“Anaheim officers detained four men after an officer-involved shooting Thursday afternoon on Orange Avenue and Adams Street, following a convenience store robbery near Disneyland, Anaheim police officials said,” according to the O.C. Register.
The men were followed to a home in Santa Ana, where the local police held a gang sweep yesterday. I guess they should have used a bigger broom.
But the SAPD now has a catchy name for their sweep. They are calling it “Operation Restore Peace.” Is it just me or does that sound reminiscent of our misguided war in Iraq? Here is what the SAPD had to say about a press conference they are holding tomorrow, at 11 am at the SAPD Community Room:
The Santa Ana Police Department, with the help of county, state and federal law enforcement agencies and faith based organizations, will conclude a three-day enforcement and education operation aimed at curbing illegal gang activity and restoring the community’s confidence. Inviting the faith based organizations to partner with the Santa Ana Police Department in our outreach efforts is a first in our strategy to combat gang crime. The program will be outlined at the press conference, along with the presentation of the results.
If only the SAPD had chosen not to partner with “La Migra” – they actually brought INS officers with them on their sweep yesterday. They did so even though their announced intention was to reach out to Latino residents. Nice.
And as I indicated in an earlier post today, the SAPD has NO information available in Spanish on their City website. None.
Our City is in the mess its in for a lot of reasons, chief amongst them the absolute failure of our City administration and City Council to reach out to the City’s Latino residents.
This is hardly a new development. I am told that Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido, who is himself a Mexican immigrant, delivered fliers to residents of North Santa Ana in which he supported the deportation of his fellow immigrants. And he publicly supported Prop. 187. He also endorsed SAUSD Trustee Rosie Avila over and over, despite her animosity for immigrants. And he appointed Minuteman Lupe Moreno to the Santa Ana Public Library Board – more than once.
Pulido has spent his entire public career trying to rid his city of immigrants rather than trying to work with our residents. He could have spent that time building libraries and parks. But he didn’t. Instead he has heavily promoted the building of luxury condo towers and expensive town homes. And today our city is drowning in violence.
When you don’t water the garden you end up with dead plants, weeds and rocks.
Do we need to restore peace? Sure. But what we really need is a long term plan to help our residents move up the socio-economic ladder. You want peace? Then stop ignoring the people of Santa Ana. It’s that simple.
As for teaming up with faith-based organizations, I don’t have a problem with that. But I do wonder what Jesus would make of all this. I don’t think he would want to walk with La Migra. And I am pretty sure he would speak to his people in their language. I think he would remind us that we need to look after the children – and the poor.
One day after the vaunted SAPD sweep we found out the bitter truth. Crime in Santa Ana won’t be stopped by occassional sweeps. To take back our city we are going to have to roll up our sleeves and try something new, because Pulido’s way has been a complete and utter failure.
Albert Einstein was right. Insanity means doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
The residents of SanTana can sleep with both eyes shut.
Art
having read what has occurred in the last few days, and the general state of affairs, it is clear that the Santa Ana city council and Mayor Pulido and the City Manager and City administration foresee a tremendous amount of voter discontent followed by sweeping changes in the way city business is conducted. Bluntly, they are scared to death. What has happened to Martinez, while shameful, is hard ball politics. She is an easy mark. You, and others, are not so easy. Busty is scared to death. I foresee a nasty campaign waged by Busty towards you. Anything will go. As is evidenced by the actions against Martinez.
With much respect to Dr. Lomeli’s comments about how Martinez has turned her life around, the reality is that politics is not for the faint of heart or the naive. Her opposition is going to raise her past in order to achieve even the remotest of advantages or to create the minutest of doubts in the minds of voters.
The campaign is for the hearts and minds of Santa Ana residents. The keys are does the city continue to function under its present leadership without addressing its problems (I can foresee Clownia Alvarez saying “Crime-what Crime”) or does it step forward with new leadership and a new focus forward?
Let me say that these questions are profound-most municipalities around the state are confronted with the same issue. To my way of thinking, the key issue here is public safety-without a new approach and an adherance to the status quo, you have mirror images of the Santa Ana/Pulido Administration. Stockton is a good example-crime ridden and gang infested and a substantial negative impact on its economy.
Without a primary focus on public safety and health, a municipal economy will whither and die. Jobs will be lost; its economic base will deteriorate to a point where recovery is non existant.
You have entered a tremendous fight-the long term survival of Santa Ana is the issue. That should be the view. That is the goal. That is what is at stake.
Art, I think you’re looking at this new development all wrong. If we can get enough preachers a couple of cops and some ICE folks (who really dont have enough to do – because the vast majority of criminals are citizens? WOW!) to walk the crime ridden areas of Santa Ana every day (or better yet every evening, que no?) we can export all our crime to the Anaheims who can then come into Santa Ana and arrest our criminals for us.
BRILLIANT!
I just pictured the cops using the preachers as a shi.eld when they went into the neighborhood, sorry, that must break some kind of commandment
To You SanTana Community Carpers:
Make up your mind. Do you want all criminals off the street or only the criminals who aren’t related to Clowcilmember Martinez? Como chingan! Bola de chillones.
On one hand you want your Clowncil to make your City safer and then you complain because Martinez’ brother got arrested and tased.
Gente, he’s a criminal y ya basta with blaming City Hall. He was on the run, got caught and thrown on the bus to Chino State Prison.
Gangs and violence are not new to SanTana. With over 180 gangs in your city, what do you expect? You’re not a planned community like Irvine and you’re a low income and uneducated city. Even the chuntaros are leaving because of the gang problems. Except for the Lopers. They like SanTana.
Wow, please don’t put immigrants in the same class with people who have chosen to break the law and come here illegally. WHAT an insult.
While Rosie Avila, who is a legal immigrant who suffered the loss of her uncle to communists, was forced to leave Central America with her family at 6 years old, and instead of hiding in the shadows, sought legal immigration here, then got busy making a life for herself, her family and her community. For 17 years she has fought for our kids in schools on the Santa Ana School board. This Legal immigrant, despite her unfortunate beginnings is a Trustee of a major University, Presidential appointee, and is busy creating and managing the not-for-profit organization she founded to solve the gang problem in your city. The Orange County Youth Commission is a place where kids at risk of harrassment, threat and worse by Illegal immigrant gangs on the streets have an alternative to receive tutoring, athletic coaching, counseling and mentoring instead. And you are doing what? Complaining on this site about her and in defense of people who break the law and are sending this state into economic ruin? Please.
FINALY TAX PAYERS ARE GETTING THEIR MONEYS WORTH !!!
We need your support, Down With! It’s not done yet and an uphill climb. Go to http://www.voterosie.com and send us your email so we can get you involved in making the difference this state needs.
Where California goes the rest of the nation flows. The state is rolling fast down a steep and frightening slope boosted by an engine of faith in government that is either silent where it needs to cry out, or else driving atrocious, coercive and wrong policies in education, illegal immigration, and gang control and prevention. We must support political idiologs in our legislature who have practical experience that proves they will continue to defend our causes despite the pressures innate in our political processes.
Rosie, a 17 year elected official on the Santa Ana School Board, Presidential appointee, and Biola Trustee, is also founder of the OCYC, as mentioned, a non-profit organization committed to giving at-risk youth an after school option to exit the gang threatened streets of Santa Ana, to instead receive tutoring, athletic coaching in boxing, skate boarding, and other sports, together with personal counseling and mentoring. An immigrant herself at 6 years old when her family fled oppressive communist influence in Central America, Rosie is passionate about legal integration, not illegal immigration, into America in order to succeed and contribute based on her own fascinating life story.
Meanwhile, Rosie’s opponent, Loretta Sanchez voted against “zero-tolerance” whereby drug dealers would be expelled from school for one year, voted to allow taxlpayer funds to be spent on needles for drug addicts, and voted against banning taxpayer-funded grants for convicted felons. Ms. Sanchez is the member of congress most funded by the pornography industry and is known for her fundraisers at the Playboy Mansion. Her self-serving government solutions and atrocious voting record absolutely must be stopped.
Rosie beat out Nativo Lopez in two of her 4 tough school board elections even though he put up $2 million to defeat her in one of them. This is not a political plea, this is a moral one.
Please reward Rosie for taking on the tough battle to replace Loretta Sanchez’ 47th Congressional District seat which includes gang ridden Santa Ana, Garden Grove and Anaheim. It’s an enormous challenge, yet if there is one thing we can do to address this uphill battle it is to get behind Rosie, and all the others who are putting their necks out there for us in the challenging local political jungle.
So lets look at this nutcase and the ramblings of an obviously partisan individual whose pr spin sounds much like that one would expect from the likes of Flint and Jubal and Fleischmann: At least we can point to these religious Republicans and agree that they do adhere to the tenets laid down in the recent California Supreme Court decision affirming equal access to marriage for all: these talibani Reeps (and not all Reeps think this way) include Rosie Avila amongst their contingent: so they do include women (despite what Carlitos “Busty” Bustamante believes):
SO lets look at what is said:
“…atrocious, coercive and wrong policies in education, illegal immigration, and gang control and prevention. We must support political idiologs in our legislature who have practical experience that proves they will continue to defend our causes despite the pressures innate in our political processes.”
sounds like a pitch for a return to the days of John Briggs and John Schmitz. If I remember correctly, Schmitz’ wild eyed statements were so vile (much like Rosie’s) that the state GOP kicked him out of the party.
I think the author meant ideologues-must have been written by Rosie herself since she realizes the Tsunami that she is standing in front of. So let me get this right–the argument is that the Congress needs an “idiologue” of Rosie’s stature to stand for what is right in the “Legislature”.
So is she running for Sacramento (commonly referred to by knowledgeable people as the Legislature) or Washington (commonly referred to as the Congress)?
“Rosie, a 17 year elected official on the Santa Ana School Board”-given the publicly acknowledged problems of the Santa Ana Unified School District, if I were Rosie, I would not acknowledge my association with SAUSD….
“Presidential appointee”-thousands made-most are typically nickel and dime appointments. Not this one. This is a 1/4 penny appointment with absolutely not policy impact at all.
“and Biola Trustee”-so she is associated with a fundamentalist Christian school as is Meredith Turney and David Benavides-drinking the Biolaide-Let the electorate beware-RELIGIOUS FANATIC BEING SENT TO WASHINGTON-what part of no does Rosie not understand?
“also founder of the OCYC, as mentioned, a non-profit organization committed to giving at-risk youth an after school option to exit the gang threatened streets of Santa Ana, to instead receive tutoring, athletic coaching in boxing, skate boarding, and other sports, together with personal counseling and mentoring.”–so make your performance records public-lets see both your financial records (how you are funded) and the impact on students that you claim to help-lets see how OCYD compares to other organizations???
“An immigrant herself at 6 years old when her family fled oppressive communist influence in Central America”-great real-no communist governments in the northern and southern hemisphere outside of Cuba. Such CRAP
“Rosie is passionate about legal integration, not illegal immigration, into America in order to succeed and contribute based on her own fascinating life story.” What CRAP-so my question then is whether Avila’s children are picking lettuce in Salinas-or is she recommending that they do so? After all there is a whole lot of work there….Not to mention that she obviously has not read any of the non-partisan studies written about the impact of immigrants on the California economy let alone the national economy….AND SHE IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS??? really???
“Meanwhile, Rosie’s opponent, Loretta Sanchez voted against “zero-tolerance” whereby drug dealers would be expelled from school for one year”-SO AVILA IS SAYING WE HAVE AN EPIDEMIC OF DRUG DEALING IN SCHOOLS-WHY HAVENT ANY OF US HEARD ABOUT THIS MASSIVE PROBLEM FROM THE GOVERNOR, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, THE STATE GANG TASK FORCE AND ITS DIRECTOR??? MUST BE A HIDDEN PROBLEM AND MAYBE LIMITED TO SAUSD??
“voted to allow taxlpayer funds to be spent on needles for drug addicts”-EVIDENTLY NOT HEARD OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC
“and voted against banning taxpayer-funded grants for convicted felons.”–WHAT GRANTS FROM WHICH GOVERNMENT? MOST GRANTS, EITHER BY THE STATE OR THE FEDS, CALL FOR A FULL VETTING OF THE APPLICANT BEFORE THE GRANTS ARE MADE.
“Ms. Sanchez is the member of congress most funded by the pornography industry”–REALLY???
MAYBE THAT EXPLAINS THE CHRISTMAS CARDS AND WHY THEY EXIST-HINT: ROSIE IF YOU WANT CAMPAIGN DOLLARS, YOU SHOULD POSE WITH A CAT
“and is known for her fundraisers at the Playboy Mansion. Her self-serving government solutions and atrocious voting record absolutely must be stopped.”—-AGAIN, ARE WE SURE THAT ROSIE IS NOT CUBAN?? SOUNDS LIKE THE COMPLAINTS OF SOMEONE WHO SEES COMMUNISTS UNDER EVERY ROCK. MOST GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS (I.E., LEGISLATION)IS THE RESULT OF A BIPARTISAN DIALOGUE AND DEBATE AND IS NOT THE RESULT OF THE ACTIONS OF A UNITARY MEMBER OF CONGRESS–AGAIN SHE IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS?? DOES SHE UNDERSTAND GOVERNMENT
“Rosie beat out Nativo Lopez in two of her 4 tough school board elections even though he put up $2 million to defeat her in one of them.”
-IF HE HAD SUCH RESOURCES, WHY ISNT HE A KEY PLAYER IN SA POLITICS?? IF HE PUT UP $2MM, AND LOST, HOW MUCH DID SHE PUT UP? FOR A SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION?? THAT WOULD SET CAMPAIGN RECORDS IN CALIFORNIA FOR MOST SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS FOR SMALL SCHOOL BOARDS.
“This is not a political plea, this is a moral one.”–SOUNDS LIKE THE PLAINTIVE CRY FROM A RELIGIOUS REPUBLICANS ON THE SAUSD-WHY ARENT THERE BIBLES ON THE DESKS OF ALL SAUSD STUDENTS? IM SURE THAT IF SHE HAD HER WAY THEY WOULD………
“Please reward Rosie for taking on the tough battle to replace Loretta Sanchez’ 47th Congressional District seat which includes gang ridden Santa Ana, Garden Grove and Anaheim. It’s an enormous challenge, yet if there is one thing we can do to address this uphill battle it is to get behind Rosie, and all the others who are putting their necks out there for us in the challenging local political jungle.”–AND THIS IS THE BEST MOST COMPETITIVE CANDIDATE THE OC REEPS CAN FIND??? AMAZING-TALK ABOUT DEFEAT AND A DONE DEAL-IT EXPLAINS WHY THERE IS A PAUCITY OF $$$ GOING HER WAY
SHAKING MY HEAD
I am very disappointed in epic. I was at the meeting last night with various of our neighbors and leaders. There was a mother that was tired of the police barging into her home. She told them that two people were no longer living at the home, She was there with her children including a young man that has just graduated from high school. He has never been on probation or parole.
Thomas Gordon was at the meeting, well to make a long story short after the meeting I receive a call to go to witness police officers arresting this young man, I did not make it in time to witness this but the young man was awaken from bed and asked to step outside which he had no fear after being at the meeting. They questioned him and told him to return back inside the house as he did this (it was dark) he tripped on something and the police pushed him and slugged him in the face. He was immediately arrested. His charge assault on a police officer. Thanks! to the orange juice we seen the press conference and attended to voice our dismay over the gang raids and taking innocent youth and ruining their lives. We were told if he was on the picture board and he was. He was one of the notorious gang members. Imagine that this young kid who’s life is just starting ruined! Do the police feel any guilt for this horrendous error being made? I would assume to say that this is profiling. Our neighborhood would like to participate in solving the problem, but what can we do when the police agencies call us the cesspool of Santa Ana, or low life’s? How can they not see that we are trying to contribute solutions to our society, we were told that this was the biggest turn out for epic. We were trying to be good community members. I guess I’m just rambling, but what can we do to prevent the ruination of our youth? Do these officers know what little that epic was trying to accomplish has received a black eye in this neighborhood? How do they plan to try and justify this injustice done to this kid? I know people are going to try and say yea right, the police do not make mistakes. Why do they not try to work with us?
Well, I just do not know what else to say. To see Anthony Ramos picture on that board made me sick to my stomach, this youth did not deserve this! Was this retaliation because his mother spoke up at the meeting about the police abuse. Right now in my eyes they are the gang (unit) terrorist in the community. We need people at city hall that know what goes on in the community, that can be the fire break in the community to bring an end to
terrorist acts on both sides of the coin.
Art, the best thing for SAUSD and those people that got fired and then hired back would be for all of them to volunteer on her campaign and work like heck to get Rosie elected – and off the SAUSD Board. Now if the other Board members would be so compliant. Palacio excluded of course.
Still the SAUSD problems wont end until the current Sup and her deputy Sups are gone. It’s too bad, but that’s the way it works.
Lisann, I think its the Chief that sets the tone in the Department. Just like the Sup in the School District (and if it isnt you need to get one that is, thats their job).
If any public service consistently fails to perform up to community standards you get the responsible elected official to initiate removal of the responsible administrator and start over. The front line public employees will show up for work regardless of who is at the top. If the elected official(s) won’t remove the group at the top then the people need to remove the elected official(s).
I know alot of people say they hate politics, but politics is local, its neighborhood, it’s right and wrong, and you have to, at the very least, get educated by the local blogs and vote. Everytime.
My apologies! And correction: $200,000 spent by Nativo vs. Rosie Avila’s $16,000. Please forgive the gross missnomer. While way off nominally, the point made is identical, Rosie can win a tough election. Thanks for taking the time to share your views, SCR. “Centrist” Republican may be a misnomer in your case. Combining Schwarzenegar in the same phrase with the term “Republican” is definitely a serious misnomer, but you are welcome to your very angry views. No worries, Rosie is strong on illegal immigration and understands the economic perils of it. No relatives considering farming at this point, but if they do, she’ll be sure to ask them to refuse any kind of government subsidies. I believe she also understands that legal immigration can help to grow a healthy economy and country (94% of Chineese Legal immigrants here are well educated and contributing to the growth of our economy, and Legal immigrants are the origin of our great country). Vote Rosie Avila for true integrity, values and Change :-)!
My apologies! And correction: $200,000 spent by Nativo vs. Rosie Avila’s $16,000. Please forgive the gross missnomer. While way off nominally, the point made is identical, Rosie can win a tough election. Thanks for taking the time to share your views, SCR. “Centrist” Republican may be a misnomer in your case. Combining Schwarzenegar in the same phrase with the term “Republican” is definitely a serious misnomer, but you are welcome to your very angry views. No worries, Rosie is strong on illegal immigration and understands the economic perils of it. No Avila relatives considering farming at this point, thanks for asking, but if they do, she’ll be sure to ask them to refuse any kind of government subsidies. I believe she also understands that legal immigration can help to grow a healthy economy and country (94% of Chineese Legal immigrants here are well educated and contributing to the growth of our economy, and Legal immigrants are the origin of our great country). Vote Rosie Avila for true integrity, values and Change :-)!
INTP…..
You are either very politically naive or very uninformed as to the competance and capability of the California Republican Party, you know-the one led by Ron Nehring and his hiring of illegal immigrants in senior positions (that were suing the US government) and that could not pay back the loans that Schwarzeneggar Centrist Republican Donors from Orange County made to the party, or very stupid. Yes you can google the Cal GOP or Ron Nehring and see the articles on his merry escapades since his assumption as state party chair. All the major papers and political websites noted this (including Red County but only as a lapdog for Nehring); you do know what a lapdog is, dont you? Very much like what you are doing for Nutcase Avila.
LETS GO OVER YOUR STATEMENT AND YOUR POINTS:
“My apologies! And correction: $200,000 spent by Nativo vs. Rosie Avila’s $16,000.”–
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU EITHER HIRE SOMEONE TO READ CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION REPORTS FOR YOU OR TAKE A REMEDIAL MATH CLASS AT SANTA ANA HIGH SCHOOL (THEY DO HAVE ADULT ED DONT THEY-IF THEY DONT MAYBE ROSIE CAN GET YOU INTO ONE.
“Please forgive the gross missnomer. While way off nominally, the point made is identical, Rosie can win a tough election. Thanks for taking the time to share your views, SCR.”–
WHAT TOUGH ELECTION???-WHEN THE VOTER IS FACED WITH TWO OR MORE INEPT INCOMPETANT AND UNCOMPETITIVE CANDIDATES, THE VOTER WILL EITHER NOT VOTE OR VOTE THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS. YOU SHOULD NOT INTERPRET A WIN AS AN INDICATOR OF CONFIDENCE IN AVILA BY THE ELECTORATE OR COMPETENCE OF AVILA TO CONFRONT AND RESOLVE COMPLEX ISSUES.
““Centrist” Republican may be a misnomer in your case. Combining Schwarzenegar in the same phrase with the term “Republican” is definitely a serious misnomer, but you are welcome to your very angry views.”—REALLY??? WHAT PLANET HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING ON?? ARE YOU AWARE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE IN REGISTERED REPUBLICANS STATEWIDE? THE MOVEMENT TO FIND MORE CENTRIST REPUBLICANS TO RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE-CANDIDATES THAT CAN WIN? THE PROGRAM IS RUN BY DUF SUNDHEIM RECENTLY THE FORMER STATE PARTY CHAIR. SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND, THOSE ARE CODE WORDS FOR THE FOLLOWING: RELIGIOUS FANATICS LIKE AVILA NEED NOT APPLY-I WILL BE CERTAIN TO PASS ON HER VIEWS ON HIS REPUBLICAN CREDENTIALS TO HIM THE NEXT TIME I SEE HIM AND WORK WITH HIS SENIOR STAFF.
“No worries, Rosie is strong on illegal immigration and understands the economic perils of it. No Avila relatives considering farming at this point, thanks for asking, but if they do, she’ll be sure to ask them to refuse any kind of government subsidies.” REALLY??? AVILA’S POSITION SHOULD GO OVER REAL WELL WITH THE CENTRAL VALLEY FARMERS, MOST OF WHOM ARE CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS AND ARE SUPPORTIVE OF SOME TYPE OF IMMIGRATION PROGRAM (EITHER GUESTWORKER OR PROGRESSIVE CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM OR A VARIATION OF SUCH). AFTER ALL THIS IS THE 6TH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD AND I AM CERTAIN THAT THE LARGE REPUBLICAN GROWERS WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HER VIEWS–HOWEVER I WOULD NOT EXPECT THEM TO OPEN UP THEIR CHECKBOOKS AND WRITE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NUTCASE AVILA FOR CONGRESS CAMPAIGN.
“I believe she also understands that legal immigration can help to grow a healthy economy and country (94% of Chineese Legal immigrants here are well educated and contributing to the growth of our economy, and Legal immigrants are the origin of our great country).”–
REALLY–WHAT DOES THAT FACTOID HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?? I HOPE THAT YOU ARE NOT HER CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST. IF YOU ARE, YOUR CAMPAIGN IS IN A VERY DESPERATE POSITION IF YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR VOTES ON THE JUICE.
“Vote Rosie Avila for true integrity, values and Change :-)!”–
I WOULD SUGGEST A CAMPAIGN CALENDAR WHERE AVILA POSES IN FRONT OF THE VARIOUS SANTA ANA DISTRICT SCHOOLS WITH A CAT IN HER LAP–PERHAPS THE PLAYBOY FOUNDATION WILL UNDERWRITE A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION TO THE AVILA CAMPAIGN FOR SUCH A CALENDAR. YOU CAN GO DOOR TO DOOR WITH IT.
BUT I APPLAUD YOU FOR PLAGIARISING THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN CHARGE REGARDING CHANGE–DONT THINK IT WILL GET YOU ANYWHERE. MY GUESS IS THAT YOU WILL BE LUCKY TO GET 20-25% OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST.
BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED DEMOCRATIC ONSLAUGHT (REPUBLICAN SENATE CAMPAIGN ACKNOWLEDGES LOSING 5-6 SEATS IN THE US SENATE AND HAS HALTED SOLICITATIONS), MANY REPUBLICANS, AT LEAST MODERATES LIKE ME, ARE VOTING FOR OBAMA AS WELL AS DOWNTICKET CANDIDATES. IDEOLOGICAL FANATIC REPUBLICANS SEE THE ONSLAUGHT AND MOST LIKELY WILL SIT THIS OUT.
BUT I SUGGEST THAT YOU CALL RON NEHRING AND SOLICIT CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE GOP OR THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN FOLKS IN DC.
LET US KNOW THE SUBSTANCE OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION.
INTP
BY THE WAY, THOSE REPUBLICAN GROWERS DO GET FEDERAL AG SUBSIDIES AS DO MOST FARMERS IN THIS COUNTRY. IF YOU ARE SAYING THAT CRAZY AVILA IS ADVOCATING THE DISCONTINUANCE OF FARM SUBSIDIES, I AM SURE THAT SUCH INFORMATION WILL MAKE THE VARIOUS GROWER GROUPS VERY INTERESTED IN HER CAMPAIGN.
GIVEN HER POSITION ON FARM SUBIDIES, HAS SHE SOLICITED CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM GROWERS??
INTERESTING……