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The FBI arrested a Westminster man in connection with the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Editor Posted in Crime, Donald Trump, FBI, Politics, Republican Party, Westminster Leave a comment

Kevin Louis Galetto, 61, a Westminster man, was arrested by FBI agents early in the morning on Friday, April 23, at a home in connection with the Jan. 6 Trumper attack at the U.S. Capitol.

Galetto was taken arrested on a variety of suspected offenses, including:

Assaulting, resisting or impeding officers or employees
Obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder
Obstruction of justice
Entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds
Committing an act of physical violence in any restricted building or grounds
Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds

The Westminster police were not notified of the arrest in advance nor where they involved in the arrest.

Galetto will appear in a Federal court at 2 p.m. Friday, April 23.

In related news, the New Mexico city of Albuquerque has sent an unpaid bill for former President Donald Trump to a collection agency. The bill for $211,175.94 stems from an event organized by Trump’s reelection campaign in 2019 in the nearby city of Rio Rancho, The Albuquerque Journal reported Thursday.

Senator Umberg calls on CA District Attorneys to protect the election from fake ballot boxes

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Editor Posted in 2020 Elections, Crime, Elections, OC Voter Registrar, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana, Tom Umberg Leave a comment

(Sacramento, CA) – Today, Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D – Orange County), Chair of the Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments, condemned the recent reports of unauthorized ballot drop boxes throughout California. Metal containers marked “Official ballot drop-off box” have been popping up in gyms, gun stores, campaign headquarters, and even churches across California in recent weeks, with Republicans urging voters to drop their ballots inside. Senator Umberg is calling on District Attorneys in California to prosecute these violations of state law in order to curb any further criminal acts of voter fraud.

“Local prosecuting agencies will have the full support of the state when pursuing and prosecuting the criminal activity of committing voter fraud, such as the setting up of these unofficial and unauthorized ballot boxes,” said Senator Umberg. “Those setting up these boxes in an attempt to misrepresent themselves as election officials and subvert our Democracy must be punished.”

Under the California Elections Code, only elections officials can establish ballot drop-off boxes. Any occurrence of people fraudulently acting as election officials by establishing illegal drop boxes can face criminal charges. Those that promote or also help facilitate the illegal activity would also face potential criminal charges.

Californians should only use official ballot drop boxes that have been deployed and secured by their county elections office. Any registered voter can find a drop-off location for their ballot by visiting: https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/.

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Senator Thomas Umberg represents the 34th Senate District, which includes the cities of Anaheim, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Garden Grove, Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Midway City, Orange, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, and Westminster. Umberg is a retired U.S. Army Colonel, and former federal prosecutor. He and his wife, Brigadier General Robin Umberg, USA (ret.), live in Orange County.

The new proposed SAUSD Bond Measure will cost taxpayers up to $1.2 B with interest

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Editor Posted in Education, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana, SAUSD, Taxes 2 Comments

For Immediate Release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 3, 2018

Statement on Proposed Santa Ana School Board Bond Measure

ORANGE COUNTY, CA – Hon. Fred Whitaker, Chairman of the Republican Party of Orange County, releases the following statement in response to the proposed $479 million bond for the Santa Ana Unified School District:

“Recently, the Santa Ana School Board has proposed putting a bond on the ballot in the November election. In order to do so, a resolution to place the bond on the ballot will go before the Santa Ana School Board this month. This proposed bond would be for a staggering $479 million and would require only a simple majority to pass. This unnecessary bond represents nothing more than a tax increase on the citizens of Santa Ana. In the meantime, the school board is spending thousands of dollars of taxpayer money to get this ballot measure passed. Continue reading→

The Lincoln Club of Orange County supports allowing the Dreamers to stay in the U.S.

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Editor Posted in immigration, Orange County, Politics, Republican Party Leave a comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

The Board of Directors of the Lincoln Club of Orange County today issued a formal statement in support of federal legislation to afford an opportunity for Dreamers who qualify to remain in the United States.

“We stand with President Trump in supporting a legislative solution to provide relief to those individuals who were brought into this country as children. While we support the rule of law, these children were brought here illegally through no fault of their own. Securing our border must be an essential first priority of any proposed legislation to avoid repetition of the problems experienced following the 1986 amnesty. We must address the core problems of our immigration system not just the symptoms.” – John Warner, President of the Lincoln Club of Orange County Continue reading→

The Trumpers disrupted an immigration Town Hall meeting at the Delhi Center yesterday

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Editor Posted in Crime, immigration, Lou Correa, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana 2 Comments

U.S. Rep. Lou Correa tried to conduct an Immigration Workshop and Town Hall meeting yesterday at Santa Ana’s Delhi Center but a fracas broke out between Trump supporters and immigration supporters.

In the end a man was arrested for assault and two women who got into a fight were also detained, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading→

The Trumpers are coming to DTSA on July 9 to complain about immigration

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Editor Posted in Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana 6 Comments

It is hard to believe this but apparently a bunch of very right-wing conservatives are hosting a “Make Cali Great” event called the “Summer of Conservatism” at the eSports Arena, in Downtown Santa Ana on July 9, 2017, right across from Mariscos Hector, to talk about subjects including Sanctuary State Policies, Over Taxation, Voter Fraud, 2nd Amendment Rights, Illegal Immigration, and Conservative Activism.

Do these people realize that the Santa Ana City Council recently declared Santa Ana to be a Sanctuary City? And that the Santa Ana City Council cost our city several million dollars a year by canceling a contract with ICE to hold their detainees at our City Jail? Continue reading→

The Nov. Election results prove once more that Santa Ana is not a liberal city

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Democratic Party, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana 12 Comments

The early election results are proving that Santa Ana is not a liberal city. Although Democrats make up about 55% of our electorate they don’t get behind overly liberal candidates. Consider what just happened in the November General Election: Continue reading→

Several lame Santa Ana political candidates are blowing off almost half the voters…

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Alfonso Alvarez, Angie Rosario Cano, Benjamin Vazquez, Cecilia Iglesias, Claudia Alvarez, Democratic Party, Education, Jessica Byulnim Cha, Miguel Pulido, Politics, Republican Party, Roman Reyna, Santa Ana, SAUSD, Vietnamese, Vince Sarmiento 2 Comments

You are probably as sick of this year’s general election as I am. The last few weeks have given us all plenty to dislike about the top two presidential nominees – Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. And here in Santa Ana several candidates aligned with the Democratic Party have tried to use Trump against Republicans running for non-partisan offices, in one of the most underhanded schemes I have ever seen in my over 20 years of covering Orange County politics.

These candidates, including Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustee Claudia Alvarez and the slate of SAUSD School Board candidates sponsored by the Santa Ana Educators’ Association (the teachers’ union) – including Rigo Rodriguez, Mark McLoughlin and Alfonso Alvarez, have forgotten that Santa Ana is not quite as Democratic as they think it is. Continue reading→

Steven Nguyen endorsed for the RSCCD Board by three State Assembly Members

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Education, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Steven Nguyen Leave a comment

For Immediate Release: Date: 9/27/16

Contact: Scott Hart, (949) 230-6998

ASSEMBLY MEMBERS YOUNG KIM, MATT HARPER AND TRAVIS ALLEN ENDORSE STEVEN A. NGUYEN FOR RANCHO SANTIAGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT AREA 5

Santa Ana (CA)— Steven Nguyen, candidate for Rancho Santiago Community College District Area 5, announced today that he has been endorsed by Assembly Members Young Kim, Matt Harper and Travis Allen.

“I am proud to endorse Steven A. Nguyen in his race for Rancho Santiago Community College District,” said Assemblywoman Kim. “He has demonstrated his commitment to Santa Ana over the years and continually works to bring the community together. Steven has the vision to serve the RSCCD Board and Students.” Continue reading→

A Santa Ana resident is challenging Tom Daly in the 69th Assembly District election this Nov.

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Democratic Party, Ofelia Velarde-Garcia, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Tom Daly 2 Comments

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Ceci Iglesias, Ofelia Velarde-Garcia, Angie Cano and Steven Nguyen

Over half of the voters in the 69th Assembly District are Latino – but our Assembly representative is Tom Daly, who as the former Mayor of Anaheim had a distinctly anti-Latino record. Daly opposed a Hispanic supermarket that did eventually open in Anaheim without his support. He also persecuted the poor people who live in Anaheim’s motels.

Make no mistake about it, Daly is in the Assembly to serve the 1% – and to vote for whatever Disney and other special interests in Anaheim ask him to vote for. Continue reading→

Supporters of Iglesias and Cano for the SAUSD School Board to meet on 9/24

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Angie Rosario Cano, Cecilia Iglesias, Education, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana, SAUSD Leave a comment

Grow Elect is hosting a Leadership Initiative meeting on Saturday, Sep. 24, 2016, at 9 a.m., at 563 N. Fairview St. in Santa Ana.

Raul Riesgo, a member of Grow Elect, will be talking about public speaking and community organizing with the goal of electing Ceci Iglesias and Angie Cano to the SAUSD School Board in the November Primary Election. Continue reading→

Why the local unions are running opposing liberal slates for the SAUSD School Board

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Alfonso Alvarez, Angie Rosario Cano, Beatriz Mendoza, Bruce T. Bauer, Democratic Party, Education, Mark McLoughlin, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana 18 Comments

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 Dr. Alfonso Alvarez; college teacher Dr. Rigo Rigoberto; and business owner/Anti-Bike Trail Activist Mark McLoughlin. The latter three (Alvarez, Rigoberto and McLoughlin) are supported by the local education unions while the first two (Bauer, Mendoza) are supported by the SEIU and other local labor unions. (The SEIU is also supporting Rigoberto).

So why are the unions at war with each other? Why run so many similar candidates (honestly all of these candidates pretty much agree on close to 100% of the issues) for the same body? Continue reading→

Supervisor Do is expanding a County service center in Little Saigon in an election year

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Andrew Do, Little Saigon, Orange County, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Westminster Leave a comment

Supervisor Andrew Do to Expand Community Service Center Providing Taxpayers with Expedited Services

(Westminster, CA) – Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do is making it easier for taxpayers to access county services with the launch of an expanded community service center.

Next Friday, September 2nd, the public is invited to attend the grand opening of the upgraded Orange County Community Service Center. Continue reading→

SAPD Police Chief Rojas gets caught promoting Supervisor Do while in uniform

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Andrew Do, Carlos Rojas, Crime, David Cavazos, Garden Grove, Michele Martinez, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana 4 Comments

In yet another screw-up by SAPD Police Chief Carlos Rojas, he allowed himself to be included in a picture that featured him in his uniform on a political mailer promoting O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do (a Republican from Garden Grove). Never mind the fact that Do is running against one of Rojas’ bosses, Santa Ana City Councilwoman Michele Martinez, the fact is that it is a a violation of Government Code and Departmental Policies for our Police Chief to appear, in uniform, in a campaign mailer.

The matter was investigated at City Hall and while it was determined that Rojas was “unaware the picture was taken” and Rojas claimed that he did not give permission for the photo to be used by Do’s campaign.

How can our Police Chief be so clueless that he would not observe someone taking his picture in a crowded room during an important meeting? Continue reading→

Why Santa Ana’s Ofelia Velarde-Garcia is challenging Tom Daly in the June Primary Election

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Ofelia Velarde-Garcia, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Tom Daly Leave a comment

There are a lot of good reasons not to vote for Assemblyman Tom Daly, the corporate Democrat who represents Santa Ana in the 69th Assembly District. For example when he was the Mayor of Anaheim, Daly attacked the poor residents of that city’s motels. He also tried to stop a Mexican Supermarket from opening in Anaheim. Later, as the OC Clerk-Recorder, Daly made one bad decision after another, wasting taxpayer money on questionable purchases and hiring his useless cronies, such as Jordan Brandman.

Daly is being opposed in the upcoming June Primary Election by Ofelia Velarde-Garcia, a graduate of Valley High School in Santa Ana. Velarde-Garcia enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, receiving an Honorable Medical Discharge. Continue reading→