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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Gavello Opts Out of Tustin Election
by Dan Chmielewski • • 5 Comments

Tustin Council member Deborah Gavello has decided not to seek re-election. She sent us this statement below: “It is with mixed emotions that I have decided not to seek re-election to the Tustin City Council. Under the best of conditions,…
Doing the People’s Work-Part II
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
So much for the “fiscal conservatives” in Tustin; Blogger Jeff Gallagher had a terrific post yesterday that was overshadowed by the Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality on Heatlhcare Reform. The issue in Tustin — $600,000 budgeted for “legal services”…
Tustin Council to Consider an Attendance Rule; Bullying Still Permitted
by Dan Chmielewski • • 7 Comments
When I attended Catholic School as a wee lad in Central New York, the nuns would take attendance at Mass that Sunday. If you didn’t make it to church that Sunday, on Monday “Sister” would question “why didn’t you go…
Amante Develops Amnesia, and Takes the Low Road Again
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
After 24 hours, the team at the City of Tustin finally managed to get the video of Tuesday night’s council meeting up and running. And Pam Keller was eloquent and classy in dressing down Boss Tweed Jerry Amante for being…
Tustin’s Gavello Elected Vice President
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
That sound you heard was Tustin City Council member Jerry Amante falling off his chair (no 3.9 aftershock I’m afraid) and I assure you the headline is entirely accurate. But the Gavello from Tustin I’m writing about is Natalie Gavello. …
No Pie for Amante
by Dan Chmielewski • • 10 Comments

It’s not even July 4th but there were plenty of fireworks in Tustin at last Tuesday’s city council meeting. Gentle readers, I direct you to the video of said meeting here and scroll ahead to abut the 44 minute mark…

