We often forget our history – and you know what that means – we are doomed to repeat it. That cycle is happening right now, here in Santa Ana.
It is amazing to me that so many people have been completely snowed by mayoral challenger Alfredo Amezcua. Good people that I have worked with for years actually believe his spin, that he is some kind of revolutionary. The record simply doesn’t reflect that. Amezcua has been the ultimate city hall insider for over twenty years.
Check out the picture on top of this post. There you will find Amezcua, celebrating the recall of SAUSD Trustee Nativo Lopez; alongside Mayor Miguel Pulido; then-Councilman Jose Solorio; then-Councilwoman Lisa Bist; SAUSD Trustee Audrey Yamagata-Noji; who is running yet again this year; and Rob Richardson, who replaced Lopez on the SAUSD Board and is still there now.
The irony, that has been lost lo these many years, is that the recall campaign didn’t want to stop with Lopez. I met today with Beatriz Salas, who is also pictured above. She was the parent who started the recall campaign against Lopez (and she has the documents to prove that). Salas had some very interesting things to say today about Amezcua and the rest of the recall gang.
It turns out that they wanted to recall SAUSD Trustees John Palacio and Sal Tinajero too. Salas showed me the paperwork. She personally stopped this from happening because she liked Tinajero. She later befriended Palacio as well. But had the recall junta succeeded, it is likely that they would have gone after Palacio and Tinajero too.
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I will start the ball rolling on this one. . .
Its over Art, Pulido is GONE.
I don’t think so, at least not if the polling data I have seen is correct.
I’ve read this numerous times. Please blog the polling data!
People will become suspicious about the race if such reassurances of Pulido’s re-election are not publicly divulged at the same time anti-Amezcua mailers are being sent out with a picture of someone who looks like they were partying at the Slidebar before being placed in cuffs!
Al will join John Raya (also a former Rancho Board member by the way) as guys who ran for Mayor and failed.
Amezqua will finish a distant 3rd (Hart will get some Anti-Pulido and some Gringo votes and come in second) and then the blogs will be full of: “Of course the people were not going to elect a lawyer as Mayor” Next time you see that big old toothy grin of big Al it will be on page 17 of Minihonas or some other throw away Spanish newspaper as he returns to chasing those ambulancias!
“Drive by Debbie McEwen’s house, in French Park, and you will see a huge Amezcua sign in her yard.”
Sean, can please give us a quick recap on who this Debbie McEwen woman is and why we should be frightened that Al is seeking her help? Can you say “Vendido”?
Debbie is just one vote, what is so scary about that?
VOTE COLLINS AND YOU’LL SEE HOW THIS CRAP IS TAKE OUT OF OUR CITY!!!!!!!!!.