Norms open in West Covina
West Covina city officials, including Mayor Sherri Lane, and Councilmen Mike Touhey and Steve Herfert, attended the grand opening today of Norms Restaurant, 501 North Azusa Ave.
There were about 40-50 people there, including Norms president Philip Singerman, and lots of staffers from West Covina.
What Norms employees seemed especially excited about was the retro look and feel of the place, as well as the Neon sign.
Norms first opened in So Cal in 1949, and now there are 17 locations across the area. And the best part? It's 24-7.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I'm hungry
I feel terrible for those buttons on Touhey's shirt....those things must be holding on for dear life. Thank goodness for 40-foot long ties.
To Anonymous, now your picking on Touhey because he's wearing a shirt and tie. The guys 6'8" 400 lbs atleast his clothes fit properly. Where's Councilmember Roger Hernandez? Paz Oliverez wasn't done ironing his clothes yet?
I am glad to see Norm's in West Covina and I am glad to see 3 of the Councilmembers showed up for the Grand Opening! We need to put Councilmember Roger Hernandez afce on the back of a milk carton. Must have been meeting with Ziad Alhassen discussing the next lawsuit against the City.
Yay Norms
Did it occur to anyone tha Roger has a real job teaching college? Is Steve still a "Scientist" even though SCE has no such job title? What's Sherri doing these days? Glad to see that the heavy consulting business gives Mike some time off to go to Norms. I wonder what the developers lost in this afternoon photo op? He should stay away from the place given the picture above. And Shelley is where? Probably still hiding from her stalker.
Hmm...in the end, maybe Roger has the best excuse of them all. And he wasn't even there.
Anon, maybe Roger was in surgury? Yes having that window put in his stomach so YOU can see where you are going since you have your head so far up his butt!
Roger Hernandez never graduated from USC as he claims. He is a fraud. We called the registrar and no such person went there.
He does not even have a masters degree. He claims to have a masters in "Governance". HE paid for that one when he was on the school board. a one day seminar.
FRAUD.
I have a short stack
To Anon, For the record Councilmember Roger Hernandez is a part time teaching all the other Councilmembers have Full time jobs. The rest the Council works while Roger just buys and sells cars to Ziad Alhassen for a living. Ziad Alhassen must have layed Councilmember Roger Hernandez off recently. Did Roger every get that grade fixed at University of La Verne from a F to ? Was that a class the City of West Covina Taxpayers paid for? Roger knows what time it is every time he looks at that free Rolex he got, the question is from who? Ziad Alhassen? Luis Rojas Del Terre? The City of West Covina paid appox. $3,000. in one year towards his college tuition. How much has the City of West Covina paid in his college tuition in the 5 years since he's been a councilmember? Has Ziad Alhassen paid any? Has any of Roger's family members worked for Ziad Alhassen or any of his families companies? Has any of Roger's commissioners worked for Ziad Alhassen or any of his families companies?
Anon, it says a lot about you making a joke about Councilmember Sanderson's Stalker incident. Your such a low life there's no question your a Roger supporter, go cash your welfare check no instead go get a job low life!
PEOPLE!!!!!
How does any of this relate to Norms?
It's all the Rog-haters who have nothing better to do.
Do you all have something against getting a college education?
Roger Hernandez lied on his application to teach. HE DOES NOT have a Masters Degree.
It is humorous that certain people can question someone elses education when they themselves cannot write a complete sentence without grammer and spelling errors! PEOPLE GET A LIFE! (Perhaps go back to school as well)
Oh, dear. Roger does have a master's degree. In public administration. From the University of La Verne. I've seen it, seen pictures of him getting it at graduation. In fact, why don't you ask Andy Pasmant, our city manager? He was getting his MBA the same day Roger got his MPA? So, instead of trying to libel him, lying and throwing out all these outrageous claims, try following "Someone Else's" advice: learn to write complete sentences without grammar and spelling errors- it's such a crime to the art of the written word.
Deal on Burned SUV Prompts Inquiry
By Hector Becerra and Richard Winton
November 01, 2005 in print edition B-1
Prosecutors have launched an investigation of a West Covina city councilman who bought a cut-rate SUV, then voted in favor of a financial arrangement that benefited the dealer who sold it to him.
The car in question was one of several damaged in August 2003 when environmental radicals set fire to some SUVs and painted slogans such as “polluter” on others in the San Gabriel Valley.
Councilman Roger Hernandez put up less than $6,000 in cash, plus the trade-in of his old car, to buy one of the damaged SUVs, a charcoal gray 2004 Chevy Tahoe LS that could have sold for $35,000 undamaged.
District attorney investigators served a search warrant last week at West Covina City Hall, the auto dealership and Hernandez’s home.
“I opened the [garage] door, and here were a bunch of men looking through my garage,” said Hernandez, 30, who denies any wrongdoing.
Investigators, he said, showed him a copy of the search warrant affidavit, which stated they were “looking for a partnership with the dealership that was improper.”
Prosecutors declined to comment on the case. But sources close to the investigation said officials were trying to determine whether Hernandez acted improperly by accepting the SUV at a discounted price while continuing to participate in city business involving the dealership.
The dealership, Clippinger Chevrolet, was one of several hit by vandals during a night of attacks on SUVs across the San Gabriel Valley that was later linked to the radical environmental group Earth Liberation Front.
Shortly after the attack, Hernandez was among a group of city leaders who toured Clippinger Chevrolet to assess the damage.
Hernandez said he talked with Ziad Alhassen, president of Clippinger’s parent company, West Covina Motors, about the fate of the scorched cars. Some were “100% destroyed,” Hernandez said, but others were only partially burned.
“I asked him what they were going to do with these partially burned vehicles,” Hernandez said. “He said that after being processed for insurance, they would be refurbished and sold at discount.”
Hernandez said he told Alhassen that he was interested in purchasing one of the damaged vehicles.
Shortly afterward, Hernandez picked out a charcoal gray 2004 Chevy Tahoe LS.
“It had a stench. The vehicle always had a stench,” the councilman said.
The most obvious damage was to paint on the upper left side of the roof that had a sandpaper texture from fire damage, he said.
Hernandez said he was quoted a price of about $23,000. He traded in his 1997 Toyota Land Cruiser for $17,000, he said. At the time, he also qualified for an unspecified “manufacturer’s rebate.”
A year later, Hernandez voted with the council majority on a sales tax deal under which the city would give back up to $3.5 million for Clippinger to improve its dealership. Under the agreement, the dealership and the city would share in the profits after a certain sales threshold was met.
About eight months ago, Hernandez said he traded in the Tahoe to a dealership in West Covina so he could buy a GMC Yukon. He said he got about the same amount that he paid to Clippinger Chevrolet – $23,000 – in that trade-in.
“I wanted a better car, and this one has XM [satellite] radio and [electronic location device] OnStar, and four wheel drive,” Hernandez said. “The Tahoe lacked a little power, and I wanted a little more power.”
Hernandez, who is studying for his master’s degree in public administration from the University of La Verne and manages properties belonging to his parents, is not up for reelection until November 2007. But he said he believed the investigation indicated he was being set up by political enemies.
“I 100% believe this is politically motivated,” he said. “It’s part of a whisper campaign by people whose projects I voted against, people who have reasons to be upset with me.”
Hernandez said there was no connection between his purchase of the Tahoe and the Clippinger vote, adding that he was confident he would be vindicated. Alhassen could not be reached for comment.
Bob Stern, a political watchdog with the Los Angeles-based Center for Governmental Studies, said the case might boil down to whether Hernandez received preferential treatment from the dealership.
“The question here is what was the vehicle worth at the time he got it and did the official get a deal better than anyone else,” he said.
Councilman Steve Herfert, who voted against the $3.5 million potential sales tax payback to Alhassen in March, said he still believed the pact was a bad deal for the city.
He said the deal forgave debt and then gave up to $350,000 of sales tax revenue back to Alhassen annually if he brought in more than $1.1 million in sales tax revenue for the city.
“It was a gift of public funds,” Herfert said.
Councilman's former campaign manager convicted of voter fraud
Article Launched: 10/09/2008 02:00:56 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES - A judge convicted West Covina Councilman Roger Hernandez's former campaign manager to one count of voter fraud last week.
Paz Oliverez, 32, pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge, and she received 24 months of probation, 200 hours of community service, and was ordered to pay a $100 restitution.
Oliverez served as the campaign manager for Hernandez during the West Covina city election last year until she resigned because she made a mistake on her voter registration.
Deputy District Attorney Gary Nielsen said that Oliverez told investigators that she changed her registration because she intended to rent a room in Hernandez's West Covina home.
But she never changed her registration and remained living at her Los Angeles home, Nielsen said.
Notice how ROGER HERNADEZ lists himself as MAYOR?
http://felipeagredano.com/aboutus.aspx
Ummm... No. Roger did not list himself as mayor, Felipe Agredano did. Secondly, for that LONG AND LENGTHY LA Times article, you forgot to point out that story was written in 2005 and the investigation has since been dropped with no charges filed. You also fail to mention that Paz Oliverez did not vote in that election, and therefore did not get convicted of "voter fraud."
What you also fail to tell EVERYONE is that these same allegations went to thousands of West Covina homes, thanks to developer-funded hit pieces and what happened???
Roger got re-elected. I'm wondering if the same people who tried to get Roger out of office are now consultants for McCain...The similarities are striking.
Roger's a Muslim who pals around with terrorists! *wink*
Notice how ROGER HERNADEZ lists himself as MAYOR?
http://felipeagredano.com/aboutus.aspx
Maybe next Roger Hernandez will claim he has a JOB! He is a constant liar and has a history of violence in his family.
Notice how ROGER HERNADEZ lists himself as MAYOR?
http://felipeagredano.com/aboutus.aspx
Do they still have a the Bacon and Egg Breakfast Special?
I love to pig out. I love to see the two legged pigs coming in here. A large family left and were so big, that they look like a herd of cattle stampeding and the building started to shake.