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I have my recordings from the day and my clear recollections. You might take note that I am a professional <br />ethnographer who interviews natives and others for a living and have a keen memory for conversation and a method I <br />follow that is sound enough for legal testimony and academic publication. <br />I have asked you to make sure my family is not hurt by the ambitions of Mr. Bauer and have conveyed the threats he <br />and his organization have made to you with copies of conversations taken from City of Santa Ana computers. I am <br />aware of your email notice to my family that states "You should know Bruce Bauer is a friend of mine" and that it is in <br />violation of the City Ethics code to nominate friends identified in such a manner. <br />We each have an opportunity to pursue our business with each other in the way our religions and morals command and <br />still be successful. It is never necessary to lie but sometimes folks get confused or forget until reminded. <br />I offer you the opportunity to reconsider your email and remember our conversation and acknowledge that you were <br />surprised at the reality of the disposition of the private land and your previous understanding had been gotten, at least <br />in part, from information provided to you by Bruce Bauer whom you were unable to say was forthright in our <br />conversation and to reconsider our conversation wherein we discussed the painful aspect of your promotion of your <br />friend despite the feelings of those in the neighborhood. <br />As I have said to you on a number of occasions, 1 am aware of power and money and how folks pursue that and how <br />often that prevails but my only position is an honest one of trying to hold on to my property as ambitious and avaricious <br />individuals like Bruce Bauer seek to harm my possession of my property. I am left to depend upon the honesty of those <br />in public service in their execution of the law to protect my interests. I have no <br />ambitions. <br />Are you proud of Mr. Bauer's City of Santa Ana recorded email conversations with others as how to create a case for <br />seizing private property? Those are recorded as well and in the possession of the City and provided copies to you and <br />other council members. Mr. Bauer has ambitions. <br />Simple denial of the facts is not an argument. <br />Please represent my interests over those of your personal friend in your duties as my Councilwoman in accordance with <br />the Code of Ethics as well as your oath of office. <br />Sincerely, <br />Paul Apodaca, Ph.D. <br />On 1/6/14 8:01 PM, "Amezcua, Angelica" <AAmezcua @santa - ana.org> wrote: <br />>Mr. Apodaca, <br />>I write simply to respond to your recollection of our conversation on <br />>August 9, 2013. At no time did you ever ask me to confirm whether I <br />>believed Bruce Bauer was forthright in any so- called "tactics" or in <br />>any other context. In point of fact, I believe Mr. Bauer to be an <br />>honest and forthright man, which, in part, is why I have nominated him <br />>to serve on the City Planning Commission. Nor did I ever acknowledge <br />>any sentiment that my appointment of Mr. Bauer to the Parks and <br />>Recreation Commission caused any harm to a single constituent. To the <br />>contrary, I am proud of the work Mr. Bauer has done in his role as a <br />