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I <br />Shamrock <br />Companies <br />3/30/2015 <br />Mayor Miguel A, Pulido <br />Santa Ana City Council <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />P.O. Box 1988, M31 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Dear Mr. Mayor: <br />SHAMROCK jj� SUPPLY CO. SINGLE A5POINT <br />HARDWARdE1t[ TOOLS • SAFETY A < < i A x c , <br />40 APP -7 PM 2: 21 <br />CITY 0i SAS NTA .4 ,j+' <br />As a donor and active participant in the Achievement Institute for Scientific Studies, I am writing you to ask that the <br />Santa Ana City Council reconsider the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission funding decisions for <br />the 2015-16 Community Development Block Grant public service programs. Currently, the Committee's decision <br />has left AISS unfunded, I believe the City Council should over -ride this decision for the following reasons: <br />One: AISS has many supporters such as: <br />Dr. Al Mijares, Orange County Superintendent of Schools, <br />Dr. Thelma Mel6ndez de Santa Ana, former OC Superintendent, now LA Unified Administrator, <br />Zeke Hernandez, Santa Ana LULAC President, <br />• Dr. Ron Raya, former Bonita Unified School Superintendent, <br />Alex Ayala, former Santa Ana Unified Superintendent. <br />All these supporters know that AISS helps Latino students entirely within Santa Ana to attend college and pursue <br />STEM (Science, Technology, Education, Mathematics) careers. <br />Two: AISS helps primarily the poorest and brightest Latino immigrants or the children of immigrants, with ninety- <br />seven scholars receiving 603 acceptance letters from colleges and universities, with ninety-four attended, including <br />Harvard, Yale, and Stanford among others, No other program can claim this record, <br />Three: AISS is entirely local, without any professional fundraisers or national parent program, Without adequate <br />funding AISS could close its doors forever leaving the Class of 2015-17 without the help they need. <br />If you have any questions about AISS, please call Paul Riordan, AISS President at (714) 544-1316, or visit the AISS <br />Website at: aissfoundation,com. <br />Respectfully, <br />John J. O'Connor <br />CEO Shamrock Corporation <br />