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Print ArticleOC Fair 2012 Commercial Celebrates National Obesity and Decline of the Family Farmer
Categories: OC Fair View, TV
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Wait . . . what? That's not the intended message of the spot?
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Orange County Fair Elephant Ride is Over
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The news was cheered by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which has sought bans on performing pachyderms around the country, and disdained by Have Trunk Will Travel, the Perris-based contractor that has been supplying the elephants and running the ride at the fair for 25 years.
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Fair Board Evicts 42-Year Tenant, TelPhil Enterprises, Owner of the OC Market Place
Categories: OC Fair View
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| John Gilhooley/OC Weekly |
| Teller took over the family business, which was started in 1969. |
"This was not unexpected," Teller told the Weekly. "It's repugnant to them that TelPhil played a part in exposing [the Board's] mastermind creation of an organization to take over fairgrounds themselves."
David Ellis, the chairman of OCFEC sees the situation quite differently.
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[UPDATED: TelPhil Comments; Costa Mesa Mayor Calls For DA Investigation of Berardino] OC Fairgrounds Sale Dead (Never Buried); New Names Join the Party
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UPDATE, AUG. 18, 5:04 P.M.: If Nick Berardino's intention was to stir shit up around the Orange County Fairgrounds, he's officially succeeded.
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| John Gilhooley/OC Weekly |
| Jeff Teller |
Now that the OC Fair is over, the focus has returned to the fate of the fairgrounds--a now two-year struggle--emerging from a three-week hibernation. And already, the heavy-hitters are sparring.
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Jeff Teller, the president of TelPhil Enterprises, which operates the OC Marketplace, contacted the Weekly, taking time away from a family vacation in Alaska to comment on Berardino's proposals and David Ellis' responses to those proposals.
"As my grandfather used to tell me, 'An honest man doesn't ask to be trusted,'" said Teller, in regard to Ellis' letter to Berardino (see previous Update) essentially dismissing the suggestions for a forensic audit of OCFEC dealings and the creation of a Citizen's Oversight Committee. "It's appalling that a public agency is pushing back when its members are asking questions. Why? What do they have to hide?"
[UPDATED: Early Attendance Numbers] Hide Your Gas-Guzzling Oldsmobiles, There's a Patience-Swallowing Epidemic on the 55: It's FAIRMAGEDDON!
Categories: Main, OC Fair View
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| Chasen Marshall/OC Weekly |
| The traffic is here. Be patient. |
ORIGINAL POST, JULY 15, 2:13 P.M.: And we in Orange County thought we wouldn't be bothered by the likes of Carmageddon, aside from maybe a few more LAites coming into town to use our beaches a bit earlier than the weekend. We have our own version of the traffic epidemic and it's taking place on the 55 Freeway as you read this. It's increasing in size by the minute. Tempers are flaring and car horns are ringing. It's FAIRMAGEDDON!
[UPDATED: Court Denies Rehearing] Court Critical of Sale Process, Denies FMW's Fairgrounds Bid--Sale Halted
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| Chasen Marshall/OC Weekly |
The appeal was filed by FMW in mid-June.
Days ago, Becky Bailey-Findley, the former CEO of the OC Fair & Event Center and current CEO of FMW, wrote an editorial in the Daily Pilot, describing FMW's plans for the land, and criticizing the moves to prevent the sale.
It would seem this move effectively ends FMW's attempt to purchase the 150 acres of land in Costa Mesa, but it is possible that the company could take its appeal to the California Supreme Court, which Voice of OC has reported may be a possibility.
[UPDATED: FMW Appeals Ruling] Court Critical of Sale Process, Denies FMW's Fairgrounds Bid--Sale Halted
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| Chasen Marshall/OC Weekly |
The petition was filed last week, but there has been no word on how the appeal may or will move forward.
ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 7, 8:10 P.M.: This afternoon, a Fourth Appellate District Court of Appeal voted 3-0 that the state's process that led to Facilities Management West's $100 million bid for the Orange County Fairgrounds was flawed and wouldn't be accepted. For the time-being, the sale of the 150-acres is dead.
David Ellis Opens Up About the Fair Board Foundation, the Appraisal and His Reputation
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| Mr. David Ellis |
With that pesky controversial sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds out of the way (or so we hope), it seems the time for bridge building. Relationship mending. Or pointing out any inaccuracies in any accusations that may have been fired off since the land was put on the auction block by then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in May 2009.
David Ellis opted for the latter.
You remember Ellis, don't you? The chairman of the board of directors to the OC Fair & Event Center; the businessman with the scandalous background; the favorite punching bag of the Preservation Society; the guy who wouldn't comment when the Weekly was reporting its cover story about the sale. Yeah, that guy. Well, Ellis is talking now: "I get to choose when I comment and when I don't comment," he said during a recent conversation, explaining why he wouldn't return phone calls or emails for months. (According to Ellis, it was a blanket decision, pushed by fellow board member, Kristina Dodge.) He then did something more surprising than calling: he invited us into his office to view highly sought after documents: the articles of incorporation, the bylaws and all the other jargon for the controversial OC Fair & Event Center Foundation.
Solorio's Revenue-Sharing Bill Passes Assembly, Inching Fairgrounds Away From Private Control
Categories: Breaking News, OC Fair View
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| Assemblyman Jose Solorio |
Solorio's bill would make it so that revenue generated by the land would be shared between the Orange County Fair & Event Center board and the state, as opposed to a one-time revenue from a sale of the land. According to a statement released by Solorio's office, the revenue-sharing plan could generate at least $100 million over the next 40 years.
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