Santa Ana City Council gives a thumbs up to raising our taxes

The entire Santa Ana City Council voted to raise our property taxes last night, as they unanimously endorsed Measure G, the latest school bond measure from the dysfunctional Santa Ana Unified School District – except for Councilwoman Michele Martinez. But don’t get your hopes up. She did not oppose Measure G, instead she had to admit that she is working for the consultant who is running the Measure G campaign. She then recused herself.

So the entire Santa Ana City Council wants to raise our taxes even as our economy is floundering, and even as our city is number one in Orange County for foreclosures. Ironically, Martinez worked for a predatory lender before she hooked up with the Measure G campaign.

Here is a question to ponder. How is are the public schools in Irvine able to function without benefit of ANY school bonds? Yet they are tops in the county! The problem in Santa Ana isn’t a lack of funds. It is a lack of accountability. That won’t change until we dump Pulido’s friends from the SAUSD school board.

The entire City Council also took turns encouraging folks to go shop at Rueb

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