Santa Ana police officers want to know why Reyna is hanging out with gang bangers

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• Maybe because these two homeboys will be voting this mayoral race. All votes counts! So please vote if you want to see some real changes in SA.

  • This is not going to go over well with most voters

  • Felons and non citizens can not vote. You lose there, "homie"

    • And so does Reyna. He's finished.

    • If a felon is off parole he/she can vote. Let's not forget enough citizens voted to elect Roman, not once but twice to public office. The non-citizen comment is lame.

      People should ask Roman if the neighborhood chisme is true about his brothers death and that he wouldn't let his Mom pay to bring Sammy home for a proper funeral. Chisme is his brother died of Aids (R.I.P.) and he was cremated. Some people say Sammy is still at the prison and some people say his ashes were sent to his Mom.

      I believe not letting his Mom bring Sammy home speaks a lot about Roman's character. If he had no love for his brother, he ain't got no love for the people of Santa Ana. And we all know he ain't got no High School Diploma,

      • Is it anymore lame than spearheading a memorial for a pedophile priest to molested kids in the neighborhood?

        http://www.ocregister.com/articles/school-22612-santa-latino.html

        • Stay on track and don't go off into another tangent. Your comment about noncitizen voting is lame. It's a dead horse.

        • Lame ...How so "Mugsy" ?

          The reality is that that the MAJORITY of Roman's ward are undocumented. Which means they have no real voice in what happens. Mr. Reyna has been wishy-washy at best on this subject, he openly opposed allowing non-citizens vote for community seats like school board or citizen commissions.

          Roman claims to represent the people, but what did he really do to help parents in SAUSD?

          I know he acted as "Grand Marshall" to a memorial for a man, FR. Cofield, who sodomized DOZENS of young Latin boys in downtrodden neighborhoods.

          The TRUTH IS Roman Reyna thinks it's OK for MEN to RAPE the buttholes of young boys, and he throws them parties, but he somehow is offended by a real estate transaction?

          I'll take the bad property deal over the traumatic RAPE of a young boy any day. But Maybe Monsignor C. had more influence on young Roman than we thought. That would explain a young (unmarried, childless) man's obsession the YMCA and at risk youth!

        • http://newsantaana.com/2014/09/16/republican-who-once-promoted-prop-187-is-now-backing-roman-reyna-for-mayor/

      • http://www.abusedinsocal.com/documents%5CLA%20Release%5C1_31%5CCoffield,%20John.pdf

        Check out the link above...I thought Roman was all about the kids. Why would he lead the charge to honor a pedophile?

        • Did someone say pedophile priests?

          Roman has my vote!!!! Well he would if I actually live in Santa Ana.

    • Lol very true thats why i love when the majority doesnt include the mentioned and ppl want change tokep ignorant ppl like u from voting

    • They're not supposed to vote, but nobody is stopping them

  • What mayor do you know that stays in office for over a decade? Pulido changed the law in Santa Ana for statue of limitations on mayor when he was voted in. The citizens of S.A. are docile and asleep. You are only entitled to 4 years max as mayor and in some cases voted on every 2 years. The food4less on 1st street use to be homes. Pulido knocked it down to give his father Ace auto repairs. You see it everytime when you drive in the food4less. Go in and ask who is the owner of Ace Auto repair on 1st and you will be shocked. Pulido does not even live in S.A.!! He lives in newport. and the new guy he brought in from AZ. lives in newport too. ALL OF OFF S.A. tax payer money. This came out in the Register but nobody cared. I went to city hall and spoke my piece. I once saw Pulido strong arm a subway food joint to give him and his family free sandwiches. The cops supporting this man is not a good sign. All police now at days are nothing more then homegrown terrorist. Killing unarmed black and brown people. I would go for the guy the cops dont like. Thats usually safer.

    • The reality is that the Council enjoys three four year terms while the Mayor only gets three two year terms.

      Ace Muffler has been at that location for a long time. In fact Pulido became Mayor when he stopped the city from seizing the property via eminent domain. They wanted to knock down the property.

      Pulido has a beautiful home in Floral Park and has lived there for many years.

      I am not a fan of the City Manager but the reality is that the City Council fired our former City Manager and THEY hired this new guy and overpaid him.

      Finally did you know that the police were busy today pursuing armed robbers who stole a car and then ran off near MainPlace Mall? They do dangerous work on our behalf. If they kill someone it is usually a bad guy who had it coming.

      BTW, SAUSD School Board member John Palacio has been elected for 16 years. I hope you will join me in voting for someone else this year.

    • Hey genius, Do the Names Loretta Sanchez, Barbara Boxer, Dianne Fienstien, Larry Agran or Dana Roherbacher ring a bell. These folks too are all past their prime. Maybe Miguel is too.
      I am OK saying that. But when the alternative is.........
      Roman Reyna? Come on Anonymous, Stevie Wonder can see that Roman is not ready. Here is the reality, ROman showed his cards when he took Benavides sweet d!ck in his mouth. Instead of being his own man, Roman listened to the bullshit these people fed him. He should have played it slow. Instead, just like his high school diploma, he's gonna come up short.

      I hope Alex Flores is reading this. Pay your dues, build alliances but always remain independent and free thinking. Sean Mill will make a fine council member one day, ten years ago: NO WAY.

      A great coach once said:

      "Son, sometimes in life you have to kiss a$$. But, you NEVER have to suck d!ck"

      Slow and steady wins the race, not Facebook likes.

• Great message from SAPOA, know your place and disavow where you come from. A FB picture is equivalent to guilty. So now the SAPD wants to invoke an injunction on social media? Its time the residents take back the city from the SAPD, specifically the gross percentage of budget that they have hijacked over the last three decades during the Pulido reign.

  Take that money and provide the residents 21st century services that actually can change the course of our underprivileged youth and reroute their lives just as many of us were lucky to come out of the "hood".

  This propoganda is precisely why I say vote for change in leadership.

  • Nice try but the voters won't be happy about Reyna's gang connections.

    • I wasn't sure who I was voting for but now I know I will be voting for Reyna. Why? Because Reyna is inclusive of all SA residents not just those from flora park. Thanks editor.

      • Nice try. The problem in this city is the gangs. Reyna has now shown where his alliances are. He should resign from the City Council in disgrace.

        • Resign?? Why?? Because he was raised in SA and is well known? Come on! Good try! For us SA residents, we all have lived close to or in the hood. And there's people with GANG AFFILIATION everywhere in SA. These guys "ran into" him there and asked for a picture. And being called a homie does not mean you're in a gang!!! Roman has my vote!!

• Reyna serves on the Public Safety Committee of the City Council. His colleagues should act swiftly and remove him from that position. His close ties to the criminal underworld in Santa Ana should disqualify him from serving on that committee.

• A PICTURE DOES NOT MEAN HE'S A GANG MEMBER! HE RAN INTO THESE GUYS THERE AND THEY ASKED FOR A PICTURE. FOR US THAT GREW UP IN SA, WE HAVE ALL LIVED SOMEWHERE IN THE HOOD AND MAYBE NEIGHBORS WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE GANG AFFILIATION. COME ON IGNORANT PEOPLE. THIS MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!! ROMAN HAS MY VOTE!!!!!!

  • Keep trying but imagine what will happen when this hits the mail boxes? Reyna is finished.

    • Yeah. We'll see. Hopefully he will get some from the SAPD to act in a professional manner. Two encounters with SAPD and they were horrible. One gave me his phone number and was very flirtatious. How unprofessional is that?

• I dont have an issue with him knowing these chumps. Plus, the two guys pictured are light-weight wannabes. My concern is that ONE person is funding almost a 100% of Roman's campaign. That doesnt come for free.

  • And that person who is funding the Reyna mailers is a high density apartment developer. More high density apartments is the last thing we need in Santa Ana!

  • someone should dig into that more...isn't it the same guy who was accused of giving $10k for another council members fundraiser? The Met development guy? Guy in a sh*t fight with City Place developer...a former partner of his? lots of this smells very bad...

• Neither Roman Reyna or Miguel Pulido will get rid of gangs in Santa Ana! It's better to know of them than ignore them as they are also residents (voting residents) of Santa Ana Wow, so if you know gang members or you run into them don't take a picture? This is becoming CUBA! It's called social media! Social people! I as a bail bondsman know different kinds of people from drug dealers, gangmembers, politicians, etc etc I associate with them I provide a service to them. Roman Reyna is a public servant to the city of Santa Ana, all the city not just Floral Park also El Salvador Park! Get over it, John Franks. Take time to patrol our streets not Facebook

  • My friend as a bail bondsman these are your customers! But Reyna shouldn't be hanging out with them.

  • Well said!! Roman for mayor!!

    • The only people dumber than Roman are the idiots that vote for him.

      • you know that mensa means dummy in Spanish.

  • This coming from the guy who helps release these criminals on our streets!

    Luis, Stick to giving Amezcua referrals, he's going to need them to pay for Valerie's eating binge after she loses the School board race.

    Public Servant my A$$. He's a low level loser, who is being played by all sides. I feel sorry for the guy in a way, he's too dumb to understand he's being used.

    • Referrals? Do you even know how I run my biz? funny! Criminals have rights too my friend i provide a service to the needy and Santa Ana has a lot of needy!

• There you go again Editor. Reyna takes a photo with some guys from his old neighborhood and "he should resign from the city council in disgrace"?! No doubt this was not a wise move on his behalf. But as one commenter mentioned, if you grew up as a kid in Santa Ana, the sad fact is that many of your friends from when you were a little kid became gang members, and although you may not agree with their decisions, you still have a level of care and concern for them. It does not mean that you have chosen a completely different path. Now that being said, the lack of wisdom here in concerning.

  Again, this just shows your bias. One foolish picture and Reyna should resign. However, a serious criminal investigation of the mayor is nothing we should pay any attention to. It's all just so biased and your arguments and logic are continuously inconsistent.

  Don't get me wrong, this was a mistake and voters need to consider who they want leading and being the face of our city. My point is that you need to gain some perspective here. This photo would be no reason to resign or even something that he should apologize for if these guys are merely childhood friends. It would be wise of him to acknowledge that this could create a perception of his involvement with characters like these. He could use it as both an opportunity to thank SAPD for their great service and apologize for offending them, while at the same time claim Santa Ana as his lifelong home where he has acquaintances of all different kinds.

  All that being said...that definitely won't play well with votes in a mailer. I can see the Old English script over the top of this photo in a mailer arriving any day about the "Homie Roman Reyna".

  • There I go again? The Santa Ana Police Officers Association wrote that letter to Reyna. He is in very hot water.

    • Your comment about resigning in disgrace because of this is ridiculous.

      • The Santa Ana Police Officers Association will no doubt be asking him to resign from the Public Safety Committee. He should do us all a favor and resign from the City Council too.

  • Curious. This is not Little League. The leader of one of California's largest and most troubled cities needs to be smarter than taking pictures with these losers. I don't care if he gave birth to them. Roman's an IDIOT.

• Here's a NO vote for Reyna!!

• I can't believe I read this posting on my Facebook page. I have known Roman since we worked together running teen programs in Santa Ana for the YMCA back in 2000 and on. He is genuinely a NICE GUY! He is a kind man who cares about people. What are the odds of growing up in Santa Ana and not having childhood friends who may have decided to be in a gang or be involved in illegal activities? Roman doesn't judge people or turn his nose up to anyone. I know many white collar criminals here in Orange County who are always taking pictures with everyone and posting on social media. Your article is ridiculous. Do you even know him? Roman has my vote any day of the week and twice on Sunday!

  • Those are not former gang bangers. They are members of the Mexican Mafia.

    Roman's brother died in prison. Too bad Roman didn't learn from that.

    Reyna should resign from the City Council.

    • If they are mexican mafia, wouldn't you be in danger of retribution? Unless, of course they are not and you are lying again. Which is it?

      • The Santa Ana Police Officers Association distributed this information. I doubt that these gang bangers will try anything with the police.

      • That's what Reyna was hoping. He was counting on people being too afraid to make this public. Well the POA is not afraid.

        Where is the Voice of OC and Adam? You won't hear a peep about their boy hangin' with La Eme on that site. Doesn't suit their biased agenda.

        • In Garden Grove no less.

        • Bad news Mensa,

          I heard Adam is in UCI Medical Center (for all their liberal leanings Dunn and Santana don't give the guy health insurance!) he choked on Nick Bernardino's balls this afternoon.

          In related news, Blogger Greg Diamond was reportedly admitted to the hospital (also a medi-cal/Cal-Optima customer), after getting excited about Adam's post, masterbating to climax (with the help of a bottle of Amynil Nitrate) falling back in his chair (it was only rated for 300#) and knocking himself unconscious.

          The ambulance drivers assumed it was the other window on the PC that caused this: "EXPLOITED ASIAN TEENS" where young filapina girls are videotaped in sex acts with American Men. No doubt Diamond who has defended Teacher Student SEX, was just doing "RESEARCH" for a study.

          I hope Greg and Adam are OK! Maybe they can save California some money and share a room!

  • Sheri (AKA Art Lomeli), Really, you know a lot of "White Collar" criminals? Which ones?

    Roman doesn't judge people? Maybe he should start. He is asking me to vote for him to be the spokesperson for 400,000 people and hundreds of millions of dollars and he runs with street thugs?

    ROMAN HAS NEITHER THE EDUCATION, SENSE OR INTELLIGENCE TO LEAD

    This is not a popularity contest. NICE GUYS FINISH LAST (and go to prison for leaking documents)!

• Who said that Roman "ran into" these guys in passing?

  Did Roman Reyna say that? To whom and when?

  Roman lost ALL credibility when he cowered out on the FTP issue last week. No he has his straw men (and women) here explaining it was a "chance encounter".

  WHO SAID THAT?
  DID ROMAN REYNA SAY HE "RAN INTO" THESE CRIMINALS
  WHY DID HE AGREE TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED? DID ROMAN SAY THAT?

  We have a bunch of reactionaries here but again NOTHING from the candidate, how can we expect to believe in you when you won't even address this?

  • The FB post says that those guys "ran into the new mayor". That's why people are saying that. He will hopefully respond soon so this issue can die off. I think it's hard for people that haven't spent years and years in Santa Ana to understand how things work. To most it seems terrible that he would be caught in a photo with these guys. However, there are very rough neighborhoods where great kids grow up in the apartment next door to gang kids. They often still bump into each other often over the years, their moms are friends, they see each other when home for the holidays, etc. It's most likely not as nefarious as painted. But it's significant enough that Reyna should respond, especially to the SAPOA. There are many very outstanding cops in SA and of course a few bad ones I'm sure. They do deserve a response. And yes, Reyna should be smart enough not to pose in pictures with these guys, or least tell the homies to PLEASE not post the photo!

    • These men aren't kids they are members of La Eme and that is why the police are so upset with Reyna. His brother died in prison. Perhaps Reyna never left these circles but was luckier than his kin.

      • How pathetic of u to talk about his deceased brother if indeed that is true. How low can u get?

        • Perhaps you forgot that Reyna attacked Mayor Pulido's brother at a recent City Council candidates debate. Pulido's brother runs a muffler shop and he fell behind on taxes due to the stupid PBID Downtown Santa Ana tax that wrecked a lot of small businesses in DTSA.

          How can Reyna attack a man who is working an honest job and trying to support his family when Reyna's own brother died in prison? Unbelievable!

        • The Reyna/Benavides team went after Pulido's children last election so spare the sanctimonious outrage.

      • How do you know they're members of "laEme" ? Are you a member yourself or making more idiotic comments