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I have begun to believe that Gene Goss may very well be the worst candidate to run for Sierra Madre's City Council in quite some time. I know, that is saying a lot. But look at it this way, there is no real election contest left here, OK? There are three seats up for your consideration, with only three viable candidates remaining. This election has for all intents and purposes already been decided.
Noah Green took himself out of serious contention when he posted lewd and frankly disturbing photos of himself on his Facebook page (link). So why would Gene Goss feel he needs to make such foolish and obviously false claims as those listed above, only to later find himself being exposed for not having told the truth? Which is, of course, exactly what has happened here.
If Goss said these kinds of things in a virtually no-contest small city election, what is he going to do if he actually gets a seat on our City Council? Apparently a part of the tax, spend and waste crowd, will you be able to trust him to make honest decisions on matters such as how best to use millions of dollars in your hard earned tax money?
Whose debt will he be in? The same municipal employee unions responsible for City Hall's $35,000 dollar a year health plans, which are possibly the most expensive in the State of California? The Calderon crime family? The Los Angeles County political machine, which rivals the one found in Cook County as the most corrupt in America?
I think you will agree, we have seen more than enough of Gene Goss's style of politics and government here in Sierra Madre.
http://sierramadretattler.blogspot.com
It's obvious Goss gets a seat. So what your saying is were in for 4 more years of the same Walsh and Moran lies but with someone who can tell some really big ones and make people believe him. Guess that's government, bleed us with lies.
ReplyDeleteIs it any surprise that one of Goss's biggest supporters is also one of the biggest liars to ever serve on our Council - John Buchanan?
DeleteBuchanan (along with Mosca - then Moran/Walsh), Buchanan seized upon a busted water main to declare a city emergency meeting to claim that our water infrastructure was on the verge of immediate collapse so he could push through a utility tax - no surprise that Buchanan worked for a utility company and he was hiding the later discovered fact that he was trying to use his proposed utility tax to get matching federal funds so he could build a new 7 milliion dollar library.
Goss doesn't deserve to be on the Council - I'm writing in a 3rd choice so if Green or Goss gets elected both will know they are not wanted on the Council and their opinons and votes are without welcome.
Goss = Buchanan
and I put Noah in the Joe Mosca category - he has said whatever you want to hear and only lived in the city a short while before he (another lawyer mouth) decided that the city needed him and we don't.
PLEASE tell the Tattlers if you received this card. So far I don't know if anyone has received one.
DeletePerhaps only 2 were printed. Just enough to be able to do a story about it and make people think
that it was coming from a candidate that was not maligned.
Dirty tricks
where did this card come from? who sent it to you?
ReplyDeleteIt was in my mailbox with the other mail. I'll post the other side tomorrow.
Deletewho paid for it?
Deletewould be funny if Green did it.
one slimy dude calling another one slimy
You are the only person in Sierra Madre who has received this alleged post card.
DeleteHave you read the Mountain Views News article? Are you suggesting that the article there was a fabrication?
Delete? when did you receive this postcard ?
Deletehow many days ago? today? yesterday?
cause if Susan got it at the same time, she must have moved quick to have her response to the postcard make the paper that is out today - I haven't seen her paper today so is her response online or in the actual paper?
something doesn't add up cause usually the paper is closed earlier in the week and she's already at press so either she was aware of the postcard before it was mailed, she had something to do with it or she is amazingly fast to change and edit her paper
Maybe Noah Green sent it out instead of a card for himself?
ReplyDeleteNoah sending it out along with a b side attacking himself fits my " Noah is running as performance art" theory.
DeleteI really wish this negative hit would not have gone out. Then again, I wish the city did not spend my supposedly scarce tax dollars stuffing my excessive water bill with a uut lie sheet.
ReplyDeleteFight fire with fire as they say.
DeleteThe embargo on the truth in Sierra Madre has been broken.
Deletebeing dishonest is what gets you elected
Deleteask John Harabedian
dude photoshopped out SMPD police patches off in uniform officers and uses the photo in his campaign and as a typical laywer, claims that the photo was a candid shot and the cops weren't in uniform, but you could clearly see the gun
we gotta stop electing doofus candidates and we have 2 to choose from for our 3rd choice
I would rather us only have 4 on the Council and make them work it out instead of the Doyle/Buchanan regime always screwing us over with their candidates
we got some lousy neighbors don't we?
You know, this postcard documents each claim that is made. How can Susan et al claim that it is a bunch of lies? Can they prove otherwise?
DeleteNailed the bugger.
ReplyDeletejeez, Goss will probably think this is a badge of honor
DeleteI think people in town are getting quite sick of the Henderson/Buchanan/Walsh toilet scrubbing mindset of bullying the "townies"
Goss and Green are both endorsed by Buchanan and Walsh - that should tell us to write in a 3rd candidate or leave blank
wish we could throw water ballons at the 4th of July parade
Look, pay no attention to any of these candidates.
ReplyDeleteThe only important thing is to VOTE NO ON THE UUT.
We are stuck with two bad guys working against the residents, Harabedian and Capoccia. All the city crooks need is one more vote for a majority. If one or both of the women are plants? They will have a super majority.
Again voters, we have to defeat the UUT. VOTE NO ON THE UUT!!!!!!!!
protest the 3rd vote by leaving blank or writing in a legit candidate or a pig
Deletesend a message to Goss and Green - go away!
Vote!!! Vote NO on the UUT. Vote for Neil the Pig. This will only lower the vote count for either Green or Gross. If the pig wins, it is a great protest vote. Our votes has been cast.
ReplyDeletethat's what I'm doing
DeleteI will laugh if Neil comes in 3rd
we'll make national headlines and it will serve the yes/walsh/buchanan/henderson/canterbury crowd exactly what they deserve
to be riduculed for lying to us and treating us like subhumans for their own green and ego
The best way to control these guys is to take away the money. Vote NO on UUT!!!!!!!!!! And tell your friends to vote NO too.
ReplyDeleteput up signs all over the city
Deleteeven put them where there are yes signs if they are being put on public property or vacant houses (thanks realtors)
Did you get the Vote Yes on the UUT postcard put out by the City? It's very slick. I wonder how much that cost us.
DeleteGene Goss thinks he is above the truth.
ReplyDeleteand smarter than you or I
Deletebut he talks very stupidly
Actually, Gene Goss creates his own truth depending on who he's talking with.
DeleteGOP Candidate For Calif. Attorney General Advocates Death Penalty For Corrupt Politicians
ReplyDeletehttp://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/04/04/gop-candidate-for-calif-attorney-general-advocates-death-penalty-for-politicians-who-endanger-public/
Sounds good
DeleteI hope it isn't just limited to Sacramento.
DeleteI fully support this. It's about time we stop propping these career politicians up as if they're above the law. Look at that idiot Brown and those that elected him. He's never had a real job in his life, screwed California big time on his first go around as Governor by giving public employees collective bargaining rights (unionizing capabilities), set the stage for fiscal collapse in California, gave the prison workers union their biggest sweetheart deal in history, and does little to nothing on correcting the pension crisis moving forward. He should be awarded his choice of lynching, electrocution, or the gas chamber. None of which get any use in this backwards state.
DeleteJust once it would be nice to have a City Council that was working for the residents. All we ever get is the city wanting more money. Unfortunately for me paying the highest taxes in the state, or is that states, is not producing the results that I feel we should be getting. As an example just look at the water situation. We use to have some of the best water around, now we don't. This problem is no surprise, unfortunately the city has failed to act in our best interests and look what it got us. Now the water is just one of the problems our town has so lets hope this new council can do better than the last council has done us.
ReplyDeleteThe best way to make city government friendly is to take back our money. Without our cash they are little more than another small group of people with opinions.
DeleteGood points.
DeleteI wouldn't be surprised if this water situation was an intentional act - the original cause of our water bonds was an intentional act
Deleteor, are those power tripped out neighbors of ours (Buchanan, Walsh, Moran, Cantebury, Stockley, Doyle) actually working an end game to bankirupt the city and then have the city annex into Pasadena where SM could be built out like the Dirt crowd always envisioned
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That is true 8:39, that is a good start. After that lets check the brain pool and all the consultants reports.
ReplyDeleteIf the city can't afford to hire consultants to tell them how to do things, it will become obvious how little they really know. Then maybe they'd find themselves having to listen to the taxpayers.
DeleteStarve the Beast...NO NO NO on UUT
DeleteYou folks remind me of the Republican party,no ideas, no following, preach to each other about how bad it is. We (the citizens of Sierra Madre) are not as stupid as you believe we are the majority like it or not stop crying and get a good government job.
ReplyDeleteSo you have no problem with politicians who don't tell the truth? Or raise taxes under false pretenses? Is that your litmus test for intelligence?
DeleteDemocracy can only work when there is an informed and skeptical citizenry. 9:27 is an example of how democracy can fail.
Delete9;27
DeleteYou are what's wrong with government.
Exactly right 9:37
DeleteI call it the Citizenship IQ - taxation ratio. The more taxes a town pays, the less informed the citizenry. Sierra Madre pays some of the highest taxes in the state. We have a lot of 9:27s.
Delete9:27 I know you are but what am I ?
DeleteI have been working closely with Denise's campaign and I'm horrified that such a postcard should come out the weekend before the election. Denise's entire campaign is predicated on her integrity and leadership and she would NEVER have allowed such a thing to go out. Believe me, none of her camp would approve a mailing like lhat. Whoever sent this postcard has torpedoed the most qualified candidate in a long time. Shame on you. Pat Alcorn
DeleteYes. Better to let Denice's opponents tell lies about her in the shadows than call out one of their own.
Delete9:27 reminds me of what's wrong with the democratic party as evidenced by his poor spelling, punctuation, and grammatical structure. Vote Democrat if you believe the government knows how to spend your money better than you do.
DeleteDon't fall for trolls! Especially obvious trolls like 9:27. And by the way, global warming is a hoax.
DeleteI thought that the Goss brochure was a joke, you mean some people got those in the mail? This is the kind of thing that always comes up the last week of the election, with out fail. I think a good detective can find the printer and who bought that printing and sent it out. I will put money up if someone knows a good detective. This is the same kind of attack that has gone on long enough, LETS FIND OUT WHO DID THIS.
ReplyDeleteYou serious? I'd put up $100 to help defray the cost of the postcard. Politicians who lie deserve to be called out. There has been too much silence in this town over some of our less honest candidates. It is how Sierra Madre has become a debt ridden tax beggar. Let the truth come out, in any way possible.
DeleteThere are many, many gullible voters in this town. They will take this postcard as a slur on Goss and blame the two women who have campaigned with honesty and integrity. Some of the Tattlers complain about the Dirts. This is worse that the dirts because it comes at a critical time.
DeleteYes, we in Sierra Madre should never tell the truth because it might offend somebody. So we never tell the truth and those who tell lies control our government year after year after year.
DeleteOh 9:46, I do love witch hunts!
Deleteall the post card did was call out Goss for his own words
Deletehe is a Buchanan clone
and Green is endorsed by Buchanan also
so was Harabedian
Stop peeing your pants. This card appropriately holds Goss responsible for lying in his campaign and shows that in Sierra Madre, if you lie or you break campaign promises then there are consequences, Goss volunteered his ridiculous "pledge" he never intended to keep in order to fool people and now he gets held to account. The #1 target starting the day after the election is lying John Capoccia.
ReplyDeleteI personally don't think Goss lied. I think he's too stupid to realize withat he was pledging. Too many tenured years with no challenges, too many fauning seniors patting his silver head and telling he is just what Sierra Madre needs. Goss will be elected but hopefully he'll be mitigated by Arizmendi and Delmar. Gawd forbid that creepy Green manniquin/baby doll molestor gets the vote.
DeleteActually, Goss borrowed his "non acceptance of outside endorsements and money" pledge from Koerber's previous campaign. His plan for what he wants to do for the city if elected, if you read his full page ad, is also heavily borrowed from what the council has already instituted. Not an original thought to be found in poor old Gene's head, I'm afraid.
DeleteHow come when Susan Henderson attacks candidates on behalf of those that she supports, nobody seems to have a problem?
ReplyDeleteThe "left" can get away with that stuff." Fair and Balanced"
DeleteSimple. To attack Susan Henderson borders on madness. If it's a hard biting critique of her support, the attacker will be accused of using the race card. She thrives in an environment of club ladies and elder statemen who want to appear bias free and race blind. Susan is a safe "friend".
DeleteShe cons them out of their money.
DeleteSusan Henderson - Fair and balanced. This is the woman who, as president of the Kiwanis in town, had Harabedian and Capoccia come and speak and present the "yes" and "no" arguments for the UUT tax. The problem is that both Harabedian and Capoccia are "yes" supporters. Last week, she had Mayor Nancy come and speak in favor of the tax. Did she bother to invite any genuine "no" folks. Of course not, Susan is full bias all the time.
DeleteGoes is a union hack and an idiot to boot. This election, other than Arizmendi and Delmar, is coming down to the lesser of all evils. Given how self destructive the Green campaign has been, we're probably looking at four years of Gooney Goss. Unbelievable that the voice of reason and logic, John Crawford, doesn't get elected previously, but these poor choices get in essentially on default. Massive reflection of the pervasive ignorance in this town.
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine how stupid Sierra Madre will look to the rest of the world if it elects Noah Green? The New Yawkah gnawing on the mannequin will be the new face of the Foothill Village. Think you can live with that level of civility, Sierra Madre?
DeleteBe careful the spelling police are watching!
DeleteI don't know if it is a coincidence, but bad spelling and poorly thought out comments usually go together.
DeleteMy "poor" spelling is called "auto correct" on my tablet. My thesis papers at USC would always run through spell check without a single correction, but auto correct does more damage than good now.
DeleteAmen. My post above was supposed to say "two thongs and a g string" but it was auto eroticed two "two things".
DeleteThe new Looney Views News is piled up outside of the usual liquor stores and Susan the resume' padder is howling with rage. She says the card us all lies, and gets Noah and Goss to back her up. But is the card untrue, or are they, well, lying?
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
DeleteSpelling flames are getting old.
DeleteI picked up a dozen copies of the Looney View News and tossed in the recycle
DeleteI suggest we all do the same
they are biodegradebable so if you throw in the trash were people can see them the symbolism is appropriate
Batty Susan is really lying this time. The mailer is factually correct. Take a look at Goss' website (unless he has changed it by now), watch the City Hall forum, and take a look at the archives of the Mountain Views News. The mailer as an informational piece to inform voters.
ReplyDeleteWhat is worse is that Susan has put Goss and Noah in the position of denying that the information is true. Which leaves them vulnerable to an informed rebuttal.
DeleteThe article in the Mountain Views News calling the mailer "illegal" and criminal because it doesn't identify the sender or a return address assumes facts not in evidence.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, these requirements exist only if $1,000 or more was spent on the mailer. If less than $1,000 was spent the FPPC has no jurisdiction and none of the FPPC's rules or regulations cited by the Mountain Views News apply.
This is a demand that the Mountain Views News immediately print a correction on its website and Facebook page.for calling this political communication "illegal". The Mountain Views News has absolutely zero evidence that is true.
In addition, if the Mountain Views News has coordinated this potentially false, defamatory and libelous article with either or both of the Goss or Green campaigns then the Mountain Views News has made a contribution to those campaigns which must be reported.
We are being lectured on legality by a lady who used the company credit card at Victoria's Secret?
DeleteI wouldn't put it past Susan to print and mail this postcard herself just so she could rant and scream
DeleteHow can Susan know that this card violates the FPPC rules unless she mailed it out herself?
DeleteVictoria Secrets... mmmmmmmm
DeleteThis is a travesty just as Denise and Rachelle were pulling ahead in the polls an attack mailer is sent out by the other campaigns. I hope this bigotry is unsuccessful. It has been tried in the past and it didn't succeed........
ReplyDeleteWhat polls are you talking about?! God God, man!
DeleteThe Mountain Views News is accusing someone of a crime when the Mountain Views News has not one single shred of evidence that a crime was committed.
ReplyDeleteIt's actual malice and a reckless disregard of the truth.
the opinion of the Mtn View News would actually matter if the opinon of the Mt View News edtior actually mattered
Deleteand it doesn't matter
Susan is the same clown who makes up quotes and sources and once claimed prejudice when she was verbally assaulted by as in her own words, "an elderly Jewish woman" so Susan is as hypocritical as a person could ever be
however, Susan does have the authority to call someone else a liar cause she does it so well herself
Absolutely correct 12:17. Susan and her ilk are flinging unsubstantiated accusations around like water pistols at a July 4 parade. Shame on her. Her "news"- paper is nothing but one huge editorial campaign based on false information. Please Susan, provide some evidence for your comments.
Delete12:13 This has nothing to do with Denise or Rachelle and it's fairly obvious you are trying to bring them into it by repeatedly and disingenuously "wondering" it it will somehow hurt them. If not then shut up because you aren't helping..
ReplyDeleteI don't shut up I grow up and when I look at you I throw up.
DeleteCan I recommend some Kaopectate?
DeleteSo how come if residents send out a postcard calling out a couple of pols for lying it is a terrible crime. But when Susan attacks people everyone wails and moans? This woman is about as discredited as anyone can be. What is her hold over people? Who gives a hot crap what she says?
ReplyDeleteFurthermore she's been president of the Kiwanis Club for over 5 years! Outrageous!
Deletepeople often accuse others of what they themselves are guilty of.ergo Susan Henderson accuses the people who oppose her candidates of being criminals without any evidence it is true....she is like Goss...can't help herself
ReplyDeleteI didn't get it and I only know one person who did. It seems fairly obvious this was sent to a small number of people and was designed to get free media attention. Mission accomplished.
ReplyDeleteIf the Mountain Views News thinks anyone will be sympathetic towards Goss and Green they are mistaken.
They should have just completely ignored it instead of letting themselves be baited.
Foolish mistake.
Yes, we count on foolishness from that camp. It always works like a charm !
DeleteAlright, Tattlers, raise your hand (or post here) if you got the post card. As the day wears on, it definitely seems to be a fabrication to stir up Sierra Madre politics.
DeleteYou mean the Mtn Views News article was all made up? Susan was lying?
DeleteIt's possible the whole thing was a plant. Maybe we should talk with Bill Coburn.
Delete12:27 it's not the hold over people that Henderson has, it's the hold over Henderson that other people have over her, she has borrowed a lot of money from people in this town and maybe it's her way of paying them back.
ReplyDeleteBorrowing money from seniors can be construed as elder abuse under the law. Any one of these people can call the law anytime they want.
DeleteI'm not sure, this could steer votes to Green so I suspect he had something to do with it
ReplyDeleteSusan was quick to have an article in her paper for something that just came out in the past day so I suspect she might have something to do with it
Susan endorsed Green so I lump them together in this
We really have lousy choices for the 3rd Council candidate - so I am not voting for either and will write in a candidate or do like others and write in Neil the Pig.
The postcard has zero benefit for either Arizmendi or Delmar so I sincerely believe that neither would send it out - so it is somebody in the Green camp and that is mostly Walsh and Henderson.
And this isn't big news, we've known Goss has been two faced since last election when he came in LAST place and had to run again cause obviously we didn't get him last time and he saw he didn't have any competition.
Just received the predictable post card wailing that all will be lost if we don't reach deeper into our pockets.Quote.......will you choose to ravage our public safety by gutting the general fund budget?.....Time to call their bluff ...Stop the Looting!
ReplyDeleteThe insane thing about that card is that they seem to claim that if the UUT does not pass, well on Wednesday after election day, the city safety services will be 1 million dollars short and thus wiped out. Really?
ReplyDeleteJust got my card. Imagine how fast smpd would have responded if the chief didn't weigh 4 bills!
ReplyDeleteThey just make up whatever they think will scare the bumpkins into compliance.
ReplyDeleteTattlers, On Tuesday you must get out the vote! Take your friends and neighbors to the polls and get them to vote NO against all the liars and fearmongers. We will not lose the police and fire and library. it is shameful how the YES folks are behaving. How can you trust anything they ever say?
ReplyDeleteI love the screeching by the woman (Susan Henderson) and the beta male (Bill Coburn) on their respective websites.
ReplyDeleteIf you run for local office and support raising local taxes you get push back. Pretty simple, straightforward and routine.
What is interesting is the reaction to this shows the experience or lack thereof of the candidates.
Rachelle (Dorothy) acts like a mature business professional, doesn't react and says she thinks it's ineffective.
Lefty tinman Noah is awesomely defiant and tells Coburn that all the quotes attributed to him are accurate and he stands by them.
Weak and cowardly lion Goss stammers and tries to "explain" why he isn't really truly lying.
Delmar and her supporters grossly overreact out of some misplaced fear to what is basically a fairly routine piece of hit mail that has nothing to do with them.
Politics ain't beanbag people.
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