Dr. King Honored As Grocery Worker Rally Draws 4,000 Marking the 100Th Day of the More Religious Congregations and Families in Orange County
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Courtesy of the Local History Room, Fullerton Public Library COMMUNITY & ARTS CALENDAR Paae 11-14 EB 201)4 U1 20 o o o o >- 02 02 < L.J 02 Fullerton’s Only Local, Independent Newspaper • Est. 1978 (printed on 100% recycled paper) VOLUME 26 #2 • FEBRUARY 2004 CQ LxJ LL_ !_JL_ FOX Brings Out Record Crowd PLEASE RETURN TO THE The turn out at the Thursday night sense.“It’s ridiculous to have this FULLERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Save the FOX event definitely proves beautiful theater falling to ruin in -*5 353 W. COMMONWEALTH AVE. community support for the Fox ex the middle of our downtown.” She -" FULLERTON, CA. 92832-1796 ists. The 415-seat Wilshire Audito also praised the Observer holding rium was standing room only. The up the January issue with the FOX overflow crowd peered through the on the frontpage, as the crowd ap open lobby doors of the auditorium, plauded. She presented the Foun itself a landmark recently saved from dation with a $5,000 matching the wrecking ball. Unfortunately grant. The amount was matched many who wanted to participate had hours later by Paul and Cyndy to be turned away because of fire Sumner, former Fullertonians, now codes while lack of parking kept oth living in Newport Beach. ers from trying. Other speakers included County After an informative and entertain Supervisor Norby who led a cheer ing program presented by the Historic for the FOX and City Councilman Theatre Foundation and MC'd by TV Leland Wilson who told the crowd, and Radio personality Tom Hatten, “If you want this you have to tell the evening's final speaker, Chris us.” (Phone: 738-6311 or by email: Graham of Fullerton knocked out the Council @ ci.fullerton. ca. us) crowd with simple common Continued on page 5 P p | 1 j* t e l fl Above: Nearly 4,000 workers and supporters surrounded Vons. Photo © 2004 Thomas Sullens Dr. King Honored As Grocery Worker Rally Draws 4,000 Marking the 100th day of the more religious congregations and families in Orange County. grocery workers strike a huge rally other groups standing up with the The average grocery worker drew nearly 4,000 citizens to the striking workers, and the anti-trust makes $12 per hour. In addition Vons on Chapman in Garden c’naiges being brought against to fighting to keep their wages Grove on Saturday January 17th. Albertsons, Safeway and Ralphs from being lowered, workers are The crowd included local striking chains for their profit-sharing agree fighting to keep their health care and locked out grocery workers, ments made before contract from being cut in half and even members of other Unions and cus negoatiations began, the balance o‘f worse wage and benefit package tomers who came out to show their power may begin to change. planned for new hirees. For daily Above: Over 500 people came to hear about how to save the Fox support for the workers. Police The Strike and lockout is affecting updates on the grocery workers Theater. The overflow crowd peer through the doors. looked ominous in riot gear but 13,000 United Food & Commercial struggle and other issues go to were gentle and polite to the Workers union members and their www.nonviolenceworks.com SoCo $2.1-Million Price Tag Typo crowd. Some people were arrested A recent issue of “Fullerton Focus cil meeting, will use Redevelopment for refusing to move from the THE CRANE CORRECTION sent along with the City water, sewer, Area #2 funds to improve the alley- doorway of the store, but in gen Crane’s firm had nothing to do with designing Florentine’s “Patio” eral there were no violent inci trash bill discussed the new SoCo al ways in the area created behind Information printed in the January Hall held at the Fullerton Public ley improvements but mistakenly businesses facing Commonwealth dences. 2004 issue of the Fullerton Observer Library’s Osborne Auditorium. listed the cost of the project at $2.1- and West Santa Fe Ave, Malden and Part of the event was a celebra (page 3, opinion section) stated one Mayor Clesceri answered that million. According to the Fullerton Harbor. The project calls for pedes tion of the life of Nobel Peace of the reasons that the City Council while it may have had the appear Redevelopment Department that was trian friendly plaza and walkways Prize winner and Civil Rights refused to reappoint former Commis ance of impropriety, “Pat Hart ap a typo and the figure should have been with shade trees, landscaping, light leader Rev Dr. Martin Luther King sioner Rick Crane to the Planning plied for the position long before $ 1.2-million. However another source ing, and benches. Several restau Jr. who changed our nation by Commission was that Crane’s com Wilson was elected to Council.” pointed out that an additional $ 1 -mil rants including Table Ten, Steamers, ending legal segregation in the US. pany designed the Florentine addition However, according to Pat Hart’s lion is planned to underground utili Heroes, and the new Roscoe’s Deli A non-violent man of great vision on the public sidewalk. application filed with City Hall she ties in the area pushing the total over will have outdoor seating on the al and action he worked to end rac Crane’s company had nothing to do applied on 11/25/2002, exactly 20 the $2-million figure.. ley. For further info on the plan call ism, challenged practices with designing or building the addi days after business partner Leland The $ 1.2-million SoCo project, was Fullerton Redevelopment Dept, at prrventing Blacks from registering tion and his name does not appear on Wilson’s election to City Council. authorized in the October 7th Coun- 738-6877 to vote, spoke up against the war in Viet Nam, stood with workers any of the paperwork for the addition. She listed both Councilmen for justice, addressed poverty is The information was received in a Clesceri and Wilson as references on her application Coco’s R.I. P . - by Vince Buck sues of fair wage, health care, de phone call from (what was thought cent housing and education for all. to be) a reliable elected official. A Recently another vacancy has C oco’s at the corner of State Col owner. He might as well have Dr. King saw the connection be phone call to Rick Crane was not re been created by the resignation of lege and Chapman will soon close. The stayed at home. tween a healthy America and the turned by presstime and the paper re Roy LeQuire who is moving out landlords consider the restaurant ob I will miss Coco’s, or rather I will economic condition of all work grets failing to do other checking of town. Since the reasons for not solete and want to remodel the build miss the room. It is a very Califor ers. He said, “It is a crime, in this, that might have discovered the inac ing to include three fast-food style op nian room: light, airy, with large reappointing Rick Crane to the the wealthiest nation on earth, for curacy before going to print. erations. windows providing good views of Planning Commission have people to be working for starva Sixteen applicants interviewed for Only two people showed up at the Eucalyptus trees and the passing proven to be mistaken will Crane tion wages.” the Planning Commission position. city council meeting to argue for de scene. The banquettes are comfort be reappointed? Crane was con Despite the estimated $1-billion As is customary, both incumbents nying the necessary zone change that able and I have spent many relax sidered by many to be the most loss suffered by the chains during Dexter Savage and Rick Crane, seek would allow the renovation but they ing moments in them either in con knowledgeable person on the the 4-month strike/lock-out, ing reappointment, were interviewed. were backed by a petition signed by versation or reading the morning Planning Commission for which speculation is that the three giants Dexter Savage was reappointed. 3,852 people. paper. If this is what obsolesence he served a four-year term. If combined yearly take of $121 bil- Crane was not, leaving one position One argued for the value of keeping looks like, we need more of it. Crane does not want the position lion'will allow them to hold out vacant. a family restaurant in this location. The Coco’s can go and it will; but the or is not invited to take it who will without compromise. The Council chose to appoint other noted the potential traffic prob room is worth saving and it won’t win the spot and will they be But as contracts come due for Councilmember Leland Wilson’s lems with the proposed configuration. be. It may not be the Fox, but it was judged on the basis of qualifica renegotiation in other regions business partner Pat Hart. The ques His obviously valid concerns were not one of the good things in Fullerton tions or other connections? across the country, the recent tion of the apparent cronyism of the addressed by either the council or the and it is doubtful that the replace Planning Commission involvment of top AFL-CIO ne-' appointment was brought up by an ment structure will be as pleasing. 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