Hat tip to OurTownTustin blogger Jeff Gallagher for this scoop on Tustin Council candidate Allan Bernstein, a Jerry Amante-endorsee with no civic or community experience and little apparent common sense, for using a photo of himself on the Dais of the…
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Tustin’s PR Head is PIO of the Year
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
Public relations and handling public information requests is not an easy task and I know this from personal experience. You serve two masters — the people who pay your salary and the demanding media. If you mishandle that second relationship, you…
Jerry Amante’s $10,000 Fib
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
Earlier this month, when Tustin Mayor Jerry Amante announced that “not a single signature” had been turned in for his recall, he incorrectly assumed not a single one had been gathered. The fact was the RecallAmante committee came close to…
Pro-Amante Website Makes a Quiet Debut
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
Mayor Jerry Amante, the Il Duce of Tustin, has his fans to but they have a twisted sense of humor when it comes to naming a website to support their dear leader. SaveTustin has next to no information and a…
Amante vs TUSD: The Fireworks you might have missed on July 4
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
KOCE’s David Nazar did a fantastic story on the legal battle between the City of Tustin and TUSD; the story first aired on July 4 but was rebroadcast later. In the story, Tustin Mayor Jerry Amante minced no words in…
Constrasting Views of Amante in Tustin
by Dan Chmielewski • • 9 Comments
A recent Irvine World News column by Adam Probolsky and a newsletter from Tustin Council member Deborah Gavello offer an interesting constrast to the boiling pot Tustin Mayor Jerry Amante finds himself in these days. Probolsky’s column on Amante is…
Recall Petition Ping Pong
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
The RecallAmante committee was dealt a minor setback by the Tustin City Clerk’s office which rejected the petition signed by 30 residents to recall Tustin Mayor Jerry Amante on what amounts to a formatting issue. Here’s the letter. and the response…
