First Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua falsely claimed that Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez was appearing at a fundraiser on his behalf at the exclusive estate of Orange Park Acres resident and Republican Arturo Lomeli but an email sent out by his campaign today has outdone that lie with a real whopper. According to the email sent this morning by “Amezcua 4 Mayor 2010” former President Bill Clinton is coming to Santa Ana tomorrow to campaign for Amezcua.
The email read:
Support the Winning Team!
President Bill Clinton
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez
State Senator Lou Correa
and Alfredo Amezcua!
Candidate for MayorInvite you to a free rally
Friday, October 15th
3 to 5 PM
Old Orange County Courthouse
Downtown Santa Ana
211 W. Santa Ana Blvd.
Santa Ana, CA 92701Everyone Welcome!
Pick up your Amezcua For Mayor T-Shirt
at our Campaign Office
1311 N. Broadway
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Call 714-558-8683
Amezcua and his campaign got a few of the facts correct. President Clinton will indeed be at the Old Courthouse in downtown tomorrow campaigning on behalf of Sanchez, Correa and the Democratic ticket. He will not be there campaigning for Amezcua. This attempt by Amezcua campaign to mislead voters and residents to think he has the support of President Bill Clinton is shameless and hints of desperation on their part.
This blatant attempt to deceive and mislead the voters and residents of Santa Ana by the Amezcua campaign demonstrates a tremendous level of arrogance and dishonesty. Voters need to ask themselves if this is how candidate Amezcua operates and carries himself, what can we expect from a Mayor Amezcua?
To demonstrate just how much this is not an Amezcua event, sources tell me that President Clinton was scheduled to make a brief appearence at Liberia Martinez but that has been scrapped do to the fact that the owner of that well know establishment is supporting Amezcua. I have not been able to confirm this but I would not be surprised. Remember this is a Democratic Party event and the Democratic Party had endorsed Mayor Miguel Pulido.
You can be sure that Pulido and the other Democrats on our city council will be appearing on stage with Clinton and the other luminaries. Perhaps if Alfredo wants a photo of himself at the event with President Clinton he should contact Trung Nguyen and have him photoshop Alfredo into a picture with Bill.
I’ll be there tomorrow with my “AMEZCUA FOR MAYOR” TEESHIRT!
I don’t see anything in Amezcua’s announcement that claims Clinton will be here to campaign for him. Amezcua seems to be indicating he will have a presence at the rally, which he probably will. But top billing? Nah. I would not call it deceptive, though; more like creative marketing and there’s nothing wrong with that.
booper,
It is most deceptive. Rest assured that Amezcua will be nowhere near the stage today, while Pulido will be introducing President Clinton.