A friend of mine sent out an anxious Facebook comment the other day, begging folks in Santa Ana to help re-elect Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez.
Does Sanchez really need to worry – in an uncontested primary? Wouldn’t we be better off helping other good candidates in central Orange County?
For example, Phu Nguyen is running for the 68th Assembly District, in a contested primary against a Republican-backed Democrat, Joe DoVinh. The winner will face the Republican winner in that district – that race features racist Costa Mesa Mayor Allan Mansoor against O.C. Board of Education member Long Pham.
Or you can help Ken Arnold, the Democratic candidate running against Mexican-basher Dana Rohrabacher, in the 46th Congressional District.
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About Zorro
Yes, Zorro is gay. Zorro is gay in San Francisco, black in South Africa, an Asian in Europe, a Chicano in San Ysidro, an anarchist in Spain, a Palestinian in Israel, a Mayan Indian in the streets of San Cristobal, a Jew in Germany, a Gypsy in Poland, a Mohawk in Quebec, a pacifist in Bosnia, a single woman on the Metro at 10pm, a peasant without land, a gang member in Santa Ana, an unemployed worker, an unhappy student and, of course, a good government advocate in Anaheim.
Zorro is all the exploited, marginalized, oppressed minorities resisting and saying `Enough'. He or she is every minority who is now beginning to speak and every majority that must shut up and listen. He or she is every untolerated group searching for a way to speak. Everything that makes power and the good consciences of those in power uncomfortable -- this is Zorro.
It is small of you to label Mansoor as racist.
I used to read moderate and conservative points of view on this blog. Now it’s just anger and name-calling. I’m about done with you.
dds,
Are you serious? The guy denies his own heritage and says he is Swedish while he sports an Egyptian surname! He is so racist he won’t even acknowledge his own ancestry!
We have all sorts of points of view here. But if you are tired of us, please do move on. No one here is preventing you from doing so.
It’s not lost on me that folks on Loretta’s “street” are sporting the DUMP SANCHEZ signs.
I like here, I have spent some time with her ( Twice as seatmates on a transcon). But clearly she has outgrown the “Santa Ana” thing. She is playing in the big leagues, with BIG money, and she simply has not the time for the folks, espesially the kids in her district.
But I always remember Jimmy Cliff: The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
It will be a shame to watch her eventual demise.
Good article Art. People need to prioritize their time and energy. Maybe closer to November they can work for Loretta.
If these are energetic young Santa Ana democrats, they should be working on registering more Hispanics to vote. And the ones who are registered, they should be telling them to vote for Sheriff Hutchens June 8, so they won’t end up with Arpaio’s best friend running their streets.