Santa Ana Mayoral challenger David Benavides got bad news today as a mailer hit the mailboxes touting his plan to raise his own City Council pay.
Benavides, who is supporting every single tax increase on the November ballot, formed a City Council committee, according to the mailer, which you can see here, in July of this year. The committee’s mission was to explore raising the City Council’s pay and benefits! Luckily Mayor Miguel Pulido put a stop to this.
Benavides already accepts the largest pay package of anyone on the Santa Ana City Council, including stipends, and city paid health, dental and live insurance benefits, plus a $6,000 car allowance!
The mailer asks if we can afford to elect Benavides as our Mayor. Good question!
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I heard one of the dumbest campaign calls yesterday from the Benavides bot. It said, in Spanish, that Pulido has made "25 years of bad decisions." LOL! Who does this guy think he's talking too?
In hindsight, Pulido's worst decision was backing Benavides six years ago.
As a conservative I cannot continue to support David anymore now that his true money grabbing agenda has been exposed.
VOTE FOR MIGUEL PULIDO!!!
I agree with Skallywag!
VOTE FOR MIGUEL PULIDO!!!
Mike (AKA Skallywag and Junior),
You are among the elite in the OC blogesphere!
You actually live in Santa Ana and get one vote (add your wife and kid's and you may get three).
But all these other fools: Dr. Art Lomeli, Andrew Galvin, Adam Elmark, Greg Diamond, Vern Nelson and so many others CAN'T VOTE HERE.
Make your's count, no matter who you vote for, vote for who YOU like. The others are just masterbating, there is no real consumation possible. So they just BLATHER.
The gated communities are nice, the Long Beach scene is groovy, they cardboard box or the rented Brea garage make due.
BUT, THE FACT REMAINS NONE OF THESE GUYS HAVE SANTA ANA'S BEST INTEREST IN MIND.
That's why Your support is laudable: Skallywag, Junior or Mike Tardif. We don't care what you call your self. Just continue to make Santa Ana a place YOU want to live.
The financial backers of the PAC supporting Pulido include high-profile contributors Don Crevier, former owner of Crevier BMW; Cordoba Corp., which was awarded the city’s streetcar project contract; and tech-boom billionaire Henry Nicholas........................
You should help fix our deficit problems with those kind of friends .....
Or do I give you the street sweeping contract...and you know kick down a little cash for my campaign .....lol....must be nice..
Benavides' mailers were funded by out of town apartment developers.
Benavides has gotten what he deserved. A bitch slap from Pulido.
Benavides deserved to lose the mayoral race. Pendejo.
Viva New Santa Ana! "Bitch slap".
Art, what changes will we see from this brave new Council majority? Sarmiento, Tinajero, Martinez, Benavides, Reyna...That's count em 5 votes! OK Dr. Lomeli...what new visionary actions should we anticipate at the next Council meeting? We are waiting.....
I can't see this coalition staying together for long...