Received After Agenda Printed
City Council Meeting 2/20/2024
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL Public Comment
MEMBERS. (IVon -Agenda)
info. Faye Wong - Riverside County
march election
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE LIKE ME BUT
ONCE I HAVE DECIDED WHO I AM GOING
TO VOTE FOR I TOSS ALL ADS IN THE
TRASH. WHEN I GOT CHUCK
WASHINGTON'S AD ALONG WITH A FEW
OTHERS I GAVE THEM A TOSS. LATER IN
THE DAY A FRIEND CALLED VERY UPSET.
THEY SAID THERE WERE A FEW
STATEMENTS ON THAT MAILED AD THAT
WERE MISLEADING. SO I GOT MINE OUT OF
THE TRASH.
ON THE BACK SIDE IN BRIGHT RED
LETTERS, WASHINGTON CLAIMED
JONATHON INGRAM OF RAISING TAXES
BY 14 MILLION DOLLARS. THEN UNDER
HIS STATEMENT IN LETTERS SO
SMALLYOU ALMOST NEED A MAGNIFYING
GLASS TO READ THEM, WASHINGTON
CITES A MURRIETA COUNCIL MEETING ON
7-17-2018 ON MEASURE "T" AS HIS
SOURCE. MEASURE T WAS PUT ON THE
BALLOT AND WAS PASSED WHEN
MURRIETA RESIDENTS VOTED FOR IT. THE
MEASURE WAS TO FUND OUR POLICE AND
FIRE DEPARTMENTS. I BELIEVE OUR
GREAT FIRST RESPONDERS TOOK A CUT
IN PAY WHEN WE HAD A
RECESSION SO THERE WOULD BE NO LAY
OFFS AND SO THEY COULD KEEP THE
SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE. THAT IS WHY
TODAY WERE ARE ONE OF THE SAFEST
CITIES IN THE NATION.
THEN, IN THE NEXT SECTION
WASHINGTON ACCUSED MR. INGRAM OF
INCREASING THE AMOUNTS FOR
BUSINESS FEES. THAT REALLY SURPRISED
ME AS MR. WSHINGTON WAS ON THE
MURRIETA COUNCIL AND AT ONE TIME
SERVED AS MAYOR. HE KNOWS FULL
WELL THAT NO ONE PERSON CAN RAISE
BUSINESS FEES. THAT MATTER WOULD
HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE ENTIRE
COUNCIL, BE VOTED ON AND PASSED BY A
MAJORITY.
THE LAST STATEMENT WASHINGTON
MADE WAS THAT MR. INGRAM WAS A
LIBERAL POLITICIAN. MR. INGRAM WAS
CHAIRMAN OF THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY
REPUBLICAN PARTY, SO I THINK HE IS
MISTAKEN. IF YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND
FOR A WHILE, YOU SHOULD REMEMBER
MR. WASHINTON WAS FIRST APPOINTED
TO THE POSITION OF SUPERVISOR BY A
DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL GOVERNOR.
AS I SAID BEFORE, IF YOU HAVE BEEN
AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, YOU WILL
REMEMBER I DIDN'T LIKE MR. INGRAM.
BUT THAT CERTAINLY CHANGED.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO MY DAUGHTER
HOSTED A CAR WASH FOR A NO KILL
ANIMAL SHELTER. MR. INGRAM SHOWED
UP AND MADE A GENEROUS DONATION.
THEN HE PICKED UP A TOWEL AND
STARTD WASHING CARS. HIS ENTIRE
FAMILY IS CIVIC MINDED. WHILE HE WAS
WASHING CARS HIS WIFE WAS HOLDING
UP SIGNS ON THE CORNER ALONG SIDE OF
ME.
MR. INGRAM HAS SMOKED FULL HAMS
AND DONATED THEM TO OUR FIRE
HOUSES. WHEN WE HAD A PRESENTATION
FOR SCHOOL KIDS AT THE INNOVATION
CENTER WHO COMPETED IN EUROPE AND
WON ONE OF THE TOP PLACES, THE CITY
GAVE THEM A CERTIFICATE. MR. INGRAM
GAVE EACH ONE OF THEM A CHECK TO GO
TOWARD A TRAVEL FUND SO THEY COULD
COMPETE AGAIN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF
THE COUNTLESS TIMES MR. INGRAM HAS
STEPPED UP TO FILL A NEED OR DONATE
TO A WORTHY CAUSE.
WHEN COVID HIT AND EVERYTHING SHUT
DOWN MR. INGRAM WENT INTO ACTION.
HE TOOK FOOD, MILK AND TOILET PAPER
TO THE ELDERLY. THEN HE WENT TO A
DISTILERY AND ASKED IF THEY COULD
MAKE DISTILLED WATER FOR MEDICAL
MACHINES THAT REQUIRED DISTILLED
WATER.
HE ALWAYS ANSWERS HIS PHONE, HAS
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS THAT HAVE
SAT ON THE SHELVES FOR A LONG TIME,
NEVER VOTED TO RAISE TAXES, ISN'T
CONFLICTED IN ANY WAY, HELPS ANY
ONE IN NEED AND FIGHTS FOR RIGHT
OVER WRONG. HE IS EDUCATED AND HAS
EXPERENCE IN GOVERNMENT POLICIES,
SUPPORTS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS,
VETERANS, AREA YOUTH, THE ELDERLY
AND ALL MINORITIES.
MR. INGRAM IS A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT
AND I BELIEVE WE NEED HIM TO BE
ELECTED AS RIVERSIDE COUNTY
SUPERVISOR.