Surprise! It turns out that Angelica Amezcua, the mystery candidate who somehow got elected to Ward 3 on the Santa Ana City Council this Tuesday, doesn’t go by that name. She probably did years ago but she has been living in the Morrison Park neighborhood since 2011, as Angie Oliver, the wife of attorney Rob Oliver.
I am surmising that the Olivers are friends of Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, particularly as Rob is a shareholder at Alvarez ally Ruben Smith’s law office.
So Angelica dropped her married name and went from calling herself Angie to filing to vote as “Angelica.” Brilliant! This is what U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez did when she dropped her original married name of “Brixey” and started using her maiden name – back when she first beat Bob Dornan.
According to an old Morrison Park Neighborhood Association newsletter, the Olivers have two kids, ages 4 and 7, and Angelica works as a 1st grade schoolteacher at Carver Elementary.
I doubt that Angelica thought she was going to win. The whole thing was a prank orchestrated to get back at the Team Benavides candidate, Eric Alderete. Well, mission accomplished I guess. But now Angelica has to serve on the City Council for the next few years.
The good news is that she is going to be a major upgrade as compared to the disgraced outgoing Council Member, Carlos Bustamante.
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The above image is what the new "majority" council will face on their front lawns if they dare NOT give the Police Union everything they demand. I'm not joking.
You are missing the forest for the trees as it relates to Mrs. Oliver’s involvement in this race. The Olivers are confidants of Claudia Alvarez who occasionally dates Ruben Smith, – yes, the sleazy lawyer who provided bad legal advice to the Board of the SAUSD and political hack that is in desperate need of legal work for his firm (a firm, mind you that had its named partner – Adorno- disbarred for ethical lapses: http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2011/04/21/adorno-suspended-for-three-years.html ).
Claudia convinced the sisters (Estela and Mrs. Oliver) to run in the hopes that they could help hand legal work to Ruben Smith in the same way Nativo did for Mr. Smith. Smith also encouraged Claudia to run for the Rancho Santiago Board so he could get legal work from that entity too. Mr. Smith doubled down on this bet by contributing thousands to Measure Q. Keep an eye on who gets legal work from the RSCCD.
More to come......and great work on this
Maybe Mr. Smith can do a class action law suit against the City of Santa Ana for conducting a fake Santa Ana Spring. ha ha he he.
not that funny actually.
Palacio will pay in two years. He has a big target on him now.
You have a picture of Mr.Smith posing with Alderete in one of your articles. I thought he was Rudy Guliani. What are you waiting for? Open that Pandora's Box. Do it! Do it!
Smith has some explaining to do to his pals...
Eric will run for Mayor in two years and win.
I think Eric will still be in shock in two years.
I've heard from a Santa Ana Chismosa that Ruben Smith is divorced and that Claudia Alvarez was a long time paramour of his. Does anyone know if this is true?
For the Official Record, In the Official Voting Register, Robert Oliver's wife is listed as Angelica Amezcua. Respectfully, Inspector for voting precinct 68054.
The question however is how was she registered when she lived with her husband in south Santa Ana? Remember that she moved to Ward 3 in 2011.
With Puppetmaster Ruben Smith back on the scene you can count on lots of fun votes and contracts involving Smith and Oliver and a host of characters from the past and present. Will Angelica be the new Nadia Davis? Only time will tell.