The Santa Ana Council Majority has placed an item, 1C, on the agenda for the next Council Meeting, on Jan. 22, that reads:
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE AND/OR
POTENTIAL DISMISSAL/RELEASE pursuant to Government Code Section
54957(b)(1)
Title: City Manager
This is it folks. They are going to move to fire our City Manager, Paul Walters. They apparently did not learn a thing from the last Council meeting, on Jan. 7, when dozens of local residents and business leaders, including OCTA Chairman Greg Winterbottom, SAUSD Trustee and Local Attorney Jose Hernandez, and Com Link Chair Evangeline Gawronski, ripped them a new one for threatening to fire Walters. Imagine how many folks will turn out for next week’s meeting?
Council Members David Benavides and Angelica Amezcua were absent last time and Michele Martinez left early. This time presumably they will all be there. Last time Council Member Vince Sarmiento and Mayor Pro Tem Sal Tinajero had no comment. Will the cat get their tongues again?
No one has as of yet offered up a good reason to fire Walters. That is because there is no foundation to do so. By firing him, the Council majority will return him to the SAPD, where he will once more serve as the Chief of Police. However they will likely name Santa Ana Parks and Rec Agency Director Gerardo Mouet as the interim City Manager and he will be able to dismiss Walters from his post at the SAPD as well.
In the end we the voters will be saddled with a huge settlement that Walters is due, contractually. And we will end up with a lesser City Manager. All of this apparently is being engineered by labor and by a Council majority that has forgotten who they serve, in their rush to attack Walters and our popular Mayor, Miguel Pulido.
All Walters did was serve our city. He saved us from a budget crisis, last year, that the Council created. And he drove crime down in our city to levels not seen in decades. He is owed a city statue. Instead the Council majority is fitting him with a noose – in order to punish Pulido. They will be punishing all of us. What next for this foul bunch?
Be sure to show up on Jan. 22 at 5 pm at the next Council meeting. Let’s take a stand for Walters!
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Does Gerardo Mouet have a college degree?
Did he graduate college?
Good question. According to this bio: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:kEr4OSEDD-EJ:www.naleo.org/institutes/newly2010/SchoolBoardTrack/2BiosRoster/FACULTYBIOS.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiyWzX07c6cnANbwhrJBAgAaqZwPlbnjtoPdAsTOn5poNkFwJT72wuy3yoxXotxnRFNgm9sOKTC6P7K3SxfUu_hlYj2UxQTlWUsjA7KoiHxHrQPEqulZ6rS_I2j5O6DNJdZ7IXq&sig=AHIEtbR9fsQavn_b7q8J3BGbZe85IfmI-w, he attended a few schools but there is no reference to actually having finished.
This says it all, Art!
Just what Santa Ana needs. A girlie man born and raised in T.J. beholden to the Gang of Five. I hope 1,000 people show up for this meeting. It's our last chance people. There will be vans available for those who need transportation. Just call your neighborhood leaders or COMMLINK for more information. We must save Paul and we must stop Gerardo and the Gang of Five.
I may be be Catholic, but I'm no Homophobe.
By implying that someone is effeminate in this derogatory fashion "Girlie Man" displays HATE SPEECH. The tone is clearly anti-queer!
Mr Editor, you should moderate such unlawful behavior on a site that advocates for an Officer of the Law. Don't degrade our Brothers in Blue.
A Fair and Open Hiring Process is not too much to ask for a rising City of 400,000 nestled in one of the hippest counties on Earth. After 32 years under the stewardship of one individual, Santa Ana deserves no less.
If "Girlie's" homophobic comments are any indication, maybe Santa Ana's next City Manager should be a GAY man. Given rising demographics in our city, it may be the best option. It might help curb this Homophobic Hatred.
Open the City Manager search up to the best and most open-minded candidate OUT there.
So you want to fire Walters because he's not gay? That is ridiculous! We don't need another search nor another City Manager. We already have a great one who was selected unanimously by the Council.
Back in the 1980's I remember as a kid going with my grandma to protest the city council when Dan Young was Mayor. The city was going to make the entire city of Santa ana a Redevelopment Zone. They were ready to slam it through, just like firing Paul Walters.
My Grandma and others helped pack the Council Chambers and we backed them down and they did not go through with it. They saw the numbers of people there and changed their minds.
Now it's our generations turn to take control and show this new Gang of 5 that we love Paul Walters and we will not see him fired.
Join hundreds of others on the 22nd. Young people, we have to unite on this and show that we will stand up for what is right and against this brand of political thuggery. See you on the 22nd! Your vote is your voice. Let's Rock the Vote and speak our minds.
Amen! Stirring words. This is our city. Let's show them on the 22nd!
Ha ha, Art: Read this on FB. A post inviting people of the city to come to the council meeting:
Do you enjoy yelling at idiots?
Well if you do, come on down to the Santa Ana city council chambers this coming Tuesday, January 22.
The Santa Ana city council is chock full of them!
You don't have to travel all the way to Washington DC to experience the depravity that ensues when a group of sociopaths are given a modicum of authority.
Here in Santa Ana, we bring the lies and deceit to YOU!
This Council has no idea what they're in for... This is the stuff recalls are made of...
O.M.G. I saw the best looking Tranny that I have ever seen in my whole life today. Put all the other S.A.women to shame. Crossing 10th and Main. Looking back over his/her shoulder at me while doing the cross walk, with that come hither look. That scenic route is awesome. I know why everybody wants to fight for Santa Ana.
Spoken like a true Orange Hills brat.
"O.M.G. I saw the best looking Tranny that I have ever seen in my whole life today"
Do you mean a supporter of Van Tran?
Open your arms Omar. Let it go.
Look who's talking. Have you managed to flip Wall Street on its head yet?
Wait until Michele sees the RECALL signs being waved at her when she arrives Tuesday.
I bet she cries!
From the union-funded Voice of OC: http://www.voiceofoc.org/oc_central/santa_ana/article_2065e5cc-6119-11e2-acce-001a4bcf887a.html