Santa Ana’s fraudulent Measures D and E won – but not by a huge margin. The No side made up some ground by the time the final votes were tallied, but the Yes side prevailed 53.8% to 46.2% The difference was 2,010 votes.
So what can we make of this? The Yes side poured a ton of money into this race, with several robo-calls running towards the latter stage of the campaign. The money came largely from unions and developers, even though the Measure D campaign promised to limit the influence of special interests. That might be the biggest lie made by Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido and Council Member Sal Tinajero in their respective political careers.
Councilwoman Michele Martinez had this to say about the backers of Measure D, in the O.C. Register: The measure
Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, who ran the Measure D campaign out of her house, had a typically crazed reaction to the election results. Here is what she had to say, according to the O.C. Register:
The measure
I am proud to say I voted NO on Measure D! We did put up a good fight, there are just too many uninformed voters. Seems like some people just didn’t care enough to vote when looking at the numbers there are many residents that didn’t vote. So what now maybe its time to start looking into mayoral term limits? They may have won this battle but the war with the Mayor and City Council is far from over.
One thing to say to our future Voters. Stop being Lemmings and think.
your right claudia.bobby Bisho believes in what you are doing as does judith ware and her Mexican hating attorney patrick munoz. and the police and fire unions believe that you giving big raises to its membership is the right thing to do. Of course mike harrah has your seal of approval, after you all turn a blind eye to his illegal activities. and who can forget alex vega and mike Gonzalez. Those two clowns hate this city and its residents and only hope to profit off it, much like all your supporters and true believers.
SERIOUSLY, WHAT A CROCK. I proudly punched that “select” button as hard as I could when I voted HEELLLL NO on Measure D. Either half of the city’s voters are in cahoots with Pulido, or worse, they actually believe in his agenda. Its like I woke up this morning to some type of Orwellian nightmare.
Sadly, another nail in the coffin for SA.
The No on D campaign was effective; many more SA residents are aware of, and will be watching, the actions of the City Council.
The fight to bring real reform and limit predatory developers influence on City Hall goes on !
PS: Let’s all pitch in and pick up the No on D signs
I could’t believe it when I heard this measure passed! How could people be so stupid when even the main-stream press was against this and it was all over the papers. I got a couple of their glossy mailers on Saturday (not impressed), but that was it, and I never saw any “yes on D” signs. And I thought that normally people vote no if they don’t understand a measure. So how did all those sheeple decide to vote yes? Did the automated phone calls threaten to off their first born if they voted no? Or promise to move them into one of Bisno’s lofts real cheap? I’d be curious to hear what the phone messages said. Did anyone get one? We need to know this stuff so we can fight back the next time.
Now that the developers and waste management interests in the city have weighed in heavily in support of passing Measure D, the question now facing Santa Ana is what will be in the adopted “Code of Ethics and Conduct” According to Measure D, “these new standards be adopted
within six months of the effective date of this Charter amendment”.
If voters were really supportive of this measure because of the inclusion of a “Code of Ethics and Conduct” that was promised to them in Measure D, let’s see what the City Council comes up with.
It probably will not look anything like the Oaks Initiative in Santa Monica and Pasadena: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/advocacy/nw/?postId=6682
The loss of Measure D should be a sobering wake up call.
The Yes on Measure D campaign literature confirms that Pulido and his developer pals are capable of dealing in deception and trickery to get their way.
Now, more than ever, the residents of Santa Ana must be diligent in overseeing the antics of the Pulido regime.
DEFEAT PULIDO & ALVAREZ in Nov.
“One choice would be Parks & Recreation Commissioner Julie Stroud, who worked very hard on the No on Measure D campaign.”
I’m sure she’d get a lot of support from the Latino community.
This was a huge victory for the Hon. Claudia Alverez and a huge hit for Michele Martinez. Claudia goes from being yesterdays news to the the leader of the Council and the most likely to take Jose’s place in 4 years in Sacramento. Michele goes from being the “it” Latina on the council the next four years to “not the one that is a lawyer….but rather the Latina who sounds like she’s texting her friends in the barrio everytime she opens her trap” Michele is done politically….adios muchacha!!! jejeje
This was a huge victory for the Hon. Claudia Alverez and a huge hit for Michele Martinez. Claudia goes from being yesterdays news to the the leader of the Council and the most likely to take Jose’s place in 4 years in Sacramento. Michele goes from being the “it” Latina on the council the next four years to … the Latina who sounds like she’s texting her homies in the hood everytime she opens her trap” Michele is done politically….adios muchacha!!! jejeje Let’s hope the politcal wizards who ran the no on D campaign also run the campaigns against Carlos, Claudia, and Vince!!! I’m sure they are all shaking in their boots worried about another unified force of gadflys opposing them! If there was one happy outcome from the measure D campaign it is that a whole lot of lonely Santa Ana politcal gadflys found each other and now have someone to email on those nights when the council meetings are not on T.V.!!:) That said, you can always put in an application to get on a city board Art. Maybe they should start a gadfly board…..call it COMMLINK or SAMSON or something like that! jaja
What a sad day for SanTana. You folks get exactly what you deserve when you allow your elected officials to get away with murder. Voter apathy is a beeotch! The financing for the Yes on D campaign shows how incredibly corrupt and laughable your leadership is. SanTana is a third-rate banana republic.
Art-
You are freaking hillarious!
“Almost 1/2 of the voters oppose it”
Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades!
In elections almost doesnt mean sh$%
#10,
What does working very hard on “No On Measure D” have to do with gaining Hispanic support for political office. I fail to see the connection. Please explain.
Is this strategy associated with Measure D?
The passage of Measure D isn’t about which side had the most money. Both sides had direct mail, both sides had robo-calls, both sides had signs…and the Yes side had plenty of bad press!
This is about the alarmingly low percentage of Santa Ana citizens who choose to be engaged and informed on matters facing the city, and to then translate that knowledge into being registered to vote, and then voting.
The “revolution” in this city isn’t going to happen by “taking out” Alvarez and Sarmiento. It will happen when more citizens choose to care and become involved. Until that happens, say hello to the status quo.
And in Cuba last month, more than 97 percent of voters showed overwhelming support for Dictator Fidel Castro.
What’s Claudia’s point?
2000 Census = 222470 people over age 18 in SanTana. 36,000 voted.
RIP, SanTan – you have ONLY YOURSELVES TO BLAME.
santana, rip said “36,000 voted”.
Hey with only 35,000 legal residents that’s a pretty good turnout.
How about doing term limits the old fashioned way – vote’em out. We need some positive info on prospective candidates, instead of the bashing of the old warhorses (all you’re proving is that they can take a punch).
Who says th blogosphere has no influence? Arturos hard work backfired! What a pity. I am not alone in voting against whatever you support, Mr. Eatin a Chicken Sandwich in Front of Hunger Strikers for Peace! The Juice is not just dead, not just irrelevant, but a font of information on what to oppose.