State Senator Lou Correa packed them in today at his Holiday Open House, which was held at his office, at N. 2323 Broadway. The event was held in the room where the Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) holds it board meetings, so there was plenty of room for the large audience that showed up for the event.
As one would expect, there were a lot of politicians there, including Santa Ana Councilwoman Michele Martinez; RSCCD Trustee Al Amezcua; and representatives from Assemblyman Jose Solorio’s and O.C. Supervisors Janet Nguyen’s and Chris Norby’s offices. O.C. Tax Collector/Treasurer Chriss Street showed up too, which was weird.
I also ran into former Santa Ana Housing & Redevelopment Commissioner Nelida Yanez and her husband, and George Collins, who filmed the festivities. He will have the footage up on his website in a few days.
And I got some scoop from Graciela Barajas Espinosa, from the Mexican Consulate’s office in Santa Ana. She said that the Chivas soccer club is going to have a game at Eddie West Field, in downtown Santa Ana, on Sunday, at 4 p.m. She is emailing the press release to me later, which I will post here on the Orange Juice.
I also enjoyed speaking with O.C. Register columnist Steven Greenhut, who was mentioned by Correa at one point. Correa was speaking about his Santa Ana River proposal, and he promised us that no eminent domain would be involved, which he knew Greenhut would appreciate. And he did!
The food was as diverse as the audience. There were chips, beans and rice alongside egg rolls and other Asian fare. There were plenty of Latinos and a lot of Asian constituents there. The latter seemed to be mostly Vietnamese Americans, judging from their name tags.
Overall I was simply astounded by the turnout. I have never seen so many people show up for something like this. It was amazing. I have to wonder if Correa has become the most popular Latino politician in Orange County?
Do you think he’s more popular than Sal Tinajero is with the developer that plans to build expensive homes next to Sal Tinajero’s gated community? Wonder how many low income homes are going in there?
Is Lou still a Democrat?
We love Lou…sorry we missed
the event!
I think this time you may be correct. Correa is seen as a man of the people. He has 4 kids and takes them to school when he can. I have seen him at the little league field with his boys. I remember him taking care of my neighbor’s issue with the city. He seems to really care. Maybe it is because he came from here. Anaheim I think. Well on this one we agree.
You can take out the word Latino and say that Lou is just the best elected official in Orange County of any kind..period. I would put Michele Martinez as a very close second. I’m a yellow dog Republican but I will always vote for these two officials. Long after the Alvarez’s and Bustamonte’s are in the Political graveyard…Lou and Michele will be serving in Congress and higher office! I we can elect more great leaders like Lou and Michele!
Guess I’m an almost yellow dog Republican because I go went for the best candidates when it came to Lou and Michele!
Lou is an amoral, power hungry weasel. He barely beat Lynn Douchebag in a democratic senate district in which his predecessor beat his republican opponent by more than 20 points – don’t exaggerate his popularity or his integrity, both of which are highly suspect. He is generally a buffoon.
Lou and Michelle have done much more for their community then their opponent have or ever will do. Where is Lynn now, in Brea? That’s not the 34th State Senate District. Where is Tino Rivera? In Santa Ana? Sure. Helping the community? Probably not.
Too bad Lou votes more like a Republican. It’s one thing to reach out, it’s another to reach around. Will someone remind Lou that he is a Democrat?
Who said Lou is a democrat? His registration form?
Was Janet Nguyen there? Lou, you switch-hitting fool . . .