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Today’s show is a departure of sorts for what we normally talk about on EarzUp, but it is interesting nonetheless. A few shows back we read an article from past guest David Koenig on a social club that was being sued, along with the Disney company, for allegations of extortion and threatening behavior. We all thought it was an interesting story and one that we should try to explore a bit further. David’s article, while well-written, was understandably one-sided since the only information he had to go on was the court documents filed by the plaintiff. Being the intrepid pseudo-journalists we are, Terrence reached out to Jake Fite, one of the many defendants in the court case, to see if he would come on and give his side of the story. It’s a complex one with many layers, and might not be suitable (or interesting, as it’s rather long and detailed and has nothing to do with Disneyland history) for those younger kids in the audience.
http:// earzup-podcast.com/jake-fite-white-rabbits-social-club/
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"Sarno’s idea was to get as many as 343 participants to walk roughly two miles around the park, each wearing the name of a different fallen fireman. He’d also sell merchandise ($10 patches and $30 T-shirts), and donate the profits to the Michael Lynch Foundation. Sarno said he got permission from Disneyland to conduct the event on Sept. 11, 2016, and the park allegedly agreed to furnish security.
By about a week before the event, Sarno reached his registration goal. On Sept. 11, 2016, close to 340 guests—including members of other social clubs—participated in the walk, garnering positive media attention in outlets such as the Orange County Register.
The event appeared to be a hit, and Sarno quickly began making plans for a repeat performance Sept. 11, 2017. But that walk would never take place. Instead, his social club is now disbanded, he’s too terrified to visit the park, and he’s filed suit against Disneyland and the rival social club that took him down.
According to Sarno, about a week before the 2016 walk, he was approached on Disney property by five members of the White Rabbits, one of the park’s older and larger social clubs. As Sarno tells it, the group demanded $500 from him for them to “protect” participants during the walk. White Rabbits club president Jakob Fite allegedly asked why Sarno didn’t get his permission first, since his group “ran the park” and had authority from Disney to demand protection money.
Sarno says he turned them down, because he wanted to donate all the money he collected to charity and he had already made security arrangements with Disney. Fite, according to Sarno, grew incensed and said if he didn’t get paid, he would make sure Sarno and his wife would never be able to visit the park again.
Sarno says that Fite then began making derogatory statements about him on his White Rabbits Facebook page and Club Hub group page, intimating that Sarno was a pedophile, that he was only masquerading as a firefighter, and that folks should watch out for him. Sarno suspects the posts convinced several registrants to back out of the walk.
On the day of the walk, Fite confronted Sarno at the park. While the exact words exchanged will vary depending on who’s retelling them (both men declined requests to be interviewed), they seem to agree on the upshot: either Sarno would shut down his fictional firehouse, or Fite was going to make life very miserable for him.
Instead, within days, Sarno announced plans for his 2017 walk—and the White Rabbits turned up the heat. About a week after the event, Fite aired a two-hour episode of his “Radio Underland” podcast, leveling a litany of accusations against Sarno, basically contending that the 9/11 walk was a ruse to scam walkers out of money and the Fire Station social club was a pretext to meet fellow swingers or young girls.
READ THAT LAST SENTANCE
sauce:
http:// micechat.com/179550-david-koenig-disneyland-social-clubs/
AND LETS TALK ABOUT THIS RABBIT… HIS "LIPS/MOUTH"