On Saturday afternoon I received an email from a group calling itself “Santa Ana Coalition for Better Government” and they were announcing their plans for a protest at City Hall Tuesday. As Art Pedroza wrote on Saturday this group is just a front operation for failed Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua. It is evident that Amezcua and his supporters have no plans on be gracious in defeat.
The protest, which they have labeled a “Vigil of Discontent”, is scheduled to take place prior to the inaugaration of three of our finest city leaders, Mayor Miguel Pulido, Councilmember Sal Tinajero and Councilmember Michele Martinez along with Councilmember David Benavides. Amezcua and his supporters want you to join the “community” in protest, doesn’t he realize that it was the community that overwhelmingly defeated him in November.
This event is nothing more than a side show created to make people think that the residents of Santa Ana are opposed to the great council majority that will lead our city for years to come. As we all saw from the election results the residents support our Mayor and council majority. This is sour grapes from the Amezcua camp and a demonstration that they lack any class whatsoever.
I find it laughable that Amezcua is now “discontented” with Mayor Pulido and company. It appears that Amezcua, a long time ally of Pulido and the “white” power structure here in Santa Ana, only started to express his discontent once Pulido refused to invest in Amezcua’s failed Santa Ana Business Bank and once Pulido turned his back on his old “angry white” voter base and began to allign himself with the more progressive Latino’s on the council.
The time for politics and campaign rally’s is over Al. It is time to help our elected officials and other city leaders move Santa Ana forward. Cheap publicity stunts like the one you have organized for Tuesday does nothing to bring the community together or help make Santa Ana a better place. You lost, move on. Stop with these silly vigil’s of malcontents.
thank you for posting this…Here we see the real facts but again your analysis and news reporting lacks the real substance…
The majority of Santa Ana voted for an alternative candidate that was not Mayor Pulido.
If you combine the alternative candidates votes you have the majority of the vote…so the question here is not Mayor Pulido won overwhelmingly…he didn’t.
The problem is Santa Ana didn’t unity behind one alternative candidate against the mayor therefore splitting the vote..
The city has been ready for a new mayor..the numbers show it.
artist,
That is actually a very clear statement and I appreciate it.
I recently warned Mayor Pulido that this is happening and that we need to see change. He has two years to impress the voters, as I see it.
Whether we need a new Mayor will be up to the voters, but those who want change are advised not to invest in a flawed candidate like Amezcua. Surely they can do better than that!
artist,
Mayor Pulido was the clear cut winner in this race. Getting nearly 50% of the vote in a 5-man race is rather significant. He trounced Amezcua by a huge margin.
No one will beat Fiala’s 2004 numbers.
So lets unite to elect Fiala as your white ruler and the god Quetzalcoatl of the Santa Ana.