Santa Ana Council member David Benavides has questioned the rationale behind the lawsuit filed by City Commissioner Max Madrid intended to provide an avenue for Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez to be a candidate for Ward 5 on the Santa…
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The Real Costs to Taxpayers of the Claudia Alvarez Community Forum
by Chris Prevatt • • 9 Comments
After three months of repeated requests for public records and information we have narrowed down the costs of the “Agents of Change” community forum to the taxpayers to approximately $4,000. With no help from the city, we estimated the time spent by staff on the event, factored in their approximate hourly rates of pay and benefits, added in the costs of parking and the video broadcast of the event to arrive at our numbers.
Alvarez’s Cultural Summit Costs Rack Up for Santa Ana Taxpayers
by Dan Chmielewski • • 4 Comments
At the by-invitaton only Cultural Diversity Summit hosted last year by the city of Santa Ana between Jewish leaders and the county’s Latino community aimed at repairing Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez’s relationship with the Jewish community, Acting…
ESPN Holds Hank Williams Jr. Accountable for Hitler Comparison
by Dan Chmielewski • • 10 Comments
ESPN, part of the Walt Disney Company, was faced with the thorny issue of entertainer Hank Williams Jr., who performs the theme song for Monday Night Football, with making a comparison of President Obama to Hitler. ESPN pulled Hank from…
Los Amigos Issues Statement on Alvarez Comments
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
Los Amigos of Orange County also issued a statement that both condemns Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez for her anti-Semitic comments while supporting her voice in the debate against the Chases and PBID. This comes shortly after a…
OCCHC Comes to Alvarez’s Defense; Criticizes Chase’s for Their Speech
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
Allen Peters Baldwin of the Orange County Community Housing Corporation has come to the defense of embattled Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez and calls on the community to condemn the words and actions of Irv Chase while asking…
OC GOP Joins DPOC, ADL and LULAC in Condemning Alvarez’s “Hitler” Comments
by Dan Chmielewski • • 5 Comments
As liberals, it’s painful for us to acknowledge the OC GOP in any sort of positive light, and while they are tardy, they have joined the list of organizations that have publicly denounced Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia…
