Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez apologized last night for her poor choice of words in linking Santa Ana developers Irv and Ryan Chase to Nazi leader Adolpf Hitler and inappropriately using the term “ethnic cleansing.” The statements first…
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Waiting for Michele (and Tom?) in AD 69
by Dan Chmielewski • • 12 Comments
Last week, Santa Ana councilmember Michele Martinez pre-announced on Facebook that she was formally announcing a campaign to run for AD-69 in the state assembly representing Santa Ana and much of Anaheim. We’re on the back of of that “week…
Did Miguel Pulido’s Campaign Fund IE Targeting Amezcua?
by Chris Prevatt and Dan Chmielewski • • 31 Comments
Recent revelations suggest that Santa Ana Mayor Pulido’s campaign may have paid Art Pedroza to run an IE attack website against Al Amezcua in the 2010 election. Such activity is illegal under California Law.
James Rainey on Civil Discourse by Commenters
by Dan Chmielewski • • 11 Comments
Chip Hanlon’s Red County post about censorship by the Fullerton School District in blocking the Friends for Fullerton’s Future was an excellent post not only for the topic, but for the comments it generated. One commenter had a comment blocked…
Pulido Pays Big Success Fee To Pedroza. What For?
by Chris Prevatt • • 20 Comments
The campaign finance filing for Mayor Pulido indicates that his campaign consultant Dennis DeSnoo paid Art Pedroza $5,150 for “web services.” Apparently Pulido had no problem paying Pedroza for positive blog coverage leading up to the election so long as that information was not disclosed until after Election Day. Art Pedroza, of course, appears to have had no problem failing to disclose that he was being paid by Pulido for his commentary.
The Ghost in the Machine
by Dan Chmielewski • • 14 Comments
Sunday’s New York Times Magazine carried a fascinating story about how, once you’re on the web, you can live forever on the Internet. And that’s a lesson the Sarah Palin is learning as her people work feverishly to scrub comments…
Tinajero’s new twist on Pay to Play in Santa Ana
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
Tuesday, Councilman Sal Tinajero is gifting Pedroza and Mill with a bonus by appointing Mill to the city’s powerful Planning Commission. The appointment of Mill will send a clear message to any business wanting planning approval in Santa Ana that they can get a leg up by spending $100 to become a member of Pedroza’s business association.
