Picture courtesy of Miniondas
An article in the latest edition of Miniondas, a Spanish language newspaper in Santa Ana, covered Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido’s recent State of the City Speech to the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce.
The article stated that this is Pulido’s last run for Mayor. It was a bit vague and could be interpreted to mean that he is not running this November, but I think that Pulido’s intention is for this to be his final term as Mayor.
In his speech Pulido mentioned his support for the Dream Act, which offers a path to citizenship for students who are undocumented.
Pulido also talked about a November ballot measure which will prevent the state from raiding city redevelopment funds.
He also complained about the recent flawed O.C. Grand Jury report, which sought to cast aspersions on the Transit Zone development. A spurned ex-city commissioner was on that Grand Jury, tainting the results of their investigation.
The article also stated that Pulido has some critics who are angry that he has been in power for over 20 years. His opponent, Al Amezcua, was noted, as were some of Amezcua’s supporters, including Dr. Art Lomeli and Sam Romero. Neither of them live in Santa Ana although both operate businesses in downtown Santa Ana.
The article also noted that Pulido led the Santa Ana City Council in opposing Arizona’s racial profiling law, SB 1070.
Pulido closed by saying that Santa Ana is headed in the right direction, with regard to education and our economy.
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Lomeli,
That is a lie. I did indeed try to talk to Amezua about the issues, recently.
He said he did not want to be specific as Pulido would steal his ideas.
Why don't you tell Amezcua to put some actual ideas on his blog, instead of the pithy BS that is currently found there?
Pedroza,
Al has said he will post his solutions at the appropriate time not that he will never do so. Be accurate. Maybe understanding your blog piece by you contacting relative to this thread might of produced the right time. You did not give him the opportunity. That is my point.
Lomeli,
He had ample opportunity and he still does.
Amezcua needs to get his plans up on his site and I will be happy to do another post.
I truly doubt he will have anything new to say but let's see if he can prove me wrong.
You guys need to relax! We all know how Pulido operates. As for Michele, I don't think she was pushed... It's in her "best interest" to side with Pulido. It is too bad people do not seek new answers to old problems, like bad streets, crime, bad education system and bad/poor living conditions for the residents of Santa Ana. When everyone starts focusing on those issues and not who is siding with who, maybe then there will be solutions. To me the math is simple, it's not about "addition by subtraction" or adding people to your corner by buying them out or by not exposing something that will damage them. I believe in campaigning on the fairness of the issues and solutions, yet everyone resorts to third parties to do the dirty work for them...
Sad day in Santa Ana= The day people elect a person who has tried and failed at fixing problems that have existed for years!!!