1. FIFTEEN GRAND. On today's Total Buzz, Martin Wisckol (of the OC Register) explains that, when, recently, he went through Tan Nguyen's campaign accounting, up popped the name (Trustee) "Tom Fuentes."
Jeez, Martin. That's old news. Get a clue. (Tom Fuentes, campaign advisor)
According to these records, says Wisckol, Fuentes received $15,000 from Nguyen's campaign from December to May. Writes Wisckol,
I talked to Fuentes about it last week and he said he did consulting work on the campaign for the primary and ... the two parties went their separate ways afterward. "Nothing unfriendly about" the parting, he said. "I have not spoken with Tan in months, so I'm not sure what direction the campaign has taken."Tom reportedly added:
"As for the letter itself, it is a sad and disappointing revelation."I wonder how disappointed Tom would have been had it been revealed that the Tan Man hired guards to stand outside polling places?
2. MORE RETALIATION? Today, Facilities and Maintenance workers told me that they feel that Director (of F&M), Wayne Ward, continues to retaliate against custodians who, one month ago, filed an Incident Report re Wayne’s conduct. (See "It's a condom".)The workers tell me that, this morning, Wayne met with custodians, informing them that he is “here to stay” and that he has no intention of altering his behavior or practices.
Also, they report, Wayne announced that there would be work schedule changes.
After the meeting, the worker who, last week, found himself pulled from his usual task in order to scrape gum off the sidewalk, was informed by Wayne that he would now be switched from the day shift to the swing shift. Simultaneously, a swing shift worker would be switched to day shift.
Apparently, this change will entail a serious hardship for the worker, who has a second job, one he has held for seven years, which conflicts with the swing shift. The worker explained that his family depends on that second income.
Reportedly, Wayne was unmoved. According to my sources, Wayne then told the worker that he (the worker) was too easily influenced by his day coworkers and, that, as a result, his attitude has suffered.
Again, according to my sources, this worker has never been told that there is a problem with his attitude. Further, he is known to be a hard worker who is friendly and courteous to all. He has received appreciative emails from school deans regarding his hard work.
One custodian told me that, in his judgment, the schedule change is clearly an act of retaliation.
He added: “Wayne is trying to keep those who stand and speak up out of the day shift.”
3. BABRAHAM LINCOLN. From Wayne's World:
GARTH: What are you thinking about?
WAYNE: Cassandra. She's a fox. In France, she would be called La Renarde, and she would be hunted, with only her cunning to protect her.
GARTH: She's a babe.
WAYNE: She's a robo-babe! In Latin, she would be called Babia Majora.
GARTH: If she were a president, she'd be Babraham Lincoln.
