Have Santa Ana’s “Usual Suspects” found their candidate for Mayor of Santa Ana? Charles Hart, a resident of the same Riverview Neighborhood where Julie and Glen Stroud live, has announced that he is running for Mayor of Santa Ana, against incumbent Miguel Pulido. Here are a few excerpts from his press release, which he released on Facebook:
Hart, who lives in Santa Ana with his wife, three children, and mother, is running for office to improve the safety, quality of education, and economic climate of the city of Santa Ana. His mission is three-fold: shut down the gangs in Santa Ana, improve the area schools, and create a more business-friendly environment, thereby decreasing the unemployment rate in the city.
“I was born and raised in Santa Ana and I remember what Santa Ana was like when the streets were safe enough for kids to play on, our downtown was a fun place for families to visit and shop on the weekend, and the schools were considered a great place to get a good education,” Hart said. “I am running for Mayor to help restore Santa Ana to its greatness.”
But who really is Charles Hart?
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“His mission is three-fold: shut down the gangs in Santa Ana, improve the area schools, and create a more business-friendly environment, thereby decreasing the unemployment rate in the city.”
God bless Mr. Hart for wanting to get involved. However this just sounds like more rhetoric.
He wants to “shut down the gangs”. Well so does Mayor Pulido and the good men and women of the SAPD. I have not heard of anyone that is in favor of the gangs in Santa Ana. This is just more of the same scare tactics that seems to work on so many in the Anglo community.
He wants to “improve area schools”. Well unfortunately the mayor has no jurisdiction over the schools and thus really has no power to improve them. Perhaps he too should consider a run for the school board.
Lastly he says he wants to make our city “more business-friendly environment, thereby decreasing the unemployment rate in the city”. Has he not been paying attention? Mayor Pulido and folks like Councilman Tinajero are working hard to bring jobs to Santa Ana. In fact on Monday night thanks to their leadership 2900 new contruction jobs that pay decent wages are being brought to our community.
I wonder who put Hart up to this and what is he going to get out of it?
Talk about a Re-tred! I think this guy’s dad is Wilson Hart
http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt629012r4/
who served on the Santa Ana city council in the 1980’s, ditched his wife, married up a Secretary from the 8th floor (She later became City Manager in Irvine) and helped to build THOUSANDS of apartments in Santa Ana where we once had single family homes. Maybe has dad will help him with the campaign!
Too bad this George Hanna guy is not alive today to run for Mayor of Santa Ana. He wanted to give the police “Tanks” to fight the gangs! RIP George….
http://articles.latimes.com/1988-10-25/local/me-82_1_santa-ana
Hart of Gold,
Don’t give this guy any ideas! Next thing you know Hart will want to bring back the tank idea…
I wonder if he is related to that other Hart? If so I can see why he would not mention that in his press release!
Hart of Gold,
I do not believe that George Hanna is dead. He is alive and kicking and living at his beautiful home on Victoria Drive.
Wilson Hart’s son? Are you sure?
Wilson Hart was one of the original “usual suspects”. He was Dan Griset’s boy. John Acosta kicked his tail in 1988 and he was gone. He did indeed have an affair with Allison from Dave Reams office. He left his wife and married her. She did go on to become the city manager of Irvine.
This guy is an Amezqua plant. He hopes a Gringo Republican will siphon off Gringo Republican votes that normally go to Pulido. Amezqua will then campaign hard to Latino and Viet voters and hope to thread the needle to victory. Would be interesting to see a Viet candidate for Mayor as well.
Who was the guy who owned a Jazz Club in the South Coast Metro area who once ran for Mayor.? I wonder if he might throw his hat in the ring again. I remember reading that Police Chief Paul Walters thought he was a good guy or so said his campaign brochure.
Sean,
Do you approve of the use of derogatory terms like “gringo” and “wetback”?
anon,
Please keep your comments relevant to this post. Sean is not the subject of this post. Charles Hart is. If you want to attack Sean please go do so elsewhere.
anon,
I don’t use them. Do you?
Gringo is not a derogatory term (It describes white people), at least not in the same way Wetback is. And since the Gringo’s have the power in this country, it’s not the same as using W.B. to describe the poor and powerless Latinos.. . Perhaps Gustavo would like to jump in here.
To be more precise F-Trooper, the word Gringo comes from “Green Go!” command when Irish catholic renegade regiment fought along the Mexican army in one of these USA Mexico wars in 19teen century.
As they were marching into the battle, each regiment was called upon to march. Since Irish had green jackets they call “Green Go!” and village people start calling Irish soldiers phonetically “gringo”……. the rest is history.
Little bit of topic but it never hurts to educate the white Mexican racist and hater Sin Mill.
What I’ve heard, and it’s from distinguished Texan historian Amerigo Paredes, is that the Irish who sided with the Mexicans in the Mexican-American war, partly because the Mexicans were fellow Catholics and anti-slavery, used to sing “Green grow the Lilacs” as they sat around the campfire. So the Mexicans called them gringos.
I like that story since I’m part Irish and Mexican. And I never found it offensive, sorry anon.
Well in that case you should search for this flick “One Man’s Hero” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDlvyIlNJ_o you will enjoy it.
I believe that the Texan historian Amerigo Paredes has mixed up songs. I am sure he meant “It’s A Long Way To Tipperary”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPk21C0Wpkg
According to Wikipedia, neither is true:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Gringo
“The word is first attested in Terreros y Pando’s Diccionario castellano con las voces de Ciencias y Artes y sus correspondientes en las 3 lenguas francesa, latina e italiana in 1786, which says:
gringos llaman en Málaga a los extranjeros que tienen cierta especie de acento, que los priva de una locución fácil y natural Castellana; y en Madrid dan el mismo nombre con particularidad a los irlandeses
‘gringos’ is what they call foreigners who have a certain kind of accent which prevents them from speaking easy and natural Castillian; and in Madrid they give the same name in particular to the Irish”
Sorry, didn’t see the quote from Wikipedia further down.
Nice try Joe.
The wiki is as accurate as is this blog. It is just posting by people who have noting to do.
@ Stanley F:
Actually, there are other versions as to veracity, but that explanation is not necessarily correct. The term goes back further.
http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/gringo.asp
But like all good legends, who knows. There is information, misinformation and disinformation . . . I prefer education with information.
“Who was the guy who owned a Jazz Club in the South Coast Metro area who once ran for Mayor.?”
His name was Randell Young. I do not believe that he is still around town.
Art,
Sorry, but the term “gringo” is now a part of this post. How about if YOU take a crack at answering my question?
Hey anon,
Is Councilmember Benavides planning to honor the person who used the term “gringo” on our blog like he honored hate group member Lupe Moreno and her supporters like city council candidate Thomas Gordon?
If David does plan to honor them I will lead the charge protesting it. OK?
anon,
No, it is part of an anonymous comment by a reader. Nice try.
Sean,
As long as that comment stands, you’re no better than Benavides.
But then, we already knew that.
And F-troop, you’re splitting hairs. You know as well as I do that the term is sometimes used in a derogatory or disparaging way.
You’re saying that Latinos find the term “wetback” derogatory but caucasians don’t find the term “gringo” derogatory? Please, gimme a break.
anon,
Wasn’t Steve McGuigan on the Independence Day Committee? Didn’t his mom Pat serve on the Council at the same time as Wilson Hart? Do you think that Steve remembers little Charlie Hart?
Speaking of the McGuigans, I am told that Steve’s sister married Pat’s archenemy Rick Norton. I wonder how that worked out?
“You’re saying that Latinos find the term “wetback” derogatory but caucasians don’t find the term “gringo” derogatory? Please, gimme a break.”
F-Troop is correct. While the term Gringo can be taken in a negative light, it’s really the a problem in the white persons mind. Many Latinos use the term without meaning any harm. Wetback is NEVER used without meaning harm. Now do you understand?
I do not believe Pat or Steve McGuigan are racists. They used to help us out in the Santa Anita neighborhood.
Olmec Pride,
I agree. I was only wondering if perhaps they could help us identify if Charles Hart is the son of Wilson Hart, since Pat served with Wilson on the Santa Ana City Council. It may be that Steve used to hang out with Charlie when they were both kids.
Art,
I have no idea who those people are. You overestimate my knowledge of, and interest in, the various political gadflies of Santa Ana. I simply enjoy exposing your hypocrisy.
anon,
Are you saying that Pat McGuigan, a former Council Member, is now a gadfly? And that her son Steve, who is on the Board of the Friends of the Santa Ana Zoo, is a gadfly? Really? I find that shocking.
“F-Troop is correct. While the term Gringo can be taken in a negative light, it’s really the a problem in the white persons mind.”
Sometimes, perception is reality.
Gringo
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Gringo is a slang Spanish and Portuguese word used in Spanish-speaking and Portuguese countries, principally in Latin America, to denote foreigners, often from the United States or the United Kingdom. The term can be applied to someone who is actually a foreigner, or it can denote a strong association or assimilation into foreign (particularly US) society and culture. The American Heritage Dictionary classifies gringo as “offensive slang,” “usually disparaging,” and “often disparaging.”[1] However, the term can also be used to simply identify a foreigner and does not carry a negative connotation according to the definition in the dictionary of the Spanish Royal Academy which defines the Spanish language.[2]
The word was used in Spain long before it crossed the Atlantic to denote foreign, non-native speakers of Spanish.[3] Although it has various anecdotal etymologies, and various connotative or interpretive meanings, its ultimate source appears to be “griego”, the Spanish word for “a Greek person” that serves, in some countries, as a colloquial shorthand for any foreign (non-Spanish) person (q.v.).
Meanings:
In Mexico, El Salvador and Colombia the term applies for U.S. citizens, widely accepted as a colloquial demonym. Depending on the context, it may or may not be pejorative.
In Central America, the word is not viewed as pejorative by users of the word.[citation needed]
In Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama the term refers to U.S. citizens (regardless of race).[3] In Cuba the term “Yuma” is also used but means the same thing. In Honduras, the term is not viewed as pejorative by users of the word and is used to refer to Westerners, mostly to U.S. Americans. In the Dominican Republic it also means a non-free range store bought chicken (pollo gringo), it’s also a way to call the people from the United States, often not viewed as derogatorily.[citation needed] In Puerto Rico, the term refers to U.S. citizens in the U.S. mainland.
In the countries of South America where this term is used, the word is viewed as only mildly pejorative by users of the word.[citation needed] In some countries it may be used to refer to any foreigner who does not speak Spanish as a native language, or in Brazil, someone who does not speak Portuguese as a native language, but in other countries it is used just or especially to refer to U.S. citizens; it may also be used to describe a blond or brunette white native person with soft facial features and light colored eyes. For instance, it is a popular nickname.[3]
In Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru the word refers to light-skinned, blonde haired people, whether local or foreign. There can be a pejorative connotation depending on the context of the sentence. In Argentinian Spanish, gringo is simply a synonym for blonde.[citation needed]
In Ecuador the word gringo can be used to refer to foreigners from any country, not only the United States, though the likelihood of being described as a gringo increases the closer one’s physical appearance is to that of a stereotypical Northern European.
In Venezuela the word is used specifically to denote foreigners hailing from the U.S.[23], regardless of physical characteristics, and it is accepted as a colloquial demonym without a pejorative connotation (unless so used in context). For European foreigners, the term “Musiú” (Moo-see-oo’) is applied, a bastardization of the French “Monsieur.”
Could “Dr. amalgam” be derogatory/racist/hateful word?
I told you many times not to use Wiki to make your point Dr. Lomeli because if you do not know the history and have no IQ then you can get lost in Wiki.
Wetback (slur)
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For other uses, see: Wetback (disambiguation)
“Wetback” is a term, usually disparaging, for Mexicans in the United States, particularly illegal immigrants.[1] It is generally used as an ethnic slur, and is sometimes applied to Mexican-Americans or others of Latin American descent. The term originally designated Mexicans who entered Texas by crossing the Rio Grande,[2] presumably by swimming or wading across and getting their back wet in the process.
The first mention of the term in The New York Times is dated June 20, 1920.[3] It was used officially by the US government in 1954, with Operation Wetback,[4] a project where a large number of Mexican nationals were deported.
Wetback became a popular slur in other states with large illegal Mexican populations, such as California, Arizona and New Mexico, especially among those who felt adversely affected, whether by crime, loss of employment, or diminution of culture, by the large influx of illegal people in the late 20th century. An equivalent Spanish term, mojado,[5] is sometimes used by legal immigrants and native-born Hispanic Americans as an insult to illegal immigrants. Another equivalent colloquial term for an illegal immigrant who crosses the border into the US is alambrista.[6]
Thank you Dr. Lomeli for setting the record straight. I don’t know why there are so many rednecks reading O.J. waiting to spew their hatred when they are confronted with the truth. Keep up the good work Vern, Art, and Sean.
Stanislav Fiala
Posted July 22, 2010 at 6:17 PM
Could “Dr. amalgam” be derogatory/racist/hateful word?
I told you many times not to use Wiki to make your point Dr. Lomeli because if you do not know the history and have no IQ then you can get lost in Wiki.
Thank you for the advice……now take your medicine and rest. Big thinkers like you need it LOL.
Yeah I like Stan better on whatever meds he’s on now.
Believe it or not, new readers, this is Stan at his most sane.
Thought I was allowed one post a week?
Where did it go?
Even one post is too much truth to handle is suppose!
whats the matter dear? We didn’t delete anything.
I believe I said TWO A DAY. You were just repeating yourself very obnoxiously twenty times a day for a while there. I hope you have learned something in your exile but I doubt it.
Nelson, you have remove entire post recently because I have ripped you a apart.
Furthermore, your use of the word “dear” above as you did is offensive.
Please take note of it.
I can just see you in your little hat and arm band right now Vern… I have been a very busy woman!
You bet I have learned my lesson… Brains cell’s, are not abundant in all humans!
Well, if I must post again, here it goes:
GOD LOVE HIM
What is he going to tackle first?
The corrupt School District that loves feeding kids and making them fat instead of actually teaching them. I suppose fat gang members are easier to handle!
The police department who know’s who the bad guys are but can’t arrest them because they are afraid of the ACLU and other IMMIGRANT LOVE FEAST ADVOCATES!
The serious problem of Illegal Immigrants becoming the new loser’s of American society because they have become dependent on welfare!
Kids having Kids because it’s the norm in third world countries… except they are not in a third world country… Well close, it’s Santa Ana. They are the product of their environment!
Dead beat dads who leave their kids, because Welfare has become the new daddy in Santa Ana!
Parents who view school as a day care centre instead of their child’s future!
If he has the ball’s to take on just a few of the above, then he will do just fine!
“I can just see you in your little hat and arm band right now Vern”……. stated Michelle Quinn.
LOL, I had exactly same vision Michelle except he was trowing little white babies into the oven.
MICHELL I MISS YOU . WELCOME BACK .
I too and glad to see Michele posting. She brings an interesting perspective to O.J. and never pulls any punches. Welcome back!
This gringo does not find being called a “Gringo” in the least offensive. Anyone that would lump a slur like “wetback” together with “Gringo”, as if they had equal offensive footing, is 1. A Gringo, and 2. Ignorant. I bet you think “Cracker” and “N***er” are also equally offensive don’t you?
This is why I am on Amezcua’s side. He is always just concentrating on how to make Santa Ana a better place. He’s not one to talk about anyone else unlike some people I would never mention because I will not stoop to thier level.
Michael,
He is not one to talk about anything, to be honest. We are all still waiting for Amezcua to tell us what his plans are.