Picture Courtesy of the Miniondas Newspaper
Santa Ana dentist Dr. Art Lomeli was one of several downtown Santa Ana merchants who met with Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido and Santa Ana City Manager Dave Ream to plan this year’s Cinco de Mayo festivities, according to the Miniondas newspaper.
This had to be an awkward experience for Lomeli, who is actively campaigning to oust Pulido and replace him with local attorney Alfredo Amezcua. Another merchant who was at the meeting, Sam Romero, is also part of Amezcua’s “SACrED” organization.
This year’s Santa Ana Cinco de Mayo festivities will start on Saturday, May 1, and continue on May 2.
So why is Cinco de Mayo important both to Mexicans and to Americans? Here is a great summation of the history of Cinco de Mayo:
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FYI the May 5 1945 is big celebration in Czech Republic known as Prague Uprising or Prague Offensive.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Offensive
I must remind Pulido to erect Czech flags in downtown
and invite Czech Ambassador for the beer.
This encounter would have only been awkward if Big Al had a chance of winning. Since he does not, this became just another meeting for Pulido. Art L. and Pulido work well together and will continue to do so in the future long after Al Amezqua is political history in S.A.
While they may make political noise against each other, Lomeli and Pulido get along very well. Santa Ana politics are that way. It’s one big happy famila. You see the same thing at the National leval with Clinton and President Bush who are friends and working together even if their supporters hate that fact.
P.S. I’ll give 50 cents to the person who can tell me what Dr. Lomeli is looking at in this foto.
Fiestero Fidel, Latino Leaders of America… AKA Fuitty Pebbles. Hi, Fruity. So you want to argue some more? I know who you really are. How shameful of you to play two sides only to cause division and hope for a bone.
No one plays both sides better than me. That’s why I’m called Two-Faced Phyllis.
“No one plays both sides better than me.”
You fellas make fun of Phil B. for doing what he feels is right in his heart even if it means change sometimes but you don’t mind if Ms. Martinez switches from Amezqua to our Mayor? What’s up with that double standard? Now can we please get back to the issues at hand? I rest my case.
That Ain’t Right,
Actually Martinez was going to sit this one out until Amezcua and his boys tried to strong-arm an endorsement out of her.
She is in Pulido’s camp now because the Amezcua gang wouldn’t leave her alone.
Art,
No one stronged armed Michele. You know that. I called her about this the last time you wrote this same comment. She told me she never told you that. Please stop with the mis information.
Dr. Lomeli,
She was probably being nice to you. You were not there when she told me what really happened.
Ask yourself this then, why is she now backing Pulido? The answer is obvious. The Amezcua camp went too far and that is why she did not stay neutral.
So far the entire Amezcua campaign has been a sad joke, IMHO. In particular, letting the Usuals Suspects in was a very bad idea.
“Please stop with the mis information”
Does this mean you will stop deciminating the misinformation about the city of Santa Ana and the SAPD issuing a permit to Alex Vega?
I am sure we all want the facts presented in a truthful manner right Dr. Lomeli?
“Ask yourself this then, why is she now backing Pulido? The answer is obvious. The Amezcua camp went too far and that is why she did not stay neutral.”
I do not have to ask myself anything. She has her reasons and I respect them. It was not because she was strong armed. Again she said to me she never told you that.
“She was probably being nice to you. You were not there when she told me what really happened.”
Nice to me???…Please. I was not there but she was and says she did not tell you that.
What is your agenda. OK, I know.Your attacks are an attempt to place a perception of no credibility on me as I am speaking in defense of Amezcua. You and Sean are taking on this task. OK I will play ball with you guys.
You have this subject and Sean has the Vega permit task.
How sad, you guys once argued against this type of politics.
Hi doc,
You look very dabber:)
can you have a booth at your wee festival, educating parents on the need to get off welfare, learn English and support their kids education??
I think a celebration of Mexican independence is a complete joke, a celebration of Mexicans getting out of Mexico and making the best of it… well makes more sense!
🙂
So what is Doc Lomeli looking at in this photograph? Someone please help out here.
Her dandruff???
# 14, why are you such a hater… By the way, your a joke… You probably look like Lupe Moreno and this is why your so angry…
Michelle Q:
On #12 above:
How about if you ask them to have a Booth at the Festival or at the Tea Party Express rallies, Educating ALL parents on the need to get off Welfare, LEARN SPANISH or another language (being bilingual helps); and support their Kids Education!…you know it is NOT ONLY non-English speakers, or only Latinos/Hispanic/or Mexican-Americans that are on welfare.
Also, You NEVER answered the challenge or reply to posts #49 & #50:
at “Meg Whitman’s Rhetoric on Latino’s doesn’t match reality”
http://orangejuiceblog.com/2010/04/meg-whitmans-rhetoric-on-latinos-doesnt-match-reality
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Francisco “Paco” Barragan
Michelle,
Thank you for the compliment.
“educating parents on the need to get off welfare, learn English and support their kids education??”
I agree with you. This is true for society in general. Groups that do not pursue economic self reliance will be unproductive and a burden. Economic self reliance remedies everything else.
People can have celebrations just incorporate economic opportunity for all.
Don’t pay attention to comments from those like #15. They are one or two people using many anon. names with the objectice of division. The objective is to have people like you and me fight and unfocused so they can implement their interest in economic and political manipulation.
“Sean has the Vega permit task”
Dr. Lomeli,
The only task I have is to get the truth out there to our readers. You are the one who raised the issue of the permit when you insinuated that the folks at city hall and the SAPD were behind issuing such a permit in an attempt to go after an opponent of the mayor.
I have far too much respect for Chief Walters, the SAPD and many of the folks on the 8th Floor of city hall to allow them to be mischaracterized and maligned in such a fashion.
I also have a great deal of respect for yourself and Alfredo, considering you both as friends, and I wanted to clarify the situation regarding the protest so that you were not passing along information that you may not known to have been false.
“I also have a great deal of respect for yourself and Alfredo, considering you both as friends, and I wanted to clarify the situation regarding the protest so that you were not passing along information that you may not known to have been false.”
I will buy this and leave it at that.