I attended the Los Amigos meeting in Anaheim today, where a press conference was held announcing their campaign to call for a special election in the Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD) that will replace recently appointed racist Harald Martin with a better Trustee.
The big news was that State Senator Lou Correa is supporting the effort! He showed up with a staffer and one of his sons, and was warmly welcomed. Assemblyman Jose Solorio likewise was there to support the campaign and has pledged $1,000 of his own money to the effort. Dolores Hayes, the new field rep in Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez’ office came and expressed the Congresswoman’s support for this effort.
Other notables at the meeting included the Chairman of Los Amigos, Amin David, and several longtime members, including Nativo Lopez, who pledged to collect 500 signatures for the campaign, and attorneys Al Amezcua and Jess Araujo. And of course my co-blogger Claudio Gallegos was there too.
Orange County Board of Education member Alexandria Coronado was there as well. She spoke about the many horrible travesties committed by Martin. You can read about some of them in today’s O.C. Register editorial, which states that, “in his past service on the board, Mr. Martin seemed more interested in deporting illegal residents than educating the kids.:
Coronado also spoke about the fact that, “In 1999, after a girl who was repeatedly sexually abused by a teacher at Cypress High School was awarded $2.5 million, Mr. Martin not only complained about the verdict, but criticized the victim, telling newspapers: “If both parties kept it secret … I think there’s some culpability on the victim’s part.”
Others who were in attendance included Jordan Brandman, the young man who should have been appointed to the AUHSD board instead of Martin, and George Collins, who filmed the meeting. You will be able to see the footage at his website. James Vanderbilt, a member of the OC GOP Central Committee, was also there to show support for the campaign. His fellow Anaheim City School District Board members Jose Moreno was also in attendance and has vowed to work to collect signatures.
At this point, Los Amigos is looking for help in collecting signatures and for donations to their Los Amigos PAC to help with the campaign. You can send checks to the Los Amigos PAC care of their treasurer, Russ Barrios, at 235 E. Maple, Orange, CA 92866.
This Saturday, volunteers will gather to collect signatures at a site to be determined. Correa stepped up and said he would feed the volunteers but the location appeared to be pending. I am sure that David will let us know the details and we will post them here at the Orange Juice!.
I support Jordan 100% but he would be wise to distance himself form Coronado ASAP.
Good for Lou! I’m glad to see him stepping up to the p[late. Harald Martin is a PSYCHOTIC BIGOT, and he will only HURT the kids and their chance of a good education in Anaheim schools if we allow him to stay on the board.
Best of luck to everyone in Anaheim! : )
Poster 1,
I disagree. This effort is taking off in great part due to Coronado’s efforts. This truly is a bipartisan campaign – and that is a good thing.
We can all agree that Martin must go.
my suggestion that he distance himself from Coronado has NOTHING to do with her political party.
So former Santa Ana Councilmember an current Assemblymember Jose Solorio showed up and gave $ 1000?
How big of him considering that SAUSD has been a festering cess pool under the leadership of Rob Richardson and Audrey Noji. Heck. Jose Solorio could have even donated a couple of peso’s to the Santa Ana gang commission as they need money to do an assesment and Jose’s pal Miguel Pulido won’t lift a finger or give a dime. I figured Jose Solorio would show up for the photo opportunity.
#4
Your cheap inneundo is uncalled for. Coronado’s support of the recall is a good thing.
LOL Coronado is nobody and the voters have no idea who she is. However those in politics know her all too well…..
Lou is a good guy who is supportive of the cause (offered to host a breakfast for volunteers) but if you are going to post a photo of an elected, you should post Jose Solorio or Al Amezcua who are actually putting in money ($1,000 ea). Lorri Galloway deserves credit too for heading the overall fundraising effort. Community College Trustee Len Lahtinen also has been active. The AUHSD PTA president and leader of the West Anaheim Neighborhood were also spotted. This is a great grass roots, bipartisian effort that is history making.
Poster 8,
You are right! Some of my pics did not come out too well, but I did add a picture of Solorio after the fact. Kudos to Jose for stepping up with such a large donation.
Art,
Big deal that Jose Solorio gave
$ 1000. What a publicity whore.
Too bad he doesn’t do anything about SAUSD or Santa Ana’s streets or libraries. Oh the outrage. It’s all just cheap publicity for Jose.
When he does something that will benefit Santa Ana, let me know.