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If Mayor Pulido goes down, get ready for Mayor Claudia Alvarez!

“Los Amigos, a community organization that serves Latinos, asked the Orange County grand jury to look into Mayor Miguel Pulido’s connections to a business that twice received key approvals from the city,” according to the O.C. Register.
Pulido’s worst nightmare has come true.  He has confided to friends that he is in fear of a grand [...]

Commissioner Removed By Unanimous Vote Of City Council

Given the choice of resigning or face removal Santa Ana Historic Resources Commissioner Jeff Dickman chose the latter.  In a vote of 7-0 the Santa Ana City Council voted to remove Mr. Dickman as the Ward 2 representative to the city’s Historic Resources Commission.  Last night’s action comes after a January 19th continuance in which [...]

Busted drug case foreshadows what Judge Claudia Alvarez would be like

Does Claudia Alvarez have what it takes to be a Judge?
It’s no secret that Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez wants to be a judge.  While she effectively runs the Santa Ana City Council meetings, she showed us a glimpse of her true self last year when she derisively called her fellow Council Member [...]

Is the City of Santa Ana's anti-graffiti ordinance working?

Is the City of Santa Ana’s anti-grafitti ordinance working?  I walked from my house in the Park Santiago neighborhood this afternoon over to the Barnes and Noble bookstore on Main St., and you would not believe the amount of graffiti I saw en route!
The picture above shows some of this graffiti, over in Park Santiago, [...]

Usual Suspects To Pulido: Start Acting Like You're In Charge

Inside sources tell me that the “Usual Suspects” aren’t happy with the way things are going at Santa Ana City Hall these days and they are letting Mayor Miguel Pulido know about. According to my sources the “Usual Suspects” believe that Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez appears to be exercising too much power on [...]

Fib OC's Fraudio Carries Usual Suspects Water

“Fraudio” Gallegos, the frequently failed blogger, who is now peddling his garbage over at the Liberal OC has chosen to carry water for the “Usual Suspect” gang with his latest post.  Gallegos is claiming that the Santa Ana City Council’s Public Safety Committee is trying to hold its meeting in secret, to which I say [...]

“Queen of Mean” Angrily Defends Her Gang

A longtime “capo” in the notorious Santa Ana political gadfly gang known as the “Usual Suspects” angrily defended the group at Monday evenings city council meeting.  Debbie McEwen, the gangs angriest and most bitter bigot, addressed the most recent criticism of the gadflies, particularly the scathing comments directed at them by our fabulous Mayor Pro [...]

Pictures of 2009 Las Fiestas de Independencia in Santa Ana

State Senator Lou Correa and friends walk in the Fiestas Parade
I visited “Las Fiestas de Independencia” today, in Santa Ana.  My six year old son, Jacob, and I had a blast.  The crowds were about 25-35% less than last year, but there were still a lot of folks there to watch the parade and to [...]

Santa Ana City Council to honor New Santa Ana blog co-editor Sean Mill tonight

The Santa Ana City Council will honor New Santa Ana blog co-editor Sean Mill at tonight’s City Council meeting
The Santa Ana City Council will be honoring our co-editor Sean Mill at tonight’s City Council meeting, which starts at 6 pm, at the Council Chambers, located at 20 Civic Center Plaza.  Councilman Sal Tinajero will be [...]

You’d Have To Be Cuckoo For Cocoa Puffs To Vote For “Count Chocula”

Labor Day weekend is traditionally the start of the fall campaign season so that means we are about one year out from the start of the 2010 campaigns for Santa Ana City Council.  Perhaps the most intriguing race will be for the Ward 2 seat currently held by Councilwoman Michele Martinez.  There are rumors floating [...]

Who are your favorite Santa Ana City Council Members of all time?

My favorite Santa Ana Council Member of all time is John Acosta
When I first came to Santa Ana, I recall that the City Council included Lisa Mills, Tom Lutz, Pat McGuigan, Rob Richardson, Ted Moreno and of course Miguel Pulido.  Over the years I have seen others come and go, including Brett Franklin, Lisa Bist, [...]

Planning Commissioner Sean Mill prompts Santa Ana to embrace banking program for under-served residents

If this is your only type of I.D., good luck opening a bank account in Santa Ana – until now!
Most of us take banks and banking for granted.  Many of us have had bank accounts since we were kids.  But for thousands of Orange County residents, opening a bank account is not so easy.  Here [...]

City of Santa Ana’s promo video shows how ridiculous their transit plans are

Santa Ana just handed almost $5 million to their lowest ranked transit design bidder, Cordoba Corp.  Oh the irony then when you view their transit video, which I have posted above.  Wait until the final screen and you will see that the video is the work of the two companies who lost the bid to [...]

Santa Ana City Council transit study session was not about reaching out to the public

The Santa Ana City Council enjoyed a taxpayer provided lunch
UPDATE: Go to the end of this post for excerpts from the O.C. Register’s article about this meeting.  You won’t believe what Councilman Carlos Bustamante had to say!
When I arrived at today’s Santa Ana City Council Study Session, at room 229 of City Hall, the Council [...]