are weak and promise everything if you only pass the tax. From Erectile Dysfunction to solving MassTransit Issues, the T-Tax will do it all.
If you thought this couldn’t get any crazier, La Habra’s past good old boy on the council, John Holmberg, has endorsed Tim Shaw.
Back in 1992 then councilman Holmberg voted to pass the illegal Utility Tax in La Habra and set the stage for the liberation of millions of dollars from the public’s purse. Read the rest of this entry »
In Tim’s most recent mailer, 8″x10″ with LA County Firemen on the back, it says: Tim Shaw – Keeping Republican Values Strong. We assume he knows what he is doing as he sent it to Republican house holds.
Here is a list of slate mailer’s we’ve been able to come come up with.
Remember, all slate mailers have disclosures written on them that are required by law. However, this is what we call the fine print. So look for these disclosures and you will be amazed at what you find.
We found this article written by the LA Times back in 2002 -
Slate mailers, an increasingly popular form of political communication in California, are giving candidates new opportunities to reach the electorate–but are also undermining campaign finance rules and, according to critics, handing out endorsements to the highest bidder.
You can read the rest of the article by clicking here.
A partial list of Slate Mailers that you need only to write a check to get endorsed:
Today we got a slate mailer with candidates Shaw and Beamish on the mailer. The slate mailer was “The Save Proposition 13 Newsletter”. What you need to know is that the mailers are deceptive.
We had a comment by Rick today under the post, “Sales Tax Increase Poll”, that Candidate Dobkin was posting political signs on Imperial Middle Schools fence facing in towards the soccer fields. That this was a violation.
So, we sent an e-mail to Dobkin to explain what this was about.
Larry, matter of factly, stated that he was putting up signs, just not political signs.
Because many people have been asking AYSO to support the Sales Tax (Measure T), Dobkin had asked the AYSO Region 94 Director if he could put up signs on the fence that stated that ’AYSO neither endorses or supports ballot measures.’
I guess we now have to be nice to Larry for making sure people understand, indirectly, that Non-Profits supporting ballot measures or political candidates may run afoul of the law and lose their Non-profit status.
Larry, thank you for clearing up the sign issue and performing a public service.
Now for the Question:
Are the sports groups being leveraged to support the sales tax? Are they handing out pro or con material at their sporting events on School property or publicly owned sports parks? Would the city and their political cronies actually use scare tactics against parents and children to get Measure-T to pass, would they really stoop that low?
After lengthy discussions with the witness, we found that council candidate Darren Nigsarian was caught stealing “No On G” signs” back during the 2005 special election.
The witness stated that he personally saw Nigsarian taking the signs from Arby’s on Whittier Blvd, just West of Harbor Blvd. The witness stated that Nigsarian had the “wet paint”, candidate Dobkin alluded to in the debate, “on his hands.” The witness called the police and an officer found Nigsarian. Confidential sources stated that the president of the No on G committee was contacted and that Nigsarian was found with the signs in the trunk of his car.
From discussions back in October, 2005 we established that a woman was given a summons to appear by LH PD for stealing signs and that she too was caught with no on G signs in the trunk of her car. However, unlike Nigsarian she was given a summons to appear.
Now the questions begin. Why was Darren not given a summons to appear? The explination we got back in 2005 was that Nigsarian claimed he had taken the signs because he was helping to clean up the area.
The witness declined to sign a complaint as they were elderly and felt “intimidated” which we took as possibly uncomfortable with the situation, that Nigsarian would then know who they were.
With the goods in his vehicle, white paint on his hands, trunk and his admission that he took the signs, why would a officer need a witness at that point?
We shall see, as this does not seem to be the end of this.
Given the economy, it is highly unlikely Measure T will pass. The rumblings out in the hinterland of La Habra appear to be two fold:
Since 1992, when the Utility Tax was illegally passed by the council, $60,000,000 has been taken from the residents – This includes the sales tax from newer retail developments.
A lack of trust in the current city council to manage and account for monies from any tax.
The existing city council has squandered the money on everything but what the money was promised for: Public safety.
When we begin to tally up the unsound, fiscally irresponsible actions of the council, it is no wonder that confidence is waning when they demand WE pay more.
After reviewing notes from other sources at the candidates forum, we found that one question stood out, yet at the same time only one answer from a candidate was telling, almost cryptic.
Larry Dobkin’s response to the question “what should be done to those who steal or deface political signs?” set our minds racing as nothing in this town is what it appears to be.
So, which candidate was pulling out “No On G” signs in 2005?
Not Shaw. As tax happy as he is, Shaw knows better. Even as the Treasurer of the Yes On G Utility Tax Committee, Shaw isn’t that stupid. Beamish; that would be a stretch even at best. Ortega, highly unlikely a guy who is against the sales tax would go pinch the signs and the same goes for Shapiro.
That leaves Espinoza, which gives us headaches trying to envision her stealing signs. That has Nigsarian who co-chaired the Yes On G Committee without a chair to sit in when the music stops.
By eliminating who wouldn’t steal a sign, we are left with Darren Nigsarian.
And what we found out is very interesting. See our next post for more.
The La Habra City Council must have been choking after councilman Jim Gomez asked Bob Huff, our 60th Assembly District Representative, to speak at the last council meeting and he pounded the anti-tax theme
As the video shows, Bob Huff is very articulate and convincing in his speech against taxes and he makes Republicans proud to know that there is a Republican out there who will toe the line against taxes.
Showing the true measure of a statesmen ready for the Senate, Mr. Huff gives the most poignant line of the entire year about taxes;
“Taxes that are passed with the intention of creating revenue, actually have the opposite effect in a downward economy.”
We could not have said it better! The only problem is that our council and half of the candidates running for office think that Measure-T, the sales tax, will bring in more income. We are only puzzled that Steve Simonian didn’t jump up and call Huff a liar, as he normally treats people who have conviction, the facts on there side and the audacity to contradict him
Watch this video and realize there are elected officials outside this town, that you support, that speak the same warning words as those you would vilify simply because they are not your councilman. Being a good party loyalist, if that’s what your are, simply means you will at least hold identical core values, such as Assemblyman Huff, of the Republican party. Like NO TAXES if you are a Republican. If this is who you are, then why do you keep voting for the same pathetic sellouts?
Political hacks that pander to you while draining the publics coffers to keep you happy, then you get mad that your police force has shrunken, your, roads look like a third world country and you won’t even blame those in office, to the contrary, you vote for them again thinking they can save you.
Wake up! Stop thinking that government can be the arbiter of your happiness. Its actually cathartic, to be free of dependence on others for that which you should rely on yourself to be responsible for: self-determination.
Taxes are bad. Politicians who pass them are bad too. Its that simple.
We have been getting e-mails and searches on this site for information on Louie Contreras. We are in the dark as you are when it comes to Louie. We have never heard of him before. He did not show up for the La HabraTask Force Forum or the League of Gals/Chamber debate. He does not have a candidate statement in the voter guide pamphlet from the Orange County Registrar of Voters.
For someone who actually wants this office and turned in enough signatures to qualify to be on the ballot, he is acting more like the write in candidate, Joey Amarro. Which in and of itself is not a good thing.
We are canvasing our sources and video of council meetings to find out who he is. If we find anything, then he will get equal time, for good or bad. Depending what side you fall on
Back in 2005 the Orange County Register, you know the paper that Councilman Simonian stated in a council meeting he cancelled because of their biased reporting, ran a editorial staff story on Measure G – the utility tax.
Here’s what they wrote on Oct. 15, 2005
“Our analysis of the period that the tax has been in effect shows that La Habra’s city government spending has grown faster than the combined rate of inflation plus population growth, a good rule of thumb to use to evaluate spending growth.”
“From 1995 to 2005 the consumer price index rose from 153.7 to 189.4, that is a 23.2% increase.”
and
“The combination of inflation and population growth equals 37 percent for that period.”
So what did this all mean? Well according to data compiled by the OC Register at that time, La Habra governmental spending went up 94% to $44.9 million in fiscal year (FY) 2003-2004 from $23.2 million in FY 1994-95.
Tax receipts also went up substantially too. From $13.2 million in FY 1994-95 to $20.1 million in FY 2003-04. THAT’S A 52% INCREASE!!!! And our city already has even more big box stores and retail business’s since then!
The differential of sales tax to utility tax is only about a $500,000 to $600,000 and that should shrink as more business’s come on line.
So, if you’re wondering should you vote for The “T” Tax, think about over $60,000,000 collected since 1992, including sales tax from new commercial developments, how come our streets are not paved in gold and our police department cannot have an officer on every corner?
Cause this council blew through it all. Not one damn dime is left but for a bloated budget that they do not have the discipline to live within.
It is time for new leadership. It is time for those who where at the helm during this reckless spending spree to find new hobbies to play at, preferably where they don’t have access to public funds.
This photo ended up in our in-box and we really went over it to make sure its real. Our photoshop gurus poured over it and they think its absolutley phony…..
Tim could never lift that much weight. It appears to be a cross between Jane Fonda workout meets flash dance.
Its true. If you live in the areas of unincorporated La Habra, you are not affected by the sales tax, if it passes, when it comes to buying a car. According to our car dealership buddies, if your address is in say, the island North of Whittier Blvd. off of Palm, then you can go buy your car at Burch Ford or Don Steves Chevrolet and pay no Measure-T tax! Just the good old County of Orange 7.75% sales tax.
These good “island folks” also didn’t have to pay the Utility tax for all those years.
Guess you can’t blame the West-Side island (the largest unincorporated island in LH) for not wanting to be annexed into the city.
The only question is; CAN WE GO BACK TO BEING UNINCORPORATED TOO!
What a interesting politcalpalooza it was on Thursday at the city council chambers. After candidate Larry Dobkin unrolled the mega list of taxes to emphasize how much we already pay to the government, things got boring.
Not until the halfway mark did it begin to sound like a debate.
The big item was when candidate Mike Shapiro accused fellow candidate, Daren Nigsarian, of wanting to bring back the Utility Tax, Hotel Tax, have a sales tax, and TAX WATER!
Nigsarian denied ever saying he wanted to tax water and laughed it off as a joke.
Shaprio looked shocked, as we were, and Shaprio then said “Yes, you did. I saw the video of you during the interview and I posted it on my web site.”
This isn’t the first time Nigsarian has conviently forgotten his past words or deeds.
If you’ve been reading and watching the videos on this site, then you know Nigsarian DOES WANT TO TAX WATER. You heard him in his own words and raising of his eyebrows as if it was a great new revenue idea that he just thought of.
Taxing Tim Shaw, like Tom Beamish, couldn’t answer the question of supporting the sales tax, Measure-T. Both prefaced their statements with “I’m a republican and I’m against taxes…But.” What a shame that two well known republicans can’t stand up for fiscal responsibility. Especially when it comes to Shaw. Working for such an anti-tax elected official as Bob Huff, our 60th state assembly representative, for Shaw to embrace a tax is puzzling, to say the least.
Today, October 16, the League of Women Voters of North Orange County and the Chamber of Commerce will host a Candidates Forum in the La Habra Council chambers at City Hall beginning at 7 p.m. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m.
Three city council seats are up for election. Eight candidates seek a seat on the council. Tom Beamish, Louie Contreras, Larry Dobkin, Rose Espinoza, Daren Nigsarian , Robert Ortega, Michael Shapiro and Tim Shaw.
It is amazing to see Nigsarain lie with such ease when only a few months prior to the League of Women Voters forum he was giving careful, detailed explanations of why we need more taxes and how he would personally guarantee getting a hotel tax passed. AND WANTING TO TAX WATER AS A WAY TO GENERATE REVENUE!
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have expressed their displeasure with folks from an extremely Liberal state, telling La Habran’s what would be best for them.
Here is a list of slate mailer’s we’ve been able to come come up with.
So, which candidate was pulling out “No On G” signs in 2005?
We have been getting e-mails and searches on this site for information on Louie Contreras. We are in the dark as you are when it comes to Louie. We have never heard of him before. He did not show up for the La HabraTask Force Forum or the League of Gals/Chamber debate. He does not have a candidate statement in the voter guide pamphlet from the Orange County Registrar of Voters.
Its true. If you live in the areas of unincorporated La Habra, you are not affected by the sales tax, if it passes, when it comes to buying a car. According to our car dealership buddies, if your address is in say, the island North of Whittier Blvd. off of Palm, then you can go buy your car at Burch Ford or Don Steves Chevrolet and pay no Measure-T tax! Just the good old County of Orange 7.75% sales tax.
Not until the halfway mark did it begin to sound like a debate.