The OC Weekly’s Gustavo Arellano is a huge fan of far-left Democrat Julio Perez – one of four Democrats vying for the 69th Assembly District. That’s fine. What is not cool is Gustavo’s continued allegation that Santa Ana Council Woman Michele Martinez “sold out” to Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido. That is not just untrue [...]
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No Gustavo, Michele Martinez and I did not sell out to Miguel Pulido
Posted by Art Pedroza on January 24th, 2012
Posted in 2006 Elections, 2008 Elections, 2010 Elections, Alfredo Amezcua, Councilman Carlos Bustamante, Councilman Sal Tinajero, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Dave Ream, Democratic Party, elections, Julio Perez, Latinos, mayor miguel pulido, Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, Politics, Santa Ana 
Tags: 69th assembly district, al amezcua, alfredo amezcua, gustavo arellano, julio perez, Michele Martinez, miguel pulido, Santa Ana 
14 Comments »A Year in Review – a look back at Santa Ana in 2011
Posted by Admin on December 26th, 2011
Our posts about Santa Ana’s Cafe Lu and Councilman Bustamante topped the charts in 2011
What a year it has been here in Santa Ana – and on this blog, the New Santa Ana. Since January 1, 2011, we have had 226,798 Visits and 407,051 Pageviews. Wow! That’s not bad for a blog that was started not too [...]
Posted in Civic Affairs, Councilman Carlos Bustamante, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Dave Ream, Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, Politics, Santa Ana, Tom Daly Tags: al amezcua, alfredo amezcua, cafe lu, Carlos Bustamante, Claudia Alvarez, george collins, kinde durkee, mexican mafia, Michele Martinez, pete ojeda, Santa Ana, Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana, tom daly, year in review 4 Comments »The Amezcua brigade demands seats on the Santa Ana Ethics Panel
Posted by Admin on December 8th, 2011
Al Amezcua and his daughter Valerie Amezcua led a contingent of angry Usual Suspects at last night’s Santa Ana Code of Ethics Committee meeting, which was held at City Hall. They were accompanied by a wandering blogger from Long Beach.
The Code of Ethics Committee is comprised of Council Members Vince Sarmiento and Sal Tinajero, who [...]
Amezcua’s PAC to protest Alvarez and the PBID at the Council meeting on 9/6
Posted by Admin on September 5th, 2011
Failed Santa Ana mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua’s Political Action Committee, which he calls the “Santa Ana Coalition for Better Government,” (SACBG) has sent out a bizarre email asking its members to show up to Tuesday night’s Santa Ana City Council meeting in protest of Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez while at the same [...]
The Santa Ana Coalition for Better Government reveals their Board members
Posted by Admin on May 17th, 2011
The Santa Ana Coalition for Better Government, a Political Action Committee, finally posted the members of their Board of Directors tonight, on their website, after we prodded them to do so. Here they are:
CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President Arturo Lomeli – Downtown property owner: He is a dentist. He also owns property in Downtown Santa Ana and [...]
Posted in Alfredo Amezcua, Civic Affairs, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: al amezcua, albert castillo, alfredo amezcua, art lomeli, debbie mcewen, Francisco Barragan, gabriela gonzalez, jeff dickman, john acosta, luis ortiz franco, raquel lomeli, santa ana coalition for better government, valerie amezcua 9 Comments »Santa Ana Coalition for Better Government’s attack on Paul Walters misfires
Posted by Admin on May 15th, 2011
The so-called “Santa Ana Coalition for Better Government” ripped the Santa Ana City Council and Santa Ana Police Department Chief Paul Walters today, in a mass email that questioned how much Walters will get paid as interim Santa Ana City Manager (see the graphic above or click here).
The Santa Ana Coalition for Better Government is registered [...]
Alfredo Amezcua and his Santa Ana PAC to host a community forum on April 20
Posted by Admin on April 13th, 2011
[ April 20, 2011; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
The Santa Ana Coalition for Better Government, which is a Political Action Committee, is holding a “Community Forum,” on April 20, at the Rancho Santiago Community College District’s headquarters. Here is their invitation to the meeting:
Dear Friends & Colleagues,
As you probably know, my commitment to our beautiful City of Santa Ana continues… Quite a few [...]
Register’s Doug Irving grasping at straws
Posted by Admin on September 10th, 2010
It’s either a really slow news day or the Register’s Santa Ana beat reporter Doug Irving is really desperate to try and tar and feather Mayor Miguel Pulido as election day grows closer. In article written today Irving goes after Pulido for appointing his brother Luis to a part-time position at the South Coast Air Quality [...]
Republicans already attacking Art Pedroza’s SAUSD School Board campaign
Posted by Admin on August 2nd, 2010
Republican Kyrsten Bromiski is not one of my fans!
Well, that didn’t take long. I received a nasty Facebook message today from a lady named Kyrsten Bromiski. Here is some of what she had to say (I had to redact the worst of it – it was quite nasty):
Really running for school dist? Are you kidding..you [...]
Posted in Education, elections, Politics, Racism, republican party, Santa Ana Tags: al amezcua, art pedroza, gop, janet nguyen, kyrsten bromiski, republican party, sausd school board 5 Comments »Alfredo Amezcua to offer free breakfast and dinner to supporters this Saturday
Posted by Admin on July 26th, 2010
I will say this for Alfredo Amezcua, he still isn’t being specific about what it is he intends to do as Mayor of Santa Ana, but he sure does hold a lot of fundraisers.
His spokesperson, Dr. Art Lomeli, a Republican resident of Orange Park Acres who owns a dentistry practice in downtown Santa Ana, has [...]
Amezcua complains about business license fees but offers no solutions
Posted by Admin on July 26th, 2010
I visited Alfredo Amezcua’s mayoral campaign website again yesterday- and as usual found nothing of substance. However, he did post a new statement on his Facebook page hinting at a glimmer of an issue:
It was depressing doing research today regarding the business climate in Santa Ana. Santa Ana’s business license fee is as much [...]
Posted in Business, Civic Affairs, Democratic Party, elections, jobs, Labor, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: al amezcua, alfredo amezcua, business license fees, Santa Ana No Comments »Does Mayoral candidate Amezcua realize there is more than one school district in Santa Ana?
Posted by Admin on July 19th, 2010
Fellow Orange Juice blogger Art Pedroza recently wrote a post regarding Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua’s misplaced criticism of our Mayor Miguel Pulido not helping the youth of Santa Ana. As Pedroza correctly pointed out under the leadership of Mayor Pulido and councilmembers Claudia Alvarez, Sal Tinajero, Vince Sarmiento and Michele Martinez the city has put in [...]
More evidence emerges that Amezcua didn’t live in Area 1 while on the RSCCD Board
Posted by Admin on July 16th, 2010
I have received evidence that Al Amezcua, an attorney who is a candidate for Mayor of Santa Ana, did not live in Area 1, when he was serving on the Rancho Santiago Community College District.
Amezcua registered to vote, at the time, at his office address on Broadway, which is south of 17th, in Santa Ana. [...]
Posted in Civic Affairs, Democratic Party, elections, Latinos, mayor miguel pulido, Politics, republican party, Santa Ana Tags: al amezcua, area 1, area 3, fpcc, miguel pulido, nativo lopez, rancho santiago community college district, rsccd, Santa Ana, secretary of state, voter registration 1 Comment »Why is Alfredo Amezcua registered to vote at his law office instead of his home?
Posted by Admin on July 14th, 2010
An anonymous tipster told me a few weeks ago that Al Amezcua, the local attorney who is running for Mayor of Santa Ana, was registered to vote at his law office, located on 1319 N. Broadway. I could not believe it but today I verified this with the Orange County Voter Registrar’s office.
Amezcua changed his [...]
Amezcua campaign’s assertions about the City of Santa Ana simply aren’t true
Posted by Admin on July 13th, 2010
Over the past fifteen years few people have criticized the City of Santa Ana as much as I have. However, I have noticed significant improvement over the past year or so.
Apparently some folks in our community do not share that sentiment. A campaign email message sent out by Alfredo Amezcua, the local attorney who is challenging [...]
Posted in Civic Affairs, elections, Latinos, mayor miguel pulido, Santa Ana Tags: al amezcua, city hall, lies, Santa Ana, speech-making 10 Comments »
