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I know, think of that time you left your old cell phone or internet provider, that was so comfortably habitual but full of embarrassing little bugs that you put up with, and overpriced to boot, and now after a little getting-used-to everything is much smoother, and you no longer have to deal with everyone rolling their eyes when your computer says “YOU’VE GOT MAIL.”
Or that time you stopped smoking. Or drinking. Or better, when you left that little closed-minded town out in the Midwest to bask in the glory of California.
Or I know, when you finally, after years of thinking it was unthinkable, pulled yourself out of that terrible stagnant and abusive marriage you’d gotten yourself into at age 18, and woke up to a new world of freedom and possibilities.
Well, just so, Huntington Beach’s Ocean View School District, after too many years of frustration trying to get Rainbow Disposal to properly enclose their operations across from Oak View School, after way too much wasted time failing (so far) to reach a legal agreement, have given the trash company its walking papers effective June 3-6, at which time Stanton’s CR&R Environmental Services will pick up, dump and recycle all of the district’s waste.
That’s 25 sites in the district, most of them with trash pickup – this’ll cost Rainbow something like $100,000 a year; but there’s a meeting coming up of the presidents of the “big 7” school districts currently using Rainbow, and OVSD will make the pitch for all of them following suit – THAT would cost Rainbow closer to a million a year.
CR&R, of Stanton. In stark contrast to Rainbow, folks who live near and have been near their facilities off Knott and Katella say that they’ve NEVER smelled foul odors emanating from the premises.
Yes, OVSD can do this, unlike the City of Huntington Beach itself with its imponderable legal entanglements with Rainbow, and its Rainbow-funded politicians and other officials. OVSD in contrast is answerable to a higher authority, the state of California.
“Ourania Seven” and C.E. late in life, still searching.
NOW CUE the caterwauling “I told you so’s” from Chris Epting and his small band, who have been claiming from the start that CR&R is behind the OVSD effort to make Rainbow clean up. “Follow the money!” they cry, “This has nothing to do with the kids! This is a money grab plain and simple! Corruption! Corruption! Oh, this proves what we’ve been saying all along!”
You know what? Whatever. Let them say that. That lonely little crew can go to their graves stooped and wizened, searching fruitlessly for a shred of proof to their nonexistent conspiracy.
Meanwhile the legal fight to make Rainbow actually clean up and enclose properly continues, and is headed for a jury trial soon. Watch this space…
Onward!
Truth.
This could have all been avoided….over an air conditioner and a lunch room. Rainbow has made a lot of mistakes over the years, but this one takes the cake.
Barbie–you may have misread my comment–you seem to be equating the documented air conditioner thing wit the contract change–sorry if i wasn’t clear. What I find odd is that you see to be saying that the contract change was done as a result of that. Is that the case? There was no agenda item for this vote–so when did it happen–if at all? Or the bidding process, if there was one?
I could care less about contract changes–those happen all the time – but how they happen matters. And given the lack of any detail in this piece (which quite honestly seems to be nothing more than a board member leak/blind item) I’d hope you’ll agree that there are some serious unanswered questions here.
No, I’m not equating the air conditioner with the contract change. I’m saying that Rainbow should have settled this in 2013 when it would have only cost them an air conditioner and a lunch are cover.
Why are there no sources cited here? How was the decision made? What are the associated costs to the district? This is taxpayer money. An announcement this big–on a holiday weekend? Was it distributed to anyone else–or just leaked here? This raises even more serious questions about the lack of transparency this corrupt district exhibits on an almost daily basis.
Hey, Chris: Don’t you have more columns to write for a felon?
finally, trash collection in the context of the free market. If you don’t like one service you have the choice to switch to another.
Vern–I will say- your new bond with the infamous HB cyberstalker (Patrick Mahoney -aka “The Garbaginati”) is actually helpful–both of you, with each one of your posts, help incriminate the corrupt Gina Clayton Tarvin even more by exposing her irresponsible behavior.
This post today is a doozie–the district makes a broad decision on how it spends taxpayer money and you are the one they leak the info to. You cite nothing. But you break the news. Keep it up, guys.
OK then bud! You as well, you as well.
I just checked the agendas – this was never an agenda item–there was not a vote–nothing. Was the job even bid out? Or did one board member simply go rogue? This is a remarkable development. Stunning, actually.
WHERE DID YOU GET THIS INFORMATION, VERN?
Chris, whatever. I just saw this picture of you with Travis Bickle and some other woman. Man, u look like complete shit. Iron your clothes and get some rest before you go down another rabbit hole of total bullshit.
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’d almost rather know which Holiday Inn’s Keith Moon took shits in than read one more word of your paranoid nonsense. Get a grip.
WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST VERN?
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING VERN?
ARE YOU GLUTEN INTOLERANT VERN?
Good response, Patrick. What I’d expect from a cyberstalker – substanceless, obsessive and full of hate. You troll photos of me now. Ugh.
Meantime–Vern needs to reveal his source on this news. Because it looks like a vote was not even taken. Check the agenda items. Which would be a very serious violation.
Was it Gina that leaked it to him Did she kill the contract herself with no board input? Let’s stay focused here, folks. Ignore the cyberstalker. Push for facts. What Vern reveals here is a very big deal. And Gina Clayton Tarvin needs to explain this to taxpayers at once.
You are an idiot.
Chris, I could easily answer all your questions right here and now, but it’s been suggested that you instead utilize those celebrated investigative chops of yours, and find out for yourself!
another great comeback, stalker. and that was an 8-time olympian and assemblyman I was with when you stalked my photos–decent, accomplished, professionals. You should meet a few sometime.
Meantime–can you please, within the context of your private Facebook group–ask Gina to explain to the public how this decision was reached?
That you can post this with no sourcing says everything, Vern. It’s not up to me to make your story sound–it’s up to you.
Chris didn’t you just write a book on Shirley Babashoff? She wasn’t “an 8 time Olymian” as you say above. You can’t even get your facts straight about a book you just wrote! I believe she’s a two time Olympian who won 8 medals. Still impressive but a huge difference. Get your shit together.
It’s all there in the minutes. Folks this is what un-self aware, blind rage does to you.
and when it comes to “blind rage” Patrick, I will refer people to your obsessive websites–and the violent threats you make via email to private citizens. And there there is your “Mike Richardson” character that has been sending out letters about me–and the fact that you refer to yourself on Twitter as “Psycho.” Nice.
Chris Epting has been cyberstalking and cyberbullying the good citizens of HB for far too long. People are simply fed up. He lacks the ability to see that Mr. Mahoney’s blog is merely a mirror of himself.
He complains about the thousands of screenshots documenting his bullying behavior that countless residents have sent Mr. Mahoney, but he fails to recognize that the problem is his own words.
His tireless assertions that Ms. Tarvin directs Mr. Mahoney’s actions are baseless as are all of his other accusations. Should Ms. Clayton-Tarvin ever choose to file a libel suit, Chris Epting will have great legal challenges. Unfortunately, his ego gets in the way of any potential success.
Make better choices, Chris. Be kind. Be ethical.
Yeah Ive heard of this guy, hes totally obsessed. Lock your doors.
Chris Epting is the BIGGEST baby! There I said it…
He’s not a baby; he’s a CHAVALA.
Ha!
Pathetic, he blocked me yesterday from his new profile “Chistian Epting”. Can’t hang.
Two actions without board vote:
1. Cancelling rainbow contract
2. Hiring CR&R
If you can produce minutes that prove that wrong–I will write a retraction
You need to calm down.
Seriously. Calm down.
WHO CARES?????? Rainbow sucks anyways!
Accomplished professionals like the convicted felons you associate with like Garofalo? Get real. And really, you want to name drop with Mahoney? You know full well he lives the life you dream of and that he can buy and sell you. You associate with felons, plain and simple.
As predicted, Epting is in a lather over this. He has sacrificed all of his local goodwill and credibility in favor of tilting at Gina-shaped windmills. Sad, actually.
Chris, in my many years in the business I have never met an artist or media figure as disappointing as you, and I’ve literally worked with thousands. You don’t do your research, you clearly don’t know how government organizations work and you are not even close to being objective. You also can’t take your own medicine. But what disappoints me the most is that you aim so freakin’ low.
It’s also foolish for you to come on Vern’s blog and spew your cray cray to an expanded audience. What are you thinking? Yes, of course I called myself “Psycho” on Twitter to mess with you. Clearly it worked. I don’t care you had my account shut down, I only had 8 followers.
That was the point actually. No one except you cares – not the police, not the city council and certainly not the general public. And Mike Richardson isn’t me, so if it isn’t you, your problems just got noticeably got worse. How did you get yourself in this situation?
HAHAHHAHHAHAHA, That was amazing.
To answer your question that you posed on facebook. Everyone knows about the air conditioner and lunch cover. Do your homework, it’s public record.
Epting, people used to respect your writing. You did an awesome job with the fire ring issue. You have really gone over the mental ledge with this whole Gina/Rainbow/OVSD thing, however.
Do you really believe that the asbestos situation was a manufactured conspiracy so that The Union could take over the Board? Take ownership of your own self-created problems, and maybe even seek some help.
Stolen and planted asbestos? For real? And you call Mahoney psycho?
Epting, you’ve been saying for months that you have some bombshell expose’ that is coming out in the local fishwrap you write for. Well, we’re waiting…
Congrats, Chris: For the first time ever on this blog, I’m directing my shits and giggles at someone other than the Bloviator, because you’re out-patheticing even him. Go back to your felon, pendejo!
Don’t be modest, you’re a dick to Vern too.
All of Gina’s little boys seem duly accounted for – problem is – not one of fan boys can answer the serious questions about this article. Who leaked the information – why was there no vote – and what was the bidding process? Gina Clayton Tarvin may have unleashed more of her comunidad mob – but not one of you can cover her for what appears to be, potentially, some seriously unethical behavior.
Keep the crazy insults coming boys – you just keep exposing how corrupt she is. Elected officials are certainly responsible for the company they keep and this bunch of rabid dogs is sure to have an impact this election season. Meantime – let’s get back to her newest brewing scandal, delivered with a bow by Vern.
Still at it? I thought you had looked into this a little, realized how foolish you were being, and piped down.
Pero no, not Epting!
Hey Chris, some kid in the Dodger’s single A system threw 3 strikeouts last night against Bowling Green. Apparently, this kid’s father knows someone who has a brother who knows this other guy that surfed at the HB pier once, back when HB was a sleepy beach town.
We need you to get to Michigan immediately and write a book about it, this topic is just your speed and right up your alley.
One can only weep when a Garofalo crony squeals about ethics.
What would Jesus do?
You’re correct, he would weep.
Chris just wait I will contact you later today with all of the information about this including copies of all transcripts and contracts. I don’t trust Facebook and I don’t know any other way of getting ahold of you right now. Wait for further instructions on how to contact me. I hope this was a safe place to contact you.
Thanks, DT – chris@chrisepting.com is fine – appreciate the heads up!
SMH. (Which I understand is cyber-hipster for “shaking my head.”)
Would it be cruel to alert the irony-free scrivener that this “Deep Thought” person is messing with him, yanking his chain, lampooning the whole cloak-and-dagger manner in which Chris likes to present his crusade?
Please advise, friends. But meanwhile don’t hold your breath waiting for that e-mail, Chris.
You know that he is frantically checking his email right now.
Oh. My. Gosh. Eptings you are like the Benjamin button of investigative journalists. As you get older, you get more gullible. SMH.
Sorry it is taking so long to get you the information. They are watching me closely and I think someone is following me. Can you protect me and my family if I go public? I am little worried. This is big.
YOU ARE MEAN….
Let me take a wild guess, Vern: was this a decision that the Board had previously empowered staff to make at an administrative level?
Yeah, that’s a big part of the riddle. A YEAR AGO. Since then the garbage contract has been month to month. It has been bid out. This month CR&R’s bid was the best, and the ill will Rainbow has earned for so many years did not help it.
And I was not the first “journalist” Gina contacted for the story. But the Register somehow did not find it newsworthy on Friday. You’re too nice, we couldn’t keep Chris guessing a little longer?
No, we couldn’t, because the question he was asking was not unreasonable on its face. It was just one that seemed likely to have a benign answer along the lines of my guess. Maybe he’ll pick up on it now.
Not this fellow. He won’t see anything that doesn’t fit his predetermined view of things.
Thank you, I have no pony in this race and i was going to ask how they did it without an agenda posted vote. Carry on.
Attention Gina’s boys, let’s keep going….the more we rile this guy up the more he will be enraged. And the more enraged he is, the dumber he will look when the board minutes showing the proper transparency are shown and the Ed Code outlining rules surrounding contracts are explained.
Chris has turned into his own worst enemy. I’d like to say it was sad, but Chris can’t even take empathy without blaming Gina so I just have to laugh. Also someone needs to tell those morons over at Rainbow to make sure the shills are kept up to date with memos, because this one just drive in to a brick wall.
And if she didn’t go with the lowest bid, we all know he’d be screaming about her being financially irresponsible and not worthy of reelection. Make up your mind, Chris. You’re looking really, really foolish.
It’s not on the agenda. Where are the minutes. Lol. Fact Finding genius. This dude just keeps taking the bait. Register did have it first. Lol.
Vern, was thinking while running this morning…the land that Walmart and Lowes are on is owned by OVSD, which would mean that these two businesses are subject to State mandates and not the city’s exclusive trash hauling franchise w/ Rainbow. Maybe they’ll have dump Rainbow too, pun intended.
I heard the powers that be at Pacific City are looking into replacing Rainbow because of some corners cut and stuff during the construction. CR&R is bidding the contract. Rainbow was on month to month but as violated a moral clause in the contract due to public health concerns. Trying to get more information. Chris be patient I will the info soon.
OMG, you’re telling me that now Gina is giving marching orders to the Pacific City businessmen/developers – FAR OUTSIDE HER DISTRICT?
Are there truly no limits to her evil powers?
Well, she already controls the LA Times and the OC Weekly, and all California Teachers Unions, as well as that rent-free space she occupies full time inside Epting’s head.
You just know that Epting had fever dreams over this last night. He is going apeshit over on the OVSD Community Forum right now. I don’t think he has figured out what happened yet.
Ah, the forum that long ago banned anyone who’s supportive of what the Board has been doing. At least you can still see it. Stay discreet, it’s good to at least have some eyes and ears there.
I’m not a member of and have never commented on that forum, because if I spoke my mind I would be banned as a whole or blocked by individuals. I prefer to be able to view the self-destruction of our boy, albeit sadly.
I used to like him – he has done some good for the community – but he is very and obsessively mean to people for no reason. This latest Gina/Rainbow/OVSD Jihad over the past year is quite puzzling.
I know what you mean…
For newcomers, this commenter’s name of “A Student” refers to a recent episode where Chris signed a petition “A Student” and got busted. It’s funny though, I used to use that exact same soubriquet when I wrote an underground paper at UT Austin around 89-92.
Of course though, I WAS a student.
I have a feeling that Gina knew exactly what she was doing. Chris would be wise to watch his step on this one. I’m sure she and the board covered everything legally especially in the light of Epting’s constant attacks. His insinuations otherwise are just going to add to more $ should she choose a libel suit. It would be kinda awesome if she’s setting him up on this one. I kinda hope she is.
Can someone count – how many times on this thread has Chris called the School Board, and particularly their president Gina, “CORRUPT?”. Whatever he means by that cheap adjective, he hasn’t backed it up with a SINGLE example in the year since she snubbed him and he went on the warpath. No wonder the whole town is starting to hate him.
Vegas has the over/under of Epting publicly calling Gina “corrupt” at 1000. I am taking the over. Vegas also has over/under of Epting’s publicly posted proof of said assertion at 1. I am taking the under.
No one is taking the under at 999, the bookies are going to have to raise it by adding zeros.
Gustavo, who are you calling felon? I have 22 felonies and Chris still likes me! I am so sick of you Mexicans, get out of our country!
This isn’t the real Craig Frampton. No grammatical errors.
HA!
This is the pathetic thing in all this: Chris has accused Gina of corruption for how long now? Ever since she backed a new generation of Oak View activists who were not content to be the subservient Mexicans the city burghers—the people who buy Chris’ books—want them to be. Meanwhile, an actually corrupt person like Garofalo who, you know, is a felon who admitted to his crimes against HB? Chris says we should forgive him. So why don’t you forgive Gina for her supposed corruption? PENDEJO!!!
Better question, Chris: in all your years of covering HB, why did you never bother to cover what Oak View had to undergo with a garbage dump across the street? I’ll just leave this one here so everyone can have fun…
Epting seems to think that the Oak View activists aren’t smart enough to think for themselves, and are merely being manipulated by the All-Powerful Gina for some nefarious purpose.
Imagine a world where Mexicans owned a dump in Huntington Harbor…
HarBOUR. That’s how snooty.
My bad. All I know is that it would be fully enclosed due to pride of ownership. And the most incredible Smiths/Morrissey cover band would play the Christmas party.
Yeah. They love that shit.
The tirade seems to have quieted. Did he finally figure out he was wrong? If so, where’s that retraction he promised? That needs to be posted everywhere he complained about this and attacked Gina.
Oh, leave him alone. He has to go back to writing stuff for his felon patron.
But Epting won’t stop typing. In response to his own question this afternoon about “the conspiracy” and who actually knows the details thereof, he said: “Right–nobody does–but vern. This should be interesting.”
Jaja… the secrets I keep!
Vern if you are the only one that knows the *truth*, perhaps you should go into hiding, lest you are kidnapped and subjected to the torturous tales of Epto interviewing the Doobie Brothers a long time ago. *chilling*
*There is nothing more frustrating than the like of unrelenting personal attacks for 74 comments on Memorial Day. We will remember this always! Doesn’t anyone have something positive to say? Like we want Walt Ehlers….to be re-buried in the new Irvine/OC Veterans Memorial Cemetary……soon?
OOOh, snap. Epting’s former employer (who had the prescience to fire him during the early stages of his meltdown last year) just came out with an article which reveals that the elimination of Rainbow will save OVSD $30k per year. We are still waiting for your Pulitzer-level blog post about this situation, Epting.
http://www.latimes.com/socal/hb-independent/news/tn-hbi-me-ovsd-rainbow-20160601-story.html
Other developments –
Chris quickly acquired the letter OVSD wrote to Rainbow, with a big “RECEIVED” stamped on it. And whenever we ask where he got that and how he got it so fast, he changes the subject and won’t say. This is the fellow who pretends to have no connection to Rainbow, just the disinterested interest of a concerned citizen.
And we have all the records of how and when the decision was reached. All on the up and up of course. We just thought it would be kind of fun to wait and see how many wild accusations Chris would make first.
Isn’t there supposed to be some sort of retraction when all this came to light?
Exactly. Nothing about this situation matters anymore, because it resulted in a $30k/year savings for the District. Everything was done legally, and it benefited the taxpayers. Epting, what is your next move? A strongly-worded Letter To The Editor?
I’ll think of something that pisses him off by morning I’m sure, the goon squad released a lot of good material to work with today. Then he’ll have something else to obsess over.
Chris, all of this is beyond the pale!! I hope the reason you have left the conversation is to put it all together and hand this slam dunk to your busy attorney so he/she can file your 147th lawsuit against these asshats who don’t understand the workings of a school board and its leader.
I attended meetings at the Oak View Community Center 3-4 years ago. Representatives from Rainbow were there and along w/ other city and Oak View representatives they were trying to figure out how to teach the residents of the Oak View area to clean up around their apartments. I thought, those of us who own homes know how to keep our area clean why is it so hard for the Oak View residents. What is the problem??? Do they not know of trash cans???
A simple solution to the trash problem is simple, tear down the apartments and build High Density low, low low income apartments like the city is building all over HB.
Chris,
There are three comments in automatic moderation. They’ll clear when an administrator approves them.
This is a standard feature to the WordPress version and spam filter used for this site.
I understand that you, Vern, and Greg don’t get along, but try to relax.
The administration of the site certainly has it’s faults and you’re certainly entitled to your opinion, but I hope you’re able to acknowledge your bias and how it colors your conclusion.
I’d approve those comments, but that’s not within my authority.
Any rational person would see I’m not defending anyone.
I’m out, Chris. You’re not exactly coming off as cool and collected.
Maybe that’s not your goal and perhaps it shouldn’t be.
Here’s what was in the moderation box, along with Stanley’s post. Slightly edited to be more true to its spirit
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https://tinyhammer.com/2017/08/29/new-in-the-tinymart/
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Whos the felon now bitch? https://hbtinyhammer.com/2017/08/28/vern-vern-youll-never-learn/
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If Vern got popped in April of 2016 why was he so fucking sanctimonious all this time? What a fucking dirt bag. Vern, let me know your prisoner number after you finally stop stalling your date with destiny, take your conviction like an ( alcoholic) man and you can be my pen pal!… Ill make sure you never play at HB Library again without 10 billion dollars in Liability insurance. Fuck head. Ill be there for your preliminary hearing bitch. Ill take notes when they list all your priors.
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Is Greg representing Vern at his preliminary hearing for hopping on the nighttrain again? If so, perhaps you will be willing to comment for my new piece coming up on Tinyhammer… What ya say Greg?
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