Councilmen’s Indictments

* Regarding the Aug. 25 federal indictments of Santa Ana City Councilmen Ted Moreno and Tony Espinoza and former council candidate Hector Olivares:

Was it frustration or ambition or just poor judgment? There is a limit to how long anyone can keep up the “good fight” before giving up in frustration or joining the pack.

Moreno’s frustration watching every recommendation for appointments to commissions being turned down was obvious.

Moreno was mocked or ignored when asking questions. Questions on the city’s transactions with corporations were often met with disgust by city employees supposed to serve our city.

At a recent meeting, Moreno asked if a particular group would generate jobs for the citizens of Santa Ana. He was told [officials] didn’t know. He wanted to know if indeed the city’s property was worth the exchange.

For the majority of us, working to make Santa Ana a better place to live, those were valid questions and issues. Hispanics and others were all equally upset about the city’s infrastructure and the spending of so much money on other things which they did not deem as important.

Do Moreno’s supporters see him as an underdog? Not really. They see him as their champion for justice. Are they all rabble-rousers? Only if you think that businesspeople, students and teachers are all rebels.

Most are residents tired of paying high prices for political decisions by city managers who do not even live in Santa Ana or know much of what’s going on in our city.

ENRIQUETA LOPEZ RAMOS

Santa Ana

* The recent indictments leveled against Santa Ana Councilmen Ted Moreno and Tony Espinoza come as no surprise to this Santa Ana resident.

My only surprise is that these charges were not announced sooner, considering their blatant lobbying for the Northgate Market chain and other interests that seem to benefit their political needs.

Anyone who has witnessed Moreno’s theatrics at council meetings will agree that his best defense may be to plead insanity.

LEONARD CORREA JR.

Santa Ana