I heard from several sources tonight that Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido has called for a special session of the Santa Ana City Council tomorow at 6 pm, at the 8th Floor of City Hall, in order to pass a new raise for the Santa Ana Firefighters before the new council members are sworn in. The firefighters spent a load on Pulido’s puppets in the recent election, only to have two out of three of the puppets lose. But Pulido is not done with them yet, as we are headed for a special election to fill the seat vacated by outgoing councilman Jose Solorio, who is headed for Sacramento.
Ward 6 council candidate George Collins will be there tomorrow night to film Pulido and his crooked cronies. I hope that Mike Garcia, Lisa Bist will not go along with Pulido’s latest gambit. It would be a terrible way for Garcia and Bist to close out their council careers. The same goes for Alberta Christy.
Folks – don’t let Pulido get away with this. Call City Hall tomorrow, at (714) 647-5200, and complain. I understand that Solorio will be calling into the meeting from his new digs in Sacramento. Remember this when he runs for reelection in two years. He didn’t deserve your vote this year – and he is already getting off to a terrible start. We need to vote him out in two years!
Thanks for putting this information on your blog for the public to see. It is important that our voices are heard on this important matter.
Once again Miguel and his cronies are attempting to sneak one past the citizens of this great city.
Let’s hope this emergency session fails to meet its quorum.
I’m shocked! We need to all go down to the meeting and speak! Also, how do we get major media out for the vote! Michele and Sal should also be at the meeting and speak against the vote! (No time like the present for these councilmembers elect to stand up for the people!) This must not stand! What else can we do?
all this abuse because the voters did not read the fine print at the end of measure “Z”
Great idea that George Collins will be video taping the council meeting!
Perhaps he could post some key video clips on YouTube so the public has easy access to watch at:
http://www.youtube.com/
(YouTube is a popular free video sharing Web site which lets users upload, view, and share video clips).
Ilove youtube idea! The Police and Fire Unions are on the run! They got their back sides spanked in the election and that’s not easy for a bunch of macho men to take! This is an attempted end around by the city council because the Fire Fighters are afraid of what will happen in the special election. They will promise to POOR money into a special election campaign for the annointed candidate and also cut a deal with Carlos Bustamonte to support him if he runs for Supervisor. The only thing that can stop this plan is YOU THE PEOPLE! Tell 5 friends what is going on and bring them to the special meeting.
Sal has an SAUSD school board meeting tonight. I hope he honors his current committment as an elected school board member.
The fire contract runs through June 30, 2008.
Why the need for a “special meeting”
payback???????
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1353935.php
Santa Ana mayor calls meeting on fire contracts
Some council members question holding closed-session meeting in wake of recent vote, which is poised to change dynamics of City Council.
By AMY TAXIN
The Orange County Register
SANTA ANA
Too bad Jubal over at Red County won’t give this meeting some pub as well. If it was happening in Irvine they would be all over it!
For those confused about Measure Z, I believe the small print referred to by “sac” is this:
“Measure Z will allow for the payment of essential funds to Santa Ana
I predict Carlos will vote for the contract after making some lame rah rah speech about how hard firefighters work and say something about the recent wildfires.
Art, Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Below is what I emailed to mayor, city council, press, Michele Martinez and Sal Tinajero. Anyone can feel free to copy any portion you want and email city council as well.
-Kim
To:
phealy@ci.santa-ana.ca.us, calvarez@ci.santa-ana.ca.us, lbist@ci.santa-ana.ca.us, CBustamante@ci.santa-ana.ca.us, achristy@ci.santa-ana.ca.us, mikegarcia@ci.santa-ana.ca.us, mpulido@ci.santa-ana.ca.us, jsolorio@ci.santa-ana.ca.us
CC:
garellano@ocweekly.com, ataxin@ocregister.com, mwisckol@ocregister.com, jennifer.delson@latimes.com, Kids4sal@hotmail.com, mmartinez@conquistamerica.com
Subject: Fire Association contract-transparency, sunshine
Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
As I understand the City Council may vote tonight
during a non-broadcasted session on the Fire
Association contract. Please postpone this vote and
bring a more full and open discussion before the
public for the following reasons:
1. The agenda is not available for public review on
the City website.
2. We have been told that Santa Ana Fire fighters
have better pay and/or benefits than almost any other
firefighters in surrounding cities. This issue needs
to be adequately addressed in the best interest of
Santa Ana tax payers.
3. Why such a quick vote following endorsements? For
years we have witnessed fire and police endorsing
whomever the mayor picks as his preferred candidates.
Many of us are wondering if this quick vote following
election prior to the mayor losing his majority vote
is more about political payback.
The mayor and city council have a fiduciary
responsibility to vote on behalf of the citizens they
represent especially during these times of budget
shortfalls. Please bring sunshine to this issue.
Most Sincerely,
Kim L. Payne
Santa Ana, CA
Update:
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Santa Ana mayor calls meeting on fire contracts
Some council members question holding closed-session meeting in wake of recent vote, which is poised to change dynamics of City Council.
By AMY TAXIN
The Orange County Register
SANTA ANA
The latest rumor is that Moyor Pulido is asking Solorio to resign tonight at the surprise city council meeting. This would give the mayor a better chance of appointing his own preference to the seat.
Please do what you can to stop this tricky behavior.
turns out the Solorio’s resignation will not happen since it is not on the agenda.
however, there is supposed to be a threshold that there is an emergency in order to warrent calling a special council meeting like this. what is the emergency?