What's Happening and a "Dust Up at Annie's Cafe"

On Wednesday, September 17th, 2014, from 9am to 11am, the Riverside Sheriff’s Department’s Lake Elsinore Station will host Coffee with a Cop .

The event will be held at the Starbucks Coffee at 32080 Clinton Keith Road, in the city of Wildomar.

—The Starbucks on the west side of the 15—

Deputies from the Wildomar Police Department and community members will come together in an informal, neutral space to discuss community issues, build relationships, and drink coffee. All members of the Wildomar community are invited to attend.

Chat with a Resident Near a Park

While out walking my two dogs I had the occasion to bump into Monty Goddard, he lives near Windsong Park and is on the Measure Z Oversight Committee. He was relating to me the events of a late night in July where two cars full of revelers showed up near midnight, hopped the fence to Windsong Park, and partied until 3am.

He promptly called the police, and sent emails to all five members of the city council about it. An hour later, with the party still going on as it had been, he called the police again, but was told it was a “low priority call” and would have to be patient... he also sent another email to the council —a bit more pointed this time.

At one point near 2am, one of the two carloads of youth left, but that didn’t end the noise.

Have you ever noticed that voices travel well in the middle of the night? Yeah, me too... and if you are speaking at a normal voice, appropiate for 2:00 in the afternoon, it sounds like shouting at 2:00 in the morning.

Compound drunk people in the middle of the night, with Summer heat (people sleeping with windows opened) and you can see where troubles would arise. He was relating to me the slurred words of a female in the park, “I can’t drink anymore vodka I have a class at 8am.”

So, if I’m remembering the story correctly, at 3am he called again, a little less cheerful than before, and asked for a callback from the responding deputy. The other car left before the police arrived, but as it did head out of the neighborhood, a police car followed them out.

Still, no citations were written. There can’t be a sane person out there, not even my friend Sheila Urlaub, that would think this kind of thing should be permissible. If we don’t have a Zero Tolerance policy for such things, then I think it makes sense to implement one.

He finally did get a call back at 3:30am, and Bridgette Moore was the only one to return any of his emails.

Things To Put On Your Calendar

1) Movie in the Park: Saturday August 23, from 6pm-10pm. The movie is Disney-Pixar’s Cars. The snack bar will be open and serving hot dogs, chips, popcorn, hot chocolate, coffee. It will be manned by Troop 332. Put them boys to work!

2)Monday August 25, 2014 Parks Subcommittee Meeting at City Hall. If you have concerns about the parks, this is your chance to speak directly to those in charge of them.

3)Saturday September 6th, from 7am - 9am: Coffee & Cars. I’m not sure what this one is... I’m thinking that non-gearheads are invited too. I guess I can show up in my 1970 VW Bug... the question will be: Should I wash it first?

4)Saturday September 13th, from 10am to 2pm at Marna O’Brien Park there is a Bicycle Safety Event. The flyer says, “Children of all ages” are invited to this FREE event. Hey, I’m almost 50 years old, and I’m not a kid... but everyone is invited. Let’s cause a traffic jam with more people than Marna can handle at once —deal?

5)Astronomy Night Star Party Saturday September 20th, 6pm-10pm. The first Astronomy Night was great, if you didn’t go the first time, I suggest not missing this one.

6)There is a Candidate’s Forum scheduled for 6:30pm on Tuesday September 23rd, at Elsinore High School. All five candidates have RSVPed. It is being hosted by the Wildomar Chamber of Commerce and the moderator is slated to be LEUSD Board member Tom Thomas. A facebook page has been created to field questions from the public that may be used.

Dust Up at Annie’s Cafe

So a little bird left a bug in my ear about something juicy.

Since I haven’t spoken directly to either of the two parties involved I will leave out names. Allegedly a certain Wildomar City Council candidate was campaigning at Annie’s Cafe while other people were trying to enjoy a meal between songs and dances there. (if you’ve never been to Annie’s be sure to ask if you can wear one of their funny hats when you do). Now back to the story.

So this candidate, not the new comer that no one has met and not any of the incumbents —you do the math, was trolling about handing out fliers asking for donations.

When an Annie’s Cafe regular had had enough, as the story goes, an argument ensued, that had to be “broken up”, after she asked him “How dare you run and sue the city at the same time?”
Seems like a legit question to ask.

So let’s peruse the recent resume of this candidate here.

1. Is tight with the group that constantly sues the city.

2. Didn’t finish even a full year of a two year term as Trails Volunteer.

3. Impersonated a city code enforcement officer.

4. Argues wtih potential voters when asked basic questions.

5. (those are the nice things. The other stuff would burn your ears off.)

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The Cantankerotti must be proud of the horse they have in this race.

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It’s been my goal to have a sit down with all those running, then write basic “Meet the Candidate” blogs about them. I’ve had RSVPs from Leija and the three incumbents. I’ve been looking to meet up with Andre, to ask if he’d be interested, but he’s failed to show up at any city event or meeting for me to do so. I guess I should go have breakfast at Annie’s (Lake Elsinore) if I want to meet him, instead of a city event or meeting.

I’ve never claimed to be a journalist and I don’t pretend to be unbiased, but still, I’m far more fair than anything else you’ll read regarding our city.

When it comes to Gary Andre, he will only get four types of votes.

· The first is from those that don’t know his history.

· The second is from those that seethe whenever they see a picture of Bridgette Moore.

· The third is from people that absolutely will not vote for an incumbent... even if they’ve been doing their jobs and the challenger would be in WAY over his head.

· The fourth is from those that do know his shtick and like it.

He will not receive a single vote from people that take Wildomar seriously. Those that would knowinglyvote for him —basing their vote on his past— are those that are simply looking for another “no” vote and some contentious city council meetings.

So, in a way, from the perspective of a spectator and a blogger... it would be good sport if Andre catches lightning in a bottle and wins.

It won’t be good for our city, but it will please the out of town bloggers and activists that still plague our little hamlet.

For more of Joseph Morabito’s blogs go to http://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/