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 HR once they were called on it.
So, where is this loyalty oath?
I guess I am flabbergasted since really this whole website, other than trying to make Bob (OCunfair) a martyr, is dedicated to the unfounded gripes of three employees at the Fair.
It is all such a joke and does not represent the vast majority of employees.
First, Bob, who describes himself on this site as as a long time employee, hadn’t even made it through his initial probation period. I might be wrong, but do you need any reason to let someone go if they are still on probation?
Secondly, this document has six pages: page (1) is an acknowledgment of policies (not a loyalty oath); (2) is an email re-iterating the long-standing policy of not sending emails to “All Employees” unless you are authorized to do so (not a loyalty oath); (3-4) is a stupid and erroneous flyer that the OC Register has already debunked (not a loyalty oath); (5)is an email saying page 1 will be revised after employees expressed reservations about some of the language (not a loyalty oath); (6) is an email from St. Bob to All Employees (see 2) about union business (not a loyalty oath).
So, Bob, since this site is all about you and your ego, where is the loyalty oath?
And, more importantly, where are any the facts to back up your attacks?
Those of you who are just visiting this site and don’t really know what is happening at the OC Fair, just know that a small group of employees don’t like the new CEO and have taken out a personal vendetta against him. The majority of employees are glad to have jobs in this economy. So, see you 2010.
Well BobISUnfair it seems obvious you work at the fair,and one of the few suck ups to the ceo… Maybe that is what you really mean by loyalty oath. Well this also means you and I work at the same place. And though I have no idea if Bob or which employees are behind this website I certainly know that it is NOT A SMALL GROUP OF EMPLOYEES who dislike the CEO. Far from it. Many are just scared right now because he is such a tyrant and we are afraid of losing our jobs because we don’t agree with him. Perhaps some are disguised as suck ups, but that is quickly changing. Not all have the courage to quit in such challenging economic times, but I hand it to the employees who recently resigned because they will hopefully pave the way for the MAJORITY of other employees who are sick of working for this hitler. If you need facts you should check out the documents provided here, but better yet wait for the real dirt to be exposed.
If you love the Fair, why are you trying to ruin it?
And, if there is such a large group of employees, why are you and I the only one’s on this site voicing an opinion?
As my post above asks, what do the documents you refer to above actually say? This blurb says it is a loyalty oath but I don’t see it. Show me, please!
This whole site is devoid of fact, documentation or any evidence of the claims being leveled at Beasley.
It is easy for you and this site to make outlandish claims but you still haven’t provided any proof to back them up.
And, regarding being a kiss ass: I’m not concerned about my job because I actually do my job. In the whole time I have worked at the Fair that has always seemed to be the criteria for security (except of course, for those that reward their poker and drinking buddies).
But, if you are miserable, leave. Why ruin a good work place for everyone else with your miserable machinations?
You seem a bit defensive BobisUnfair. But to clarify I am not trying to ruin the fair, rather stick around to see it becomes better. That includes aligning where the truth is. It doesn’t sound like you have much of a history at the fair. Those of us who have been around awhile know and have the documentation of harassment now being provided to the legal representatives. I think the fact though this site is up shows a collective effort of those who want the truth to be told, but know that justice will come from the legal arena not on line… and where the victims are protected from further harassing behavior. So I guess I would put it to you if there is so much love for the master why aren’t they posting here?
I like how you call me defensive when this whole site is a defense for three employees. I’ve never created a website to defend my sense of entitlement. I have a job because I work hard, not because I play poker on Tuesdays or drink for free at Baja Blues.
Have you ever had a job outside the state? In the real world, no one would be able to insult their boss to his face in front of other employees and expect to keep their job.
But, once again, you are ignoring this blurb’s claims of a loyalty oath. Where is this oath? If you can publish this oath memo, I will shut up.
And, it wouldn’t take more than an afternoon to create this site so it doesn’t really prove that there is much of a “collective” effort.
But speaking of your “collective effort,” you’d think one of your members would have caught your misquote at the top: it is “triumph OF evil” not “triumph FOR evil.”
hello all, what i think bob is unfair is missing is the fact that the “loyalty oath” is being used as a metaphor for supressing the voice of these public employees. what it looks like via the documents displayed here and the policies that are in place at the fair grounds is that the managment team is trying to keep the employees from speaking thier minds in terms of the sale, policies and managment issues. we live in a free country and we should be able to speak our minds on PUBLIC issues regarding Public agencies and property without the threat of loosing our jobs, being harassed or intimidated. the example bob is unfair uses re confronting your boss…is not aplicable in a goverment agency. the employees are public servants and it is completely acceptable to be critical of any public servent regardless of his or her possition. working at an agency does not forgoe this right. for this reason the goverment has put in safe guards to protect goverment employees from being harrassed if they speak up against policy makers (whistle blowers). the union, the AG and others should review the policies that the Fair managment team has in place and see if it is intended to stiffle the voice of the employees. from what is see it does and has resulted in terminations, resignations and other intimidation. for the record I am not nor ever have been an employee of the OC fair Grounds, just a concerned citizen!
First off, the above blurb does not refer to a “metaphor.” It actually refers to “loyalty oath papers.” Once again, I asked to see these papers and so far the perpetrators of these fabrications have produced nothing.
Secondly, you don’t work at the Fair? So, how are you so familiar with their policies? If you are basing everything you know upon this website, you are completely misinformed.
Thirdly, there is a HUGE difference between being a whistle-blower and simply insulting your boss. In your world, there is no accountability for government employees, which I find highly offensive. It is people like you who create an environment where government employees are viewed as slackers who just coast by waiting for our fat pensions. Most of us work hard for a living and don’t need to hide behind the union to stay employeed.
Finally, have you ever tried spell check? When you type a word and a red squiggle appears, it probably means you haven’t put your fourth grade education to work.
YOU Bobisunfair can call them whatever you want, but the documents that are attached here and what you have referenced are loyalty oath papers. It might not be on the title of the documents, but one who is agreeing to comply with the employment policies is taking a loyalty oath. But I don’t think it matters one way or another. That is not the issue you here. And why are these documents or forms presented to employees now, at this particular time? changing them to at will employees, which we all know state employees really have not been functioning as. Over the years it has taken eons to get rid of the bad eggs. You need so much documentation that by the time you have enough intel on them they are about to retire. There has never been anything that quick and clean in place to get rid of the bad apples.
How does local citizen create an environment for how government employees are viewed? Isn’t he or she entitled to their opinion? Isn’t everyone?
Where is the accountability anymore at the ocfair with the “governance” plan? It gives him the clear path to do whatever he wants and only tell the board what he wants them to know.
How come certain employees are banned from going to board meetings, which are public meetings?
I don’t know who plays poker on Tuesday or gets free drinks at Baja Blues, but those things seem to anger you. Like someone is getting away with something they shouldn’t or their behavior is questionable.
Along with people who don’t spell well you seem to be upset about some of these little things. Maybe they aren’t little things to you. Understandable. You seem very intelligent compared to most who work around you.
But as far as the spelling goes I thought we all learned from Weird Al’s Brain that even if words are not spelled correctly our brain can still figure out what the word is. So what’s the big deal? Don’t we all have bigger fish to fry?
i think bobisunfair wrote the documents and that is why there is so much defensiveness and explanation about them. understandable. i would be upset too if someone didn’t drink the koolaid i wanted them to. well the fight has just begun here and i agree with lovethefair, there is more to be exposed. im an employee there too and everyone is looking over their shoulder or wondering if they can trust the person next to them. The reality is no matter how good we are at our jobs there is no guarantee our jobs will be around tomorrow, or if the fairgrounds sells. if it becomes a nonprofit it can easily change the structure for employment. we have to realize that change is certain no matter. Or if the state decides to put forth more cutbacks. Alot of people who have been model employees in the state system have lost their jobs because their positions have been eliminated.
the board members here don’t really care about us. that’s not why they were appointed. and some of them have other business interests. we can’t rely on them to look out after us. we’re crazy if we think they will. and even they can be replaced or finish their term and be gone.
so those of you who think as long as you do a good job you will have a job are mistaken. the ceo can even be used for board member to get what they want and they get rid of him. how can you trust anyone?
the reality is none of us are sacred. none of us
lovethefair and daddycow, I have no idea what you are saying. However, from my understanding, employees can attend board meetings, but they have to clock out to do so. It is a public meeting, but the Fair shouldn’t have to pay you to attend.
And, have you read the governance manual? Once again, from my understanding, it puts more accountability on the CEO. If something goes wrong, it is all his fault.
Also, I have described the documents above and if you read through them, you see that the first page is a simple acknowledgment of receipt for Fair policies. But, the document above also includes an email in which the HR department issues a revised version of that document based upon feedback from employees (which is conveniently absent). So, as far as I can tell, you guys keep complaining about a document that was changed to meet the concerns of employees.
Why hasn’t Bob posted the new version that does not include the at-will language? (Other than it will make him look foolish.)
And, finally, why is all this anger directed at the CEO? Wasn’t the furlough and the plan to sell the property all Arnold’s idea? Doesn’t the CEO suffer the three furlough days a month? And won’t he suffer if they sell the property and he is out of a job?
This whole website is dedicated to untruths and hysteria. Where are the facts?
That is all I am asking for: the facts. If there is a great conspiracy as described on these pages, prove it. Please.
This is not a court of law. And i am not among those who created the website and i can tell you though it isn’t bob. So you are assuming and accusing someone of something without having the facts… speaking of facts. It would be like me saying that you are Bianca Kulback, because of the nature of the subject matter you are defending, but I don’t know for sure so I am not going to assume it is. But the lawyers i understand are preparing the cases on behalf of employees and they are the ones who will prove it and provide all the necessary documentation. at this point we can only speak from our individual experiences. i am glad you are so happy with your job and the ceo. good for you…. we need to let due process run its course tho’.
Wow Bob is unfair, what is with all the hostility? you would think that maybe you were this Beazley fellow by the way you act in this blog? listen, you need to calm down, not focus on things like grammer and make logical arguments and look at this issue from the outside in and not only from your perspective. people are upset and you need to ask why?. ok here are the facts: in 12 short months the fair grounds has gone from multi millions in reserves to having to almost nothing and facing a major finacial crisis . long term employees have been fired, put on administrative leave and have resigned as a result of the CEO and the hostile environment that they say he has created. board members (Ellis) have been putting together a plan to buy the fair grounds from basicly themselves. they plan to do this by putting together a non profit that they control (sounds like an inside deal doesnt it?). they have used public money to pay for a legal team and lobbyist to get their deal done (actually they got Beazley to do it for them; spending public money this way sounds illegal doesnt it?-DA, AG where are you?) raised rates on fair patrons and vendors…durring the worst economic period since the great depression. used employee furlough money to hide some of the cost of the CEO’s pet project Wierd Al…I am sure the others can add more to the pile of that Beazley and company have put forward but enough is enough. even when we had a Carona and a Haidl on the board the place had better ethics and operations. the biggest difference has been the Findley departure and the Beazly arival. i know he has been there as a staffer for years, but since he became CEO all the above and much more has been on his watch at his direction. enough is enough!
Lovethefair: Define how Steve B is “this Hitler.”
Bobisunfair: You are a concerned and informed employee. Don’t even bother to comment here any longer. Don’t give them the fodder. I won’t any more. This is a Union/Bob/Mark initiative and unions are known to lie and bully. This site reeks.
localoccitizen: Your facts are wrong on the financials. Go check before you spout verbal diarrhea.
I’ve been following this story for a while now. As an outsider, I’m not quite sure I understand the ultimate goal of each side. On the one hand, there seem to be some unhappy employees who want the CEO and Board members gone. On the other hand, there seem to be other employees who are upset about attacks on the organization. What is the truth? Please, someone tell us what the ultimate goal is for “unfair.com”. Is it to force Mr. Beazley and the Board out? And, what is Mr. Beazley and the Board’s ultimate goal? Is it to take the Fair private for their own personal gain?
probationfail:the ceo runs a dictatorship and is drunk with power and those who oppose his ways or disagree with him are ousted, demoted, redirected or sent to the kill floor so to speak. the changes he has made over the past year are voluminous, and most of them without merit, rather just to feed his power appetite. the governance plan is self serving and unnecessary but it is way for him to wield more power for himself. he is in the process of working out deals so he can oust vendors and tenants and take them over. don’t be mistaken there is no one else’s interest this ceo is looking out after other than himself. so it isn’t just unions that lie and bully. we work for someone who does the same. we miss becky and her genuine concern for others and how she kept the fair a true community event. that flavor is gone.. and gone quickly. what a shame.. if bobisunfair is concerned than she should maybe wait for the next breaking news. that should shed some light for everyone. but this is not a problem that will go away too soon.those who are organizing their cases willbe dragging this out in the legal system for awhile. it’s really too bad because it distracts from the work we have to do on the fair.
I was just told about this website and am completely shocked by the adolescent behavior of the whopping few people that have posted comments. It’s apparant to me that you are employees at the Fair and quite disgruntled. Grow some balls and say who you are. I’m putting myself out there. My name is Shane Johnson and I have a friend that works at the Fair and they have given me some insight on what is going on over there.
I am beyond apalled that anyone would follow Steve and his ideas of how that organization should be ran. In less than a year, he has completely run that place into the ground.
I can’t believe everything on this website b/c who knows what is fact and what is not. What I can believe is that he won’t or should I say, shouldn’t be around much longer. He has taken an organization that was so thrivent and up and coming and has completely tainted it. I don’t blame those that have recently resigned for doing so. They would be better off not working than staying in a place that is going down the tube.
For those of you that are on this site bantering back and forth – find something better to argue about. Poker and drinks?? Who would even care about that? Obviously someone who wasn’t invited.
I hope it doesn’t turn back into a Carona era over there. That would be a shame. Bring back the good ol Fair!
Shane, can you explain how Steve Beazley has single-handedly run the fair into the ground? They just had a million plus attendee fair. They have cash reserves per their report to the fair board. The Register reported they turned a profit in the pacific amphitheater this year.
What is going down the tube, exactly and precisely. Facts, please!
Hey Truthseeker. Steve is neither the person seling the fairgrounds (that would be the governor) or the buyer (that would potentially be the new non-profit foundation formed by some board members). How would Steve or even the board profit from a non profit? The fair has very thin margins. Their is no profit here. They have gone on the record to state that they want to save the fair by purchasing it and running it, rather than have the state sell it for a different purpose. If I were Steve or the board I wouldn’t come to this website of lies and leave comment or defend. It is a politically inclined website with the intent to bully the fair into hiring back Bob Mosley. See ya.
Sorry, I’ve been gone a couple days and I come back to so much absurdity that it must be addressed.
lovethefair: the reserves you are talking about, weren’t they spent on two new buildings and a covering on two others? I’m sure that would deplete a certain amount of reserves. And you act as though droves of employees are fleeing. One probationary employee (Bob) was let go, and one other (Mark) resigned.
And regarding, raising the rates for vendors, Mark can tell you that he was involved and instrumental in raising those rates. In fact, he was the director of the department and the rates had to be approved by him, so to blame Beazley after the fact is pathetic. But, as anyone who works there knows, Mark never saw an situation that he wouldn’t try to take advantage of and his management philosophy has always been “better to ask forgiveness than permission.”
localcitizen: You said Beazley took furlough money to pay for Al’s Brain. With millions in reserve (see Staff Reports at ocfair.com), I don’t think he would need to.
Shane10Johnson: You seem to have no idea what you are talking about. Explain how the Fair has been run into the ground. Seemed like 2009 was pretty successful.
I am visiting this website at the urging of a current employee. Being a former employee myself it is not a surprise to see that the hostile environment is still ever present at the Fair.
While it is true about Mr. Beazley, he cannot sell the Fairgrounds nor can he buy it outright, well unless he had that kind of money lying around, but he certainly has the means, influence and resources as CEO to get the Fair sold. But he solely cannot sell the Fair that is up to the Governor.
As for the ‘loyalty oath’ unless you’ve worked at the Fair you would not be privy to that information because it is verbally said. So trying to prove that will be very difficult but make no mistake, management is very much aware of that issue.
As for the employees being protected by the union I doubt very much that the union even cares at this point since there agenda does not serve the greater good of employees.
There is something going on at the Fair but to uncover the truth I concur that these issues are better served in court. And fortunate for us (taxpayers) if money is being spent recklessly that will be exposed as well.
I would add one thing more, reports can show no loss in revenue and that attendance was up, but I would venture to say those numbers were fabricated…And, success is not always measured by the number of Fair attendees.
Since you are a former employee, why don’t you tell us who you are? You have nothing to lose? Or would your claims go out the window when your lack of credibility is revealed with your name?