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Mitre -Ramirez, Norma <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Cc: <br />Subject: <br />Categories: <br />Dave Hoen <br />930 W Orange Rd <br />Santa Ana, CA 92706 <br />December 15, 2015 <br />Dave and Darren <daveanddarren@mindspring.com> <br />Tuesday, December 15, 2015 6:54 AM <br />eComment <br />Cavazos, David <br />City Council Meeting Agenda Item 75A, December 15, 2015 <br />DONE, Correspondence <br />City of Santa Ana Mayor and Councilmembers <br />Via email: eComment@santa-ana.ore <br />RE: City Council Meeting Agenda Item 75A, December 15, 2015 [2016 DOWNTOWN BUSINESS <br />IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ASSESSMENT] <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and Councilmembers: <br />I attended the Plaza Navidena event in downtown Santa Ana on December 12`". It started off as a really nice <br />event. It was well organized, there was good lighting, a good sound system, well attended, nice music and <br />entertainment. The lines for the refreshments were too long for me, but it appeared that folks were enjoying the <br />refreshments and the event. <br />Then the Santa Ana Business Council portion of the evening began. The evening went downhill from there <br />when speaker after speaker after speaker droned on in Spanish only, for over thirty minutes without any English <br />translation. <br />At this point, it was not in any way an all-inclusive event welcoming to the entire community. If I were a <br />downtown business owner, regardless of race, I would have been furious! If I were one of the Hispanic folks in <br />attendance I would have been ashamed. As it was, I was embarrassed for our City. <br />Sam Romero, one of the speakers and board members of the Santa Ana Business Council used to have a sign in <br />his shop that read, "No Anglo's". That is the same sign that should have been hanging over the Plaza Navidena <br />event Saturday night. English translation complete. <br />Sincerely, <br />Dave Hoen <br />