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Middleton, Samuel <br /> From: Angela Capoccia < <br /> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 11:44 AM <br /> To: eComment <br /> Subject: city council meeting- recall <br /> My name is Angela Capoccia.I am a resident of Santa Ana in Meredith Parkway and have lived here since late 2019. <br /> I am a devoted aunt of 10 who lives with my adult niece.I work less than 5 miles away from my home and am active in community events <br /> and fundraisers for CHOC and our local food bank.I love living in Santa Ana and don't plan to move. <br /> However,this is the second time in the short 3 years I have lived here that there has been a recall election pushed not because a city council <br /> member did anything wrong,but because the police union is angry at not getting their way and is manipulating the election system to force <br /> people out that they don't like.Not only is this a perversion of democracy,but it is costing our tax payers half a million dollars.That is <br /> money that can go to the library,to youth programs,to community events that make this city great.Instead,the city council is allowing the <br /> police union to manipulate the largest city in the county to allow themselves to take power.With elections only a year away,they have the <br /> ability to run a new candidate and win based on the merit of the two candidates.Instead,they are punishing my representative for voting the <br /> way she said she would when I voted for her. <br /> Who does the city council serve?I thought it was the residents who voted for them.But it appears that it is their donors,the police union.Not <br /> only that,but the signature campaign hounded people for weeks on end,refusing to leave people alone until they signed.This is the action of <br /> a group of bullies,not of people who are representing the interests of their constituents.If you want to get rid of Jessie Lopez because she did <br /> something unethical or illegal,than that is one thing.But to do so because she is doing exactly what we voted her to do shows you care more <br /> about power and money than the people of Santa Ana.Jessie Lopez cares about people like me,not powerful donors,and shame on you for <br /> caring more about lies than what is right. <br /> Angela Capoccia, Santa Ana resident <br /> 1 <br />