I thought it was very odd when Thomas Gordon submitted his nomination papers for Ward 6 on the Santa Ana City Council, with the signature of one of his opponents, Helen Martinez, and several members of her family. Gordon famously screwed up and was short a few signatures – he even botched his own signature and had to remove it from the papers, according to R. Scott Moxley, over at the OC Weekly.
Here is what Gordon told Moxley:
“I turned in 23 signatures,” he told me. “I needed 20, but the clerk disqualified a few of them, including my own. Imagine that. They claimed my signature didn’t match my voter registration. But hey, I’m not going to claim any conspiracy. I screwed up. Shame on me … I kick myself every day that I’m not running against Sal.”
Are you kidding? Gordon couldn’t sign his own signature? Seriously?
Helen Martinez gets text messages from Thomas Gordon during a candidates forum in Ward 6
Of course Gordon says he is innocent, but unfortunately for him, there is proof that he, Martinez and their fellow Usual Suspect Santa Ana Councilman David Benavides conspired to split the vote. A non-political mom named Rosa Aldaz has the goods – emails she received from Martinez that appear to confirm the conspiracy.
Here are some of Aldaz’ comments about the conspirators, courtesy of the OC Weekly:
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Usual Suspect Debbie McEwen salutes the Orange Juice blog
It’s one thing for Helen and Tommy Boy to lie to Moxley as they clearly did in this article. However, if they or Benavides lie to the authorities investigating it could lead to jail time.
Helen claims these emails don’t exist, but I have seen them. Doesn’t she know that law enforcement forensic experts will be seizing her computer and probably Tommy and David’s too? They will find that these emails really do exist and Helen will be busted for lying.
Which one do you think will sing to the authorities first? My money is own Tommy Boy, he’s the biggest coward in that cabal.
Three bite the dust. Darn!
Pathetic!
This makes me really sad. I remember Mr. Gordon as being the man who helped us paint out graffiti in our South Coast Metro neighborhood. My next door neighbor went to a fundraiser for Ms. Martinez last night and she said there were only about 15 people there so I don’t think much funds were raised. Sounds like she may need that money to pay lawyers! Is she facing jail time? How many years? What about Mr. Gordon? Could he end up in Lompoc? Why is the woman in the photo extending her middle finger (aka the “D” and the “K” fingers) in such an angry way towards the camera? The man running for Mayor sitting next to her seems to think that flipping the bird at a neighborhood meeting is the most normal thing in the world! Can you imagine what other profanitys and acts he considers to be normal? One can only imagine. Thank you O.J. for covering this story that the Santa Ana Register seems to be afraid to talk about.
If possible could you also include the photo of the female person giving the camera the bird on the post here as well? Not everyone will read the whole article and continue to the other blog and I think it’s important for all to see. She is sitting next to Mr. Heartless who is running for Mayor and I want all to see what kind of Posse he rides with. If this woman will show the dirty middle finger in a public setting where children and the elderly are present, what would she and the man running for Mayor do in a more private situation? Sometimes a photo can communicate so very much.
[He sighed before saying, “Yes, I believe there was an effort to split the Latino vote by running a fake Latino candidate whose goal was to knock me out so that a white candidate, Thomas Gordon, would win Ward 6.” Tinajero says he can prove it.] said Tinajero.
That statement is so racist it shows how primitive Tinajero is.
It’s not racist. Gordy wanted Martinez because a Latino candidate has a greater potential of splitting the vote in a city that has elected an all-Latino city council and has a super majority of Latino residents. He knew it. Now everyone knows it!
Calling Tinajero “primitive” on the other hand…not so nice.
You are wrong gabriel!
As long as it is about the race and not about the qualification then it is racist!
You Latinos have nasty habit to trash white people to whom you have illegally came asking for help.
As long as white people can create better life for themselves and Latinos can’t, then Latinos should let white people to run their affairs too.
Show me a single Latino country in the world which is prosperous.
Show me a single Latino run city in the California which is prosperous.
Santa Ana? City of Bell? just name it.
I agree with the Sisters of St. Regis (Who do great work by the way. Their faith statement says:
“we are “sisters of the neighborhood” trying to meet the varied needs of people and to create centers of relationship and unity. True to the dream of our foundresses, we continue to try to “divide the city, seek the ills and cure them.”
They cured some of my ills during a recent long weekend to thier Abbey located in
Monarch Beach. Talk about a spa treatment.
You areRIGHT FIALA!!!!!!!!. I hope somebody can answer your questions with FACTS!!!!!!
Most of Latin America is doing quite well now and just a little research shows that in the last year Chile has dropped its unemployment rate from 11.6% to 8.3% – so in comparison with the US would Fiala say we’re the “lazy rich” – maybe he’ll consider immigrating now.