Debbie McEwen practices her free speech, at tonight’s Council meeting
The Alfredo Amezcua campaign spent a week screaming on Facebook about free speech, but at tonight’s Santa Ana City Council meeting, which was held at the historic Yost Theater, they sent a mime to the podium, then waved the white flag. I was embarrassed for them.
Ruben Alvarez, who serves as Amezcua’s photographer, turned in a speaker card. I asked him where his censorship sticker was and he blanched. He must have thought I read his mind. Moments later, when he took the podium, he put a piece of white tape over his mouth, then proceeded to hold up sheets of paper with words on them. It was all so lame I couldn’t even follow what the heck he was trying to say.
Councilman David Benavides whined and pleaded for forgiveness, apparently forgetting that he had voted to silence Amezcua’s disciple, Alberto Castillo.
The rest of the Council would have none of that…
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Oh dear lord, these people are insane! Tish Leon is officially Commissio-no-more!!! Now we need to get Julie Stroud out of there, and with Gordo Loco out of the race, seems like they have no more power! They are gone! I praise the 16-year-old who decided to proceed with all this and do the right thing! We definitely need people like him leading us! He is our future, and by the looks of it, he has his heart in the right place! He has my vote when he runs, and I will assist in his campaign! Hallelujah and Praises to this young man! it is truly amazing to see this young man be so involved in our community, and work so tirelessly with the community to make a difference! Further, I believe you guys mentioned he is all honors and AP courses, correct? WE NEED HIM ON COMMISSIONS!!! This young man is amazing, and EXTREMELY mature contrary what other people say! To be able to handle all of this, and he has such exceptional writing skills. He made Tish’s letter look like the toilet paper I clean myself with (Actually, I use extra soft quilt) so it made it look like that cheap kind you find in public restrooms, and I wouldn’t want Tish stuff near me, even if it is to clean my…behind…rather use my finger. Praises and Hallelujah’s to this young man, for standing up for what is right, for being so mature and taking all the heat, and for being able to cope with the stress and initiate this difficult step towards a better Santa Ana! I wish I could meet this young man! KUDOS to the Councilmember who appointed him!
“Nobody really likes mimes.
Nobody knows what they’re saying…
If he’s offering someone a peso
To make him a chile con queso,
Why can’t he just simply say so?”
— Calvin Trillin
The councils actions tonight took this issue off the table and made it a moot point. They apologized and re-opened public comments to give Mr. Castillo his 3 minutes to speak his peace. He chose not to do so.
It was quite obvioius that Councilmember Benavides was grandstanding and playing to the Amezcua faction. Councilmember Sarmiento pretty much put him in his place and eloquently explained how he took a proactive approach to fix the situation and prevent it from happening in the future.
The council detractors can harp on this but what good will it do, the council admitted they were wrong, apologized and took control of the issue.
I guess you can go home to Long Beach now.
I missed the beginning so I miss most of the speakers.
One councilmember voted NO and the rest voted Yes to remove the commissioner.
The 6 yes votes WERE NOT because of the student complaint.
The 6 yes council members were very adamant about it being a council members choice to put another in that spot.
I don’t understand from the reasons stated why this was done at this time, since the past year and half there was not a working relationship, and the Pro Tem had the same commissioner on a commission for 4 years without a working relationship.
So from statement made, a working relationship was not a requirement to be a commissioner.
From the work study section.
Looks like many fine thing are coming to the old down town area.
cook,
If a commissioner can’t communicate with the Council Member that has appointed him or her, then that person must go, particularly if said commissioner is rude as well.
Michele did not need a reason to dump Leon, but surely the bullying of a sixteen year old honor student didn’t help Leon’s case, did it?
Art, do you know who voted against?
Yes. Benavides.
I believe, we have found Mayoral specimen for 2012.
A Latino, I can put my money on!
Fiala,
Are you referring to Amezcua’s mime?
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Stanislav Fiala is asking: Do we have Mayoral specimen for 2012?
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:38:38 -0700
From: Standa
To: Benavides David
CC: Martinez Michele, Pulido Miguel, Harrelson Anthony, Walters Paul, Alvarez Claudia, Bustamante Carlos, Tinajero Sal, Sarmiento Vincent
Thank you David for your courage and the leadership which you have shown
in the yesterday’s meeting!
While your colleges voted cohesively like the old Soviet Politburo in
support of the hysteria, chaos and panic, showing total lack of the
leadership, you have clearly distinguished yourself among the
Magnificent Seven and have once again proven that you are ready to lead
Santa Ana in to the bright future with cool reasoning.
We find this comforting!
Think high!…… think sky is no limit!
-Stan
A ringing endorsement!
From one of Santa Ana’s most unhinged anti-Mexican nutjobs!
How could David refuse?
Art, I believe that Amezcua’s mime was a Latino……… was he?
Fiala,
He might have been so before the meeting, but now he is just a lame mime.
Victory is near!
Adjust you volume Comrade Vern.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPk21C0Wpkg&feature=related
Art, a moment of silence is not exactly a mime.
Kindly, do not let Comrade Vern to put is gravely misguided ideas in your had.
Fiala,
It was more like a moment of lameness!
Yes!
“Brothers and sisters, hermanos y hermanas de SanTana, let us please now observe a Moment of Lameness together, as we consider all the pendejerias we have recently witnessed. … Amen.”
Art
“If a commissioner can’t communicate with the Council Member”
I agree!
But why a year and half and why 4 years with the other? The council members should make choices quicker than that.
Just like the other council member said, there should be a procedure to handle complaints. (even tho the complaint was not the issue)
Cook,
They tried to be patient with Leon and got burned. In the future I suspect their patience will run out much sooner. Or perhaps they will be more discerning about whom they appoint to City Commissions. Usual Suspects need not apply.
I love her!
Thank you I am cracking up!!!!!!
🙂
She’s a real hoot Michelle!
Art, since I am heavily emerged in the Mexican culture via my Mexican family, I have study various cultural aspect of the Mexico.
You are strongly reminding me Diego Rivera who got in bed with Jewish communist Leon Trotsky a founder of the Red Army who was hiding in the Mexico City, protected by Mexican communist pseudo intellectuals until Trotsky got killed by the Iron Hand of Josef Stalin.
Rivera would got more recognition if he would stay away from the communists.
Haha…. Anonymous eh? More like inimitable……..
I do not know what you LOLing about Comrade Vern. If it was submitted without my name it is because your submitting does not rejects submission without the name filed in as it should.
Here is yet another WWII victory song composed by Czech,
See composer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaromír_Vejvoda
Here is a tune which is more familiar to you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SfyObUd5e8
You should add it to your honky tong collection Comrade Vern
Just remember that the silence is golden!……… if you and Vern can.
I should ADD:
Sartor Resartus, 1831, in which a character expounds at length on the virtues of silence:
“Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the daylight of Life, which they are thenceforth to rule. Not William the Silent only, but all the considerable men I have known, and the most undiplomatic and unstrategic of these, forbore to babble of what they were creating and projecting. Nay, in thy own mean perplexities, do thou thyself but hold thy tongue for one day: on the morrow, how much clearer are thy purposes and duties; what wreck and rubbish have those mute workmen within thee swept away, when intrusive noises were shut out! Speech is too often not, as the Frenchman defined it, the art of concealing Thought; but of quite stifling and suspending Thought, so that there is none to conceal. Speech too is great, but not the greatest. As the Swiss Inscription says: Sprecfien ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden (Speech is silvern, Silence is golden); or as I might rather express it: Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity.”