Irv Chase’s promoter, Archer Altstaetter, told NBC yesterday that the Chase family is “upgrading and investing in their buildings, without any malice toward anyone.” ”It’s no different than the Irvine Company or any other retailer in a mall saying hey, if your stores are not clean, you’re out,” said Altstaetter.
Excuse me? Did Archer just blame the “dirty Mexicans?” You can see his commenting about this in the video provided above.
The reality is that it is Archer who is running a less than pristine business. He recently opened a store called Outrageous Costumes and Couture. I wrote about it here. The store featured a paper sign, in the window, and embarrassing merchandising.
In stunning contrast, a new Latina-owned business, called Elegante Formals, looked great when it opened up, on the same weekend that Archer’s store celebrated its grand opening.
To make matters worse, Archer got busted by the City of Santa Ana for opening a business without a business license.
Archer isn’t the only PBID beneficiary who has been mouthing off about Latino-owned businesses in the Downtown Santa Ana area.
Tim O’Connor, one of the owners of Downtown Santa Ana’s Chapter One: the Modern Local restaurant, recently opined at a Santa Ana City Council meeting that there are too many quinciniera shops in the area. Here is how he was quoted in the pages of the OC Weekly:
“This is specifically for most of the stuff on Fourth Street,” O’Conner remarked, even though he was addressing the City Council and not a Chamber of Commerce meeting. “You can’t have the same shop, the same stores, the same exact same quinceanera shop across from the exact same quinceañera shop…exact same thing over and over again and expect to be successful. Times have changed. Fourth Street should change with those times.”
It is bad enough that these guys are ripping off Latino business owners in the Downtown area, with a PBID that was only passed because former Santa Ana City Manager gamed the vote. But to have them rip Latino business owners incessantly is simply insulting. It borders on hate speech. Why are they allowed to get away with these comments?
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Parents in Irvine be careful. When trick-or-treating on Wedgewood there's a fat creepy guy that like to play dress up and take pictures. He hangs at comic book conventions and coaches youth sports. Don't leave your children alone near him. He is a clear and present danger. Don't let him lure your children with comic books or candy.
I am not FAT! My wifes employer paid a lot of money for that surgery.
Now creepy, maybe; childish, certainly; misguided, perhaps; hypocritical, FOR SURE; clever, never; greedy, of course; liberal, come on, I hang with Jubal.
Good thing says: “Good thing Claudia is termed out.”
Measure D gives everyone a 3 term limit starting in 2008.
Just like the term limit on the governor, who is in his third of two terms.
I be taking bets, how much you willing to lose?
Downtown Santa Ana store owner Sam Romero says: “I have one of the messiest stores in downtown, I don’t care,”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/us/in-santa-ana-new-faces-and-a-contentious-revival.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1
Sam is right. His store is a mess. So what? What is your point? He pays his rent. He is by the way an opponent of the PBID.
Funny that Mike Tardif posts under the name "junior" when he is trying to stab those people that he smiles in their face, like Sam Romero, in the back.
Why you being such a pussy Tardif? Man up and post under your real name.
junior says:
October 31, 2011 at 3:15 pm
art lomeli says: “It has historically been a close second to the Main Place Mall in sales tax.”
dr. lomeli,
Please explain what you mean by “historically a close second” – historically over what period of time?
How does downtown SA compare to Main Place Mall in sales tax revenue over the past 3 years?
Mike,
"historically" from the 80's to know.
The recent city study "Drill Down Santa Ana " stated that a lack of proper marketing and promotion to the surrounding central Santa Ana population produces over 250 million dollar loss in sales revenue.
THE MARKET FOR ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FOR THE CITY IS HERE THERE IS NO NEED TO RECRUIT. IF THIS IS THE CASE WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THE BLIGHT ARGUMENT? IT IS NOT ECONOMIC..........WHAT COULD IT BE????????????????
I do not know the numbers in the last 2 years. Possibly is the same maybe a far second to the Main Place Mall. I suspect if there is a larger separation it is because of no effort to market better by Downtown Inc. to the Hispanic community that placed it at a high tax revenue for the city.
Most stupidly ironic comment of the day:
"Man up and post under your real name."
So says "where's junior???"
I have to use that old cliche - ROTFLMAO - ha!
:-)
And Mike Tardif I have to use this old cliche - Here kitty, kitty - ha!
"Funny that x posts under the name “junior” when he is trying to stab .. people that he smiles in their face .. in the back."
I am not trying to stab anyone in the back. I want to see the facts come out on both sides; rather than having a name calling hissy-fit Claudia Alvarez type fight about this issue.
For those following along at home:
x = Mike Tardif