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Subject:Comment of gratitude regarding Caitlin Manor Remaining Closed: City Council Meeting on 10/5/2022
Date:Wednesday, October 5, 2022 10:01:01 AM
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Dear City Council,
I'm speaking on behalf of the North Verdemont community who are grateful at your decision
to close the Caitlin Manor and follow the law and order of San Bernardino. For too long,
, his wife, and son, and put forth social media campaigns in the city and beyond,
exploiting their handicapped daughter/sister as a ploy to break the law and encroach on the
peace and safety of their neighborhood. We can no longer ignore this as last year it reached a
culmination with it attracting gang members into our community and a child was shot.
What's even more insulting is that within the last year, openly posts about his purchases
of multiple properties, without having to sell his current home. Additionally, one of the
properties is his rental property that he markets on AirBnB for $360 a night. We have reason
to believe that his haunt event is being used to bankroll his purchases and is building him
wealth and not as a fundraiser for his daughter as he claims.
He plans to attend the meeting tonight, and says he will bring in his daughter to show what
this fundraiser is about, which we no longer believe. He is scamming the community and
many have fallen victim to this belief and many can see right through his ploy.
Not as a small matter, our area is prohibitive for having a permit to run outdoor/indoor
entertainment and special events. Then how has he gotten away with this for so long? We have
eyewitnesses that attest to his neighbor who assists in running the event, flashed his police
badge to other police who responded to last year's shooting. Does this mean his connections in
the police department render him above the law?
I've attached a pdf that shares some of what I've shared above. There's so much law breaking,
fraud, and corruption, we can no longer bear it. Now that the city knows, if there is additional
crime, they will be held liable.
Thank you.
Regarding Caitlin Manor
From the view of North Verdemont Concerned Neighbors
Neighbors are thrilled that Caitlin Manor will
no longer be held in our safe neighborhoods.
•Upon learning that the illegal event, Caitlin Manor, was being prohibited
from starting up again, the owner of the house, and
“entrepreneur” (how he describes himself on FB), went to NextDoor to
seek help from neighbors to show support for his event, at the City Council
Meeting, scheduled October 4, 2022.
•In response, we’d like to add items of concern we’ve discovered regarding
’s “fundraiser.”
•We have reason to believe that and family is using the money
garnered from the fundraiser to build wealth. He has purchased two
properties since last year’s shooting. We present public posts he’s made.
•We present NextDoor posts from last year to share the fearful sentiment
and frustration surrounding last year’s shooting and ’s inappropriately
callous and mercenary response.
But first, a reminder of the established areas
of concern
•The event brings in thousands of people into our neighborhoods every weekend in October
•It’s a cash only business, there is no tax collected for items sold
•There was a shooting last year. Many cops and helicopters came to the neighborhood and did not shut it
down. Eye witnesses said the neighbor friend who assists in the haunt, flashed his badge to the other cops.
Does this mean he’s using his influence to break the law and keep this illegal operation running?
•Children and teenagers ran terrified to nearby homes for safety and some kids were missing as they did not
answer their phones when their frightened parents tried to find them.
•There is no permit,no business license, no “optional” fee as a fundraiser should be. There is no form 990
public if it is a legitimate nonprofit.
•The haunt itself is dangerously made and not ADA compliant and definitely not to code.
•It was open during pandemic years. It’s a traffic hazard, a fire hazard, unsanitary with urine on the floor, no
crowd control, it’s open past midnight and loud.
•It brings suspicious people to the neighborhoods, some gangmembers (who caused the shooting last year),
men who had no children to trick or treat asking for candy. It brought rv’s full of people.
•It’s advertised on news sources and all over google.
Overall thoughts
• has created an environment that has made our neighborhood unsafe.
•He uses his daughter’s condition as a way to garner sympathy and get away from breaking the
law.
•We have reason to believe he’s scamming his community and is building wealth from his haunt.
•Please do not let him convince anyone to keep the event going.
•San Bernardino is an established city with law and order and we are at peace knowing they have
corrected this wrong.
•This is not directly relevant but important to note for his character. is a known cheater. He
is in the Hall of Shame for failing a urine test in Natural Olympia 2008. This is the kind of
character he has. He will not cheat his community anymore.
•With that said, we do pray for his daughter and the anguish her condition has caused. We do
think perhaps this was a misguided and maybe this whole event started out with good
intentions, but it has gone too far, and greed is in the mix now.
•We thank you for hearing us and being a support to the peace and safety of the community.