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Jose Solorio set for the Santa Ana Political Chismes podcast on 8/22

Posted on by Posted in 2020 Elections, Civic Affairs, Elections, Jose Solorio, Podcasts, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Join us on Saturday morning, August 22, at 9:30 a.m. for our Santa Ana Political Chismes podcast with Santa Ana City Councilman Jose Solorio, who is running for Santa Ana Mayor in this November’s General Election.

This will be our first morning podcast so be sure to get your cafe ready!

To listen to the show click here. If you are busy that night, no worries. We will be archiving these podcasts.

In the next few weeks we hope to interview more of our City Council and Mayoral candidates. If you are a candidate and would like to be in our new podcast show click here to contact me.

Save the date! Click here to join our live podcast on August 22 at 9:30 a.m.

Santa Ana Political Chismes – is a new City Manager on the way?

Posted on by Posted in Civic Affairs, David Benavides, Michele Martinez, Politics, Sal Tinajero, Santa Ana, Tom Daly, Vince Sarmiento 6 Comments

Michele Martinez speaking

So many chismes!  The big one I am hearing is that the Santa Ana City Council is preparing to hire a new City Manager at a special meeting next week, perhaps on Tuesday, and that they are continuing to accept job applications through this Friday.  But who would want to work for this bunch?

Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez is up for re-election in 2014.  But this time she won’t be getting a free pass.  I hear a very well-connected Latina is preparing to challenge her!  Considering how poorly Martinez fared in last June’s Open Primary, when she came in almost last in her campaign for the 69th Assembly District, she better be worried about this.  She blew some $200K on that race.  Who will donate money to her now? Continue reading→