Louis C

Review of OC Fair & Event Center

i don t give one star reviews lightly but i m both...

i don t give one star reviews lightly but i m bothered by what happened yesterday. my wife has a TSA approved Leatherman Squirt Es4 on her keychain and the security guard refused to let her in without confiscating the item. when i protested that it was tsa compliant his response was you re not getting in while one of his other goon friends chimed in as backup. he stated i would have to stash it or take it to my vehicle. when i mentioned i had taken a shuttle he said stash it somewhere or take it back to your car.

there was a line starting to build behind me and to be courteous i took the item back to my vehicle losing 25-45 minutes of family time. here s the kicker. i let it go figuring it s best for all parties inside the fair to be safe and if they were enforcing this policy even on TSA compliant items then it was all good.

while going through the vendors i found the following items being sold inside the oc county fair. please review pictures.

how are you going to refuse TSA compliant multi tool items through security check while selling 6 -18 blades inside the fair? how is this in line with security policy of not allowing compliant tools inside the fair?

ban sales of dangerous blades within the fair or allow tsa compliant tools entry into the fair.