Santa Ana mayoral candidate David Benavides and his supporters would like us to think that he represents some kind of revolution, but in truth he is working with Santa Ana’s Usual Suspects – the mostly Republican, angry, older anti-Latino busy bodies that ran City Hall for far too long.
The Usual Suspects are the folks who passed laws against drying your laundry in the backyard; who limited garage sales to four per year; who worked to get rid of jobs – targeting those who deliver printed marketing materials to homes and those who stand on street corners twirling signs to build up local businesses. These are the gentrifiers who bemoan the fact that Santa Ana became a Latino majority city and who put bear locks on their trash cans to keep the homeless from collecting their bottles and cans.
This year the Usual Suspects are running for several offices – and their number includes Charles Hart, a candidate for Ward 3 on the Santa Ana City Council. Hart’s wife, Ronea, posted on the Santa Ana Citizens Yahoogroup this week that Charles is looking for chairs and tables to borrow for a temporary campaign office in the Floral Park Promenade. Here is the message in its entirety:
—–Original Message—–
From: Charles and Ronea Hart <chas-ronea@sbcglobal.net>
To: SantaAnaCitizens <SantaAnaCitizens@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, Sep 8, 2012 7:36 am
Subject: [SantaAnaCitizens] Need table and chairs
Hello
I am opening up a temporary office in the Floral Park Promenade for a couple of months and I need some folding chairs and tables. I would love to find about 10 rectangle tables and 75 chairs. If you have any tables and chairs that I could borrow until mid-November, could you please let me know? I will stop by and pick them up from you at your convenience.
Also if you have any other office stuff, let me know. We could use everything.
Ronea Hart
www.hartforsantaana.com
Former City Commissioner Julie Stroud, who was appointed by Benavides to the Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Commission, replied thusly:
Re: Need table and chairs
Sat Sep 8, 2012 10:36 am (PDT) . Posted by: “JAStroud@aol.com”
David B. is looking for an office, maybe he would want to share space with you. It would be worth a call and may open some doors. Go for it, but be fast he is looking right now. Cell 651-4380 Let me know what he says.
Julie
How nice of Stroud to suggest that Hart share an office with Benavides – but there is a problem. Hart is running against a number of candidates, including Eric Alderete. By suggesting that Benavides work with Hart, Stroud is suggesting that the Benavides “revolution” betray Alderete. (For a good laugh by the way, click here to check out Hart’s endorsements!)
What this situation underscores is how shaky the Benavides cabal is. Most of the Benavides bunch are allied with him for their own purposes. Santa Ana Council Member Vince Sarmiento, for example, is obviously using Benavides as a trial balloon against Mayor Miguel Pulido, just as Alfredo Amezcua did to Council Member Michele Martinez two years ago.
SAUSD Trustee John Palacio and Amezcua are in the coalition to stick it to Pulido but also to advance Amezcua’s daughter, Valerie, as a candidate for the SAUSD School Board. And there’s the rub. There is only one open seat on the SAUSD School Board – and two powerful incumbents who are up for reelection. But the Benavides cabal was able to lure Council Member Sal Tinajero by promising to support his sister, Myriam, who is also a candidate for the SAUSD School Board.
Palacio already rigged the Santa Ana Educators’ Association endorsement for Amezcua and they also backed the two incumbents. Tinajero was left out in the cold. It is obvious that Palacio and the rest of the Benavides gang are only interested in electing Amezcua, not Tinajero.
So the Benavides bunch is already coming apart at the seams. Alderete had already indicated that he was going to run his own campaign – now he would be advised to run away from the Benavides junta as soon as far away as possible.
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Your still a good friend to the r/c world ..good luck homie
And if you win r/c will be back in Santa Ana .....
I didn't know that Benavides is a good friend to the R/C (remote control toy) community? We should have a rally at Centinial Park and have our airplanes banners that say,
Vote For David!
Question Art,
Is it possible that Hart endorsed both Benavides and Republican George Collins for Mayor? I bet George would loan him some table and chairs and throw in free video recording of ribbon cutting of the opening of the office for FREE!
Hart and Collins were endorsed by the OC GOP and as such they have to work together or they could lose their endorsements.
Art, Why don't you invite Mr. Moreno to blog on a regular basis for New Santa Ana? I enjoy his fresh perspective on Santa Ana politics and he has the knowledge of Santa Ana that would make his insights good reading. Just a thought.
I too would love to hear more from Ted on issues facing our city. He's one of the few people who have nothing to gain and can give his opinion without the normal political biases.
Edgar Allen Poe dies and goes to heaven.
There he meets St. Peter, who asks him, "What is your name, and what were you in your past life?"
He anwers, "I'm Edgar Allen Poe, and I am a poet."
At the same time, rapper Tupac Shakur, is shot dead and arrives in heaven.
St. Paul asks him, "What is your name, and what were you in your past life"?
Burns says, "I be TUPAC, and I am the baddest Rapper”
St. Peter then says, "Well, we only have room for one poet in heaven, so we will have a contest. Whoever can write a better poem gets in! The topic will be Timbuktu, and you will both have one hour to complete the poems."
So after one hour, they come back, and Poe goes first: "As I walk across the golden sands, as I walk across the golden land, a great big ship comes in to view, its destination Timbuktu."
St. Peter says, "Okay, now we will hear Tupac’s poem."
Tupac says, "As Tim and I a walking went, we saw three bitches by a tent, them were three and we were two, I bucked one and Tim bucked two!"
CLEARLY the path to heaven is note cast in stone. I can appreciate Ted moreno's new found faith. But, what if I were Muslim Ted, what happens to me?
T
OMG. What the hell is disgraced councilman Ted Moreno rambling about? Tudor and Colonial homes in Santa Ana? Not in my part of town and my family has lived here for 62 years. Maybe north of 17th you'll find some.
Moreno was a councilman didn't he learn about project funding? The Bristol Widening has been going on for 20 years albeit in phases as it receives funding. He should know better and have some patience (it's a virtue). The Bristol Widening is coming a long just fine and will be beautiful when it is completed.
Moreno, please stop pontificating or I will rebuke you.
I found Jesus!
He was behind the couch!
Next thing you know, we'll be listening to Rob Richardson, who wanted to limit support of kids at St. Joseph in the nineties, until the old man and later , Fr. Smith kicked his ass.
Leave the religion for the other blog.
"I am opening up a temporary office in the Floral Park Promenade for a couple of months and I need some folding chairs and tables. I would love to find about 10 rectangle tables and 75 chairs. If you have any tables and chairs that I could borrow until mid-November, could you please let me know? I will stop by and pick them up from you at your convenience.
Also if you have any other office stuff, let me know. We could use everything. "
I drove by this place and it's the Republican Jerry Haydon for Congress Campaign headquarters. He's the Laguna Beach man running against Lorretta Sanchez right? How can you run for Congress and not have tables and chairs and why would David Benavides, join Haydon at this headquarters location? I can't keep track of all this. Are Benavides supporters also helping Haydon? Hard to believe.
Please shed some light on this Art.
Wow! Nice catch. I can't imagine that Congresswoman Sanchez will be very pleased about this.
As the fashion editor at "What Not To Wear", I would like to give Ms. Valerie Amezcua some fashion advice.
Stop shopping at "Factory 2 U" and "Fallas Paredes". Your look is not becoming of a future school board member.