Meet Edgardo Reynoso. He is State Senator Lou Correa’s brother in law. And he has been a very bad boy. He has personally recruited the cholos working for Hoa Van Tran and now that move is blowing up in his face. Two of his cholo staffers are now in jail. I think more will be joining them soon.
I have personally heard from a half dozen people who are now afraid for their lives because Reynoso’s Legion of Cholos has been harassing them. Businesses have been tagged, people have been shot, and the pelones are now asking around town for others who are supporting Supervisor Janet Nguyen.
Shame on the DPOC for not stopping this when they could do so, by pulling their endorsement of Van Tran.
The fact is, Reynoso goes way back with his party and with Correa. Consider these excerpts from a Red County article that was published under the guise of the old OC Blog back in December of 2006:
A NEW ERA: LOCAL DEMS HIRE POLITICAL AND FIELD DIRECTORS
As the DPOC’s new Field Director, Reynoso will be responsible for implementing a year-round targeted field effort that will focus on important races and precincts throughout the county.
Reynoso previously served in the same capacity for Lou Correa’s successful campaign for State Senate. Prior to this experience, he was Campaign Manager for Correa’s race for County Supervisor, leading an effort that elected Correa to the Board as the first Democrat in many years. Reynoso brings an exceptional ability to connect with volunteers and activists of all backgrounds, as well as a comprehensive understanding of field operations and strategy.
“With the race to replace Lou Correa as Supervisor less than two months away, there are few people who know this District better than Edgardo Reynoso. He is the right person to lead our field efforts and will help us ensure that another Democrat is elected to this seat,” Barbaro said.
The question must be asked. Did Correa (pictured above) run interference for Reynoso at the last DPOC Central Committee meeting? Did Correa ask DPOC Chairman Frank Barbaro to intervene? Did Reynoso use cholos on the Correa campaigns he worked on? Did Correa know? This is NOT going to help Correa when he comes up for reelection.
I am also told that one of Correa’s own sons is in the picture at the top of this post, which is courtesy of Red County. Can anyone corroborate that? If so, not good!
So what does Reynoso have to say about all this? Here is a Reynoso quote from the O.C. Register: “Reynoso countered that flashing hand signs and wearing tattoos don’t necessarily make anybody a gang member.” Sure Edgardo, and just because something has whiskers and it meows doesn’t make it a gato. Whatever.
What about Barbaro? Read his above-referenced quote again. He clearly has a man crush on Reynoso. But now Reynoso and his band of cholos is threatening to undermine everything that Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez worked so hard to achieve in Central Orange County. Like it or not, the DPOC is now the Cholo Party. Don’t think the OC GOP won’t be running with that theme in their future campaigns.
And check out this retarded Barbaro quote from the O.C. Register, “I have certainly seen enough in the paper that there may be some folks who are not too savory who are hanging around the Ho Van Tran campaign,” Barbaro said. “But I have not seen anything from the campaign other than they are thoroughly opposed to gangs.” Barbaro appears to be an utter pendejo.
As for Reynoso, will he end up in the slammer before this is all over? And when will Correa speak up about this mess? The longer Correa stays silent the more it looks like he is complicit in the Reynoso cholo scandal.
Pedroza,
You are such a clown!… I have been posting about Correa being biggest OC idiot for the last two years.
You on the other hand you and Gallegos have been scrambling to endorse him to any office just because of his Latino origin.
Pedroza, you have no credibility.
Everyone you have been pushing at this blog is somewhat defective.
I am sure, I have seen some of these Cholos at city council meetings receiving a recognition from the council, including Michele Martinez.
This was a comment from another source, but since it’s on point, it’s worth repeating:
“The DPOC is a joke. It is run by a bunch of limousine liberals, who are trying so hard, yet so cluelessly, to create a Democratic presence among Vietnamese-Americans that it’s just pathetic to see. At first, the DPOC seemed really desperate when they chose this lame combo of Hoa Van Tran and Do Phu as their team of choice out of nowhere to run against Supervisor Janet Nguyen. Now, they don’t have the back bone to do the honorable thing even though they can see that their man/men are a couple of hacks, so they just look impotent.
Of course, being from everywhere but District One, save for a few affluent pockets such as Floral Park, they don’t know what to look for if it hit them on the head. Some hints to the DPOC (or may be more specifically to Frank, Wylie and Mark): don’t annoint someone just because they kiss your ass the best. There are credible candidates who choose to maintain their dignity and who do not resort to exaggerating their history in a way that are difficult, if not impossible, to prove or disprove. To put it another way, don’t just look for demographic profiles; you should actually pay attention to their qualification and ability.”
I think I’ll wait for the Judge to rule on the charges against the Hoa volunteers before I condemn them. I want to encourage involvement in the political process for all members of the community even the gangsters, maybe especially the gangsters. The dominant culture’s political process has to make room for those who have been ensnared by the alternate culture likely because they have not been able to be successful within the dominant culture. To block their political participation revisits the antiquated Jim Crow segregationist policies of the south. Of course their actions have to be accountable and they will be – at the ballot box. I salute the DPOC for not acting on rumor and innuendo and for finding a place for all members of the community not just for the token representatives that another party sticks out in front to somehow prove that they are not the party of rich old white men – but we know they are… and their days are numbered.
Art, I generally agree with you on a lot of issues but the link you are attempting to make between Edgardo and Lou just doesn’t wash.
Regarding “I am also told that one of Correa’s own sons is in the picture,” I know Lou’s kids and his boys are honors students who wouldn’t dare to have tatoos and are definitely not in the photo.
Also, folks should know that Mr. Reynoso betrayed Lou when he (Reynoso) worked for Tom Umberg in his failed race for supervisor. There is little reason to believe that Lou would be interested in helping someone (even a brother in law) who went on to work with your bitter political rival.
Finally I don’t buy that Lou would run interference for Reynoso at the DPOC. Why should he? The DPOC is a pretty incompetent organization that does stupid self-serving things all the time (and they did just that by not pulling the endorsement). More to the point, if Reynoso had any influence with Lou, Lou would have endorsed Hoa Van Tran months ago.
Let’s face it Art, Lou Correa is a man of integrity who really doesn’t deserve this “guilt by association” tactic. Let’s not make Edgardo into Lou’s Jeremiah Wright.
Case closed.
“He clearly has a man crush on Reynoso.”
Oooooohhh, has Barbaro been spending some time over on the “wsupervisor” site? I think Frank loves him some cholos!
Poster 1,
I worked on Lynn Daucher’s campaign…against Lou Correa. Look it up.
Poster 5,
This is easily resolved. All Lou has to do is publicly denounce Edgardo. I bet he won’t.
If Lou has some sort of complicity with Edgardo and Hoa why is his staffer Tammy Tran part of the cabal working to destroy Hoa. Tammy has joined forces with Melahat, Alicia Berhow, Marc Sussman and others to try and round up opposition to Hoa’s campaign.
Art, look into Tammy Tran and you will find some very interesting answers.
Edgardo is a cholo lover!!!
Why are Democrats in positions of power involved in this covert attack on Hoa van Tran?
There are ties to party leadership…Melahat
There are ties to Loretta…Marc Sussman & Alicia Berhow
There are ties to Lou…Tammy Tran
Ask questions of these people Art. They are doing this why? Ask Art ask.
Poster #9 (The Facts),
With the likes of Mr. Reynoso running the show, there is no need for any outsider to destroy Hoa. I am sure Hoa Van Tran is a desent person but he is too weak to take control of his campaign. It is sad to watch because Hoa had promise as positioning himself as a person of integrity for future political office. That all went down the tubes with the OC Register article yesterday.
Art,
My friend I wish you would have called me before putting up this post. It is fantastic in concept but there are some insinuations that are simply not accurate that you put in that take away from the real point you are trying to make. I could have answered all those questions for you.
No, Correa’s son is not in the picture above. In fact Lou has been going out of his way to keep his kids away from the gang members on Hoa’s campaign. In fact he would make sure there was supervision of Edgardo to insure gang members did not participate in any of his campaigns.
Also Lou did NOT run interference by calling Frank Barbaro. The two do not have the best history and if anything Frank would be more likely do the opposite of what Lou asks.
And looking at the comments it seems that Tammie, Lou’s district director has now come under attack from Hoa’s minions. I am still working on my account of Monday night’s meeting but I can tell you Art, Correa did not run interference for Edgardo.
This is what happens when you are a cholo lover, lol
No elected official is exempt from public scrunity. In this case, it’s intriguing that Correa is playing interference between his sons and their tio cholo. The holidays must be lively at the Correa/Reynoso household.
Keep diggin’ at the truth OJ
Art,
1. It is nice to know that some of your friends spoke to you of the harassment, threats, etc. Did you encourage them to make a report to the appropriate authorities?
2. Would you publicly denounce a member of your spouse’s family? ER may be slime but it can be dicey when it is a family member.
3. If there is hard evidence, arrest his a** so no one else will be threatened or harassed. If not, we can at least make sure that this guy won’t be working in Orange County again.
Unfortunately this news isn’t shocking.
1.Santa Ana elects it’s first Gang Member (Michele Martinez) to City Council.
2. When Martinez gets drunk, she starts flashing Fx Troop gang signs.
3. Martinez doesn’t denounce gangs, she wants vigils throughout the City when a gang member is killed.
4. Gang members start working on political campaigns.
5. This is the beginning of the end for SanTana.
que rollo cholos
edgardo is a a**hole,
sexist, punk, who has a “yo soy el mas chingon attitude”
he does not care about politics he just cares about getting paid.
he also spends most nites at the casino
befor this i didnt know he was working in orange county he now works in san diego,