What a day! The OC GOP, Assemblywoman Lynn Daucher, who is running for the 34th Senate District, and Congressional candidate Tan Nguyen together purchased a booth at the Fiestas de las Americas, which was held today in downtown Santa Ana. The event is held annually and it commemorates the independence of Latin American countries, most notably Mexico, which celebrates its Independence Day on September 16.
The event was very well attended and it featured numerous booths from companies and community organizations. The food was fantastic. The fresh juices included limonada, and numerous aguas, including horchata, sandia and pina. Food included $1 tacos, huge tortas, and something called a huarache. There was also roasted corn, paletas, and fresh fruit in abundance.
Local Republican candidates Thomas Gordon, who is running for Mayor of Santa Ana, and George Collins, who is running for ward 6 on the Santa Ana City Council, joined Daucher’s campaign manager and other staff, as well as Ryan Flynn, the manager of the Nguyen campaign, in giving away thousands of balloons. The balloons were decorated with Daucher and Schwarzenegger stickers. You could not walk around the event without seeing these balloons all over the place.
The OC Democratic Party did not buy a booth at the event. Nor did any Democrat candidates. I did see Santa Ana School Board candidate Cecilia Aguinaga in the parade, shouting “Si se puede!” from a car. I also saw OC GOP donor Carlos Olamendi in the parade, in yet another decorated car. I understand that Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido and his ally, Council Member Carlos Bustamente were in the parade too.
The parade itself was a lot of fun. There were hundreds of musicians, marchers, and mounted vaqueros, plus lots of cars and trucks with beautiful women representing various regions of Mexico. There were a lot of little kids in the parade and they were very cute in their authentic outfits. Santa Ana police were everywhere, maintaining order – but everyone seemed to be on their best behavior.
There were also a lot of carnival rides and games. My two younger boys were with me and I ended up spending $20 on rides – and my three year old still wanted to go on more rides! Watch out, you can go broke at this event…
The festivities continue tomorrow, all day. Come by and see Ryan Williams, the Republican candidate for the 69th Assembly District. He will be there all day. James Vanderbilt, from the OC GOP Central Committee, and the Anaheim City School District, will be there at 9 a.m. Flynn will be there again representing the Nguyen campaign. And I am sure we will have a few folks from the Daucher campaign. Plus Gordon will be back – which is a good thing as he is very fast at inflating balloons.
Kudos to OC GOP Chairman Scott Baugh for his help in securing the booth. Thanks to Daucher and her staff, as well as Gordon, Collins and his wife Janet for all their hard work today!
Let’s see if Vietnamese Immigrant Tan Nguyen will “tell it like it is” during this event.
I personally donate 1,000 dollars to his campaign if he posts ten of those “stop Illegal immigartion” signs at and have on hand that anti-illegal immigrant brouchure at his booth.
Of course he can’t do this because he is too afraid to tell it like it is to the people at this event…that’s is also why he’s a no-show.
If he is a man of his word, “he would put up his signs about stopping “illegal immigration” and be there to tell it like it is.
Hoan Ho Mexico
Who were the groups with the voter registations signing people up to vote?
I’ll be back tomorrow too and I hope to see both Nguyen and Daucher enjoying the party.
Cook,
I noticed the signs too. I don’t know what that was all about. Event organizers assured one of my associates that the Democrat Party was not there, nor were any of their candidates – with the exception of those in the parade.
My assumption is that the Democrats take the Latino vote for granted, whereas my party has to work a bit harder in this community.
Art:
For some reason, I thought you were of Mexican descent. I must be wrong because you have never heard of a hurache. Que Mocho.
Ms. Daucher must have used map quest to find downtown Santa Ana. I bet another 1,000 dollars this will be the last time she is in Santa Ana.
“I bet another 1,000 dollars this will be the last time she is in Santa Ana.”
Did you pay up from the previous $1,000 you offered?
brock in anaheim
The deal was that Tan Would put up his “stop illegal immigration” signs and tell it like is to the masses enjoying the Santa Ana’s celebration.
I didn’t see anything close to this occuring…What a surprise!
So now Tan needs to change his signs to Tan Nguyen ” very afraid to tell it like it is in Santa Ana, but not afraid to print it on mail pieces.”
I received a mail piece over the weekend from Tan where he claims the unfairness of our immigration policy.
He needs to consider the unfairness of the billions of U. S. taxpayer moinies subsidizing refugees while generational Americans get to pay their bill.
They need to get in line and become Americans(at least learn English) first before they get one dime in benefits.
I was a bit disappointed that the other GOP’ers did not go to the Fiestas de las Americans.
Ryan & Gordon were seen at the booth sunday. (Collins Saturday)
But I went up and down all the streets and spent most of my day there Sunday.
And I did not see any Demo canidate or office holder. Or any of the other parties either.
It was one hell of a party and during the time I and my family attended Saturday and Sunday I saw no fights, drunkedness, or arrests.
Oh Please, Lynn Daucher is a carpet bagger to. She is my 72nd and moved to the 34th to run in that race ROFLOL.. You guys are no better..
Police Officers Wife