The campaign for the First District Supervisoral seat is getting geared up and it should be hotly contested and quite entertaining. The race featuring Republicans Janet Nguyen and Dina Nguyen and Democrat Hoa Van Tran will decide who represents central…
Tag Archive for Racism
NAACP Honors Dr. King’s Legacy
by Sean H. Mill • • Comments Off
Today is the 40th anniversary of one of the darkest days in American history, the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. King is best remembered as the leader of the civil rights movement and…
April 3 Matters, Too
by Bill Spaulding • • 1 Comment
Many people remember April 4 as the day The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, jr. was shot and killed. Most all of us have heard the “I Have a Dream†speech often enough to recite parts of it. On Sunday,…
Where Does the Anger Come From?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 13 Comments
With the flap over the Obama/Pastor comments and his historic speech, I’m reminded of my old friend and neighbor Yvette, an African-American woman from New Orleans. She and her husband Ernest left Irvine last July because of a job change…
Obama Speech on Race & Faith is Hardly an Empty Suit Platitude
by Dan Chmielewski • • 31 Comments
I am a Hillary supporter but I so admire the speaking skills of Senator Barack Obama. While John McCain is securing endorsements from evangelical pastors who blame Catholics for the Holocaust or call for the destruction of Islam, Obama is…
Shawn Steel Equates Hate Crimes with Divisions in Democratic Party
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
The Flash Report’s Shawn Steel has a post today that stretches the imagination that violence between Blacks and Latinos has its roots in the Democratic Party Presidential race. Read more after the jump.    ÂÂ
“Stroud”ing The Issues
by Sean H. Mill • • 29 Comments
Glen Stroud, patriarch of Santa Ana’s angry couple, has sent a letter to Mayor Miguel Pulido and members of the Santa Ana City Council demanding my removal from the city’s Planning Commission. The centerpiece of Stroud’s demand is my January…
