Planning Commission Chair Accuses City Staff Of “Lying, Corruption”
Written by 991KBU on June 18, 2019
The chairman of the city’s Planning Commission has accused the city planners and city attorney of lying and corruption.
The charges were hurled last night by Steve Uhring … the appointed commissioner of Skylar Peak.
Uhring says he was notified just two days of a special event … the grand opening of the Whole Foods Market … just below his house in the Malibu Knolls.
Uhring says the city code requires a 24 day advance notice for a special events permit … to allow residents to file appeals and for city staff to respond.
Uhring filed a complaint … acting asa private citizen and not chairman of the planning commission.
Deputy city attorney Trevor Russin sent Uhring a letter defending the permit.
That set off Uhring.
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“What basically happened was that city staff wanted to do a favor for a commercial developer.
“So they ignored the Malibu Civil Code and issued a temporary use permit two days before the event, where it’s supposed to be 24.
“Then they went to the city attorney and had him concoct a series of lies to try to cover it up or try to justify it.
“That in my opinion is a textbook definition of corruption.”
Uhring repeated charged the deputy city attorney of lying about city codes and the applicable facts.
The only comment from the deputy city attorney was this.
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RUSSIN [[ as UHRING repeatedly interrupts “I am not I am not done.”]]: “Commissioner Uhring, I just want to caution you, if you’re going to be disclosing an attorney-client privileged conversation, I advise you not to do so.
UHRING: “You’re not my … I submitted this not as a planning commissioner but as an independent person.
“You are not my attorney, I am not your client.
“If you did send this to me as (my) attorney, I would have fired you.”
City planning commission chairman Steve Uhring … dissing his legal counsel … Trevor Russin … at last night’s planning commission meeting.
