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Mitre - Ramirez, Norma <br />From: Dave and Darren <daveanddarren @mindspring.com> <br />Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2017 9:00 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: Public Comments for April 24th Special City Council Meeting <br />Categories: Correspondence <br />Public Comments <br />Santa Ana City Council Meeting <br />April 22, 2017 <br />Dear Councilmembers, <br />I quote from The Voice of OC, April 21, 2017. <br />In response to Tinajero's remarks, Serrano said Rojas chose to leave on his own. <br />"The fact is Rojas has applied far employment at other cities, has chosen to leave and <br />left at his own accord. The [police union] represents its members and has no authority <br />on who is the chief, " Serrano wrote in an email to Voice of OC. <br />"We thank Mr. Rojas for his years of service. Now we need a Chief with a problem <br />solving and community oriented policing strategy to address the spike in gang <br />shootings and morale at the Santa Ana Police Department. " <br />I'm having difficulty figuring out what the agenda is for Monday evening's Special closed <br />session of the City Council. It seems to imply that it is to discuss the employment status and /or <br />performance of the Acting City Manager. But the media reports that it is to discuss who will be <br />the interim Police Chief. <br />I guess it really doesn't matter what the subject matter is for the closed meeting, since Gerry <br />Serrano is now in complete charge of our City. I assume he will be attending the closed <br />meeting and you all will just nod your head in agreement as he speaks. He is in control of all <br />things Santa Ana (as anyone who heads the Police Union in a Police State should be) including <br />the entire City Budget. He can quickly decide who will be our new City Manager and Police <br />Chief and can set the salary right there during the meeting. You can all vote unanimously and <br />the meeting should be over in a matter of minutes! Should be easy. <br />I hope that those who really care about the morale of the residents of Santa Ana (and not just <br />the supposed poor morale of 300 officers, most of whom don't even live in Santa Ana) and <br />those who really care about what's best for all of the residents, will prevail and a nationwide <br />search for the best candidates for City Manager and Police Chief, will commence immediately. <br />1 <br />