john palacio

As voters we sometimes fail to recognize that electing someone to represent us on any elective body, such as the Santa Ana City Council or the Santa Ana Unified School…

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Two campaign mailers arrived in Santa Ana mailboxes today - in a direct hit on the SAUSD's Measure I - the district's third property tax increase in 19 years. One…

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I was at an SAUSD school board forum last week and was shocked when some of the boorish radicals in the audience booed when they heard that I got a…

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If you vote by absentee ballot you should be receiving your ballot in the mail this weekend or at the start of next week. We have developed this Voter Guide…

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[caption id="attachment_32703" align="aligncenter" width="396"] Santa Ana City Councilman Sal Tinajero[/caption] I attended two Santa Ana City Council candidate forums recently and was astonished to hear every single candidate for the…

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Santa Ana's local politicians on the Santa Ana City Council and the SAUSD School Board are trying to raise our taxes again with ballot measures in the upcoming November General…

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If you see a meth addict begging for money outside a McDonald's and you give him twenty bucks chances are that he will buy one item off the restaurant's dollar…

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When I spoke with Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido earlier this week he was not yet sure if he was going to run for what will be his last two-year…

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It looks like recalled SAUSD School Board Member Nativo Lopez is up to his old tricks again. Yesterday Lopez announced a statewide campaign of “non-violent, non-cooperation” with all police authorities,…

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The SAUSD School Board is going to vote on a controversial union-only Project Labor Agreement this Wednesday, at their regularly scheduled board meeting. This comes a week after the Santa Ana…

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[caption id="attachment_66944" align="aligncenter" width="400"] The saddest picture of the year - Godinez H.S. kids practicing water polo on their school lawn[/caption] At the last meeting, SAUSD Board President John Palacio…

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There might be a perfectly good reason for the recent trip to China by SAUSD officials, including former Superintendent Rick Miller, Deputy Superintendent Dave Haglund and School Board Members Valerie…

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There are no less than five Democrats running for the SAUSD School Board this year, including Santa Ana Planning Commissioner/Attorney/Bike Trail Activist Bruce Bauer; Congressional Field Rep./Planning Commissioner Beatriz Mendoza; Social Worker…

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SAUSD School Board Candidate Bruce Bauer is hosting his campaign kickoff event on Monday, August 8, 2016, from 6 to 8 p.m., at 1135 W. Riviera Drive, in Santa Ana.…

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Beatriz Mendoza is hosting a fundraiser for her SAUSD School Board campaign on August 4, 2016, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the home of Joe Casas, at 1102 W.…

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