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Dear City Council, <br />I am the Vice President of Manfred Danger inc. The SMALL restaurant <br />group that operates as Native Son in downtown Santa Ana. On Wednesday January <br />19th at 7:09pm I began to receive text messages from an employee of mine about a <br />group of Walsh construction workers. That week the announcement of the 4' st. <br />closures were made and I began my search to find out exactly what was going to <br />happen and how I would be getting deliveries since it seemed as if the Spurgeon <br />and 4' St. loading zone wouldn't be accessible (I was right). Raul A. Verduzco, <br />from Walsh Construction, was apparently privy to my inquiries because he began <br />making comments to the employees working at the time about the construction <br />project. Raul said, "depending on how good of service I get tonight will determine <br />how fast we do construction." To which my employee responded, "that's <br />blackmail." <br />This employee texted me what Raul said and I got off my couch and drove <br />downtown to confront Raul. When confronted he said it was a joke, to which I <br />explained how messing with our livelihood is not a joke and the construction does <br />affect our livelihoods and that is not a joke. The employee he said this <br />unbelievably insensitive rude comment to is a father of 2. These jobs, these <br />businesses are our whole life and it is never a joke. <br />This is one story of many stories that have increased my frustration towards <br />this project. We are never considered, our perspectives never heard, and our point <br />of view has never been taken into consideration. <br />