Exclusive: Chases among those invited to Santa Ana Latino Jewish Forum

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• I'm legitimately curious: unless Dean Chemerinsky and Rabbi Rachlis show up, where are the Jews other than the Chases and the Merage Center?

  I'd show up if asked, but it would not be to attack Alvarez.

  • Does she know who you are? You may not be on her radar.

• Santa Ana says: “The Community Forum is an invitation only event to facilitate candid dialog among the participants.”

  That is BS – the forum is by invitation only in order to silence the true community. They could easily accommodate SA residents by asking for respect for all of the panelists and taking some questions in written form from the community.

  Anyone who participates in this sham is complicit in the quashing of the right of free speech for the residents of Santa Ana.

  • The Usual Suspects don't behave at our Council meetings. Why would you expect then to start behaving now?

• "Anyone who participates in this sham is complicit in the quashing of the right of free speech for the residents of Santa Ana."

  Mike,

  Exactly how is anyone's free speech being "quashed"? You were given your opportunity to attack Mayor Pro Tem Alvarez and nobody stopped you.

  In order to have a productive meeting fit into a four hour window you have to limit the number of people participating. There is a fine cross section of our community attending voicing all types of opinions.

  Perhaps you should take a wait and see attitude before condemning the entire event.

• "As far as Pedroza’s invitation, that was inadvertent, Gonzalez said. .. Pedroza, as a member of the media, should not have been invited, and the invitation wasn’t re-extended, Gonzalez said."

  http://santaana.ocregister.com/2011/10/27/community-forum-on-diversity-is-closed-to-public/

  • LOL! A moot point since I couldn't be there. I heard that the Irvine blogger showed up and true to form he yelled at our City Manager.

• Bone crushing boring. Hope after the lunch break it gets better.

  Oh and notice the lack of racial diversity?

• Hmmm, I wonder if the council would go to such lengths to have a community form with the Santa Ana Occupy group, to discuss homeless/jobless/forclosure/no small business banking loan situation????? Do we have to be insulted wealthy property owners to get a private "community Forum" and public relations meeting? Or part of the 85%ers? A.K.A. Police and Fire Budget Lobbyists?

• Why don't you discuss those problems amongst yourselves while holding you cardboard signs on Broadway?.

  Why do you think you need permission from the Santa Ana city council?

• we did not need permission to do what we are doing. but we will kindly ask for permission to do more.

• Well it is over, I am looking forward to hearing what Mr Mill thinks about this seminar.

  I watch it on my computer and am very glad I did not sit though it.

  I don’t get why some PBID’ers were allowed in, some of Santa Ana’s 1 percent’ors bitch about a property tax used to upkeep and protect their property values. I bet those people have no problem raising the rents on their Mexican retailers and office renters every year.

• Oh Man,

  I guess I might have to actually MOVE to Santa Ana to further involve myself in the cities inner workings.

  Eddie West your way off base, in Irvine we have a jew as a councilwoman and she Rocks.

  My side kick Chris and I are commited to Santa Ana....as long as we don't really need to GO there!

  Sheesh. You guys and your exclusiveness!