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Apparently Orange County Republicans have resorted to marrying Latinas as their main form of Latino outreach. The latest example of this is Capistrano School Board member Ken Maddox, who now goes by Ken Lopez-Maddox.
According to an August/September 2003 survey by WEDDINGBELLS magazine (search), 94 percent of 5,000 brides polled were taking their husband’s name, either wholesale or hyphenated, and 6 percent were maintaining their maiden name. They had no research regarding men taking their wive’s names.
So Ken is treading new ground here. But the real irony is that he has a long history of immigrant bashing.
In one funny episode, two Latina activists visited Maddox to ask him about his connections to Barbara Coe and her hateful CCIR organization. Here is an excerpt from an online article explaining what happened after he denied any connection to CCIR:
“But Maddox’s claim of non-affiliation with CCIR was quickly cast into the wind when a woman known by the author of this article to be a very active member of Coe’s group in the Orange County area (especially in Anaheim), unexpectedly dropped by the Assemblyman’s office the very moment that Maddox was having a discussion with both Ce Coatl and Teresa. In fact, upon overhearing CCIR being mentioned in the conversation, this woman casually strolled into the Assemblyman’s private office, proceeded to seat herself in one of his chairs, and said, “Oh, I’m from the CCIR. Is there anything I can help you with?”. This same woman would later be seen outside of Maddox’s office standing next to — you guessed it — Barbara Coe, who, along with a tiny handful of other CCIR members, organized a counterdemonstration against those groups who peacefully assembled that afternoon to protest the legislator’s vote to repeal SB60.”
Maddox is a former cop – rather a former DARE cop. He now works for Board of Equalization member MIchelle Steel, as some kind of assistant. And he has been a political consultant.
Maddox is allied with the Talibani Republicans who control the Capo School Board. His latest action this week was to vote to reject “a proposed $372 million budget for the 2009-10 school year, a move that could put Orange Countys second-largest school district in serious financial jeopardy if trustees cant agree on a spending plan in the next eight days,” according to the O.C. Register. Nice going there Ken.
Maddox was elected to the Capo School Board last year. He has previously served in the State Assembly. He lost to John Campbell a few years ago when they fought over a State Senate seat. Campbell later ran for Congress and won.
I can’t stand Maddox in part because of his support for the Orange County PLA (project labor agreement), which banned non-union contractors from bidding on Orange County public works for several years. He is a fake conservative, IMHO. He is consistently conservative on stupid social issues but a disaster on fiscal issues. In particular, he is a pro-union hack.
And now Maddox fashions himself a Latino. Creo que no guay! I wonder if his wife knows what an immigrant basher he is? I should say his second wife. He parted ways with his first wife several years ago. Of course the divorced Maddox supported Prop. 8, banning gay marriage. Nothing says “sanctity of marriage” like good old fashioned divorce!
How sad the OC GOP is on the issue of Latino outreach. When I was their Latino outreach director I started a chapter of the RNHA (Republican National HIspanic Assembly) with the help of David Nunez, a local Latino Republican who ran for Congress. We regularly attracted as many as 100 people to our meetings! Since then, the OC GOP has become a bastion of anti-Latino haters. I finally quit the party a few years ago after being the only Latino to get elected to the OC GOP Central Committee.
The CA GOP finally found another way to reach out to Latinos as Assemblyman Juana Arambula, from Fresno, quit the Democratic Party and joined the dying Republican Party. He was tweaked over budget and water issues. He terms out in 2010. Most likely his political career is now finished.
And the award for the outstanding blog comment of the week goes to, ……. Michelle Quinn!
“And stop blaming America for the fact that Mexico is a corrupt country that has only two classes the rich and the poor!! It is the Governments and the local officals of mexico that is corrupt!”
Good work Michelle! – and keep giving Pedroza and company heck.
You guys suck!!
I missed the i-scrimmage-
and WHAT—WINE AND ALL!
Darn it, may be I can re-ignite our bonfire but later on tonight–running late!!
Monedita de Oro–welcome!!
Doc. Lomeli sorry I left ya alone with
Cruella De Vil and her 201 cats.
Hope you guys are up for wine again tonight.
Viva Mexico—feos celosos!
Fiala never showed up–huh?
Disregard the huh–sounding like George Lopez.
Oh its so grand to wake up a
PERFECT MEXICAN–WE WALK ON WATER-
THAT’S WHERE THE TERM WET BACK CAME FROM
for all the haters that don’t know–
WELL NOW YA KNOW!!!
Running late– coffee -Nescafe clasico & Pan Dulce,
Mexican Good Looks–Damn I Look Good!
Now off I go on my shiny, luxurious, impeccable, BMW Big Mexican Wagon!!
Thanks for helping to pay for it Michelle!!!
Eat your heart out, hater.
Michele do you blame your white teachers for your inability to spell and write?
No i blame war and the fact i am lazy! What excuse has the student’s,Parents and teacher’s of Santa Ana School district???
Art, they are breaking American laws!! Plain and Simple. You will alway stick up for Mexican’s even if they do wrong and that does not say much for your Character Doctor. Though i do think your character was questionable, when you bullied a young student at your lecture.
Sometimes Doctor you are not a nice man, and you let your culture down, because the people of Mexico are generally very open and real people, like the Irish!
Just in time, I’m glad i paid for your BMW, but the bad guy always loses in the end, Don’t go to Mass this week you may just get a lighten bolt in the arsh.
AHHHHHHHH Anonymous, I am all warm and fuzzy in side!
Goodbye Guys nice bloging with you I’m off on my travels!
Michelle,
“No i blame war and the fact i am lazy! What excuse has the student’s,Parents and teacher’s of Santa Ana School district???”
The educational system in the country is bad. More so in Santa Ana due to bad management.
The difference and reason for Santa Ana’s below average testing is due to many factors such as:
– A bad school board that lacks thinking out the box in order to adapt to the unique problems with poor neighborhoods.
– Social factors associated with poverty.
Maybe some students, parents and teachers are lazy like you.
Considering such factors, evaluation results, compared with other Cities is not realy alarming.
My point is that it is more of a community’s growing pains along with bad school system managers.
Miss bigot would like you to beleive it is a genetic Mexican problem.
“Art, they are breaking American laws!! Plain and Simple. You will alway stick up for Mexican’s even if they do wrong and that does not say much for your Character Doctor.”
They are here because corporate America, idustries, businesses and Americans assist, protect and employ them. Theseg roups are breaking the law and responsible for the laborers breaking immigration law my entering the country.
I don’t see much bashing these groups by you. Are you sticking up for these groups by putting all the blame emphasis on the undocumented?
WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER MICHELLE?
“Though i do think your character was questionable, when you bullied a young student at your lecture”
What in the @#!%^& are you talking about. You like you make things out . Maybe you have little voices in your inbred brain(you said you have a pure bloodline) telling you stuff.
“the people of Mexico are generally very open and real people, like the Irish!”
Cool Michelle, you are one of us. Don’t let people talk crap on us OK?
“Just in time, I’m glad i paid for your BMW, but the bad guy always loses in the end, Don’t go to Mass this week you may just get a lighten bolt in the arsh.”
Many of us think “just in time is a good guy. So, you talked to God and instructed him to throw a “lighten bolt” on him. I guess in that conversation you had with God he told you “yeah” when he goes to mass i will do that for you Michelle.
“Goodbye Guys nice bloging with you I’m off on my travels”
OK, Michelle go to your fantasy land where you spend alot of time and say hello to Dorothy and the Wizard of OZ for me.
Goodbye Doc, You really need to learn to face the truth, it will set you free!
Speakup if you have a problem with the Irish, we can take the critisim if we deserve it. And yes i am one of the good guys, i don’t lie,steal,and i am responsible for the caretaking of my own family.Iknow the difference between right and wrong.
What are you teaching your children doctor,that it is ok to be irresponible in life?
This land is a land of opportunity and one can choose to take it or leave it!
And Doctor. stop with the thug like name calling,remember that you are a Doctor and a teacher! And if you are hearing God, maybe he is trying to tell you something!
Cheer’s happy blogging!
A bad workman always blames his tools:)
Goobye Michelle,
“Goodbye Doc, You really need to learn to face the truth, it will set you free!”
I have an opinion of the truth and present it, just like you present your belief. I have the same right you do. Is everyone that does not have your beliefs wrong?
“Speakup if you have a problem with the Irish, we can take the critisim if we deserve it.”
I told you before that I love the Irish. Because I don’t agree with your opinions does not translate in hating the Irish because you are Irish. How ignorant and self serving you are. Your position would mean that you speak for all Irish.
“And yes i am one of the good guys, i don’t lie,steal,and i am responsible for the caretaking of my own family.Iknow the difference between right and wrong.”
The people you hate have those characteristics. You should bond with them perfectly if you try.
“What are you teaching your children doctor,that it is ok to be irresponible in life?”
I teach my children to love their neighbor without concern of labels, economic level or ethnic background. To be objective and evaluate before making biased decision that will harm their fellow human.
Your definition of irresponsibilty through out this discussion has been only about bashing Mexican immigrants here illegally. Pretty narrow minded i’d say.
Is this the is priority teaching to your children?
“And Doctor. stop with the thug like name calling,”
Review your post. You started the name calling and the accusation of me stealing tax money.
A lightning bolt is going to strike you for your dishonestty. I thought you were this tough old bird. Don’t get in the kitchen if you can’t take the heat.
Thug name calling ….funny I get it thug because I am Mexican.
Precious comment: translated – stop with the name calling … thug.
You see, people can read between the lines and clearly see you as the bigot you are.
I unlike you have limited time.
I would rather confront you face to face. Their is nothing better to an Irish man/woman than to take on a pack of thugs.
“Your are a thug Doctor” Sorry but it is the truth,I have never experience racisim, but i believe that you maybe the real deal! ” i have read you posts”
. I think you feel that behind a computer as well as in a class romm of kids that you can beat your chest.
You cannot suppress the truth with hate or visious attacks with name calling. It makes your arguement seam more like a beating and not a debate.
I wonder if you and your pack would be so quick with the nasty name calling, if it was too my face. “i bet not”.
If i think we just might meet, i will give you headsup so you can bring the rest of your gang with you (IE. Just in time,frijo,ORo.
NOW i know why the Gang unit, gets such a kick on taking on Gangs it is quite addictive!
“Just shows you, thugs come as Dentist’s as well”!
🙂 Saul’te
Hay que sacarle todos los dientes a esta pinchi loca- sin utilizar anestesia. 🙂
Frijo– holds one arm
I hold the other
Monedita de Oro – sits on her legs.
Y Doctor Lomeli–adelante con pinzas y sin anestesia!!LOL J/K
Michelle, be resourceful–use google translator, a Spanish-English dictionary, or call a friend–or a friend of a friend since you hate us Latinos.
Michelle how was OZ. Michelle aka the Wicked Witch in the Land of Oz. Did you lock up any trashcans out there?
I have a feeling Michelle will one day be an advocate for all immigrants-both legal and illegal–
Michelle, you need to come into contact with illegal immigrants and hear their stories—but really feel their motives and experiences–I sense you are a candidate for growing a heart.
Michelle, behind all your mean remarks I sense that you are just not aware of the reality of things. Many immigrants leave their immediate family members behind because if they don’t, they run the risk of starving or being victims of not being able to pay for medication. A lot of immigrants work 2 and 3 jobs to be able to send money home. I see your point about the Mexican government, but that is another topic in itself.
Michelle, I am going to find the right book to recommend for you to read. Your passionate arguing is good and we are all having a little fun disagreeing here and telling each other where to go and how–but in reality, I would love to turn your misdirected energy into something positive…
Get to know illegal immigrants- they are human and not subhuman like you and other insensitive heartless ppl have called them.
You are letting out frustrations in the wrong way. I understand your points and how you made the hasty generalizations and erroneous conclusions.
Like I said, I will do a little research and I will find a book that will put a lump in your throat and a tear or two in your eyes.
Michelle, you and we all know that you will find criminals, crooks, and etc. in every ethnic group,
however why are you generalizing?
Anyhow you just accused us of being a gang, and then you are getting mighty violent Cruella de Vil … just don’t get your 201 cats on us when we meet. Oh what if they are like the dogs on UP! that new Pixar movie–where they may be wearing programmed collars. Yikes—scary.
Michelle you looney tunes, don’t join a Minute Men group before I find that book—ok 🙂
OK Later Hater 🙂
Just in time for crap:)
When i came to this country i was 18 years old, i came with $80, no job and no mean’s of support. i sat in the Airport in LAX and found a little paper called the pennysaver. I call around and to make a long story short i ended up getting a job as a nanny, with a family that were nice enough, but were cold and distant.
I was in a county that did not understand my humor, accent, and culture. I missed my family so much. I was on my own for a year and cried every night because i wanted to go home, but i could not, because i knew as a catholic, i would never get a job and i had no chance of going to college.
i belonged here, because I always knew even as a kid that i did not want to be a second class citizen who was not able to go down a street without the fear that i was in the wrong religous area. I wanted to be free. In Ireland I lost some of my friends amid religous violence, and watched as other’s became alcoholics and drift into a life of misery and no hope.
I have been beaten up in this country due to having to live with less than nice people, gotten so sick that i lay in a bed for a week without food and have been homeless.
I could not stand being a nanny for spoiled rotten kids so i found out about an Irish bar in costa mesa and called to see if they could give me a job, i was 20 years old and the owner of the bar gave me a job washing dishes in the back of the pub. i met my best friend at the pub who sat with me for month’s going over basic math. I wanted to be a nurse. I was one of 75 out of 150 applicants to get into nursing school. I worked at night and went to school in the day, I often took so many buses that it seamed like friggin day,s to get to my job. i got to know the people on the bus as good friend’s many were hispanic.
I was a CNA for a year and got the great job of washing loads of bums,of all colors, but loved it! NO REALLY I DID!
i met my husband at 22, he is from Ireland we bought are own home at 27 with money that we saved and have been fixing the bloody thing up ever since, my friend cried the day i moved in, it was so bad. The rats would comeup to us for food “no kidding”,
I could not go home for a long time, my husband and i saved very hard so that we could marry in Ireland and when we finally had a date my mum died two months before the wedding.
I have friends from all over the world some are flaming libs and some are flaming righters.
Last year i heard my local school was going to close, I could not understand why with all the bad school’s in orange county that they would want to close a really nice little school that was doing so well, actually it was 4 schools!
I got my answer, when i met with a OUSD head. She quote on quote stated “NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS MAKE MORE MONEY FOR THE DISTRICT THAN ENGLISH SPEAKERS DO, THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS”
I embarked on a quest to find out what she ment and have learned that illegal immigration is a business for a lot of very rich and powerful people.Most in healthcare and of course social service, and contracted social service business also many Non-profits groups in Orange County.
This to me is not about race,orgin,creed, but about what is right and wrong!
Americans are the most generous and the nicest people i have ever met and i think they are being screwed and i am not going to let happen.
Two groups of people are being betrayed by their governments and the Elite in their Country. The Middle class Americans and the poor Mexicans.
I know more than i want to know about the pain of being a immigrant whether it would be legal or illegal and i know that words are way more powerful than beating the crap out of someone, so don’t worry about ever meeting me!.
I have enjoyed our wee banter and i will keep an eye out for your suggestion on a book!
O my god look at the time! Nite Nite:)
Michelle,
If you want to meet me look me up.
Arturo J. Lomeli D.D.S.. Inc
415 N. Sycamore St. #300
Santa Ana Ca 92701
(714) 973-8797
“Your are a thug Doctor” Sorry but it is the truth,I have never experience racisim,”
definition of racism:
When one believes their race is superior to another race. When have I said that?
Michelle, you talk right out of your rear end. You make absolutely no sense about anything . You make things up, recently it is name calling and thug.
When in reality you are the name caller and the thug. readers can scan your posts and see that. I only give it back to you as medicine.
You see that when you do it to others they get offended as you do when you get it back.
“You cannot suppress the truth with hate or visious attacks with name calling. It makes your arguement seam more like a beating and not a debate.”
What you post is not the truth. It is only your ignorant opinion.
“I wonder if you and your pack would be so quick with the nasty name calling, if it was too my face. “i bet not”.”
What makes you think I would not state my opinions to you in person? I do not need anyone behind me, specially a gang to express my opinions in person to you or anyone else.
“You cannot suppress the truth with hate or visious attacks with name calling. It makes your arguement seam more like a beating and not a debate.”
“Just shows you, thugs come as Dentist’s as well”!
You are such a hypocrite. Your comments above- first you complain about name calling then you follow up with name calling.
This is probably due to your claim of your pure bloodline. Dementia is a result of inbreeding.
On your next travels to see the Wizard of Oz ask him for a brain and a heart.
Cruella de vil have you ever thought about the fact that though its been tough for you,
you spoke the language and fit the physical composite of mainstream anglo-america?
This in itself allowed for more opportunities for you, fortunately.
I think what you are calling for is reform in our government-Dept. of Health and Human Services (social services), the bureaucracy, and more transparency and accountability–not of the direct goods and services but of the actual management and self seeking providers of these services.
You are misdirecting your energy, however I have faith that you will one day see the light.
Mexican Illegal Immigration —you will never understand U.S-Mexican Relations. Trust me, the Mexican people would rather stay home if it were not for the bad situation there-which is in fact, a product of U.S control. But this is a topic that is intense and would require for you to be educated on.
Let me give you an example—just a simple example that may sound unimportant to the less interested in a mini lesson on Economics designed to keep the neighbor to the south down, drained, and controlled–when in fact it is a nation more rich in every which way–natural resources, fertile land and waters, weather, patriotism, religion (predominantly Roman Catholic like you), etc etc.
The AVOCADO—poor little ol’ avocado—from Mexico, the place where it originated from and later introduced to the rest of the world as a source of food and thus adopted by cultures of other territories and customs and soon it was prepared in different recipes to fit the cultural taste buds of each region-worldwide.
WELL the U.S for nearly 100 years—since 1914 or even prior to that—said BANNED. Why–because Mexico has everything the world needs–yet the U.S has found the “keep them down, keep them down – strategy more effective for personal gain.
Well, after nearly 100 yrs the ban is lifted and guess what
2004-2005 Mexican avocado imported from Mexico
100 million tons.
Why? the freezing of crop here in California in recent years—-only 5% of the $350 million dollar a year avocado industry was saved. There was no insect threat to our U.S fruit products in 1914— U.S growers controlled the industry and kept Mr.Avocado out. Now Mexican Avocados are better quality, taste, —they are not black even when not ripe like U.S grown – the demand for Mexico’s avocado is far greater than the demand for U.S grown avocados ever was. Now Mexico’s bargaining tool was— what they import from the U.S:
Imports from U.S. (2007)–$141 billion (50% of total). Major markets–U.S., EU, Canada. PEOPLE Mexico is the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the …
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35749.htm – Cached – Similar
Now read below:
Avocado Related Trade War(Wikipedia)
First transcontinental, international air shipment of avocados from Los Angeles, CA to Toronto for the Canadian National Exposition.
After the NAFTA treaty was signed, Mexico tried exporting avocados to the USA. The US government resisted, claiming that the trade would introduce fruit flies that would destroy California crops. The Mexican government responded by inviting US department of agriculture inspectors to Mexico, but US government declined, claiming fruit fly inspection is not feasible. The Mexican government then proposed to sell avocados only to the northeastern US in the winter (fruit flies cannot withstand extreme cold). The US government balked, but only gave in when the Mexican government started throwing up barriers to American maize.
Today Avocados from Mexico are allowed in 47 states (not in FL, CA, Hawaii). This is because USDA inspectors in Uruapan, Michoacan (the state where 90% of Hass avocados from Mexico are grown) have cut open and inspected millions of them–but found nothing. Imports from Mexico last season (2004-2005) exceeded 100 million tonnes.
Avocados are much more expensive in the USA than other countries due to the fact that they are grown almost exclusively in California and Florida, and the main potential competitor (Mexico) is banned from 3 states in the market–Florida, California and Hawaii. Mexican farmers have argued against the ban, pointing out that not a single shipment has been found to contain pests since the US Department of Agriculture began inspections in 1997 [1]. Another argument is that the lower prices generated by the Mexican and Chilean imports would increase the popularity of avocados outside of California, thereby assuaging the loss of profits due to the new competition. In the year 2007, Mexican avocados will be permitted in all 50 U.S. States. (Wikipedia)
The Swine Flu thing was a crime on Mexico— countries worldwide halted Mexico’s products-i.e the imports of beef, pork, and poultry.
Mexican sources are reporting that they have proof of this crime—-
cheken esto es muy interesante vean las 6 partes si de vrdd le tman importancia a esto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsixkYNw_…
however we don’t want to be labelled Conspiracy Theorists–right. So this is for entertainment purposes only—must I say –got it 🙂
So Michelle, don’t join the minutemen yet –until I decide which book I will share with you—thanks.
Signed,
Just In Time for Crap 🙂
Get a buddy to translate—-Michelle and those who may not speak Spanish—-:)
sorry see if this works—-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsixkYNw_t0&feature=related
or this
Programa LOS DESVELADOS Mas Info. Visiten http://www.desvelado.com/ ((La segunda parte de esta serie de videos se llama BIOTERRORISMO EN MEXICO? Aclar…
Hope you all read the above.