Sal Tinajero

Santa Ana's baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. I just missed that time period - marking me as a member of Gen X. The baby boomers love to point…

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As voters we sometimes fail to recognize that electing someone to represent us on any elective body, such as the Santa Ana City Council or the Santa Ana Unified School…

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I was at an SAUSD school board forum last week and was shocked when some of the boorish radicals in the audience booed when they heard that I got a…

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Kim Riker moved her company, Rice Drywall Inc., a 45-year-old family business, to Santa Ana from its longtime home in South El Monte back in 2010. She must surely regret…

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[caption id="attachment_32703" align="aligncenter" width="396"] Santa Ana City Councilman Sal Tinajero[/caption] I attended two Santa Ana City Council candidate forums recently and was astonished to hear every single candidate for the…

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If you see a meth addict begging for money outside a McDonald's and you give him twenty bucks chances are that he will buy one item off the restaurant's dollar…

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When I spoke with Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido earlier this week he was not yet sure if he was going to run for what will be his last two-year…

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[caption id="attachment_70336" align="aligncenter" width="412"] The Santa Ana City Council Majority[/caption] The Santa Ana City Council Majority - which now includes Council Members David Benavides, Jose Solorio, Vince Sarmiento and Sal…

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It looks like the Santa Ana City Council majority will not be able to put a district election measure on the June ballot after all. A judge ruled today that…

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[caption id="attachment_69791" align="aligncenter" width="400"] The Santa Ana City Council Majority - David Benavides, Sal Tinajero, Vince Sarmiento and Jose Solorio[/caption] The Santa Ana City Council majority decided at their last-minute…

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[caption id="attachment_69791" align="aligncenter" width="400"] The Santa Ana City Council majority - David Benavides, Vince Sarmiento, Sal Tinajero and Jose Solorio[/caption] The four clowns on the current Santa Ana City Council…

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The Santa Ana City Council majority proved once again this week that they are a bunch of clowns as their efforts to illegally place a district specific elections measure on…

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Should Santa Ana allow the Needle Exchange to operate again in the Civic Center? Once again, people who do not live in Santa Ana are trying to tell our city…

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The Santa Ana City Council majority is up to their old tricks again. This time they are trying to sneak through major changes to our local elections ordinance without much…

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Hundreds of students to participate in SAUSD Speech & Debate Middle School Tournament Jan. 20 The program has grown to serve 600 students and sent a delegation to the National…

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