Irvine residents are very angry at Beth Krom, Jeff Lalloway,
Lynn Schott, and Steven Choi for not supporting the landswap. Here are some of Irvine residents' comments, and some of content for the letters sent to the city councils and the mayor:
There
is a lot of wrong information intentionally put out there by Agran's
team, including Beth Krom and Jeff Lalloway, who has gone to the dark
side and is really a friend or mole for Agran inside the Republican
party.
People need to dig more into this and get the facts right:
1. The veterans ask for the landswap this time, and we are supporting the veterans.
2.
The new site is better for the veterans in every way: better access
from freeway, high visibility, a clean agricultural land to deal with,
etc.
3. Of course, the landswap will be good for Irvine residents too.
4.
If the cemetery stays at the current location, it will costs a lot of
money to demo and clean the site, and the money will have to be paid for
by the state and the tax payer. The cost can be millions and millions.
Where is the money? Jeff and Krom are probably killing the cemetery all
together by keeping it at the current location.
5. If the
landswap is successful, then the cost to demo and clean the site will be
paid by Five Point, and it save the taxpayer money.
In
fact, when the CalVet Report comes back, if the cost is very high, and
the landswap is put on the city council agenda again, we think Asian
Americans should NOT even show up at the city council meeting, let the
city council deal with the veterans directly and squarely, we should
stay out of this. This way, let us see how the city council can be
politically correct and say no to the veterans.
If we
show up, then they can make the water muddy again by saying they do not
care about superstition, and raise the conflicts between some of the
veterans that do not know the truth and us, the residents.
This
way, the landswap is 100% the veterans' deal, and is harder for them to
say no because the veterans have no money to build it.
"Shame
on you for NOT supporting councilwoman Shea's motion to support a landswap!
To:
4/15/16
Mayor Steven S.
Choi, Ph.D.
Irvine
City Councils: Jeff Lalloway, Lynn Schott, Beth Krom,
City
of Irvine
1
Civic Center Plaza
Irvine,
CA 92623-9575
Phone: 949-724-6233
E-mail:
SChoi@CityofIrvine.org, JLalloway@CityofIrvine.org, lynnschott@ci.irvine.ca.us,
BKrom@CityofIrvine.org, irvinecitycouncil@ci.irvine.ca.us, CShea@ci.irvine.ca.us
Mayor
Choi, Council members Lollaway, Schott and Krom,
Shame
on you for NOT supporting councilwoman Shea's motion to support a landswap! We are VERY,
VERY upset and angry about your action. You are our mayor and councils, and you
were supposed to represent our interests, how could you vote against the will
of the veterans and the community? Your excuses to reject this great proposal are
nonsenses. This landswap is proposed by the veterans, supported by the
community, and second and vote yes on Shea's motion was the right thing to do.
We
do NOT understand why you did not second or vote yes on the landswap. Do you
have some kind of hidden agenda? Are you getting some secret benefits from
someone for rejecting this great idea?
Mayor
Choi, we know you are running for the state assembly, but you are still Irvine
mayor for now, as long as you are on the job, you should ALWAYS put Irvine
people's interest first. Otherwise, what will people think? Do you want to see
this headline in the news:
"Steven
Choi's record as mayor is a record of selling out Irvine. If he can sell out
Irvine people's interest when he is Irvine mayor, what will he do when he
becomes your assemblyman? Steven Choi, a politician we can NOT trust."
Lynn,
We
know you are running for congress, and Jeff is running for a leadership
position for Republican, Republican Central Committee, you guys do not
want to see similar headline for your upcoming election, right? So, go do the
right thing and correct your own mistake, second or vote yes on the landswap
when it comes around again. OR, you WILL pay for your own actions of ignoring
people's will.
We voted Agran's team out in 2014 for what
they had done. Apparently Jeff, Lynn and Choi, you have not learned from Agran
and his team and voted against Irvine people's will on 4/12/16.
Politicians have to be held accountable for
their actions, and their actions have consequences.
If you continue to ignore the will of Irvine
people, a recall of you as the city council or mayor is necessary. We are NOT going to let you get away with selling
out our community's interest."
"Ms Schott:
I
am extremely disappointed by your coward act last night. You said you
will listen to the community, so how did you listen? 80% of the
speakers at the meeting yesterday, including most veterans, and Bill
cook himself, asked you to vote "yes" to the land swap. Is it not
enough community voice? Is it not in the best interest of Irvine
residents and veterans? If it is not, I want to ask you then what it
is? Did anyone come to you insist on the current cemetery site,
besides that small group of Larry Agran's friends? Can't you see the
new site is benefiting the veterans and it is what they want? You once
again failed your commitment to your voters, and you once again betrayed
us. Last year you bailed out the town hall meeting last minute without
even a simple explanation and apology. What kind of elected official
are you? You have no courage , no wisdom, no commitment to work for
people who voted for you! All you care is your political position and
how to secure your seat in the office. I heard you are running for
congress. That is a joke! You don't deserve your current position, let
alone a congress seat. If you were elected, something would be
seriously wrong with this system!"
"Once Again You Betrayed Us
Mr. Choi,
I am extremely disappointed and disturbed by your coward act last night.
Remember you made us to go out and helped your election? We thought
you care about Irvine people but apparently you don't. You only care
about your political position. Remember you blamed us for not coming to
the city council meeting when the current site was voted. Ok, we
showed up yesterday. Veterans showed up. We spoke and veterans spoke,
overwhelmingly support the new site. Is that not enough voice? Not
enough support? What did you do? You don't do anything for the people
who voted for you. You don't care about the interest of Irvine
residents and the veterans. You don't deserve to be Irvine mayor. You
can forget about votes from us whatsoever from now on!"
"Jeff's interactions with Agran was totally disgusting on
4/12/16 city council meeting. He was totally kissing up to Agran (This is the
cleanest we can say it). Jeff is NOT a true Republican at all. Jeff is really a
friend or mole for Agran inside the GOP. Anyone has any doubt about this just need to see
4/12/16 city council meeting video online at the city’s website, and
you can see how Lying Jeff (Lalloway) is kissing up to Agran:
http://irvine.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=68&clip_id=3781
Jeff not only did NOT second or vote
yes for the great landswap proposal proposed by the veterans, and put on agenda
by fellow Republican Shea, he second the counter-motion by Krom as soon as it
was proposed. Apparently he worked out a deal with Agran and Krom beforehand, Lynn Schott followed Jeff
and voted yes.
Jeff did not act like a Republican at all, and he is
running for Republican Central Committee. We need to spread the words about his
actions on 4/12/16 so people will know Jeff is really a friend of Agran, and
not a true Republican. With Agran extremely unpopular with Irvine people,
especially the Republicans, Jeff will suffer greatly on 6/7/16 primary in his
run for Republican Central Committee, and any future positions the he wants to
run. This WILL teach him a lesson."
"Beth Krom’s motion
of “reaffirming the current site” is ridiculous. The cemetery was
NOT supposed to cost Irvine people a penny, and Krom broke that promise by
putting $100k in her counter-motion. The cemetery is out of the hand of the
city and is in the hand of CalVet and
other government agencies. There is nothing the city can do to expedite it. The
$100k will probably end up in the hands of some lobbyists or Friends of Krom
(FOK).
The fact that Jeff Lalloway second it is even
more absurd. Isn’t Lalloway a GOP? Why was he so eager to kiss up Krom and
Larry Agran who showed up once again in the city council meeting just to grab
credits and spread unfounded accusation and suspicion of the land swap proposal?
What is really outrageous is Jeff Lalloway team up with Krom and Agran to
against the residents and veterans wishes. And Lalloway is running for GOP
central committee? what a joke."
