KOCE Video of Los Amigos attack on the Santa Ana City Council

KOCE’s David Nazar has apparently bought into the unfounded allegations and slander that were pitched by the Los Amigos of Anaheim at their recent press conference, against the Santa Ana City Council and SAPD Chief Paul Walters.

Nazar’s report will air, according to the Santa Ana Coalition for Better Government, whose leaders don’t live in Santa Ana, this Thursday, at 5:30 pm and 11 pm, on Channel 8, in Santa Ana.

Nazar is the only minority employed by KOCE’s Real Orange.  The rest of their news team is all-white.  It is small wonder then that they are going after the all-Latino Santa Ana City Council and Mayor Miguel Pulido.

I already debunked the silly Los Amigos’ complaints in a previous post.  And I wrote about their press conference at this link.  Suffice to say that their spokesperson, Francisco Barragan, had no answers when I showed up and questioned his complaints.

Why did any media show up to this event, which was orchestrated by failed Santa Ana mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua?  Simple.  He hired former L.A. Times reporter Jennifer Delson to serve as his publicist.  She was there at the press conference.  I caught her whispering orders to the Los Amigos Chairman, Amin David, and to Barragan.

Check out the surprised look on Delson’s face, in the picture above.  When I showed up to the press conference she panicked.  She shut down the press conference when I asked one too many questions that Barragan simply could not handle.

As for Amezcua, he literally ran out of the room once I started asking questions.  In fact David called out his name, wanting him to speak, but Amezcua had already flown the coop.

Why doesn’t Amezcua just accept that he lost?  In fact he lost badly!  I would prefer to see him offering solutions instead of his endless gripes.  Too bad KOCE fell for this B.S.

Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.
Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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  • By the way Mr. P you have been very courteous, you have not shown any pictures of me with my finger up my nose or with my beer goggles in full effect. But if you want to show me chilling with Charlie Manson or Trotsky go for it. But if you really want to entertain your folks show a picture of me with Bebe Daniels or Lucille Ball. You figure it out. Hermano.

  • My friends think that you are Bill O Reilly and Fox News. Forget about it. Nobody in SANTANA cares if our city council has any soul or ethics anyways right? You should just go full on National Enquirer status. Money before social responsibility! CHEERS Mate!

    • I don't understand the Fox News analogy. I am not a Republican nor am I a conservative. I am pro-gay, pro-migrant rights, pro-choice, against the death penalty, in support of three strikes reform, against the drug war, etc. I don't think Reilly and I would agree on much.

      At most 20% of our posts are political. The rest are about events and charitable organizations. We spend a lot of time promoting Downtown Santa Ana and the arts.

      So where is the beef? No, I do not support Amezcua. But he and his supporters refuse to answer my rebuttals of their empty complaints. And he has yet to tell us what his positive plans are for our city. Why would anyone side with that malcontent?

  • I saw the KOCE piece and it was nothing more than a regurgitation of the allegations made by the Amezcua Coalition. Nothing new, just same old baseless allegations.

    Francisco just spewed buzzwords like transparency, open government, ethics and such. I guess if you use those words enough and repeat the same allegations over and over he thinks they will somehow become gospel.

    I, like Art, am waiting for Francisco to answer Art's questions that he raised at this so-called press conference. He shows up to answer Michelle Quinn but remains mute on the serious issues raised by Art.

    Also can Francisco tell me what his veterans status has to do with this? We appreciate his service, however I don't see how that pertains to the political agenda he is pushing under the guise of being a veteran.

  • Francisco “Paco” Has turned over to the proper authorities the information he (and the groups) thought needed to be looked into. If there is a need for other answers to questions that apply to, or may apply to the investigation of the information return over to the GJ, then those questions or concerns should be forwarded to the GJ as the proper venue.

    The question I am watching is what is brewing in the city attorneys’ office about the unauthorized spending. The council just gave the out going city attorney a “Sweetheart deal” that was not in his contract, and now the public is becoming aware of massive (?) unauthorized spending in that department.

    This could very well be a major problem for Santa Ana.

  • In my opinion what I find misguided is the use of negative ethnic stereotypes and generalizations that detract from your message and which may actually harm the community at large.

    MQ says:

    In Ireland as a kid I used to stone the British Soldiers and in a lot of cases the RUC! Until I realized the Brits and the RUC were not my enemy, but my community activist was!

    What the hell does stereotyping mean the truth!

    I don't stereotype, I just speak the truth!

    Learn to be less the politician and more of the leader!

  • "I, like Art, am waiting for Francisco to answer Art’s questions that he raised at this so-called press conference. He shows up to answer Michelle Quinn but remains mute on the serious issues raised by Art."

    MQ says:

    This is why Sean Mills is a complete Idiot and a false God!

    My issue is about children being abused and neglected by a mostly white over paid system that takes little brown children and uses them as an ATM

    Art, is protecting his latino friends!

    Of course he answers to me!

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