Civic Affairs

The Usual Suspects One of my readers, named Cook, asked me yesterday to explain who Santa Ana's Usual Suspects are.  He wondered if the term was meant to be racist.…

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Councilman David Benavides has been desperately trying to quell the firestorm that erupted when we broke the story that he honored a group of Minutemen and extremist Republicans who were recruited by…

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The Benavides Hatergate scandal blew up again today as Minuteman Lupe Moreno began a libelous jihad against Mexican civil rights activist Naui Huitzilopochtli.  Moreno forwarded a letter asking her hater…

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I met last night with Naui Huitzilopochtli and he graciously allowed me to borrow his video clips of the footage he shot at the Santa Ana Independence Day event on…

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The City of Santa Ana is hosting the Pacific Electric Bike Ride and Festival, on Saturday, July 24, from 10 am -2 pm, with two bike rides starting at Thornton Park…

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Have Santa Ana's "Usual Suspects" found their candidate for Mayor of Santa Ana?  Charles Hart, a resident of the same Riverview Neighborhood where Julie and Glen Stroud live, has announced…

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It has become the scandal that won't go away.  This time the Orange County Register piled on the David Benavides Hatergate scandal with a new article that is very illuminating.…

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Santa Ana Police Officer Amadu Kabia succumbed to cancer recently - but he worked until he no longer could.  This Monday, the Santa Ana Police Department and the Santa Ana…

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R. Scott Moxley, of the OC Weekly, attended last night's Santa Ana City Council meeting.  Now the OC Weekly has piled on Councilman David Benavides too.  Here are a few…

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Lupe Moreno supporter Anne Menaldo(center) and David Benavides(right) Councilman David Benavides chose to ignore common sense and the advice of his fellow elected officials and honored a group of folks…

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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…

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Mike Harrah's victory was a victory for Santa Ana's working families Mike Harrah sat quietly with his friend Gil Marrero as the Santa Ana City Council began their One Broadway…

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Santa Ana Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua finally offered a glimpse at one of his campaign ideas, with this comment that was posted today on Facebook ( I am posting it…

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The City of Santa Ana has changed their Santa Ana Zoo free day, after much pleading, to the third Sunday of the month.  This month they will honor the previous…

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The Santa Ana City Council will be conducting a Public Hearing on Monday, at the end of their Council meeting, regarding the proposed amendments to the developer agreement with Mike…

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