that is what people see and think about our city. ive lived in Santa Ana for 30 years. During the Clinton years, there were huge sweeps that rid the city of many bad apples. If you tell someone you live in Santa Ana, they picture what wiki, and then you explain it isnt a bad place to live other then bad roads, bad politicians, and a city budget paying individuals too much in salary.

im a realist, auto theft is high, assaults are high and the city needs stricter code enforcement in areas that are not in “the nicer parts”. everyone needs to be held accountable. the problem is workers only go into areas where they are not scared to knock on a door. whey are they scared? some is myth, some is fact. no reason one can not leave a citation or notice about cars, landscaping or something else.

i’d hire some large individuals to give out citations, one’s who are not intimidated to enforce city bylaws. we should also give preference to santa ana citizens for over inflated city jobs. people take the money and run to spend it in their cities. their needs to be a cut in salaries across the board; the money then needs to be put into education and the streets. Are school system SUCKS!!! My cousin is a teacher in Santa Ana, and have had to go in myself to help her move things, put things together. I dont blame the worker there, since there is only one full time maintenance person and one part time person. It is ridiculous. Don’t get me started on the lack of technology.

You have to give Miguel a break, he graduated from engineering school many many many years ago. Since my engineering degree came after his, I’ll concur with the 17% calculation. Miguel and Michele used “convenient math”. It is a common mathematical system employed by politicians and individuals trying to sell a flawed product.

so we have:
one candidate who has been in office too long, but with a lot of clout in the city, a huge network and money interests everywhere.

one candidate who doesn’t have a background other then he films stuff around the world. gee that sounds great, if i wanted someone to film “how to overpay employees”, “how to extend term limits and get away with it”, or maybe ” i got this job and it came with a new camera”

another candidate who’s posted resume is pretty weak. a lot of fluff to make it seem as though her credentials are good enough to understand the city finances. she did program telephones and went through a taxing criminal justice programming.

im being a bit sarcastic, but only to reflect how sad it is we can not get some seriously qualified candidates other then the person who has been in office since mid 90’s. that is crazy. if i had more time, this rant/information session would go for 10 pages.

(current year-former year)/former year

In this case:

(6003-7224)/7224 or (-1221)/7224 = -.169 or a 17% reduction from former year to current year

This percentage change figure is a standard. Its used everywhere all the time and is not fuzzy or weird math.

In 2006, Oakland had 7,599 violent crimes. That’s 1,905 per 100,000 people. In 2006, Santa Ana had 1,998 violent crimes. That’s 581 per 100,000 people.

I’d hardly call that “on par” with Oakland.

Well said. I was on the phone with Councilwoman Michele Martinez when a young man on a bike tore her purse off her arm while she was walking to a meeting in the downtown area.

What other city do you know of where a local politician is robbed in this fashion?

The only other one that comes to mind is Oakland, where State Senator Don Perata was carjacked some months ago.

Great. Santa Ana is on a par with Oakland. Not good!

When will the truth be told?

Good short statement. I agree with you. I hope people will consider supporting an alternative to Pulido in Michele Martinez, who, as you know, is running for mayor. She has a fundraiser coming soon at her official campaign launch. I have posted the announcement at my blog and here is the facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=30520567184

Cheers man,