Another Beazley Victim

First Bob Mosley… Now Mark Entner… Steve Beazley is on the warpath… who will be next?

Here is the letter of resignation from Mr. Entner describing the unethical and potentially illegal behavior by Beazley in an effort to terminate Mosley. After Mosley was gone, he turned his focus on Mosley’s supervisor, Mark Entner, who [...]

Foes of Proposed Orange County Fair Sale Launch Website

Article source • September 21st, 2009 • Orange County Register, Matt Coker

Photo by Jennie Warren

Are certain fair board elements taking Orange Countians and state taxpayers for a ride?

Some anonymous Orange County Fair employees have created a website that channels their displeasure with the proposed sale of the state-owned fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.

OCUnfair.com takes [...]

Beazley tries to Muzzle Employees

Steve Beazley tried to muzzle the fair employees and prevent word about his takeover plan with Ellis from getting out. He tried to get his staff to sign loyalty oath papers promising that they wouldn’t disclose his scheme under threat of termination. Here’s a copy of the document along with the backpedaling from [...]

The True Value of Public Land

There is a natural assumption by many that selling our fairgrounds will help our state out of its fiscal mess. The reality is that the proposed $30 million sale price wouldn’t cover the interest on the state debt for even 24 hours.

The fairgrounds have been public land for more than fifty years.  Is it worth [...]

Board Must Get Off the Sidelines

It’s time for this board to wake up to its fiduciary responsibility to the taxpayers.  A small board faction is conspiring with a power-mad CEO to lead the inattentive board majority down a path of destruction.  The board allowed the Beazley-Ellis faction to strip them of their committees and set the scene for them to [...]

Financial Failure

The 2009 Orange County Fair was an unmitigated disaster. While the fair in Del Mar and Pomona understood market conditions and lowered prices or offered $1.00 admission days, the Orange County Fair was raising its rates on both its customers and its vendors.  Not only did the admission fee go up, but so did the [...]

Fair Employees Left to Fend for Themselves

Once Beazley and Ellis consolidate their power, sell the fairgrounds to themselves and cancel all future public meetings, the fair employees will be in real trouble.  By firing long time fair employee and volunteer Bob Mosley, Beazley has made it clear that those who question his plan could lose their jobs.  With this much money [...]

Weird Beazley’s Brain

The “Weird Al’s Brain” concept at the 2009 fair was an unmitigated disaster.  It cost the fair $3 million and Weird Al retains all rights to it… the Orange County Fair simply bought the right to use it for three years (yes, we have two more years of this boondoggle whether we like it or [...]

Beazley’s Power Grab

The Ralph M. Brown Act and Bagley-Keene Act require public meetings and full transparency, which are too much of a hassle for OC Fair CEO Steve Beazley. In an effort to consolidate his nefarious power behind closed doors, he simply disbanded many of the board committees, which have served the people so effectively and openly [...]

Don’t ignore the man behind the curtain!

Dave Ellis is a seasoned veteran at influence peddling in politics.  He made contributions to and ran the campaign of a San Bernardino Supervisor who then directed staff to reconsider Ellis’ client, the infamous electronic voting company Diebold, in an effort to provide them with the $13 million contract with the County.

Ellis also used his [...]