Opinion

“The right to swing your arm ends at the other person’s nose,” the old saying goes.   Free speech is championed online, on the radio and in Fullerton City Council meetings by advocates asserting their rights to expression.  During the past several months we’ve seen those people trample the ability of others to do the...
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Kelly Thomas’ death has produced more than just outrage. It’s produced many ironic and contradictory situations in the public forum. A few things to consider: • Protesters against the police are assisted with roadblocks set up by the police. • People chanting “don’t believe the media” get their information from the media. • Public speaking...
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During the past week FullertonStories.com has received emails that range from “how dare you print those ignorant comments,” to “I’m glad someone is speaking about the other side of dealing with schizophrenia.” Last week’s Opinion essay by me, Davis Barber, about the difficulties of dealing with mental illness quoted Jeremy Popoff several times in...
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“It just sucks. Everything about it sucks.”  Those are the words of Jeremy Popoff, owner of the Slidebar Rock-N-Roll Kitchen. On July 5 outside his restaurant, Kelly Thomas, a 37-year-old mentally ill homeless man, was arrested in a violent clash with Fullerton police. Thomas died five days later, after he was removed from life...
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By Chris Thompson – I appreciate Fullerton Stories providing me with additional opportunity to set the record straight on some seriously error-riddled stories being told by a Mr. Frank Jahn in the Fullerton Observer. In a letter entitled, “Boardmembers Actions Appalling” Jahn butchers my words in frustration over my efforts to put kids before...
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By Vince Buck – The 14 member California Citizens Redistricting Commission is traveling the state to get public reaction to  its proposed districts for the state and federal legislatures, and  on June 18  it came to Fullerton. The public is rarely pleased with how legislatures work. Mostly that is due to a lack of...
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By Theresa Harvey – The Fullerton Chamber of Commerce encourages businesses to get involved in the public review process of the recently released draft redistricting maps released by the Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC). To quote the Bloomberg Report, “Republicans are angry. Democrats are running for cover. And the executive director of a group that...
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It’s an old mantra: stay in school.  My mother said it, your mother probably said it, and of course all of our teachers probably said it. While I was earning my Master’s in Communications just a few years ago (my BA I earned just a few decades ago), a trusted advisor told me that...
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This week I removed a reader’s comment from FullertonStories.com because it contained aggressive and potentially libelous accusations toward an individual who was a small part of a story reported. I was not concerned about being sued for libel; the courts have ruled clearly that a site generally cannot be held responsible for the opinions...
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Fullerton is a unique city, confirmed by the many residents that like to tell others how great living here is. It’s amusing at times how we like to talk about it. What’s unusual is that it is a city of 137,624 but has, by most accounts, a “small town feel.” Anywhere one goes they...
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