How did a dog catcher end up running the Downtown S.A. restaurant assn.?

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• Maybe he was delivering mystery meat to The Playground.

  Also, Nathan Hittle is a DTI boardmember, not just committee member!

• He probably doesn't admit it,
  But Nathan likes that Salvadorean Restaurant on Fifth and Broadway . Izalco. I like it too. They have awesome pupusas. corn or rice pupusas with pork or chicken or shrimp. Inexpensive beer and free cabbage with the entrees or chips. Much better choice than some of the other new joints for a yummy meal. No health hazards that i know of.

  • Sounds good!

    By the way a reader on Facebook says that Nathan was also a member of the Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society. That figures!

  • That resturant on Broadway and 5th has been replaced.

• Then why is it so difficult to get a historical plaque for the Santora Building? They have restaurants in that building that would enjoy that type of promotion. Heck wouldn't that increase the value of that property.
  Some things just don't make sense.

  • And you expected something else from a PR guy who was a dogcatcher and apparently never finished his college degree?

    • Mainly because the City would have paid for it, but the owner had to agree to a facade easement for it, as well as the Historical Society. Given that the owner installed illegal signs, do you think they would agree to a city facade easement for the sign?

    • Santa Ana College is a City College...you know that, right? So isn't it entirely possible that three years did earn this guy an Associates degree? And the condesending comments you keep making about his education are false? Just pointing that out.

      • Then he should say so. But the reality is that Downtown Inc is very secretive about their restaurant association and this guy has no complete bio that I'm aware of.

        Beyond that, why would a restaurant association hire a former animal control officer with possibly a two year degree, to handle their marketing? That's just bizarre! Are there restaurants serving roadkill? He'd be an expert on that!

• For what it's worth Mike Harrah says Nathan makes a great cup of coffee and gives excellent foot massages.

  • PBID ain't going away. Love that Nathan guy! Love that DTI!

    • Wishful thinking...

      • Oh, it's very real.

        • I'll tell you what's real. This post has had hundreds of hits!

    • It better not go away. How else will we be able to clean up downtown? We need to rid that area of shops selling quinceanera dresses and Downtown Inc. are the right people for the job.

      I'd love to see more businesses like that world class newstand Rags owned by that weird guy who brought a gay porn star to hand out lube during the pride festival. More gay porn and less Mexican businesses is just what we need to clean up downtown.

      • Hits? Who cares? Only you. Big whoop. Gonna take the numbers and do something with them? Buy a nice watch or something? Wow, the king. Please, you only write spastic lies to get the 'hits', you're not earning anything. Yawn.

        • No. Not lies. Just the bitter truth. I hear the boys at the SAPD were all having a good laugh at Hittle's expense. LOL!

• Only one song can best describe my three year Alcoholic Downward Spiral With The Grand Inquisitor of New Santa Ana. All for a damn Santora Historical Plaque. "Institutionalized"

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPa9zxuvbWg&feature=related

• Whaddubout all those cute Mexi-Boys all those gay porn-lovers adore! Displacing the Mexis would break muchos hearts. ;(

  Also, where would the Drag Queens buy their tiaras? Those Quinceañera stores serve a pretty wide demographic!

  Re: Nathan is being Harrah's toady & hatchet man, methinks Loyalty is of greater value to the DTI bunch than Education or Experience. Just look at their staff & supporters...not the brightest bunch.

  • Indeed. The PBID has been welfare for undeserving white guys...

    • White guys don't need welfare.

      • Right. Kill the PBID!

        • Focused on someone else's money?

        • That's right. Nathan is playing with other people's money. It's just not right.

  • As if you know. Not.

    • Why don't you ask Nathan how he came to leave the SAPD.

  • Yeah, and you're one bright bulb, not.

• Reverse Welfare????
  So it ain't true.
  You are breaking my New Santa Ana Heart.

  • Don't forget that Benavides is in bed with these people and he has always been a PBID supporter. His revolution is faux. You want a revolution? We're it!

• I find it so hilarious that you so easily attack the Downtown Area on your blog only in the last couple years. you do not live in the downtown area . you just like to here yourself talk and start faux controversy. the PBId is not illeagal to any one who has any knowledge hell I remember voting yes for it. But the most interesting thing to me is how you attack every restaurant or business that you perceive as non-Latino. Most importantly you avoid the Roadless Traveled store that recently moved to the downtown area. Hmmm. I wonder why. maybe because it is owned by Gustavo Arellano's live in girlfriend? If your going to sit around and talk made up trash on businesses in the downtown do not selectively leave some out. It is a bit funny no mention of there invovlement(I do not thin Gustavo has anything do do with the Downtown inc, et but his girlfriend and her business do for damn sure) with the downtown area, etc. Are you afraid of Gustavo or is it just being courteous to a fellow hispanic and his girlfriends Business. Just a thought?

  • The Road Less Traveled isn't a restaurant.

    • Dude never wrote that it was.

  • The Dude? You should have called yourself "The Dope". Your spelling is atrocious.

    That aside, the PBID election was a sham at best and illegal at worst. This is not a Latino/non-Latino issue. People of all races are getting screwed by the PBID and Downtown Inc. That is going to stop.

    The only people whining and saying it is a racial issue are the whites. They don't like being treated equal.

    • How it is "equal" when requiring a track record from a new business has never been done in the HISTORY of the City??? The ONLY time a track record has been required was when a business had code violations or were already violating the conditions of an existing CUP. Then they were required to clear the violations and become good citizens before an additional award was given (Zamora and Proof). This was the case in both a white and hispanic business. Nothing racial, just business. But the Planning Commission overstepped their bounds by making a new business subject to a track record which is impossible. This was NOT equal treatment. The Little Sparrow was singled out. I believe they would have a nice legal case against the city.

      • Better get used to it. Alderete and Mill aren't rolling over for these people.

        • And....they are NOT pro-business...end of story. They cannot pick and choose unless they are racist or bigoted. Good luck getting an anti-business candidate elected.

        • Tell me...who are "these people"? Define that

      • The Little Sparrow got everything they were asking for with the exception of the after hours CUP which they agreed to give up. How does this demonstrate unfair treatment? How does this single them out?

        The days of the angry whites telling the Planning Commission, City Council and City Hall what to do are over. They don't control this city anymore and never will again.

        • They did NOT get everything they asked for...they asked to be open until 2:00 am, which the Planning Commission originally thought was a fine idea and approved it. They have approved this for many other businesses including new businesses, but they would not for this new business. So they are now crippled by having a less entitlement than other businesses in the area. The Planning Commission made a spectacle of this when they have not acted consistently for other places. Consistency is the KEY, and this was a first in the history of Santa Ana.

        • Why does a cafe need to be open until 2 am?

        • Because it is a restaurant competing with hundreds of others in Orange County. If Santa Ana is to become a destination point rather than a dud, then it must compete with other cities. WHAT PART OF THAT DON'T YOU GET? If Santa Ana is going to continue to be a force in the County of Orange, it must compete for businesses, which includes restaurants, retail, offices, entertainment, and remain to be the County Seat.

        • So where were you when NIMBY's chased a Buffalo Wild Wings out of our city?

• "Don’t forget that Benavides is in BED with these people..."

  Sure you are not confusing Benavides with Bustamante?

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKCnHWas3HQ

• Nathan is that you???