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Sal Tinajero

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    October 1, 2007

    Monday's Headlines & Surprises: Santa Ana Gag Ballers

    Math Skills Looted: Dr. Donny George, director of the Iraqi National Museum during the American invasion, spoke yesterday at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana and caused “scattered gasps” by showing photographs of destroyed artifacts, writes Sean Emery at the Register. Emery notes that looters sto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2007

    Orange Juice: Not From Concentrate

    The great telenovela that is the Orange Juice! blog (the Weekly's Best Blog for 2007) continues. A week after the SanTana city council booted Juicer Thomas Gordon from a gang commission, and colleagues Art Pedroza and Luis Rodriguez resigned in protest, longtime SanTana activist Sean Mill returned t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008

    None of His Bisno-iss

    Only in SanTana can an effort to impose term limits on Papi Pulido transform into a ballot measure to extend term limits for councilmembers. But that's exactly what happened with Measure D, which SanTana voters will decide on February 5 and is one of the most laughable pieces of crap to grace Orange ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2008

    Hispanic Bar Association Hijinks!

    With apologies to Orange County Register sports genius Randy Youngman, notes, quotes and observations from yesterday's Orange County Hispanic Bar Association annual fundraising dinner: *Greeting the well-dressed, well-coiffed crowd as they drove toward the Westin South Coast Plaza hotel were about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2008

    Santa Ana Now Officially Run by Lazy Mexicans

    *Updated, with new information on the bottom... As the largest city in Orange County, SanTana needs a more-committed city council than, say, Laguna Niguel. Unfortunately, the county seat is cursed with buffoons, a veritable clowncil, to use the term of Orange Juice! bomb-thrower Art Pedroza. We've ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2008

    Bistro 400 As Rich as Ever

    Bistro 400 in downtown SanTana has a unique advantage over Memphis and Jason's Downtown in trying to nab dinner eaters: it's actually open. Whereas Memphis is open for dinner Wednesday through Sunday while Jason's entertains Thursdays through Saturdays, Bistro 400 operates every day except the Lord' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Live from the Banana Republic...

    Bistro 400 in downtown SanTana has a unique advantage over Memphis and Jason's Downtown in trying to nab dinner eaters: it's actually open. Whereas Memphis is open for dinner Wednesday through Sunday while Jason's entertains Thursdays through Saturdays, Bistro 400 operates every day except the Lord' ... More >>

  • News

    March 6, 2008

    Controversial Developer Robert Bisno Brings His Grease-a-Palm Politics to Santa Ana

    Bistro 400 in downtown SanTana has a unique advantage over Memphis and Jason's Downtown in trying to nab dinner eaters: it's actually open. Whereas Memphis is open for dinner Wednesday through Sunday while Jason's entertains Thursdays through Saturdays, Bistro 400 operates every day except the Lord' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    (UPDATED) Santa Ana's Grand Choo Choo Conspiracy Reaches End Game

    At least John Huston was a classy villain...​(*Updated, with new info on the bottom. Post originally published August 1...)At the end of the day yesterday--a Friday-- whoever's in charge of compiling the agenda for the SanTana City Council slipped the following item into the consent calendar: GO ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Week: Bullets for Bangers!

    Nothing like a good old gang-related murder in Santa Ana to set off all the Register readers who would like nothing more than to see the city cordoned off by immigration cops and the entire non-English speaking population rolled into Tijuana-bound paddy wagons. The latest example? This story from We ... More >>

  • News

    July 22, 2010

    Boss Mike Harrah

    [Moxley Confidential] Santa Ana sends a message to One Broadway Plaza's developer: Anything you say, sir

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Art Pedroza: Santa Ana Looking To Dump Controversial Council Member

    Benavides in big trouble?​I didn't attend tonight's Santa Ana city council meeting, but influential political blogger Art Pedroza is reporting that he thinks the council majority "has had it with" member David Benavides and might be recruiting a candidate to replace him.Benavides' apparent sin? At ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2010

    The Primary Documents in Santa Ana's Latest Commissioner War

    Martinez: Executor of her own Friday Afternoon Massacre​Only in the Banana Republic of SanTana do the appointment and dismissal of commissioners who oppose the reign of Mayor-for-Life Don Papi Pulido turn into nasty, bare-knuckle knockdowns that make Bell politics seem absolutely Mayberry by compa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Santa Ana Councilmembers Sal Tinajero and Michelle Martinez Admit to Thinking They Broke the Law, Use Same PR People?

    Martinez: Once an outsider, now proudly a vendida​Two bizarre press releases sent late Friday to every reporter in Orange County that covers SanTana (except Moxley--interesting...) told the same story: that councilmembers Sal Tinajero and Michelle Martinez were taking action to retake a City Counc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    UPDATED: Sal Tinajero Says He Has Proof of Vote-Splitting Plot in Santa Ana

    Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyCouncilman Sal Tinajero​Except for me and Sal Tinajero, the oversized, second-floor debate classroom at Fullerton Union High School was empty. Newspaper clips hailing Tinajero's success as a teacher (he was named National Teacher of the Year in 2005 by Hispanic magazi ... More >>

  • News

    September 16, 2010

    Vote-Splitting Plot In Santa Ana

    [Moxley Confidential] Sal Tinajero says he has proof his opponent and former opponent were in cahoots

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Who Are the White People Helping Santa Ana Council Candidate Nam Pham Make Sure the Council isn't All-Mexican?

    Courtesy of the New Santa Ana blog​A curious ad appeared this week in the pages of the Viet Herald, the Little Saigon daily. SanTana City Council candidate Nam Pham, running against incumbent Sal Tinajero and possibly fake candidate Helen Martinez, asked for the support of the Herald's Vietnamese ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Election 2010: Gustavo Drinks Through the Election, Or: Trashing the Dems and Bashing Whitman

    ​Updated throughout the day, with the freshest post on top. Click after the jump for vignettes on Barbara Coe, Loretta Sanchez, Meg Whitman, and Borat!Midnight. Drink of choice: Alka-Seltzer...my pockets hurt. Loretta Sanchez has pulled away by thousands of votes, but we'll wait until the official ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Santa Ana City Attorney Parts Ways, Paid $191,699 For Unused Time Off, Stemming From Questionable Contract Agreements

    ​Learning of the story of former City Attorney Joe Fletcher makes us want to get a job for the City of Santa Ana, craft a few shady amendments into our contract and then leave with all the hefty payouts and benefits. According to a story by Voice of OC, Fletcher managed to cash out $191,699 i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Santa Ana City Council Denies Occupy Protesters Permission to Camp in City, Laugh at Protesters

    Brandon Ferguson22-year-old Crystal Ngo Addresses Santa Ana City Council​Last night, the Santa Ana City Council denied Occupy permission to camp in the Civic Center, or anywhere in the city for that matter. Following a public comment session which saw more than 30 people deliver impassioned speech ... More >>

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