Santa Ana Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua has announced that he will be holding a meeting at the home of Rafael Solorzano, in Santa Ana’s Artesia-Pilar neighborhood, today, April 24, from 3 to 5 pm, in order to “Meet and Greet” local residents.
Solorzano lives at 909 N. Raitt St. Continue reading
“After two days of voting, and five hours of tallying votes after polls closed, Nadia Lopez was elected new Associated Student Government president,” at Santa Ana College, according to their student newspaper, El Don.
Lopez received 339 votes Friday, beating opponent Juan Reyes, who had 266 votes. There were a total of 614 ballots.
For the third year in a row, participation was up. This year’s turnout was up 44 percent from last year’s. Past elections had afternoon and evening voting times. Continue reading
Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez has announced a fundraising reception. Here are the details:
Dr. Ana Nogales and the Friends of Michele Martinez cordially invite you to a reception supporting the re-election of Councilwoman Michele Martinez, on Wednesday, April 28th, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, at Dr. Ana Nogales Corporate Office, located at 1650 E. Fourth Street, in Santa Ana.
Suggested Contributions: $100-$249- $500 – $1000 – Other, Students Free! RSVP: reelectmmartinez@gmail.com or (714) 380-4339.
Click here to see the event flier. Click here to download a contribution form. Continue reading
I had heard that Supervisor Janet Nguyen was supporting Democrat Joe Dovinh for the 68th Assembly District, but now we have proof. I passed by the Lee’s Sandwiches in Stanton, which is owned by her husband, Garden Grove Planning Commissioner Tom Bonikowski, and her Chief of Staff, Andrew Do (who is also a Garden Grove Councilman) today, and lo and behold there was a Dovinh for Assembly sign on their lawn! (See the picture above).
Dovinh is living with Garden Grove Councilwoman Dina Nguyen, according to the Bolsavik blog. Dina is allied with Assemblyman Van Tran, who is supposed to be at odds with Janet Nguyen.
Janet is NOT supporting her fellow Republican, Orange County Board of Education Trustee Long Pham, who is running for the 68th Assembly District as well, in the Republican primary.
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Are you wondering who is putting up all those “Dump Sanchez” signs all over Santa Ana?
Wonder no longer. The signs belong to disgraced anti-Latino Republican congressional candidate Tan Nguyen.
I verified this by conducting a query via Godaddy.com. They list Tan Nguyen as the owner of www.dumpsanchez.com.
He is also touted on the website itself (see the graphic excerpt below). Continue reading
They say a photo is worth a thousand words but if you ask me this one is priceless:
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A new Facebook group is calling itself “Alfredo Amezcua 30,000 Strong,” and asking members of the community to join their campaign to elect Amezcua as our next Santa Ana Mayor. They currently have three members.
Here is what they have to say on their Facebook page:
Our main objective is to motivate Santa Ana’s young (18-35) to come out and vote for change on November 02, 2010. By joining you are committed to motivate 5 fellow residents of Santa Ana to vote for CHANGE! As a fellow Santa Ana resident I urge you to join and lets show the establishment that we have the PODER, not them. YA BASTA QUE NOS VEAN LA CARA DE CANGREJOS! Continue reading
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez was endorsed by the OC Young Democrats
PRESS RELEASE: 4/09/2010
For Immediate Release
Contact Jose Vargas, Communications Director OCYD (562) 324-3097
Orange County Young Democrats Announce June 2010 Primary Candidate Endorsements
April 9, 2010, Santa Ana, CA – The Orange County Young Democrats yesterday voted to endorse a slate of Democratic candidates who will appear on the June 8th Primary ballot. At their monthly general meeting in Santa Ana more than 50 young democrats from around Orange County gathered to listen to local candidates and elected officials discuss their plans for the future of California. The candidates offered a vision of what change would look like at the county level, sharing their thoughts about healthcare, education, and the role young democrats will play the upcoming election cycle.
The following candidates received the endorsement of the Orange County Young Democrats: Continue reading
One of the rallying cries we have been hearing from the supporters of mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua is that the city of Santa Ana issued Alex Vega a permit prior to his protest in front of Amezcua’s office on Monday evening. I just spoke with a high ranking source within city hall and they told me that no permit was issued because no permit was required. They stated Vega had a “First Amendment right” to protest.
The issue of a permit was first raised by Amezcua confidente Dr. Art Lomeli in comments posted on this blog. “I understand Alex Vega sought and recieved from the city of Santa Ana a permit to protest in front of Mr. Amezcua’s legal practice,” said Lomeli. “The city gave a permit to a political soldier of the Mayor who’s purpose is to attack a resident and political challenger to the Mayor for the purpose to defame and damge the protest target’s ability to earn a living.”
Lomeli went on to infer that Chief Paul Walters, the Santa Ana Police Department and city staff were complicit in Vega’s attack on a political rival of Mayor Pulido. This is simply not true and I believe that Dr. Lomeli and the Amezcua campaign owe the Chief and others an apology for implying this
Continue reading No Permit Issued By City For Amezcua Office Protest
The Orange County Young Democrats meet here in Santa Ana. here is their latest announcement regarding their upcoming meeting, on Thursday, April 8. They will be making endorsements for the upcoming primary election in June.
Election season is closer than you think!
Please join us this Thursday for our next meeting. We will be endorsing candidates for both statewide and local office who have elections on the June 8th primary. We will be making endorsements for:
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 6, 2010
Contact: Sylvia Barriga, (800) 947-0468, ext. 105
Cecilia Iglesias, Independent Candidate for the 47th Congressional District, announces her Campaign Kickoff
Cecilia Iglesias, Independent Candidate for the 47th Congressional District, is having her campaign kickoff on Saturday, April 17, 2010, starting at 6:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Park Hotel Anaheim Resort, located at 1855 South Harbor Blvd., in the city of Anaheim.
“As a resident of district 47 for more than 30 years, I know the needs of my community. I have been serving the community for 19 years, and it will be a great honor, and privilege to be your representative in Washington. I believe that united we can face our current and future challenges as a nation, and together we can find sustainable solutions.” “Unity has been the reason why our great nation has maintained its global leadership and has allowed us to succeed in the worst adversities.” said Iglesias. Continue reading
Miguel Pulido’s pal Alex Vega struck again late this afternoon, assembling about 20 of his family and friends in front of Santa Ana mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua’s law office, at 1319 N. Broadway, in Santa Ana.
The protesters carried signs alluding to Vega’s charges that Amezcua is a bad lawyer. That despite the fact that the California Stat Bar Association does not note any complaints in Amezcua’s file.
Why is Pulido allowing Vega to embarrass him like this? It would be one thing to argue the issues with Amezcua, but going after his business is a real low blow. Continue reading
This just in, from Santa Ana Councilman Sal Tinajero:
You are invited to a fundraising reception in honor of Sal Tinajero
With Special Guest and Master of Ceremony Actor Tony Plana, the Co-Founder East LA Classic Theatre, Leading Role in ABC’s Ugly Betty.
When: Tuesday, April 27 2010 Continue reading
When Nelida Yanez ran for the Santa Ana City Council in 2006, she enjoyed the support of Santa Ana Council Members Sal Tinajero and Claudia Alvarez. Yanez lost, with 34% of the vote, according to Smart Voter.
Now Nelida, and her husband Joe, have turned on their former allies and are supporting the mayoral campaign of Alfredo Amezcua, who is challenging incumbent Mayor Miguel Pulido.
The Yanez family is hosting a fundraiser for Amezcua on March 27, from 3-5 pm, at 1125 South Sullivan, in Santa Ana. See the graphic above for RSVP info.
To further convolute things, the supporters of the guy who beat Yanez in 2006, David Benavides, are now supporting Amezcua as well. These supporters include Thomas Gordon, who is also running for the Santa Ana City Council this year. Continue reading
In two years, Supervisor Janet Nguyen, a Republican, is going to have to run for re-election. She only won by three votes, back in 2007. She won a full four year term in 2008. However, since then she has antagonized voters numerous times.
In her latest gaffe, she has upset most of Little Saigon by taking over this year’s Black April event, which commemorates what happened when Vietnam fell to the communists and the people had to flee, many of them arriving here in California.
Rumor has it that popular Assemblyman Jose Solorio, who is a Democrat, will be challenging Nguyen for the First Supervisorial District, in 2012, when, coincidentally, he will term out of the State Assembly.
Solorio represents the Cities of Anaheim and Santa Ana, in the State Legislature. Those same cities are in the First Supervisorial District. Continue reading