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Councilmember Martinez: • Thank you Mayor Pro Tern Alvarez. Too bad Councilmember Tinajero left, while I listened back there for the past hour and a half but with that being said, I do take my job very seriously and that's why I'm here. • But my comments are to the folks that are here today here in the audience and to the residents listening at home. I'm proud to be a resident of the City of Santa Ana and I'm also proud to be a councilmember for the past six years. I tell that being up here sometimes is not easy there's a lot of scrutiny but you know what when I signed up for the job I knew it was coming and I've always stayed my ground I've always been a person of integrity and I've always done the right thing, always, because that's who I am, those are my values no one ever has to come to me and ask me to do something. When its all said and done, Michele will always do the right thing because I have a conscience and to be quite honest with you, the truth always reveals itself. Maybe not at the beginning but at one point in time the truth will come out about people's integrity about people's values. Always, and I always stay true to that. With that being said whether I'm able to participate or not and I'm going to leave that up to my City Attorney because that's who we hired to give us advise and I just want to thank you City Attorney, I think you're doing a fabulous job. • My next comments, I haven't been able to be here for the past couple of meetings for comments because I just finished probably one of the toughest races I've ever had to do and campaign mode. And people say "Michele why did that?" Again because I care and I love this city and I put myself for the past eight months through a grueling campaign and I wasn't successful but you know what life sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. But it doesn't matter how many times you win but it matters when you lose how you get up. And I tell you I got up with a smile because I know that I dedicated 150% to that job to assuring that I would be able to represent this city and other cities but it didn't happen. But you know what I'm still here on this city council and I tell you that I still get up with a smile and even though we're facing some challenging times, • and I know that the media is still out there and I think many of you have heard already and its been all over the news that one of my colleagues has been arrested and many people don't want to comment but I'm going to comment because its important and yes it's a private matter having to do with his outside employment it has nothing to do with the City of Santa Ana and I think its very important that we note, they are some serious allegations but with that being said we can't comment on those, we're not the District Attorney, we're the City of Santa Ana, but rightfully so believe that its important, I know our PIO earlier spoke to the media, and I know the media wanted to speak to the councilmembers but I'm saying my comments here today, I wish Mr. Bustamante the best of luck and his family, but that is a private matter and I wont comment any further all I do know is that the city needs to move forward with its business and what happened outside the scope of the city council has nothing to do with the mayor or council or the City of Santa Ana and I want to make that very clear. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 21 JULY 16, 2012