Courtesy of Local History Room, Fullerton Public Library The Fullerton Observer has learned that at least one r City employee has been sell­ ing AVON Products in City City Phones Hall during working hours, in direct violation of a 1975 City Council Resolution which forbids solicitations FULLERTON OBSERVER Used in Avon FEB. 1981 FULLERTON in or adjacent to City buildings. OBSERVER When asked if this was EXCLUSIVELY REPORTING FULLERTON NEWS Solicitation permissible. City Manager Bill Winter answered, "Absol­ NO. 7 FEBRUARY 1981 utely not! This is against I______ City policy and regulations Later Mr. Winter provided the Observer with a copy of Continued on p. 2 Businessmen Oppose Chamber Proposal A survey of downtown park­ ident Norm DeVilbiss and ing needs conducted by the Chamber Redevelopment Com­ Fullerton Chamber of Com­ mittee Chairman George Steib merce is completely invalid, as back-up for their request according to prominent down­ for unlimited free parking town businessman and proper­ in the 100 and 200 blocks ty owner Roy Harvill. North during the downtown The City Council apparent­ redevelopment construction ly agreed as they unanimous­ period. ly refused to reconsider the But Harvill claimed that Traffic and Parking Place neither he nor any of the Commission's decision to re­ other prominent downtown ject a downtown-parking time property owners he talked limit moratorium proposal to had received the ques­ based on the survey's results tionnaires . Results of the mailed sur­ Mr. Harry Dixon, Chairman Muppet Creator, Jim Henson, adds another veys were presented to the of the City's Traffic and charactor to his company, Fullerton comedian Continued on p. 3 Wally Boag, City Council by Chamber Pres- Citizens Push H-e-r-e's Wally! Library Services By Bill Gann wound up being at the right The Fullerton City Council place at the right time. has responded to a Chamber We here at the Fullerton A singer Wally was playing full of citizens advocating Observer have heard so much with told him that he had a restoration of pre-Proposi- about comedian Wally Boag, friend who was looking for tion 13 full library servi­ ces by ordering a staff we thought it would only be Continued on p. 6 fair to give him a chance study of the costs and alter­ to tell his side of the native ways of providing such story. Commission services in time for their "Go ahead, ask me what it Stained glass window crea­ consideration during 1981- takes to make a good comedi­ Grapples With ted by Fullerton Architect 82 budget reviews. an," Boag said, coaxing me Claude Senefeld. Councilwoman LeQuire said into being his straight man and sororities in Fullerton. that she was proud to be a few minutes after I arrived Fraternity Regs Catlin continued, "The key part of Fullerton on this for the interview. to these recurring complaints night and that "library ser­ "Okay," I responded, will­ "We must accept fraterni­ against such houses is the vices should be top priority ing to go along. "What’s it ties and sororities as part University. There would be in Fullerton." take to make a good..." of having a University in no problem if they were do­ Continued on p. 7 "Timing!" Wally interrup­ Fullerton, but they must ing their job," said Commis­ ted at just the precise mo­ be good neighbors." sioner Catlin. ment , making such a response These were the words of Conditional Use Permits seem hilarious. Planning Commissioner Buck will now be required before More Inside With Wally, timing seems Catlin, as the Commission additional fraternities or to have played a key role in recently was grappling with sororities can be located p . 2 Group Homes his unusual career. He was proposed changes in the in any residential zone. doing his vaudeville act in City's Codes governing the Previously they had been p. b Shopping Comparisons Hollywood in the ’50’s and approval of fraternities C ontinued on p. 7 P. 5 Olympic Gamefield Bulk Rate The Fullerton Observer U.S. Postage p. 6 Program Evaluation ll8 W. Brookdale Place Ms. Florence James PAID Fullerton, Calif. 92632 353 West Commonwealth Avenue Permit # 1577 p. 8 Mama's Cookin' Company Fullerton, CA 92632 Fullerton, Ca. Courtesy of Local History Room, Fullerton Public Library Troubled Youths Trustees Abandon Center By Chris Beard year plus maintenance. Local taxpayers and high In separate action at Need Shelter school teachers will be glad the Monday night meeting, By Stephen Creason assist these desperate to know that the Fullerton contract negotiations for young people and their fam­ Union High School District 1981-82 were formally Perhaps one of the most ilies faces a major stum­ trustees voted Monday, Janu­ started between the Fuller­ oft-quoted phrases in Orange bling block. The County of ary 19, to abandon their ton Secondary Teachers As­ County is, "We take care of Orange has adopted a regu­ controversail district edu­ sociation and the Board of our own." Yet when it comes lation which for the past cation center. Education. to the area of troubled year has allowed only one After July 30, Norton FSTO's proposal included youth, that axiom is sadly group home to be developed. Simon Inc., owner of the a request that 66 percent far from the truth. Continued on p. 4 building located at 2600 of the District's budget Orange County currently E. Nutwood, will have a new "must be allocated to dir­ has over U,500 kids in place­ Solicitation tenant to occupy the 10th ect student services such ment out of the home. These floor penthouse which it as teachers, librarians, children have problems that Violates City currently leases to FUHSD and nurses." This is in range from families that are for $lU0,000 a year. contrast to the 50 percent falling apart to all forms Council Policy Beechwood School is to the proposal said now goes of delinquent behavior. Continued from p. 1 become the new district to these areas. Some are simply not wanted City Council Resolution headquarters. The central­ Other requests included by their families, others #5872, to which he had re­ ly located campus will be in the proposal were a cost have been sexually abused ferred. leased from the Fullerton of living increase and a bv a family member and must It reads: "Except as other­ Elementary School District student to teacher ratio of therefore be placed out of wise specifically provided by at a cost of $50,000 per 25 to 1. the home for an extended ordinance, or pursuant to the period of time. normal, course of City busi­ All of these youngsters, ness , no person shall peddle however, have one thing in or solicit in or adjacent to common. They need help des­ the following City buildings: perately. Thev need shelter City Hall, Main Library, and counseling but they also Hunt Branch Library, Police need their parents' involve­ Station, Fire Stations, Mun­ ment in the resolution of icipal Yards, or Airport Ad­ the problems besetting them. ministration Building. Despite this, over two The Observer source, who thirds of these young people chooses to remain anonymous, are not able to receive the provided evidence to support kind of help they need in the claim of City Hall soli­ Orange County. Over 3,000 citations by a City employee. kids are in placement out of Pictures of the cover of the County. This, of course, AVON Products advertisements greatly reduces and in most are shown below with the cases eliminates parental name of the City employee involvement in the program. salesperson stamped on them. Without parental involve­ The November phone number ment, the return of the is that of the City's Devel­ child to his natural home opment Services Department, is extremely difficult, where this employee previ­ often impossibly fraught ously worked. with complications, and most The January 23, 1981 phone importantly, very slow in number is that of the City's occurring. Many youngsters Finance Department, where are simply "warehoused", Ms. Haines is currently em­ i.e. provided a living en­ ployed as the Departmental vironment in a group home Secretary. with little or no hope of Despite the existence of ever returning home. the explicit 1975-enacted Why does this situation City Council Resolution, exist and what can be done violations of this type do about it? It exists simply sometimes occur, according because Orange County does to the City Manager. not have the group homes to The Employees' Handbook is accommodate these troubled not so explicit with regard youth. to such soliciting. The The resources are scarce. only applicable section, New group homes could be pointed out by Personnel developed, of course, with­ Director Mark Flannery, ap­ out additional cost to the plies to outside employment. taxpayer. The dollars go­ It reads in part: ".... ing into caring for these Outside work is considered young people out of county detrimental if it causes could be better used here an employee to be less pro­ at home. ductive, or if it represents But the development of a conflict of interest with additional group homes to your City Job." ; » 4 \ » Courtesy of Local History Room, Fullerton Public Library Page 3 1 COMMENTARY I Election Partisanship The Orange County Division to concentrate on local is­ of the League of California sues and candidates, rather Cities is sponsoring a reso­ than on political party af­ lution which would give cit­ filiations. ies the option of consolida­ Sadly, in the most recent ting their Municipal Election! Fullerton City Council Elec­ with Primary or General Elec­ tion, this tradition was se­ tions.