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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Intimidation of Employees

Make no mistake, if you don’t support Beazley’s regime without question, he will fire you. When 30-year law enforcement officer and long-time fair employee Bob Mosley raised questions about Beazley’s “leadership,” Beazley quickly and publicly fired him without review or discussion.

After dispatching Mosley, Beazley used his dismissal as a warning to others saying, “If you [...]

Selling Us Down the River

Beazley is conspiring with long-time political hack, snake-oil salesman and fair board member Dave Ellis to sell the property of the fairgrounds for pennies on the dollar.  Fairgrounds throughout the State were tabbed for potential sale during the state financial crisis, but while board members throughout the state worked hard lobbying the Governor to hang [...]

Politicians in his Pocket

The Costa Mesa City Council claims that it won’t re-zone the fair property to allow for high rises or traffic inducing commercial center, but remember who is pushing this sale
– Dave Ellis.

Ellis has made a career of getting “his people” elected.  It may take some time, but he’ll get his three votes on the council [...]