Elections

Until last night I had never attended the "El Grito" event at Santa Ana's annual Fiestas Patrias.  Who knew I was missing out on an unbelievable spectacle? Thousands of Mexican…

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I am hearing that Santa Ana Council Member Vince Sarmiento appears to be having buyer's regret when it comes to upstart Santa Ana mayoral candidate David Benavides.  Apparently Sarmiento has…

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The inside baseball set has assumed that Santa Ana Planning Commissioner Eric Alderete is going to win in Ward 3, in November's election.  However an unpublished poll shows former Santa…

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One of the first things that Santa Ana mayoral candidate David Benavides said at this week's candidate forum was "I have a question for you.  Are you okay with the…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 13, 2012 CONTACT: Karia Salazar, PHONE: (714) 623-7185, EMAIL: salazar_karia@yahoo.com The Democratic Party of Orange County Endorses Councilman Vincent Sarmiento to Represent Santa Ana City Council…

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Santa Ana's Delhi Center is set to "Pump Up the Vote," on Tuesday, September 25, 2012, at 10:00 am.  They will have free breakfast, lunch and dinner between 10 am and 7 pm coupled…

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If there is one thing I can guarantee going into the November elections, it is that the current Santa Ana City Council is destined to crumble.  Already the coalition that…

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Little did Santa Ana Ward 3 candidate Shane Ramon Barrows know when he sent us an op-ed about the SAPD and the city budget that it would become our top…

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[caption id="attachment_28984" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Valerie Amezua, David Benavides and company - but no Eric Alderete[/caption] Santa Ana mayoral candidate David Benavides and his supporters would like us to think that…

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On Wednesday, September 12, 2012, at 7 pm, the Connect-to-Council organization will host a candidate debate for the Santa Ana Mayoral and City Council candidates (Council Wards 1, 3 &…

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[caption id="attachment_29005" align="aligncenter" width="386"] Robert Hammond, promoting the GOP[/caption] Orange County's Democrats are generally clueless, but this past June they were particularly out of sorts.  They inexplicably gave Orange County…

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Miguel Angel Briseño for Mayor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jackeline Reyes, Campaign Manager, (714) 584-8972 MAYORAL CANDIDATE MIGUEL ANGEL BRISENO TO HOLD COMMUNITY EVENT On Friday, September 7, 2012, Mayoral Candidate Miguel…

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The Orange County Register's Editorial Board has decided to oppose Santa Ana's latest unfair Term Limits initiative, Measure GG.  You can read the ballot argument I wrote opposing Measure GG…

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[caption id="attachment_25750" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Council Candidate Karina Onofre and Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez[/caption] The Republican Party of Orange County's Endorsement Committee met tonight to consider a number of endorsements of local…

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"Proponents of medical marijuana have begun collecting signatures to let Santa Ana voters decide whether the city should allow dispensaries to operate in the city" according to the O.C. Register.…

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