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Republicans aiming to take over the SAUSD School Board

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Angie Rosario Cano, Cecilia Iglesias, Education, Gloria Alvarado, Gloria Romero, Jose Hernandez, Labor, Latinos, Marilyn Bernaudo-Delgado, Politics, Republican Party, Reyna Orozco, Rick Miller, Rosie Avila, Santa Ana, SAUSD 11 Comments

Have you ever heard of the Parent Trigger Law? It was authored by a Democrat, Gloria Romero, but has become a tool for Republicans to turn public schools into charter schools. Locally this has come to the forefront at the Palm Lane Elementary School in Anaheim.

The Parent Trigger can only be used in low performing schools – and Santa Ana has a lot of those. SAUSD Trustee Cecilia Iglesias was involved in the Palm Lane effort as an employee of State Senator Bob Huff, a Republican in north Orange County. Now she has recruited a team of candidates to take over the SAUSD School Board.

The candidates include Angie Rosario Cano, Reyna Orozco and Marilyn Bernaudo-Delgado. Cano ran previously for the School Board in 2014. Continue reading→

How Mayoral candidate Benavides ended up honoring the Minutemen

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Civil Rights, David Benavides, Elections, George Collins, Glen Stroud, immigration, Latinos, Lupe Moreno, Politics, Racism, Republican Party, Rosie Avila, Santa Ana 6 Comments

Hatergate: How Council Member David Benavides ended up honoring the Minutemen in July, 2010

By: Art Pedroza

It started out innocently enough. The City of Santa Ana didn’t have the budget to put on their own 4th of July event, back in July of 2010, so they allowed a group of residents to put on their own event – and the City’s Parks and Recreation Agency let them use the Santa Ana Public Library, over in the Civic Center, to stage the event.

It made sense I suppose to have a Library Commissioner run the show. She was also at the time heading up the Friends of the Library. But upon closer scrutiny, there was a major problem. The lady in question was Lupe Moreno, a notorious Minuteman. These are folks who absolutely hate immigrants and who have been accused of hate crimes. When Moreno found herself needing more volunteers it was her Minutemen friends who got the call. Continue reading→

Santa Ana boxing club’s leader allegedly arrested for sexual abuse

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in Charities, Charles Hart, Courts, Crime, Orange County, Politics, Republican Party, Rosie Avila, Santa Ana, Sports 8 Comments

Local sports legend Anthony Serrano, the head of the Santa Ana Boxing Club, has been arrested, according to the OC Weekly. The official press release about this arrest has not yet been issued by the Orange County District Attorney’s office. According to the Weekly, the “police arrested Serrano on charges that he sexually abused one of his boxers.”

Serrano has run the Santa Ana Boxing Club for the last ten years and is listed on their contact page. The boxing club is part of the Orange County Youth Commission, which “was launched in 1997 by Rosemarie Avila and a group of concerned community members who recognized the needs of children in high-poverty areas of Orange County and wanted to make a difference in their lives,” according to their website. Continue reading→