What do Santa Ana Councilman Vince Sarmiento and Assemblyman Jose Solorio have in common? Well, for one thing they were both members of “Team Pulido” last year, but they also are struggling with awful budget deficits in Sacramento and in Santa Ana. Tuesday night you will be able to find out if they have a clue as to what to do about their respective budget problems, as they will be speaking at the South Santa Ana Merchants Association (SSAMA).
For some reason SSAMA tried to keep this meeting a secret, but they publicized it in the Miniondas newspaper. One of our pajaritos called them to find out the meeting details and he got the third degree from their Secretary, Mary Guzman. Then he called the City of Santa Ana and got another run-around. But he found the meeting information in the aforementioned newspaper. Click here to read that article, but be advised that it is in Spanish. Or refer to the graphic below.
What a waste of time for Solorio and Sarmiento! SSAMA meetings rarely draw more than a dozen participants, especially given that their board is so secretive.
Readers may recall that I was able to coordinate a boycott of the SSAMA meeting that was supposed to feature last year’s Santa Ana City Council candidates. They refused to allow anyone to film that meeting, for broadcast online and on TV, so all of the Council challengers boycotted the function. It was a huge embarrassment for SSAMA. Their board members Jorge Doffo and Maggie Rodriguez had a real cow – and Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez got a police escort. And about a dozen folks showed up…
If you want to attend tomorrow, the meeting starts at 6 p.m. and is located at 2050 South Main St. They sometimes charge a meeting attendance fee and they sometimes have free food. Good luck!
Mr. Pedroza,do you think that this pair of
” clowns”have any idea about how to solve our money problem?. I do not think so!.
Mary,
The whole point of this meeting is for the SSAMA board to be able to show their members that they can get powerful politicians to show up to their meetings.
Neither Sarmiento nor Solorio have a clue. But tomorrow they will have some free chow, speak for five minutes, then get the heck out of there…