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La Prensa Muñoz, Inc., PublicationsVol. XXXIII
1976 2010
DECEMBER 2, 2011Vol. XXXV No. 48
35 YEARSof Publication
1976-2011
ContradictoryImmigration LawsLeave Families inLimboBy Valeria FernandezNEW AMERICA MEDIA
The contents of Maria TeresaFuentes’ immigration file take up anentire table. Legal appeals, govern-ment letters carrying bad news, at-torney advertisements clipped fromnewspapers, technical explanations ofcryptic immigration laws, a Spanishprayer printed on blue paper... Col-lectively, they tell the story of a fightthat’s been going on for years; onethat Fuentes doesn’t want to seecome to an end. At least, not like this.
Fuentes, 40, is not likely what mostpeople envision when they imagine anundocumented immigrant. She is anentrepreneur, the owner of two hairsalons, the wife of a U.S. citizen andthe mother of two children –one ofthem with a strong temper.
It’s late at night for our interview,and Fuentes’ hair seems unusuallymessy for a hairstylist, as if she justrushed out of the house. She pulls outa letter that says it all. An immigra-tion judge has ordered her to leavethe country by December 17 of thisyear.
“This is ironic,” she said, as shepulled out her wallet to show me herwork permit. Despite the deportationorder for December, her permit isvalid until August 2012.
Her situation illustrates the com-plexities of a set of immigration lawsthat some attorneys claim are out ofdate and have led to unfair outcomesfor people like Fuentes, whose legalfate remains undetermined despite anannouncement by President Obamaearlier this year that he will ask im-migration prosecutors to focus ondeporting only serious criminals fromthe country.
Following Love Across theBorder
Fuentes came to Arizona 12 yearsago to start a new life with her hus-band Martin, a U.S. citizen. It’s beena life of uncertainty and stress for thecouple ever since, as they’ve workedthrough the legal system to remainunited in the U.S. as a family withtheir two children.
She met her husband in their home-town of Zamora, Michoacán whenthey were both in their late 20s. Helived in the U.S. and was just thereto visit a relative.
“People don’t believe in love atfirst sight, but it happens,” saidFuentes.
The two carried on a long distancerelationship, going through endlesscalling cards to talk to each otherevery night. They finally married inSeptember 1999. She didn’t want tomove to the U.S., but he convincedher.
What happened next would affectthe course of her life.
Fuentes paid a Mexican attorney—recommended by a friend— tocomplete her visa application at theU.S. embassy in Mexico City. Shehad grown tired of never getting anappointment at the embassy, waitingfor hours in the long lines. An at-torney, she hoped, could aid in theprocess.
“I trusted him blindly,” she la-mented.
Eventually, Fuentes got her pass-port back from the attorney with whatshe thought was a valid visa. Butwhen she arrived at the U.S. port ofentry in San Ysidro, California, immi-gration agents detained her for ques-tioning. Fuentes was soon sent backto Mexico and accused of presentinga fraudulent document in an attemptto enter the U.S. illegally.
Over the next few days, Fuenteswaited in Tijuana and considered heroptions – to remain in Mexico or tocross illegally and reunite with herhusband in the U.S. She took achance, and chose the latter.
(see Families in Limbo, page 8)
By Pablo Jaime Sainz
The Virgin Mary is one of the mostcontroversial figures in Christianity.Many Protestant denominations ac-cuse Roman Catholics of worshipingOur Lady of Guadalupe, turning her,they say, into almost a goddess.
But Catholics defend themselvesby ensuring that the Virgin of Guada-lupe is only an intercessor betweenthem and Jesus Christ.
Without doubt, despite the contro-versies, the Day of Our Lady ofGuadalupe, which is officially cel-ebrated on December 12, is one ofthe most important in the Catholiccalendar, especially among Mexicansand Latin Americans, including thosewho reside in the United States.
San Diego is no exception, espe-cially because of its proximity to theborder. That’s why the Confedera-cion Guadalupana of the Diocese ofSan Diego will have its traditional pro-cession of Guadalupe on Saturday De-cember 3 starting at 9:30 a.m., at St.Joseph’s Cathedral, located at 1528 4thAve in downtown San Diego.
The procession, now in its 46th
year, starts at 10:00 am and ends atthe San Diego Concourse. Here at12 noon, Bishop Robert Brom andBishop Gilberto Chavez will celebratea Marian Mass.
“The purpose of this procession isto unite people and promote love anddevotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe,”Bishop Chavez has said. “We knowthat we are all going through toughtimes and we have many challengesas part of life, but with the love ofOur Lady of Guadalupe we can over-come any challenge.”
Some 2,500 are expected to attendthe event.
For Maria del Carmen Lima, presi-dent of the Confederacion Guada-lupana, the celebration unites SanDiego Catholics.
“This is not an isolated parish cel-ebration, but all the parishes in the dio-cese will be united at the same time,in the same place,” Lima said, add-ing that several parishes will also havethe traditional mañanitas to the Vir-gin on December 12. “We have anopportunity to meet other parishes inour area,” she said.
In total, some 32 parishes will par-ticipate, with a special emphasis onyouth evangelism.
“We want our young Catholics tonot be ashamed of their faith, on thecontrary, we want them to learn andlove our traditions,” Lima said.
As Protestant Christian denomina-
Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz
En el cristianismo, la figura deMaría es una de las más contro-versiales. Muchas denominacionesprotestantes acusan a los católicosromanos de idolatrar a NuestraSeñora de Guadalupe, convirtiendola,dicen, en casi una diosa.
Pero los católicos se defiendenasegurando que la Virgen de Guada-lupe es sólo una intercesora entreellos y Jesucristo.
Sin duda, a pesar de las contro-
versias, el Día de Nuestra Señora deGuadalupe, que se celebra oficial-mente el 12 de diciembre, es uno delos más importantes en el calendariocatólico, en especial entre los mexi-canos y latinoamericanos, incluyendoaquellos que radican en EstadosUnidos.
San Diego no es la excepción, enespecial por su cercanía a la frontera.Es por eso que la ConfederaciónGuadalupana de la Diocesis de SanDiego tendrá su tradicional procesiónguadalupana el sábado 3 de diciembre
a partir de las 9:30 a.m., en la Catedralde San José, ubicada en el 1528 4thAve en el centro de San Diego.
La procesión, en su edición 46,iniciará a las 10:00 a.m. y la ruta essubir por 3rd Ave & Beech St, dandola vuelta en Date para bajar por lacalle 4ta hasta llegar a B St., dondeestá ubicado el San Diego Concourse.Ahí a las 12 del medio día se llevará acabo una Santa Misa Marianacelebrada por los Obispos Robert
Por Mariana Martinez
El aire en el salón es húmedo yenrarecido, bajo las lozas colordurazno se levanta una jaula cuadradasubida por un motor hidráulico querechina un poco.
EL General Gilberto Landeros, jefede la Segunda Zona Militar, cree queel elevador se trababa seguido en eltrasiego de droga hasta la frontera.Para operarlo, ahora son tres soldadoslos que lo guían por medio de unagruesa cuerda roja para ayudar almotor.
“[a los criminales que operaban eltúnel] se les había trabado el elevadory lo destrabamos nosotros... yohubiera querido dar la rueda deprensa antes pero me quede en-cerrado cerca de tres horas” dijoLanderos con una sonrisa traviesa,que parece fuera de lugar en supresencia seria de militar de rango.
Este es el último de los túnelesencontrados en esta frontera, no esel más largo, pero si uno de los mássofisticados; 572 metros de largo a8.5 metros de profundidad, tiene ex-tractor de aire, rieles, carritos, laplataforma eléctrica,-que se atora- yluz eléctrica que ilumina el trayectocon focos de 60 watts.
Adentro los militares mexicanosencontraron una pequeña bodega que
Our Lady of Guadalupe unites San Diego Catholics
Virgen de Guadalupe une a católicos de San Diego
(see Lady of Guadalupe, page 10)
contenía 1068 paquetes de marihuanacon un peso de 3.94 toneladas. Lospaquetes estaban todos cubiertos concinta color canela, roja y blanca, yamarcados para su distribución con lassiglas “JR” y “LIC”, pero Landerosasegura que ha sido imposiblevincular estos apodos con algún grupocriminal en específico.
“En este evento en particular nopodemos confirmar nada porque adiferencia de otros eventos, no tieneninguna marca los paquetes, no se haseñalado algún indicador de que seade esta persona [Joaquín El ChapoGuzmán] como se ha especulado”explica Landeros, “en esta ocasión nopudiera yo afirmar eso, pero tampocolo pudiera negar, no hay referenciaque nos indique como en otroseventos a quien pudiera perteneceresta droga”.
El túnel fue descubierto porautoridades norteamericanas lamañana del 29 de noviembre en unabodega de la calle Cactus donde lasautoridades de emigración, DEA yPatrulla Fronteriza encontraron 20toneladas más de la droga.
El túnel fue descubierto luego deque investigadores de la Agencia AntiDrogas DEA observaran un camiónsaliendo de una bodega de Otay queluego fuera estacionado en una zonade Miramar donde pasó la noche.
Otro hombre recogió el tráiler aldia siguiente y lo llevó a Los Ange-les, donde fue revisado en un reténdonde a pesar de que fue detectadala droga, se le dejó pasar a su destino:una bodega en la calle Proctor de laciudad de Industry, California, dondetres hombres estaban esperando paradescargarlo.
El camión contenía 11 toneladas demarihuana, que sumadas a las 20 quese encontraron en el túnel repre-sentan más de $65 millones de dólaresen ganancias.
Además de los cargadores y elchofer, se detuvo a otras dos perso-nas en Baldwin Park, California y eltúnel fue finalmente cateado por lasautoridades, que alertaron a suscontrapartes mexicanas.
En el interior estaban una seriede estampas correspondientes a lamarca Pacific Product, hecho enMéxico y con una dirección enTijuana. La operación incluía el tráficode la droga en contenedores grandesde toronjas y otras frutas, entre lascuales se escondían los paquetes queal llegar eran traficados por lafrontera.
El lugar que ahora alberga estetúnel que pasa por debajo delaeropuerto y una carretera de cuatrocarriles, que antes era una bodegade Maseca y está a escasos metros
del centro de operaciones de laPolicía Federal en esta ciudad.
¿Cómo pudieron ocultarlo de lavista de agentes federales, militares,policía estatal y local que seguidopatrulla esta zona estratégica?Landeros asegura que la operaciónfue sigilosa y no levantó sospechas.
“La base área que se encuentraaquí a inmediaciones es una baseque cuenta con el mínimo efectivo,es utilizada únicamente como baselogística no cuenta con equipopropio,-aviones-, entonces cuentacon el mínimo efectivo, solamentecomo apoyo no realiza recono-cimientos” explicó, “además suelenesconderse donde uno menosbuscaría: como aquí, yo ni siquieraconfío en mis propias instalacionesy hago reconocimientos periódicospara evitarlo”.
Este es el segundo túnel descu-bierto en Tijuana en apenas 15 días,en el anterior se encontraron más de14 toneladas droga es tabanmarcados con estampas del capitánAmérica, indicando su destino alvecino país.
Es el séptimo túnel más grandeque se haya encontrado en lafrontera entre México y EstadosUnidos y el hallazgo de casi 50toneladas de marihuana en menos
The Confederacion Guadalupana of the Diocese of San Diego will have its traditionalprocession of Guadalupe.
(vea Virgen, página 5)
(vea Tunel ,página 7)
Túnel descubierto por autoridades norteamericanas
La Procesión Guadalupana iniciará en la Catedral de San José. Hermosas jóvenes en los carrosalegóricos vestirán trajes típicos.
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El clamor delos indignadosde OcuparWall StreetPor Rafael Prieto Zartha
Llegaron con losvariopintos tonos que lashojas de los arbolesadquieren en el otoño paraconvertirse en la concienciadel país.
Son los indignados delmovimiento Ocupar WallStreet, que desde el 17 deseptiembre, el Día de laConstitución en EstadosUnidos, se instalaron con suscarpas multicolores en elParque Zuccotti deManhattan, en pleno corazóndel centro financiero deNueva York, para protestarcontra la avaricia de lascorporaciones y contra laescandalosa concentraciónde la riqueza por parte del 1por ciento de la población.
Su sorprendente acción, ladel 99 por ciento que dicenrepresentar, fue copiada enlas principales ciudades de lanación y decenas delocalidades, presentandoimágenes que parecensacadas de los nostálgicostiempos de los años sesenta ysetenta, cuando la juventudse levantó contra la guerra,armada con cabellos largos,prendas hippies, flores,guitarras y símbolos de paz.
Casi un mes después de latoma de Wall Street, el 15 deoctubre, el clamor de losindignados tuvo eco en milciudades de 83 países delplaneta, donde la gente salióa la calle a mostrandosolidaridad con losmanifestantes neoyorquinos yratificando el increíble poderde convocatoria que hoytienen las redes sociales.
Desde que el fallecidopresidente Ronald Reaganincorporó en los ochenta elconcepto de que a losmultimillonarios se les debendar ventajas económicas paracrear empleos, la brechaentre los que tienen más y losque tienen menos ha idocreciendo.
Simultáneamente, lasgrandes empresas se fueronllevando, de forma paulatina,sus plantas y los empleoslejos, a tierras foráneas y nisiquiera a Latinoamérica, elcercano patio trasero.
La crisis económica queha vivido el país en losúltimos años, debido a lasprolongadas guerras en elextranjero y al descalabrohipotecario, ha tenido un granimpacto en la gente, que viocomo el gobierno dispusomiles de millones de dólarespara rescatar a los bancos,mientras el dinero sedifuminaba de los bolsillos delos más pobres.(vea Indignados, página 8)
Por: Paco Zavala
Estamos llegando al final deun nuevo ciclo, se termina esteaño enfrentando el mundomuchas dificultades que ¿adónde nos llevarán? Quien sabe,pero el mejor deseo es que sesolucionen de la mejor maneraposible, ahora ¿Qué nos esperapara el próximo ciclo anual?
Pero mientras estas ideascirculan en el mundo humano,el Centro Cultural Tijuana,anuncia la exhibición de unaserie de 8 verdaderas joyas dela cinematografía mundial contemas vinculados con la política,en un evento paralelo a laexposición Arte y Política:conflictos y disyuntivas, quese presenta en la sala 1 de ElCubo, en colaboración con elMuseo de Arte de Sinaloa apartir del próximo sábado 3 dediciembre.
Este ciclo de cine interna-cional titulado “Cine y política”inicia el próximo sábado 3 dediciembre a las 4:00 pm.,exhibiendo la cinta “La batallade Argel” del italiano GilloPontecorvo, filmada en 1966 yaborda los momentos decisivosde la lucha de independencia deArgelia; este mismo día a las7:00 pm., se exhibirá la cinta“Memorias del subdesa-rrollo” del cubano TomásGutiérrez Alea; el guión de estapelícula está basado en la novelahomónima del escritor Edmun-do Desnoes. Esta película aalgunas décadas de su primeraproyección en 1968, continúasiendo considerada una de lasjoyas de la cinematografíadentro de un centenar de lomejor del cine latinoamericano.Continúa este ciclo cinema-tográfico el domingo 4 dediciembre a las 4:00 y 7:00 pm.,respectivamente con la exhi-
bición de la película “Z” quedirigió Costa Gavras estrenadaen 1969 y que trata de lacomplicidad de la ultraderechaen el asesinato y complot paraesclarecer el asesinato deldiputado “Z” y, “Sacco yVanzetti” cinta dirigida porGiuliano Montaldo en 1969 yaborda el tema de dos obrerositalianos emigrados a los Esta-dos Unidos, condenados a lasilla eléctrica, pese a compro-barse ser inocentes de los car-gos de que se les acusa.
Para el sábado 10 de di-ciembre a las 4:00 pm. y 7:00pm., se proyectan las películas:“El amargo sabor del triun-fo”, película norteamericana de1972, dirigida por MichaelRitchie, ganadora de un Oscarpor el mejor guión de JeremyLarner, la cual trata la luchadesigual entre un candidatodemócrata y un ultracon-servador. Para terminar lajornada con “Canoa” películamexicana de Felipe Cazals,famosa en el mundo por el temaque aborda sobre hechos realesacontecidos en 1968 en SanFelipe Canoa, Puebla, pobladoen el que los pobladores inci-tados por el sacerdote linchana varios trabajadores universi-tarios durante el movimiento de1968. Para concluir con estaserie cinematográfica el domin-go 11 de diciembre, a las 4:00
pm, se exhibe “Actas de Ma-rusia”, cinta dirigida por el di-rector chileno Miguel Littin en1975, el tema narra la historiade trabajadores de salitre en unpleito en el que exigen losderechos laborales, pero sonreprimidos y sus líderes sonasesinados y finalmente a las7:00 pm. se proyectará “La
fuga de Segovia”, dirigida porImanol Uribe, esta es unapelícula española de 1981, la quenarra la increíble fuga de ungrupo de militantes del movi-miento vasco ETA. La entradacuesta únicamente $21 pesos acada función.
Como nota complementariala artista multidisciplinaria
Laura Castanedo informa a lacomunidad la apertura de laexposición “De trazos pere-grinos” Acuarelas de LauraCastanedo que se abrirá en elMuseo de la Acuarela enToluca, Edo. De México,abierta del 3 de diciembre delpresente año hasta el 22 deenero del 2012.
Exhibirán Películas con Temas de Carácter Político
Diana Bracho participó en la película Actas de Marusia.
FRONTERA NORTESUR
What began as a chorus ofloud denunciations ended in around of resigned whimpers.The discourse of Michoacangubernatorial candidate MariaLuisa “Cocoa” Calderon, whoseriously challenged the legiti-macy of the November 13state election, soon took a radi-cal turn when the sister ofPresident Felipe Calderon andthe standard-bearer of a cen-ter-right coalition led by theNational Action Party (PAN)suddenly announced she wouldrecognize the victory of rivalFausto Vallejo.
After repeatedly chargingthat organized crime manipu-lated the election in favor ofVallejo’s Institutional Revolu-tionary Party (PRI) and alliedMexican Green Party, Calderonthrew in the towel but still urgedher former opponent not togrovel before crime lords who“very probably will soon cometo cash in.”
Calderon’s contentions ofcriminal involvement in theelection were backed up byJuan Marcos Gutierrez, Inte-rior Ministry undersecretarywho headed up the departmentfor six days after his boss waskilled in a November 11 heli-copter crash outside MexicoCity.
With Michoacan fresh inmind, Mexico’s new InteriorMinister Alejandro Poire saidhe would dedicate time tomake sure that the free will ofthe citizenry was not inhibitedin the 2012 elections. Replac-ing Baja Californian FranciscoBlake who was killed in theNovember 11 helicopter crash,Poire previously served as di-rector of CISEN, Mexico’sversion of the CIA.
The Michoacan electionwas the third jolt Mexicans suf-fered in as many days. Besidesthe shock produced by thedeaths of Blake and his humanrights point man Felipe Za-mora, who delivered the Inter-
American Court of HumanRights-ordered apology for themurders of women in CiudadJuarez only four days beforehis untimely demise in the star-crossed chopper, the Novem-ber 12 defeat of slugger JuanManuel Marquez at the handsof champ Manny Pacquiao hadMexicans in an uproar. Still,while the country moved on tofocus on assorted soccermatches as well as the militaryparades of the November 20Revolution Day holiday and itsattendant Black Friday-likeshopping spree promoted by theCalderon administration, theembers of the Michoacan elec-tion continued to smolder.
Another officially defeatedgubernatorial candidate, SilvanoAureoles of the center-leftPRD-PT-Movimiento Ciuda-dano coalition, vowed he wouldpress ahead with a legal chal-lenge to the results that handedthe governor’s office to the PRIafter 11 years of PRD rule.
“We aren’t going to allowthem to limit our right to freelyvote,” Aureoles told 3,000 sup-porters in the Michoacan statecapital of Morelia on Novem-ber 19. “It will not be machine-guns or pistols that decide whogoverns.”
Upheld by Michoacan elec-toral authorities November 20,the 101st anniversary of the1910 Mexican Revolution,Vallejo’s win was viewed bysome as another mile markerin the PRI’s drive to recapturethe Mexican White House in2012. Due to a state politicalreform, Vallejo will serve 3years and 7 months in office-considerably shorter than thetraditional six-year term ofMexican governors.
Yet the victory of the four-time mayor of Morelia cameamid widespread irregularitiesand episodes of violence, mostnotably the November 2 assas-sination of Richard GuzmanRomero, the PAN mayor of LaPiedad who was gunned downwhile stumping on the cam-
paign trail for Cocoa Calderon.Both PAN and PRI leaders
accused organized criminalgroups of swaying the electionprocess in the direction of thePRI, while the PRD chargedthat the Calderon administra-tion interfered on behalf of thePresident´s sister through theutilization of social programsfor political purposes. Michoa-can is the home state of theCalderon family.
The reported violations in-cluded the kidnapping of can-didates; the intimidation ofvoters by armed men on elec-tion day; the unprecedentedpublication of a large ad in theAM daily that threatened vot-ers with death; the distributionof a phony La Jornada news-paper front page that reportedthe withdrawal of CocoaCalderon from the race; thedelivery of construction mate-rials to entice potential voters;the purchase of election iden-tification cards; and heavycampaign spending that ex-ceeded the official limits.
Initially Reported by the of-ficial Michoacan Electoral In-stitute at 54.96 percent, theofficial turn out of eligible vot-ers was the highest in a stateelection since 1995, when 59percent of the registered elec-torate cast ballots. There issome evidence this year’s num-bers could be inflated.
For example, Frontera Nor-teSur was sent a picture of apurported voter tally sheetfrom Morelia that didn’t add upat all. While the photo could notbe immediately verified, it ap-peared real and was similar toother irregular tally sheets un-covered during the 2006 presi-dential and other elections.
According to the Michoa-can tally sheet, 1,107 ballotswere extracted from a boxmeant for 732 voters, 362 ofwhom were listed as actuallyvoting. In terms of the votebreakdown, the sheet gave 945to the PRI, 92 to the PAN and47 to the PRD. The party to-
tals come to 1084 votes, anumber which does not coin-cide with the 1,107 ballots sup-posedly cast.
The Michoacan vote-count-ing took place under the coverof tight security provided by theMexican army.
Like the gathering of stormclouds before a summer mon-soon explodes, plenty of fore-bodings of mischief and worsepreceded the November 13election.
In a pre-election assess-ment, the Michoacan StateSecretariat of Public Safetypinpointed 19 of 113 municipali-ties as trouble zones. The statelaw enforcement agency con-tended that possible links ex-isted between organized crimeand fully half the candidates formunicipal offices.
As election day neared, 15of the municipalities were re-ported as not having candidatesfor all or some offices, thoughin the case of the indigenousPurepecha community of Che-ran, the absence of politicalcontenders was due to a com-munity decision to boycott theelection as an outside-imposedfarce rather than because ofpressures from organizedcrime, as was erroneously re-ported in some press accounts.
“The corrupt political par-ties only work for the benefitof the rich and bring us, thepoor, crisis…,” Cheran’s resi-dents declared.
As of November 13, thespecial election crimes divisionof the federal attorney ge-neral’s office had received 40complaints ranging from votebuying to conditioning partici-pation in government socialprograms with support for po-litical candidates. Additionally,Michoacan state authoritiesopened 49 investigations anddetained 42 people (all laterreleased) for election-relatedmatters.
Overall, the Michocan elec-tion signaled the creep towarda full-fledged “narco-state” in
Mexico, charged PRD Presi-dent Jesus Zambrano. “This iswhat is at stake and this is whatwe aren’t going to permit forthe good of the Republic’s in-stitutions,” Zambrano af-firmed.
Much of the mainstreammedia analysis of the Michoa-can election focused on thehorse race aspects of the con-test, discussing the ramifica-tions for the different politicalparties in next year’s crucialfederal election. But Novem-ber 13 also exposed deeperproblems and issues that ex-tend well beyond the electoralrealm.
In key ways, Michoacan isthe perfect microcosm ofMexican society. Along-falter-ing rural economy has turnedthe southwestern state one ofthe top expellers of migrantsto the United States, and manypeople are dependent on theremittances sent by relativesworking north of the border.
Virtually the only robustcrops in Michoacan agricultureare the illegal plantings of mari-juana and opium poppies inaddition the legal ones dedi-cated to avocado production;both sectors are tied to theaboveground and undergroundNAFTA economy. The near-halt of new migration to aneconomically-strapped US hasshut off a social safety valveand deprived many young resi-dents of alternative, legal em-ployment.
In recent years, organizedcrime, especially La FamiliaMichoacana, came to dominatelarge sections of the state. TheUS-Mexico kingpin strategy ofeliminating crime bosses hassince splintered the group intocompeting factions and al-lowed other, outside organi-zations a new chance atcontrolling a state where ru-ral drug fields mesh with thenew highways and the bur-geoning Pacific port of Lazaro
The Meaning of the Michoacan Election
(see Michoacan, page 7)
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO DECEMBER 2, 2011 PAGE 3
by: David Bacon
LOS ANGELES — When a pri-vate employer, like the LosAngeles Film School (LAFS),decides to fight the efforts ofits workers to form a union,there is very little holding itback, despite the rights writteninto US labor law almost threequarters of a century ago.
The National Labor Rela-tions Act says workers not onlyhave the right to form unions,but that the government en-courages them to do so, to levelthe power imbalance with theiremployers. The law sets up anelection process, in whichworkers supposedly can freelychoose a union. And it says thatit’s illegal for an employer tofire or punish any worker whouses these rights.
Then there’s the reality, aspracticed by the LAFS.
That company, set up in 1999by the former lawyer for Oc-cidental Petroleum, was boughtby Florida-based Full Sail FilmSchool in 2003. The film andrecording business in Los An-geles has strong, well-re-spected unions. The studiosthat are the hoped-for employ-ers for film school graduatesnegotiate with unions all thetime. But the LAFS and FullSail are not ordinary filmschools. They are diploma millsthat feed off federal loanstaken out by students.
A lawsuit filed last yearagainst LAFS says that stu-dents, who pay $18,000 to$23,000 per year tuition for atwo-year AS degree, receivemuch less than promised. Theschool hands out gift cards toTarget and Best Buy, the suitsays, to students who list jobsat Apple and Guitar Centerstores as “creative positions”on forms submitted to get thecollege accreditation. That al-lows the schools to enroll itsstudents in federal loan pro-grams.
Brandii Grace, a digitalgame designer, moved fromSeattle in 2009 when she wasoffered a contract to teach herskill at LAFS. She took a $2,000per year cut from her previousjob, and was promised $70,000per year. Her fiancée had tostay behind, but still in their 20s,they decided the prospect ofmaking a life together in theheart of the entertainmentworld made the sacrifice worthit.
No sooner had she startedto teach, however, than theschool began making radicalchanges in the conditions for allits teachers. It cut classes, cre-ated new online components,and reassigned teachers toclasses where they had no ex-perience.
“At first, they promised ex-tra compensation,” she remem-bers. “Then they said we werebeing changed from salariedemployees to hourly, but thatwe’d get overtime for the ad-ditional work.”
Then, the school announcedteachers would only be paid thehours spent in class, cuttingmost to 8-16 a week. “Theyweren’t going to pay anythingfor the three hours grading,advising and planning curricu-lum for every hour we spendin class,” she says. With theirincome about to plunge, thefaculty rebelled. Grace startedtrying to help people under-stand what was happening, atfirst just by distributing theschool’s own memos. Finally,the school demanded thatteachers sign agreements to thenew arrangements. In a meet-ing of instructors, she not onlyurged them not to do it, but alsosaid they should look for aunion.
That was a big step for her.She’d grown up suspicious ofunions because of earlier fam-ily experiences, but every gov-ernment agency she contactedtold her there was no legal wayto stop the new rules if the
teachers had no union con-tract. “We found Peter Nguy-en and the California Federa-tion of Teachers (CFT), and hewas ready to help us moveright away,” Grace recalls.Over the next month they col-lected union cards, and filed apetition with the National La-bor Relations Board (NLRB)with 70 percent of the facultysigned up. Grace was chosenhead of the union steeringcommittee.
That was when hell brokeloose. The film school hiredIRI Consultants, a union-bust-ing firm from Michigan. Withtheir advice, school managersset Grace up to be fired, andprepared a classic campaign ofpsychological warfare againstits own faculty.
“We were immediately toldwe were all supervisors, andthat our salaried status wouldbe restored,” she recalls. Herboss called her in, told her theyknew she was the unionleader, and threatened her.Suddenly they accused her ofnot turning in work, of insub-ordination and even of becom-ing violent. “They handed mea memo full of lies that weredramatic and extreme,” Gracecharges.
She was suspended forthree days, and when shecame back, she was fired. Itwas her 30th birthday, and herapartment lease had just ex-pired.
She didn’t give up, though.Other workers would call herat night, telling her how scaredthey were. The company washolding mandatory meetings tomake its union hatred clear, andeach teacher was called in fora private chat with her or hissupervisor. “Managers wouldrun down the hall screamingat someone, ‘you signed thecard!’” Grace says she wastold.
The union filed charges inMarch, right after she wasfired, and held a protest rally.But six months later, theNLRB still hadn’t finished itsinvestigation. The union with-drew its petition for the elec-tion because the level of fearwas so intense that the rightto vote freely had become ajoke. The NLRB regional of-fice issued a complaint shortlyafterward, charging the schoolwith firing Grace illegally, butit was too late.
A hearing was held in Janu-ary, and in April the hearingofficer ruled that the LAFShad violated the law. He or-dered Grace reinstated withback pay. The school, how-ever, is appealing the decisionto the labor board in Washing-ton, DC, a process that willprobably last at least a year.
If they have the money andthe will, they can then appealinto the court system.
Grace’s ordeal is a directproduct of this country’s weaklabor laws, a problem the Em-ployee Free Choice Act(EFCA) was written to cor-rect.
That’s why large employ-ers, Republicans, and evenconservative Democrats havefought the bill in Congress.EFCA would go a long waytoward solving the problemsGrace experienced.
If the bill had been passedwhen Democrats had thepresidency and a majority inboth houses between 2008 and2010, it would have been in ef-fect while those meetingswere going on in the filmschool. Grace and the otherunion committee memberscould have presented theirsigned cards to the NLRB, andthe school would then havebeen obligated to recognizethe union.
Fear of firing is probablythe single biggest reason work-ers don’t organize unions. Ac-cording to a recent report fromthe Center for Economic andPolicy Research, “Dropping
Union Supporters Still Fired With Impunitythe Ax: Illegal Firings DuringUnion Election Campaigns,1951-2007,” by John Schmittand Ben Zipperer, workerswere fired for union activity in30 percent of all union cam-paigns, so fear isn’t unreason-able. “Aggressive actions byemployers - often including il-legal firings - have significantlyundermined the ability of USworkers to unionize their work-places,” according to report co-author Schmitt. “The financialpenalties for illegal actions, in-cluding firing pro-union work-ers, are minimal, so it makesperfect sense for employers tobreak the law to derail union-organizing efforts.” That per-centage has gone up from 16percent in the last 1990s, to 26percent in the early 2000s, to30 percent in 2007.
If EFCA had been in effectduring the film school cam-paign, the company would havehad to pay triple back wagesfor its illegal firings. But withno fines and no card-checkrecognition process, every sup-porter recruited to the unioncause had to weigh the possi-bility that he or she might lose
his or her job. Union support-ers say it felt like working in awar zone.
But EFCA didn’t pass. Infact, it was never even broughtup for a vote.
So for Grace,, even if the
The National Labor Relations Act says workers not only have the right to formunions, but that the government encourages them to do so.
school is found guilty, there’sno fine or actual punishment.The school will have to payback pay for her time out ofwork, but can deduct any in-come from another job, oreven any unemployment ben-
efits she collects. “My benefitsjust ran out, though,” shelaughs.
Being out of work whilecontinuing to support the union
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Recientemente participé enel II Congreso RIIAL (RedInformática de la Iglesia enAmérica Latina) cuyo tema era“Iglesia y Cultura Digital”. Elcongreso tuvo lugar en laUniversidad Católica de Chile,en Santiago, bajo el patrociniode la Conferencia EpiscopalChilena, y fue organizado porel Pontificio Consejo para lasComunicaciones Sociales (PC-CS) y el Consejo EpiscopalLatinoamericano (CELAM).
Se trataron muchos temasinteresantes, incluyendo unanálisis de esa nueva realidadconocida como el “ContinenteDigital”, los nuevos paradigmascomunicativos, la presencia dela Iglesia en esta nueva realidady su uso de las tecnologíasactuales para la Nueva Evan-gelización. Asimismo seexaminó el impacto que éstasestán teniendo en seminariosy escuelas, el acceso de lospobres a la tecnología y a lainformación, la “info-ética”, elpapel de las universidades, yotros muchos temas.
Entre los participantes seencontraba el presidente delConsejo Pontificio, el Arzo-bispo Claudio María Celli, variosobispos latinoamericanos y per-sonal responsable del área decomunicación en sus respec-tivas conferencias, directoresdiocesanos de comunicaciones,representantes de diversosportales electrónicos católicos,miembros de órdenes religiosas,académicos, clero y otrosprofesionales de la comuni-cación. Cientos más participa-ron a través del “congreso vir-tual”.
En la práctica, el congresodemostró lo que es posiblehacer hoy día con una tec-nología sencilla. Por ejemplo,cuando las cenizas de unvolcán impidieron a Mons.Radrizzni, volar desde Argen-tina a Santiago para dar suconferencia, el obispo todavíapudo hacer su presentación endirecto, de forma virtual perono menos real, desde su oficinaa través de Internet.
Como es costumbre en laiglesia latinoamericana, los
principales bloques temáticos sedebatieron en grupos más pe-queños tras las conferenciasprincipales y los resultados deldiálogo se reportaron luego alplenario. El último día se retó alos participantes a resumir susdeliberaciones de grupo en unsimple “tweet”. La experienciano sólo fue divertida sino quesu alcance fue mucho más alládel Aula Magna de la Uni-versidad, pues los reducidosmensajes de 140 caracteresfueron realmente captados y“tuiteados” en directo.
Las conferencias pusieronde relieve el excelente trabajode reseña académica queexiste en toda Latinoamérica.También se presentaron losresultados parciales de un“Mapa de Conectividad” enAmérica Latina. Aunqueexisten grandes disparidadesen cuanto al acceso y loscostos, varios de los estudiosmostraron algunas tendenciascomunes: por ejemplo, cadavez más jóvenes tienen accesoa un teléfono móvil y usanmensajes de texto con regu-laridad. Entre los jóvenesadultos universitarios, unelevado porcentaje, en algunospaíses hasta el 70 por ciento,posee un teléfono móvil, y deestos aproximadamente un 40por ciento tiene acceso aInternet desde su celular.
Mons. Celli, también tuvouna presencia muy activa. Elresponsable del Consejo paralas Comunicaciones Socialesseñaló la importancia de estaconversación a la luz delllamado a la Misión Continen-tal hecho por los obisposlatinoamericanos en Aparecida(2007) y el próximo Sínodopara la Nueva Evangelización.
“El Documento de Apare-cida, que se refiere de maneratransversal a la sociedad de lacomunicación, impulsa convalentía a una conversión pas-toral que nos haga salir denuestros antiguos esquemas yestructuras para favorecer quelas personas se encuentrenverdaderamente con el Resu-citado”, afirmó Mons. Celli.
“La Misión continentalanima a construir comunidadesvivas y palpitantes. Pero esa
Misión, sencillamente, nopuede realizarse sin comu-nicación: es comunicación”. Yrefiriéndose al “Año de la Fe”recién proclamado por el SantoPadre, dijo que “Es una misiónque nos atañe a todos”.
“El esfuerzo por realizar unaNueva Evangelización orien-tará a toda la Iglesia en lospróximos años, en particular ala Iglesia que peregrina enEuropa y América, dondemuchas comunidades viven y semueven en el contexto de lo quellamamos cultura digital”.
Con su característico estilodirecto y perceptivo, elarzobispo Celli desafió a losparticipantes a sumergirse enla cultura digital y a combatirtanto la complacencia como elparroquianismo; a asegurarsede que a través de los nuevosmedios se entable un diálogocon aquellos que están alejadoso afuera de la Iglesia Católica.Sin menospreciar la impor-tancia de seguir alimentando aquienes ya están en el rebaño,Mons. Celli urgió a los co-municadores católicos a“pescar fuera de la pecera”.Las redes sociales, dijo, ofre-cen a la Iglesia una granplataforma para hacersepresente en el moderno “Atriode los Gentiles”.
“La sociedad digital estáhabitada por muchos otrosseres humanos que proba-blemente no vendrán a laIglesia ni ese domingo niningún otro. ¿Cómo van asentirse interpelados por elAmor de Dios si nadie se lesha acercado en nombre deCristo allá en el ciberes-pacio?”, dijo él. He ahí nuestrodesafío.
Y este diálogo que sucedióen una ciudad muy, muy lejanadel cono sur ¿es relevante paralos católicos en EstadosUnidos, particularmente loslatinos? Para quienes no lo cap-tan todavía, aquí les va unapista: “Misión Continental”.
Mar Muñoz-Visoso es Sub-directora de Relaciones conlos Medios de Comunicaciónen la Conferencia de Obis-pos Católicos de EstadosUnidos.
A la hora de alquilar ocomprar casa o apartamento,hay ciertas medidas indispen-sables que deben tomarse, quevan más allá de la estética o labelleza y que muchas veces sepasan por alto por falta deconocimiento.
La presencia de plomo yradón, entre otros agentesdañinos, pueden traer gravesconsecuencias para la salud desu familia.
De acuerdo con la Agenciade Protección Ambiental deEstados Unidos —EPA— elenvenenamiento infantil porplomo continúa siendo un granproblema de salud ambiental yaun los niños que parecen estarsaludables pueden tenerniveles peligrosos de plomo ensus cuerpos.
La agencia recomienda quelos niños sean sometidos apruebas de sangre para de-tectar si el mineral ha ingresadoen su cuerpo. Los niños sonespecialmente vulnerables yaque pueden llevarse a la bocaobjetos cubiertos de plomo oingerir partículas de pintura otierra que lo contengan.
En viviendas antiguas elriesgo se incrementa cuandose realizan renovaciones quealteran las superficies pintadasy exponen partículas de plomoque van directamente a lospulmones. Muchas viviendasconstruidas antes de 1978tienen pintura a base de plomo,
si esta está en buenas con-diciones puede no ser peli-grosa, pero, recuerde: si estádeteriorada, descascarada,picada o pulverizada es unpeligro y requiere su atencióninmediata.
La agencia recuerda que elpeligro es singular para losniños porque su cuerpo encrecimiento absorbe más elplomo y su sistema nervioso esmucho más sensitivo a susefectos nocivos.
De no ser detectado atiempo los niños con altosniveles de plomo en sus cuer-pos pueden sufrir daño cere-bral o del sistema nervioso,problemas de audición,aprendizaje y comportamiento,retardo en el crecimiento ydolores de cabeza, entre otros.
El plomo puede causarcomplicaciones durante elembarazo y otros problemasreproductivos, tanto en hom-bres como en mujeres y desór-denes nerviosos, digestivos ymusculares.
Como el plomo, el radón, estambién un agente riesgosoque puede hacerse presente ensu hogar. El radón es un gasradiactivo que no tiene color niolor y que surge tras la des-composición natural del uranio,un elemento presente en lasrocas, el suelo y el agua.
¿Cómo llega entonces elradón a su hogar?
El gas radón asciende por
el aire desde el suelo y seinfiltra en las viviendas a travésde las grietas y otros agujerosen sus cimientos. El radónqueda atrapado en su hogardonde se acumula hasta al-canzar peligrosos niveles.
Por eso, cualquier vivienda,nueva o vieja, con o sin sótano,puede tener problemas por laacumulación del radón y esopuede ser mortal.
La exposición al radón es lasegunda causa principal decáncer en los Estados Unidos.Más de 20,000 personas mue-ren anualmente en EstadosUnidos de cáncer causado porel radón.
Con una simple prueba dedetección de radón ustedpuede saber si su hogar estáen peligro. Una vez más,recuerde que es mejor prevenirque lamentar.
Para saber más o parasolicitar pruebas de radón ensu hogar llame al 1-866-528-3187 o visite: http://www.epa .gov /espano l / sa ludhispana/radon.htm. Paraampliar la información sobrelos peligros del plomo en suhogar puede llamar al 800-424--5323.Latinoamérica y la Evangelización
del Continente Digital
Viviendo con el enemigo
The Woodrow Wilson Na-tional Fellowship Foundation,busca atraer a estudiantesLatinos a que obtengan unaMaestría en educación, en-tregándoles una beca de$30,000. Las aplicacionesestán abiertas en EducaWW.org y el plazo final paracompletar las solicitudes es el10 de Enero del 2012. Puedenaplicar a estas becas individuosque tengan un título univer-sitario de cuatro años conespecialidad en camposrelacionados con Ciencias,Tecnología, Ingeniería oMatemáticas.
En los últimos años lademanda de maestros espe-cializados en los campos deCiencias, Tecnología, Inge-niería y Matemáticas se haincrementado de maneraalarmante en los EstadosUnidos. Se estima que para el
año 2015 se necesitarán al-rededor de 280,000 profesoresen estas áreas.
The Woodrow Wilson Na-tional Fellowship Foundationtiene por objetivo no solocombatir esta escasez docentesino además que los candidatosse conviertan en ejemplos desuperación y que por medio deuna preparación avanzadalleguen a ser:
• docentes profesionalesespecializados en los camposde Ciencias, Tecnología, Inge-niería y Matemáticas;
• una influencia positiva parajóvenes de su comunidad y
• el orgullo de sus familias,además de que sus serviciosdocentes tengan un mayorimpacto al enseñar en escuelassecundarias de alta necesidadEstudiantes universitariosrecién graduados e individuosque han decidido cambiar de
carrera, son los candidatos per-fectos para recibir las becas.Esta oportunidad, además deayudar a que los aspiranteslogren una superación mayoren su carrera profesional,busca iniciar un nuevo métodode formación docente quetiene el potencial de cambiarel típico perfil educativo y llevarla experiencia del aprendizajea otro nivel. La fundación nosolo se preocupa de la pre-paración académica sinotambién del futuro laboral delos “Fellows”. El 96% de losbecados en este programaobtuvo un trabajo después determinar su maestría eneducación.
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$30,000 para títulos de post-grado para Latinos ofrece TheWoodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
The San Diego CountyMedical Society Foundation(SDCMSF) was awarded the2011 Adarsh S. Mahal, MDAccess to Health Care andDisparities Award at the Cali-fornia Medical Association(CMA) Annual Conferenceand CMA Foundation dinner onSunday, October 16, 2011 fortheir work in addressing theunmet health care needs ofuninsured patients throughoutSan Diego County. SDCMSFExecutive, Barbara Mandel,accepted the award on behalfof the organization.
Through its flagship pro-gram, Project Access San Di-ego, (PASD) the Foundationhas assisted over 1,200 unin-sured patients to receive spe-cialty medical care through itsnetwork of volunteer physi-cians, hospitals, surgery cen-ters, and other ancillary healthservices since the program’sinitiation in 2009. Project Ac-cess patients are low-incomeadults who have no access toprivate health insurance throughtheir employers, and are not eli-gible for public health benefitssuch as MediCal or CMS.
Of San Diego’s 3.2 millionresidents, approximately415,000 non-elderly adults areuninsured, and seek primaryhealth care at one of the area’s90 community health clinicsites; these clinics are mostoften unable to provide accessto specialty care except
Medical Society FoundationWins Statewide Award
through Project Access SanDiego. Extremely limited ac-cess to specialty care has beenidentified by the County of SanDiego as a major challenge inthe community. To help meetthis challenge, 45 patients wereserved at the two most recentPASD Saturday Surgery daysthat took place at Kaiser Per-manent in Otay Mesa on Oc-tober 13th and at Carlsbad Sur-gery Center in Carlsbad onAugust 28th.
SDCMS Foundation ad-dresses these needs through a
proven model including casemanagement, which benefitsthe specialty physician, primarycare provider and patient.“Our volunteer physiciansare thrilled to give back tothe community, with theknowledge that there is thor-ough follow-up with thepatient’s medical home, andfeel supported in their ef-forts,” says Stuart Cohen,MD, SDCMSF Board Presi-dent. “We appreciate therecognition of CMA with thisprestigious honor.”
Dr. David Holley, Vice Chair of the CMA Foundation Board ofDirectors presents award to Barbara Mandel, Executive Director, San
Diego County Medical Society Foundation.
has been an ordeal. After theirmoney ran out, Grace movedin with her mom, and herfiancée had to go live with hisfamily for months in Texas. Inaddition, Grace had broughther grandmother from Seattleto live with her. “She tookcare of me growing up, so Itake care of her now,” she ex-plains. But she had to put herin a senior home, and then,when she couldn’t sleep on hermom’s couch anymore, sheeven slept in her grandmother’sroom.
Finally, her fiancée cameback to Los Angeles, found ajob and they got another apart-ment. “But we almost didn’tmake it,” Grace says.
So, why should she have togo through this ordeal becausea film school, widely called ascam on the Internet, decidesto bust a union? “Because theFederal law is broken” Graceconcludes.
“There’s no effective deter-
rent, no balance sheet theyhave to worry about. It’s nosurprise why people are reluc-tant to do this.”
Maybe she’ll get the backpay someday. “But you know,the money’s not important to
Union SupporterFired(con’t from page 3)
me, really,” she says. “This isabout justice. That’s what I’mfighting for.”
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Dec. 11 will mark the 61st
annual Las Posadas event inOld Town San Diego State His-toric Park. The Las Posadasprocession is a walking reen-actment of the biblical story ofMary and Joseph’s search fora birthplace for the Christchild. Everyone is invited to jointhe candlelit procession and singtraditional holiday songs in bothSpanish and English as theplayers go from inn to inn, ask-ing for symbolic lodging. Theprocession culminates with alive nativity scene in front ofCasa de Estudillo as well as apiñata party.
This event combines theAnglo custom of caroling withthe Hispanic tradition of theprocession and the breaking ofthe piñata.
Before the procession thattakes place at 5 p.m., this eventwill also feature a daytime cel-ebration and preshow with livemusic, performances and ac-tivities for children from 2 p.m.to 5 p.m. A variety of localmusic and performing artsgroups will perform from 1p.m. to 5 p.m.
For children’s entertainment,there will be free craft activi-ties that include making pio-neer-style cloth dolls, as wellas corn-husk dolls and paperholiday flowers. At end of thefestival, there will be a piñata-breaking party following theLas Posadas procession at 6p.m. Admission to Las Posadasis free.
Chula Vista Civic CenterServes as Showcase forLED Holiday Lights
Energy efficient LED light-ing will light up Chula Vista’sCivic Center complex over theholidays at no cost to the City.The display, featuring morethan 250 light strands on build-ings and palm trees, is part ofan effort to encourage resi-dents and businesses to makethe switch to newer and saferenergy saving technology.
By exchanging their tradi-tional incandescent holidaylights for LED (Light EmittingDiode) lighting strands, home-owners can reduce energycosts by up to 90%. Also,LEDs last more than 10 timeslonger than conventional lights,produce a brighter light, andhave cooler operating tem-peratures—making them safeto touch and less likely tocause a fire.
South Bay residents will alsobe able to exchange up tothree incandescent holiday lightstrands for energy-efficient,multi-colored LED strands be-fore the Starlight Parade inChula Vista. The exchange willbe held on Saturday, Decem-ber 3 from 1 to 5 pm at Me-morial Park, 373 Park Way.
Starlight ParadeCelebrates its 50th Year
The Starlight Parade is cel-ebrating its 50th year on Satur-day, December 3 at 6 p.m.Thousands of people willgather on Third Avenue be-tween H and E streets stakingout their viewing spot for thelargest nighttime parade in theSouth County. With over 5,000participants, the parade in-cludes local high schoolmarching bands, decoratedholiday floats, local dancetroupes, service organizations,
strolling carolers and more.Kick off the holiday season
with Chula Vista Mayor CherylCox at the holiday tree lightingceremony in Memorial Park at5:30 p.m. The park is locatedat 373 Park Way. The paradeimmediately follows the treelighting.
Just a reminder a number ofeast/west street that crossThird Avenue will be closedprior to and during the parade.Those attending either eventshould watch for traffic signsin the area.
Celebrate the Holidayswith Write Out Loud:Giving Season DelightsAudiences of All Ages
Giving Season, Write OutLoud’s annual performance ofholiday stories, will be pre-sented on Monday, Dec. 5 atthe Old Town Theatre andTuesday, Dec. 6 in CarlsbadCity Library’s Ruby G.Schulman Auditorium. Bothperformances begin at 7 p.m.
The program will featurestories and poems by a varietyof well-known authors. Thelineup includes “Remembranceis Sufficient” by E.B. White,“A Parakeet Named Dreidel”by Isaac Bashevis Singer,“Chaparral Christmas” by O.Henry, “My Christmas Miracle”by Taylor Caldwell, “ChristmasDay in the Morning” by PearlS. Buck and “Christmas Trees”by Robert Frost.
“Giving Season provides usthe opportunity to celebrate thespirit of giving with the com-munity,” noted Artistic Direc-tor Veronica Murphy. “The sto-ries, written by some of ourfavorite authors, are speciallyselected to appeal to all ages.”
Reservations are recom-mended and can be made on-line at www.writeoutloudsd.com or by calling 619-297-8953. Tickets are $15 for thegeneral public and $13 for se-nior, student and active military.Children under 18 tickets are$5.
40th Annual San Diego BayParade of Lights to ‘LightUp the Bay for Youth’
STAR/PAL, a San Diegononprofit that connects lawenforcement with underservedyouth to build safer communi-ties, is partnering with the 40th
annual San Diego Bay Paradeof Lights to host a fundraisingevening themed “Light Up theBay for Youth.” The event willbe held the first night of theParade of Lights, Sunday, De-cember 11 from 5 to 9 p.m.aboard the Maritime Museum’sBerkeley ferry boat.
The evening gathering willraise critical funds needed tosupport STAR/PAL athletic,educational and recreationalprograms. The event willalso support the Parade ofLights.
The Berkeley will offerguests front row seats to theParade’s elaborate fireworksdisplay at 5:30 which precedesthe procession of more than100 vessels lavishly decoratedaccording to this year’s Pa-rade theme, “Back to the Fu-ture.”
The parade is free to attend.Tickets to the fundraising galaare $35 for a single ticket and$50 for a pair, and may be pur-chased at www.starpal.org.
By Susie Albin-Najera
Yes, it’s that time of year al-ready, except I’m posting mylist a little early, so you can geta head start on your good-will toward the world, TheMEXICO Report – style.
During the year, I cameacross these items that stoodout to me, ones I think wouldbe of interest to you. They arein no particular order but aresure to spice up your Navidad,no matter what kind of budgetyou have.
Best thing is, many of theseitems below are the productsfrom non-profits benefitingMexico or that give back insome capacity, but all celebratethe Mexican culture.
The MEXICO Report’s 2nd
Annual Navidad Gift Guide:1. Mil Gracias cards from
Fresh Words Market: Whata better way to give thanks andappreciation in style while giv-ing back? This new line ofmodern art collection are de-signs fit for the contemporaryadult and positive messaging toinspire a child. For every itemsold, Fresh Words Market do-nates 20% of its proceeds towomen and children focusedon initiatives around the world.With their motto of ‘great artcoupled with the passion tohelp those in need will indeedhelp to change the world,’ thisis a win-win! http://www.freshwordsmarket.com/
2. Angelita ornamentfrom Casa Q Ornaments:Created by the talented entre-preneur Darlene Tores, CasaQ is a Hispanic lifestyle com-pany, dedicated to providingunique products, services andcontent geared toward peoplewho embrace the Latino cul-ture. This 43 glass ornament(includes gift box and legendcard. Other ornaments to notein her collection, perfect foryour Navidad are ‘Our Lady
MEXICO Report’s 2nd Annual Navidad Gift Guideof Guadalupe’, ‘Rudolfo’,‘Sancho Snowman’ and more.http://www.casaqornaments.com/
3. Heirloom Bean Sam-pler by Rancho Gordo:Beans are a healthy “super-food” that add protein and fi-ber to your family’s diet andare one of the most economi-cal sources of protein available.Written up in multiple maga-zines, entrepreneur SteveSando’s Heirloom varieties re-quire minimal soaking and lesscooking time because they arefresher than commercial vari-eties, have more flavor, bettertexture and are just plain beau-tiful. We tried and we like!http://www.ranchogordo.com
4. Loteria Tie by GregorioTies: Lotería images have be-come iconic in Mexican cul-ture. Founded by WilliamLopez, after his late father, thisunique tie collection celebratesthe rich vibrant spirit of Latinoculture with a unique hand-made one-of-a-kind 100% pre-mium silk scarves and neck-ties, featuring designs that carryover the exquisite colors andimages of the Latino culturemore often observed throughart, architectural styles andpottery. http://www.gregorioties.com
5. Tamale-making Kit byMex Grocer: Everything youneed to know to become anexpert tamale-maker is in thisgift pack. In this festive kit, notonly will you get authentic cornhusks, tamales masa mix, a canof Salsa Verde with tomatillosand a bag of dry chile peppers,but you’ll receive a 16 qt ta-male steamer good for makingup to 7 dozen tamales. Unlessyou have your nana’s recipe,you can print out a copy of theauthentic recipe provided byMaseca to make the real ta-males. There are many waysfor making these different tast-ing tamales, and the fillingsrange from savory vegetarian,bean, beef, pork, chicken andseafood versions to sweet,fruit-filled desserts.
6. Mexico CD or Down-load by Putumayo: World mu-sic at it’s best. We’ve ownedseveral of these music collec-tions and ones for our kids andI cannot say enough goodthings about this company.Putumayo’s commitment tohelping communities in the
countries where the musicoriginates has led to contribu-tions of more than one milliondollars to worthwhile non-profit organizations around theworld. The company continuesto develop creative ways topresent exciting, underexposedglobal music and engaging cul-tural products. And in this CDor digital download, you cansavor the spicy and romanticflavors of Mexican music, fromthe sones of Veracruz to theboleros of Oaxaca.
7. Handmade necklace byThe Peace Boutique: Al-ways a favorite, these items,The Peace Boutique donates100% of profits to a registered501(c)(3) non-profit organiza-tion, PEACE Mexico. PEACE(Protection, Education, Ani-mals, Culture, and Environ-ment) works hand in hand withcommunities in Mexico to pro-vide holistic education com-bined with community actionprograms that enable people toimprove their quality of life aswell as their financial stability.http://www.thepeaceboutique.com/
8. 2012 Children of TheRefugio Cookbook: Thisunique cookbook is a collectionof recipes from restaurants, aswell as community members.All profits from the sale of thispublication will benefit TheRefugio Infantil SantaEsperanza (RISE) and theVallarta Botanical Gardensin Puerto Vallarta. More info,http://themexicoreport.com/2011/09/27/new-cookbook-to-bene f i t - ch i l d r en%e2%80%99s-organization-and-bo-tanical-gardens-in-puerto-vallarta/.
9. Education Donation toCorazon de Vida; an organi-zation near and dear to us,Corazón de Vida is a US-basednonprofit organization support-ing Baja orphanages. It pro-vides children in dire need thenecessities of shelter, food,clothing, education, andhealthcare – as well as hope,compassion and love. CDV notonly financially supports or-phanages in Baja, but also pro-vides assistance through fre-quent cross-border visits byboard members, staff, and vol-unteers. http://www.corazondevida.org/
10. Buy a computer for aclassroom through One Townat a Time: Founded and di-
rected by experienced Mexicotraveler and visionary DavidSimmonds, this organizationhelps provide the tools for vil-lages to sustain a sense of fam-ily and community structure,and cultivate pride in their wayof life. A primary benefit of in-troducing computers into theprimary school classroom isthat students start learning howto use a computer at an earlyage and about various aspectsof the technological world, al-lowing them to become com-fortable with more advancedcomputer related concepts asthey get older. No donation istoo small here and every dol-lar helps! http://www.onetownat atime.com/
11. Travelers Bag - DiegoBoneta Gear “Imagina UnMundo sin Hambre” TravelersBag for Feed the Hungry byMariposa. Feed the HungrySan Miguel de Allende offersunique gifts which directly ben-efit the non-profit organization.Visit their store here: http://www.feedthehungrysma.org/diego/store.html.
12.Passport holder - byMariposas San Miguel .Pasaporte, the perfect size forpassport, itinerary, money, easyto tuck in under clothing. But-terflies symbolize change andtransformation, and these col-orful products are handmadeby Mexican women from vil-lages around San Miguel deAllende, mostly single mothers.Their work at Mariposas SanMiguel provides them with bet-ter living conditions, educationand support for themselves andtheir families. Visit MariposasSan Miguel store here: http://www.mariposassanmiguel.com/seeourproducts.html.
Mil gracias…and HappyHolidays to you, your familyand your loved ones.
The 61st annual Las Posadas procession culminates witha manger scene in front of the Casa de Estudillo.
Las Posadas Holiday EventCelebrates its 61st Year
Brom y Gilberto Chávez.“El propósito de esta pro-
cesión es unir a la gente ypromover el amor y devociónpor Nuestra Señora de Guada-lupe”, ha dicho en el pasado elObispo Chavez. “Sabemos quetodos nosotros estamos pa-sando por momentos difícilesy que tenemos muchos retoscomo parte de la vida, pero conel amor de Nuestra Señora deGuadalupe podemos superarcualquier reto”.
En la procesión y SantaMisa participarán todas lasasociaciones Guadalupanas,grupos Diocesanos, Parro-quiales, con trajes típicos,carros alegóricos, gruposfolklóricos, danzas aztecas y lapresencia de las Reinas yPrincesas de la Confedera-ción. Se espera que participenunos 2,500 feligreces.
Para María del CarmenLima, presidenta de la Confe-deración Guadalupana, estacelebración une a los católicossandieguinos.
“Aquí no se trata de unacelebración parroquial aislada,sino que todas las parroquiasde la diocesis estarán cele-brando al mismo tiempo, en elmismo lugar”, dijo Lima, quienañadió que varias parroquias
también llevarán las tradi-cionales mañanitas a la virgenel 12 de diciembre. “Damosuna oportunidad que se co-nozcan todas las parroquias”,dijo.
En total, participarán unas32 parroquias, con un enfasisespecial en evangelizar a losjóvenes.
“Queremos que nuestrosjóvenes católicos no se aver-güenzen de su fe; al contrario,queremos que la conozcan yla amen, que no se apenen delas tradiciones”, dijo Lima.
A las denominaciones cris-tianas protestantes que criticanla veneración por la virgen,Lima dijo que ella les diría unasóla palabra: “respeto”.
“Debe haber un respeto porlas creencias de cada persona”,dijo. “Los invito a no buscar lasdiferencias, sino buscar con-vergencias: nuestra fe enJesucristo, como cristianos quesomos”.
Las mañanitas a la Virgende Guadalupe en la CatedralEpiscopal de San Pablo, que serealizarán el domingo 11 dediciembre a las 5 p.m., com-prueban que la devoción por laVirgencita del Tepeyac no selimita únicamente a la IglesiaCatólica, sino que traspasadenominaciones.
Anteriormente, la Reve-randa Mary Moreno Richard-son, encargada de ministerioshispanos en la Cathedral, hadicho que será un servicio
bilingüe en honor de “la virgenque lucha por los indefensos.Ella cruzó la frontera connosotros y aquí también lacelebramos”.
Para obtener más infor-
mación acerca de ProseciónGuadalupana y las diferentescelebraciones en las parroquiascatólicas de la Diocesis de SanDiego, visite www.diocese-sdiego.org.
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A day after Thanksgiving Day, Joaquin LunaLerna Jr., an honor roll, 18-year old Senior atJuarez-Lincoln High School in Mission, Texas,wrote a few notes to his family, put on a suitand tie, and bid his family members goodbyeright before he shot himself on the head. Hisuntimely and tragic death has left his familyand those who knew him devastated. He isdescribed as a bright student with a bright fu-ture ahead of him. But in spite of his goodgrades, active life in church, and a strong dedi-cation to his family, Joaquin’s goodbye notes,according to his family members, tell the storyof young man who believed his dreams as anundocumented immigrant were coming to anend. According to his family, if the federalDREAM Act had passed December 2010, thisloss could have been prevented. The followingare statements by Angelica Salas, executivedirector for the Coalition for Humane Immi-grant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), andJoaquin’s older brother Diyer Mendoza.
Angelica Salas: “We mourn the untimelyand tragic death of what could have beenAmerica’s next engineer. Our prayers go outto Joaquin’s family and friends who must nowconfront a life without their shining star. At 18Joaquin was an example of what hundreds ofthousands of undocumented students achievein spite of a life condemned to the shadows:he excelled in school, played the guitar, was anactive member at the local church, and waseager to turn a blueprint he had drawn into hismom’s dream house.
Joaquin came to the U.S. as a six-month oldbaby and had done what all of us ask of im-migrants to do, play by the rules. Congress’failure to pass the federal DREAM Act inDecember 2010 was a blow to Joaquin’s hope-
Joaquin’s Dream Must Live Onful spirit according to all who knew him. Atsome point between then and now, Joaquin’sconcerns over his immigration status becameso grave he thought it best to go away beforethe next dawn.
A precious life has been lost and Americashould ask itself why. Joaquin’s death is a trag-edy and a direct indictment on the USgovernment’s failure to deal humanely, justly,and practically, with an immigration maelstromthreatening to sink the very values we hold dear.We take this opportunity to call on the ObamaAdministration to do what it can to bring reliefto our families and communities and to offerdreamers like Joaquin a real opportunity to makeof their dreams our nation’s living treasure. Andto young people everywhere, we encouragethem to talk to others, to join a support groupon campus or the community, and to keep hopealive.”
Diyer Mendoza: “We are heartbroken bywhat has happened. He left so many memo-ries for us to cherish. Joaquin was loved byeveryone. He was all about school, church, andmy mom. He was an extraordinary brother,talented, never got in trouble with the police.Then, the DREAM Act did not pass and hiscollege acceptance and financial aid lettersstarted asking about his immigration status.Joaquin’s biggest worry became that after allthose years in college he would end up withouta job. He had a dream, the American Dream,but he felt his immigration status prevented himfrom reaching it. Ironically, he made the finaldecision because he didn’t want to let my momdown; he wanted to be the best for everybody.I just hope other students in his situation speakto others about what they are feeling beforetaking this drastic step.”
Por Maribel HastingsAMERICA’S VOICE
Carmen Vélez dice que se sintió humilladacuando al tratar de renovar el marbete (tag) desu vehículo, la empleada del Departamento deVehículos de Motor (DMV) de una ciudad deAlabama ni siquiera le pidió la licencia deconducir sino su acta de nacimiento, que notraía consigo. Al ir a su casa y regresar con elacta de nacimiento de Puerto Rico, se sintióaún más humillada cuando otra funcionaria leindicó que el documento no era válido porqueno era de Estados Unidos.
Vélez siente que fue víctima de perfil racialbajo la ley antiinmigrante HB 56 porque nisiquiera había mostrado su licencia de conducirvigente del estado de la Florida cuando ya leestaban pidiendo el acta de nacimiento.También fue víctima de la desinformación dequienes desconocen que Puerto Rico esterritorio de Estados Unidos y que lospuertorriqueños son ciudadanos. Esto último noes exclusivo de Alabama, pero a la sombra dela HB 56 cobra especial importancia.
El año pasado entró en vigor una ley queobligó a los puertorriqueños a obtener un nuevocertificado de nacimiento como parte de unainiciativa para combatir el robo de identidad.
El certificado de Carmen es de los nuevos.Carmen narra así el intercambio con la
empleada y con la supervisora de la empleada:“La empleada me dijo que mi acta de
nacimiento no es válida porque necesito una deEstados Unidos. Le dije que Puerto Rico es partede Estados Unidos. Me respondió que no, quemi acta de nacimiento no sirve. Le dije, señora,si nací en Puerto Rico, ¿cómo quiere que le déun acta de nacimiento de uno de los 50 estados?Me preguntó que de qué parte de Nuevo Méxicoo de Baja California es Puerto Rico.”
“¿Me está vacilando?, le respondí. PuertoRico es territorio de Estados Unidos. Pedíhablar con su supervisora quien vino y me dijolo mismo: tu acta de nacimiento no es válidaporque necesitamos una de Estados Unidos. Ya todo esto todavía seguían sin ver mi licenciade conducir. Pedí hablar con algún supervisorque supiera que Puerto Rico es parte deEstados Unidos y que nuestras actas denacimiento son válidas aquí. Es la nueva. La
acababa de recibir. Me dijeron que tenía quetraer una carta evidenciando que el acta denacimiento es válida”, narró Carmen.
Casi dos horas después accedieron arenovarle el marbete (tag) pero con estaadvertencia para el año entrante: tiene que tenerun acta de nacimiento de Estados Unidos.
“Pero, ¿cómo voy a tener un acta denacimiento de otro lugar si nací en Puerto Rico?Increíble. Estuve a punto de llorar. Había másde 60 personas presenciando todo esto. Mesentí super avergonzada, humillada. La genteme miraba como si tuviera dos cabezas”,agregó.
El caso de Carmen ilustra cómo la HB 56puede afectar no sólo a indocumentados sino aciudadanos de origen hispano.
“Esta ley es injusta y nos perjudica a todos,no importa de dónde seamos y si tenemos o nopapeles porque mayormente se dejan llevar porel perfil racial”, indicó.
En días atrás se reportó del ejecutivo alemánde la Mercedes Benz detenido por unainfracción de tránsito y porque no tenía consigosu licencia de conducir.
La aplicación de la HB 56 en contra delejecutivo alemán de una empresa que generaempleos en Alabama provocó, según reportesde prensa, llamadas de parte del gobernadorde Alabama, Robert Bentley, para buscarexplicaciones a lo ocurrido. Bentley promulgóla ley.
Los cargos contra el ejecutivo se anularon.Las llamadas de Bentley son algo que Carmenno recibirá ni tampoco otros ciudadanos oresidentes legales que pueden ser afectadospor la HB 56, ni los miles de inmigrantes querealizan trabajos necesarios en Alabama endiversos rubros y que han abandonado el estadoo viven en constante temor, ni los niñosciudadanos que temen día a día que sus padressean detenidos.
“Aquí lo que hay es un revolú porque ellos(los empleados) no saben qué han aprobado,qué no han aprobado y encima, no saben ni lahistoria de Estados Unidos”, afirmó Carmen.
En efecto, lo que hay en Alabama con la HB56 es un tremendo revolú.
Maribel Hastings es asesora ejecutiva deAmerica’s Voice
El “revolú” de la HB 56: Puerto Rico is in America?
By: Herman BacaCommittee on Chicano Rights, (CCR)President
National City’s Proposition “D.” In2006, voters approved an increase in thestate sales tax of 1 percent for 10 years tobolster city finances and services. As re-quired by law, after 5 years (2011) a panelwas appointed to review Prop “D. “Theirrecommendation accepted by the NC Coun-cil: Continue the tax for 5 more years!”
Five years after the passage of Prop “D,”Great Recession, 35 million dollars collectedand spend, and still the city’s deficits continue?According to the U-T editorial the main reasonfor National City’s (NC) continued deficitsare…the Great Recession. Never mentionedin the editorial was the impact of Prop “D” ofthe Great Recession effects on NC’s poorwho have paid millions, and will continue pay-ing millions for the next 5 years!
According to SANDAG the median incomefor NC resident is $38,849. NC’s annual pay-roll for nonpublic safety employees increasedfrom $51,585 to $54,671, and police and fire-men from $73,292 to $86,679! However, mostemployees do not reside in NC! Little has beendiscussed as to how Prop “D” affects poorpeople trying to pay their rents, putting food onthe table, or shoes on their children’s feet?
Prop “D” was proposed in 2006 after thedefeat of a similar proposition (Prop B) by NCpoliticians, one month after the city created a 6million dollar deficit by granting police and fire-men a Mercedes pension plan. NC agreed topay the total pension cost, police and firemenpaid zero! Police and firemen could retire after30 years with 90% of their highest salary, andlife time health care benefits! One has to ques-tion how many NC residents have pension plans,or health care?
To get the measure on the ballot, city politi-cians and department heads used “scare tac-tics” telling voters that police, fire men and citydepartments would be cut by 20%, and gangswould take over. Ironically NC cut city ser-vices in 2011 by 20%.
The Prop “D” election was financed or“bought” by vested outside interests, SycuanCasino ($5,000.00), NC Chamber of Com-merce, NCPD, and Fireman Unions, etc.
In June of 2006 with 2286 yes votes cast, outof 16000 voters (a 25% voter turnout), Prop“D” was approved by 700 votes, or 14% of
NC voters, at a cost of $45.00 per vote!Immediately after Prop “D” was approved
NC officials went on a drunken spending spree.$125,000 paid for a Charger stadium consult-ant, and $25,000 for a Charger survey ques-tionnaire? Free house rent provided to the high-est paid executives and managers? 2.5 milliondollars loan to an Australian developer to buildcondos, etc.
Mayor Morrison in 2011 as required by law,appointed a bogus panel of three White Anglosto review Prop “D.” Unbelievably, MayorMorrison who represents NC (pop.70% Mexi-can ancestry) was unable to find one fiscalexpert of Mexican ancestry in all of SD County!As always the 4 His-Her Panic council mem-bers went along, to get along!
The 3 member panel appointed was, MarneyCox, of SANDAG, Chris Cate, San DiegoCounty Taxpayers Association, and munici-pal finance expert, Dale Nielsen of Vista. Iwould venture to say that most know little, ifanything, or even care about NC! The panelwithout any public input recommended: to con-tinue the tax for 5 more years. Exactly whatMayor Morrison wanted to hear!
With 85.4% of the city’s total general fundpresently going to public safety expenditures,(leaving 14.6% for the community) Prop “D”after 5 years has proven itself to be nothingmore than a sludge fund for NC’s politiciansto pay for the out of control pension fund.
For the next five years of Prop “D,” poorpeople will pay, city politicians will use its fundsto pay for the pension fund, and the city’s defi-cits will continue.
In fact, Morrison’s own panel warned thatthe city deficit will increase to 9.1 million afterProp “D” sunsets on 2016.
It’s apparent that NC’s fiscal problem willnot be resolved in the near future, because NCproblem is systemic, caused by numerous so-cial, economic and political factors. Those fac-tors include changing demographics (70%Mexican ancestry), a group that presently hasminimal voice, say, or political representation.The city being governed politically and economi-cally by a shrinking (10%) Anglo population withthe acquiescence of naive His-Her Panic indi-viduals who with Mayor Morrison have littlerelevance’s to this group. Solutions to the city’sproblems will only be forth coming when the70% majority population learns how to protecttheir interest by educating, politicizing and or-ganizing themselves.
National City’s 80-90 million dollar 1 Sales TaxThe Impact on the Poorest People in SD County!
Back in 2005 when the private/pub-lic partnership was created to buildtoll road SR-125, lawmakers andthe City of Chula Vista thought they
were getting into a win-win deal. The vision wasthat traffic congestion in East Chula Vista wouldbe alleviated and the city would realize cash flowfrom the profits of all the cars paying to travel the10-mile expressway. What they got instead wasa boondoggle: SR-125 does not deposit com-muters close to any substantial destination, theprivate company which ran SR-125 is in bank-ruptcy, and there was never any revenue incomedue to the lack of traffic on the toll road.
So it seems that the toll road SR-125 advo-cates were overly optimistic with their projec-tions.
The San Diego Association of Governments(SANDAG) now sees SR-125 as an oppor-tunity. It has proposed purchasing the freewayfrom the private partners for $344 million dol-lars. SANDAG’s intent is to lower the toll costby half which would hopefully increase the trafficflow on SR-125, thereby reducing the conges-tion on I-805 and the surrounding arteries. SR-125, once viewed as a win-win public/privatepartnership has now turned into ‘let’s make adeal.’ But is it a good deal?
To fund the buyout, SANDAG has proposedusing TRANSNET money, $247.5 million fromthe voter approved 1/2% Transportation andUse Tax, taking money that is currently desig-nated for the I-805 South Project between EastPalomar Street and the I-805/SR-15 inter-change. The project includes the addition ofbuffer-separated Express Lanes, intermediateaccess points, HOV direct connectors, in-linetransit stations, and Park & Ride locations.Construction on the I-805 South Project was
expected to begin in 2013.SANDAG is betting that with lower toll rates,
Eastern Chula Vista drivers will use the SR-125 toll road instead of the I-805. If SANDAGcould alleviate congestion on I-805, they wouldlessen the need to improve it. However, thelingering question remains, SR-125 goes no-where, unless your destination is Lemon Groveor Spring Valley. SR-125 was originally in-tended to extend through Poway to connect toSR-56, but Poway voters rejected the plans.As it stands, SR-125 stops at SR-52, just westof Santee.
Our question is whether, once again, policymakers are overly optimistic in assuming thatdroves of drivers in the South Bay will use SR-125 and pay the toll each way in sufficient quan-tities as to pay back the public debt and alsoeliminate congestion on the I-805.
In exchange for the proposed SR-125 pur-chase, SANDAG plans to eliminate two lanesfrom the planned expansion of I-805. Themoney that would have been spent on the lanes,about $192 million, would be used to pay downthe cost of South Bay Expressway. A casualtyof the toll road purchase would be the jobs lostif there is no additional highway construction.At a time of high unemployment, with the localeconomy needing a major boost, constructionwork would be a major boost to the overallregion.
These and other concerns can be addressedat a public meeting, hosted by SANDAG, todiscuss this purchase. We encourage interestedcitizens to attend the SANDAG public forumon Dec. 16, from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., in theSANDAG Board Room, 401 B Street, 7thFloor, downtown San Diego. The purchasedate is scheduled for Dec. 21, 2011.
SANDAG purchase of SR125 - is it a good deal?
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO DECEMBER 2, 2011 PAGE 7
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Commentary/Opinion Page
By Gustavo Arellano
Special Mexicans are RacistEdición
Dear Mexican: Having been called a“gabacho” by “Mexicans” much lighterthan I and “wetback” by those whoseparents (or who themselves) crossedseveral rivers as they west migrated toCalifornia, I’m curious as to whichgroup you believe I should hold in thegreatest disdain. While Anglo wetbacksare much more fun to ridicule (“Howcan I be a wetback? I’m from Ohio!”),calling those who share my mother’sancestry unpleasant names often leadsto angry confrontations (thank God Ihave my mick father’s height and size).I look forward to hearing from you andwill ponder your possible reply while Ienjoy the repast of corned beef,cabbage and refried beans I’veprepared for tonight’s dinner (BTW—it’s properly served with flour ratherthan corn tortillas).
Villa Go Bragh!
Dear Leprecano: The Mexicans, forsure. Gabachos are naturally going to beKnow Nothings, but Mexicans should knowbetter, especially when it comes to our mickbrothers. To quote myself from my book:“The Irish were the Mexicans of the UnitedStates before the Mexicans. Millions ofthem migrated to this country destitute, asindentured servants (the precursor to thebracero program) and even as illegalimmigrants. They were fleeing a homelandunder siege by evil Protestants only to findsimilar treatment in the States. Gabachoshere maligned the Irish for their Catholicism,their funny English, their big families andconstant state of inebriation—stereotypespopularized by the mainstream press. TheIrish fought back: they formed gangs andvoting blocs and—in the case of the SaintPatrick’s Battalion—an entire battalion ofhundreds of soldiers defected to theMexican side during the 1846 Mexican-American War.
“But the Irish in America, to paraphraseNoel Ignatiev’s famous 1995 book,eventually became white, while Mexicanswill forever remain Mexicans in the eyes ofgabachos. Nevertheless, the spic-mick
By Rudy Acuna
On Monday, December 5, from 6 PM to 9:30PM, a fundraiser will be held for the TucsonUnified School District’s Mexican AmericanStudies program at the Northridge Hall at theStudent Union of California State UniversityNorthridge. It is important that we as a com-munity show our support. Our special guest willbe Sean Arce, the coordinator of the program,who has borne the brunt of the attacks of rightwing zealots and special interests such as theSouthern Arizona Leadership Council, the TeaParty and bought politicos such as Tom Horneand John Huppenthal.
It has been a particularly intense struggle andthrough the budget the Tucson program hasdwindled to a fraction of what it was two yearsago. The federal government has allowed theState of Arizona to nullify its laws and singleout Mexican Americans and Latinos to discrimi-nate against them.
Like in every civil rights struggle the statehas deep pockets and outspends the plaintiffsa hundred fold. The media is hostile, captivesof special interests. In the case of Tucson, it isthe white business community led by the SALCthat controls local officials and institutions.
SALC controls the University of Arizona thatjust signed a football coach to a $9 million pluscontract, at a time that the university is raisingtuition and cutting back academic programs.Arizona is near dead last in the per capita spend-ing per child and the educational system is adisgrace. The TUSD Mexican American Stud-ies program was an exception and doing some-thing about the horrendous dropout problem.Students wanted to learn.
But in Arizona it is a crime to learn aboutMexican American culture. It is a crime forLatinos to get an education. Charlatans suchas former chair of the TUSD Board of Trust-ees Mark Stegeman say that Mexican Ameri-cans who employ the farm worker hand clapbelong to a cult and that the use of term la raza
is equivalent to Deutschland über alles.Sean and his fellow teachers have been called
racist, separatists, and assaulted while the me-dia turns the other way and fails to check theselies.
The hardest part of the struggle is the stresson one’s family and relationships. Friends findways to avoid you. It is a feeling similar to whatcancer patients have described to me. The vic-tim is blamed.
Then there are the egos that tear at the littleheadway you make. You understand howSisyphus felt, rolling the immense boulder up ahill, only to watch it roll back down. Egos arethe worse enemy, people who normally shareyour goals but rationalize their behavior anddistort reality.
Lastly, there are the mistakes you and yourcohorts make. You can’t take them back andmust go forward lest the boulder run you over.
December 5th will honor this struggle; it isour opportunity to fight back!
It is being sponsored by CSUN MEChA andthe Asian American students. The entertain-ment will blend both cultures. It is especiallyappropriate that the Asian American commu-nity be present since the Japanese Americancommunity was singled out and over 100,000were sent to internment camps. They knowthe consequences of xenophobia.
December 5th will also honor the big guy, SeanArce, who has not given up and has willed thestruggle. Arce, the other defendants, the com-munity and the students have fought against allodds. We should be at the event to let him andall the Tucsonenses know that they are not aloneand that we will be with them til the end.
We shall endure. We have no other choicebut to fight back!
Please order your tickets or come withoutthem. $5 for students and $10 for others. Noone will be turned away. Call 1-818-677-2739leave a message or make a donation via PayPalgo to http://saveethnicstudies.org/ and punchthe “donate” button on the upper right.
connectioncontinues. I knowmany children ofIrish-Mexicanheritage who callthemselves“leprecanos” amiscegenation ofthe words“leprechaun” and “Chicano.” Many Irish-American civic organizations supportamnesty for illegals since about 50,000 Irishimmigrants have no papers. Mexico andIreland have harsh laws against illegalimmigration and must constantly deal withtheir idiot cousins across the border,Guatemala and Northern Ireland. Andgabachos have warped our precious St.Patrick’s Day and Cinco de Mayo holidaysinto bacchanals of booze and women—onsecond thought, that’s a compliment.”
The only other thing I’ll say right now,Villa go Bragh is that everyone knowscorned beef tacos ALWAYS go better withcorn tortillas.
Why do your people hate me? I’mhalf-Mexican, and I while I don’t havethe stereotypical Mexican brown skintone, I’m no different than everyone onUnivision! I’d like to know why tiendaowners steer me toward the Pepsi whenall I want is Sidral, why even peopleI’ve explicitly told I am half-Mexicanreact with surprise when I mainlinePelon Pelo Rico, and why the onlyMexicans who show me any love at allare the construction workers whistlingat me on the street! And they’reprobably Guatemalan! These feelings ofalienation came to a head last weekwhen a “Mexican” co-worker whosefamily has lived in fucking Texas forthree hundred years didn’t invite me toa luncheon for Mexicans and otherLatinas. What the fuck, Mexican?AND, I’m hot, I’m smart and I don’tsmell.
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Dear Half-Wab: We don’t hate you’rebecause you’re half-Mexican; we hate youbecause you’re a stuck-up pendeja fresa.
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When Your Education is Under Attack“What do you do?” “Fight back!”
By: Rick Jacobs, Joshua Pechthalt andAnthony Thigpenn
When we think of California, we imagine thestate that allowed the three of us to be who weare, a state that gave us the California Dream.For years now, that dream has been quicklyslipping away and now it’s in danger of beinglost forever.
California is not in crisis; crises are suddenand acute. California is in a chronic, grindingdecline and it’s providing a window intoAmerica’s tomorrow. Here we have the rich-est and poorest, the most diverse population,high technology centers which lead the globe.And yet, here with 38 million people - 20% ofthe United States - we cannot find a path toleave the bounty that invigorated us for the nextgeneration.
The answer will not come from Sacramento,just as on the national level it cannot come fromWashington. It needs to come from all of us.It’s simple: government has a central role inproviding the basics of civilization and that costsmoney.
The first step is admitting that we need moremoney to pay for our present, much less ourfuture. That’s why it’s time for the 1%, thosewho benefited the most from our state’s pastinvestments, to invest in our state’s future. Ourstate needs perhaps $20 billion a year in newrevenue to assure that kids grow up to lead.That will take time, but for now, we see a clearpath to $6 billion or so a year that would at thevery least restore a large portion of the mostrecent cuts to education, healthcare, safety andtransportation. All it takes is the 1% chipping inand paying more income tax.
Warren Buffett said it best: “If anything, taxesfor the lower and middle class and maybe eventhe upper middle class should even probablybe cut further. But I think that people at thehigh end - people like myself - should be pay-ing a lot more in taxes. We have it better thanwe’ve ever had it.”
It’s been a brutal decade for most Califor-nians. Our schools, universities, hospitals, roads,and bridges - which used to be the envy of thenation - are in tatters. The unemployment ratehovers around 12%, and Sacramento contin-ues to talk only about what to cut next, per-petuating the downward spiral.
Students are rightfully disgusted as they taketo the streets and create their own Occupyencampments to protest the relentless inflationof tuition at California’s legendary colleges and
universities. Working families who dream ofproviding their children with a higher educationwatch in horror as costs continue to skyrocket.
A couple of weeks from now, we face a mas-sive $2 billion in additional cuts that will be “trig-gered” based on a summer budget deal passedon a wishful premise that the economy will getbetter before it gets worse. On the front linesonce again will be children, the elderly, and dis-abled. The axe will fall on everything from publicschools (where California already ranks 47thin per pupil spending) to in-home health care.
A Washington Post-Bloomberg News Pollfrom last month shows that 68% of all Ameri-cans support raising taxes on households withincomes of $250,000 per year and higher. Gov.Brown could also take his cue from the patronsaint of fiscally conservative Republicans,former California governor Ronald Reagan,who raised taxes as governor and presidentnumerous times, knowing it was for the goodof our state and country.
Should every child in California have accessto an excellent, rigorous, free education throughcollege and beyond? Should they havehealthcare to assure that their minds are sharpand their bodies fit? Should they know that atany point after high school, whether they choosecollege or another path, they can find a goodjob? Should they be the sail that lifts our economyto new heights in energy and technology solu-tions of tomorrow?
Yes.We believe in our state. We believe in our
country. We are patriots of the first order whoknow that true love of state or country mani-fests not in slogans, but in deeds that offer abrighter future to the next generation than toours.
The time has come to say yes to our dreams.The time has come for the 1% to join the frayand help rebuild our state and our country. Letthem come forth and pledge with us to investin tomorrow, starting today.
Joshua Pechthalt is the president of the California Fed-eration of Teachers, representing over 100,000 teach-ers and education workers. Anthony Thigpenn is presi-dent and founder of California Calls, a statewide alli-ance of 26 community-based organizations who havebuilt a base of 328,000 supporters of a progressive,economic agenda. Rick Jacobs is the founder and chairof the Courage Campaign, a California-based onlineprogressive organizing network of more than 750,000members around the country. This piece originally ap-peared in the Huffington Post.
California Has One Option Left toStop The Bleeding
Cardenas to make Michoacan a strategic, ter-ritorial prize.
The launching pad of President Calderon’sso-called drug war in late 2006, Michoacanaccounts for about 10 percent of the estimated50,000 slayings attributed to the violence dur-ing the last five years.
Reportedly, leaflets that pointed the finger atPresident Calderon and the PAN for the 50,000deaths were distributed door-to-door prior toelection day. “How many more?” asked theunidentified message.
To some extent, the November 13 electionresults exhibited to the deep ideological andpolitical cleavages in Michoacan, which dateback to the liberal-conservative disputes of the19th century and the left-right conflicts of the20th century.
Michoacan was the birthplace of Cardenismo,first ushered in with the revolutionary national-ist era of President Lazaro Cardenas (1934-40) and then later reborn with his sonCuahtemoc’s 1988 presidential campaignagainst the PRI, which was closely followedby the founding of the opposition PRD by theyounger Cardenas and others from the left endof the political spectrum. Yet Michoacan alsowas the scene of right-wing Cristero uprisingsduring the 1920s, which included the murdersof school teachers, a tactic not unlike that em-ployed by the Afghan Taliban of today.
“Two national projects are in competition inMichoacan,” said Juan Jose Rodriguez, a re-searcher who specializes in the history of thePAN. “They are the one of Lazaro Cardenasand the one of (PAN founder) Manuel GomezMorin.
The November 13 preliminary election re-sults for governor (PRI-Green Party 35.39%,PAN-National Alliance 32.67%, PRD and al-lies 28.88%) displayed the lack of political con-sensus and sharp division, likewise reflected atthe national level, that give no one political forcean absolute majority to move forward with apopular political agenda. While the PRI addi-
tionally won pluralities in the mayoral and statelegislative contests, it still fell short of command-ing absolute power. In Michoacan and Mexico,political legitimacy remains an elusive mantle.
Appealing for reconciliation, Governor-electVallejo invited his adversaries to join a newpolitical project for the good of Michoacan, butthe controversies surrounding his election couldimpede a smooth transition.
Meanwhile, a Mexican political analyst hadwords of caution. Comparing Michoacan to the2010 Tamaulipas state election in which the PRIcandidate and the next likely governor wasmurdered while campaigning, Jose AntonioCrespo of Mexico’s CIDE think tank maintainedthat the country’s political class still has notrealized the power of the bombs mining theMexican political landscape.
Warning that “similar problems” could cropup in 2012, Crespo demanded that political lead-ers engage in a thorough vetting of all futurecandidates “without exception.”
Frontera NorteSur: on-line, U.S.-Mexicoborder news Center for Latin American andBorder Studies New Mexico State Univer-sity Las Cruces, New Mexico
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El edificio se ve recién pintado de blanco. Enla entrada peatonal, aledaña a la bodega yentrada para trailers hay tres cuartosalfombrados, dos baños con mingitorios y unacocina.
Lo que queda, permite imaginar la vida dequienes trabajaban en el túnel. Los cuartosalfombrados estaban repletos de basura y hayal menos una veintena de cobijas sucias y en elsuelo. Huele a sudor.
En la cocina, cuya ventana estaba cubiertacon pintura negra, había al menos cinco kilosde tortillas viejas tirados en el suelo y una rejade naranjas. Una caja vacía de frutilupis y galle-tas María.
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El noqueador TijuanenseJosé Estrella (9-2-1, 8KOs)busca cerrar su año con brochede oro cuando se enfrenta aVíctor Godinez (4-2-1 3KOs)de San Felipe, Baja California,México, el Sábado, 10 deDiciembre, en la capital cacha-nilla Mexicali, Baja California.La contienda a seis vueltas esparte de la velada “Noche deLuces en Calafia” presentadapor la empresa Box Latino decuatro veces campeón Erik“Terrible” Morales y estela-rizada por el combate decampeonato NABF (por sussiglas en inglés) entre elSinaloense Pedro “Pedrin”Guevara (14-0-1, 11KOs) yManuel “Menny” Jiménez (11-1-1, 7KOs). El encuentro en-tre Guevara-Jiménez serátransmitido en México porTelevisa.
Después de sufrir su se-gunda derrota en Diciembre del2010, Estrella ha ganado trespeleas en hilo en el 2011, todaspor nocaut. En Marzo, Estrelladetuvo a Juan Manuel Ar-mendariz y un mes después aManuel Valdez, ambos en el
primer round. En su últimocombate en Julio, Estrella visitolas playas de Mazatlán, Sinaloa,y noqueo en el tercer capítuloal anteriormente invicto JuanJiménez.
“A estas alturas, no importaa quien me pone enfrente mipromotor Box Latino, estoylisto para demostrarles queestoy listo para cosas másgrandes”, dijo el joven Estrellaantes de una sesión de entre-namiento. “Quiero peleas aocho rounds el año que vieney por eso tengo que demostrareso y más y todo empieza el10 de Diciembre”.
José, quien es el hermanomenor del prospecto OmarEstrella, entrena bajo el tutelajedel dos veces campeón Raúl“Jibaro” Pérez en el gimnasioGaspar “Indio” Ortega locali-zado en el barrio bravo de laZona Norte de Tijuana.
El apoderado de José Estre-lla, Adrián Corral, dice quedespués de un 2011 triunfador,buscan un 2012 con aun máscosechas. “No nos queremosadelantar pero reconocemosque José está listo para un título
regional en los primeros mesesdel 2012. Creo que con untriunfo espectacular el 10 deDiciembre, demostrará queestá listo. Esa es nuestra metapero el primer paso se da con-tra Godinez”.
También programados parala velada es el hermano menorde los campeones Erik y Die-go Morales, Ivan “Niño Ma-ravilla” Morales (14-0, 9KOs)vs. Ricardo “Rocky Armenta(15-12-1, 7KOs) a seis ensúper mosca, Ricardo “Piolo”Castillo (39-10-1, 26KOs) adiez rounds en peso pluma con-tra Daniel “Cañerito” Ruiz (24-4, 18KOs), Ramón “Niño deOro” Ayala (21-2-1, 14KOs)cuando se enfrenta al zurdoManuel Aguilar (14-2, 11KOs)a ocho vueltas, el clasificadomundial Javier “Cobrita” Men-doza (14-2, 11KOs) tambiénestá programado contra un ri-val a designar y en una atra-cción especial, Khabir “RuloLoco” Suleymanov (11-1,6KOs) en su debut en tierraAzteca vs. Jorge Guerrero (6-8, 5KOs) a ocho vueltas en ladivisión de los super gallos.
San Diego State and FresnoState will have an extra incen-tive to play for during thisSaturday’s non-conferencefootball match-up at Qual-comm Stadium, as the winnerof the game will be presentedwith a special antique oil cantrophy to honor the twoschools’ in-state rivalry.
The “Battle for the Oil Can”was coined as the result of acontest that was run jointly bythe Fresno State and San Di-ego State Alumni Associationsthis fall. Entrants were askedto suggest a name for the ri-valry game and as well as atrophy to commemorate it. Ofthe 65 entries received, onestretched back into history tell-ing about the discovery of anoil can from Fresno (circa1935) that was supposedlyrecovered during a San Di-ego State campus buildingproject.
“The oil can likely came froma time when Aztec and Bulldogfans traveled to football gamesbetween the two schools via theold, twisting, precipitous Grape-
vine section of Highway 99 overTejon Pass,” said Jacquelyn K.Glasener, executive director ofthe Fresno State Alumni Asso-ciation.
The alumni associationsagreed on the winning entry, the“Battle for the Oil Can,” andpurchased an antique oil canto be the basis of the trophy,which will be awarded to thewinner of this year’s game.
“Cars in those days carriedextra oil and water to be surethey could make it through dif-ficult trips,” added Jim Herrick,executive director of the SanDiego State Alumni Associa-tion.
The contest’s winning entrywas submitted anonymouslyand therefore, all the other en-trants became eligible for thegrand prize. A drawing, whichwill be overseen by bothschools’ alumni associations, isscheduled for Friday, Dec. 2,at San Diego State’s ParmaPayne Goodall Alumni Centerto determine the winner, whowill receive an iPad2.
The Aztec-Bulldog series
dates back to 1923, with SanDiego State winning the initialmeeting 12-2 at home. Sincethen, the sides have met 49more times, including everyyear from 1945-79, when thetwo competed in the same con-ference or were independents.After not facing one anotherbetween 1979-1991, theschools resumed the annualseries from 1992-98, whenboth were members of theWestern Athletic Conference.The most recent meeting wasin 2002, with Fresno State hold-ing on to defeat San DiegoState 16-14 at Bulldog Sta-dium. SDSU, however, leadsthe all-time series at 26-20-4,including a 13-11-2 mark in SanDiego.
Kickoff is slated for 5 p.m.PT at Qualcomm Stadium andwill be televised live in highdefinition on CBS Sports Net-work, while also being shownlocally on Channel 4 San Di-ego. Game tickets can still bepurchased 24 hours a day viaGoAztecs.com or by calling(619-283-7378).
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José Estrella, noqueador Tijuanense, está listo para demostrar cosas más grandes.
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Legal LimboBack in the U.S., Fuentes
filed paperwork in 2001 to be-come a legal resident under afederal immigration law thatwas being phased out but stillin effect at that time, knownas section 245(i) of the Immi-gration and Nationality Act.The law afforded people whoentered the country illegally butwere married to a U.S. citizenthe opportunity to legalize theirimmigration status.
Fuentes’ 245(i) case draggedon for years. She was issuedtemporary work permits as shewaited for a chance at a greencard – the document thatwould make her a legal immi-grant and open up a path to citi-zenship.
But in 2006, five years afterapplying for residency under245(i), Fuentes saw her legalavenues blocked by a new law.The Illegal Immigration Reformand Immigration Responsibil-ity Act (IIRIRA) stated that aperson who enters the countryillegally and is deported needsto wait a period of 10 years intheir home country before theycan try to re-enter legally.
Because Fuentes had beenpreviously deported, immigra-tion authorities claimed shewas no longer protected underthe 245(i) law.
So Fuentes was placed indeportation proceedings a sec-ond time. Monica Sud-Devaraj,then her attorney, fought thegovernment’s interpretation ofthe immigration laws, to noavail.
“I have a lot of clients in hersituation,” said Sud-Devaraj.“There are hundreds of caseslike [this].”
The outcomes of certain im-migration laws, said Sud-Devaraj, sometimes defy logic.
“You’re basically telling thecouple, that… she’ll have tospend the next 10 years of hermarried life in Mexico. Canyou imagine living without yourspouse for 10 years?”
A Successful EntrepreneurDespite living with the anxi-
ety of not knowing whether ornot an immigration judge wouldallow her to stay, Fuentes be-came an entrepreneur. Sheditched her job at a hair salonand told her working husbandshe wanted to do more for her-self.
About five years ago, sheknocked on the door of a hairsalon and told the owner thatshe heard it was for sale. Shewasn’t really sure, but her in-stinct turned out to be right.Fuentes bought the salon andsoon the investment allowedher to open up another busi-ness. She now employs 10other people.
“[Immigrants] are not thepublic drain that they say weare,” said her husband, Mar-tin.
“I just want to go to Wash-ington D.C. (to) meet withsomeone there and see whatwe can do to help my wife,”he said. “This gives me somuch grief. Someone has to lis-ten.”
Over the years, Martin hasbecome an immigration spon-sor for at least two workers atthe hair salon. He was able tohelp one of them obtain a workpermit and legal documentationto stay in the U.S., althoughironically he hasn’t been ableto help his own wife.
“I feel bad that everything iscrumbling down for us,” hesaid. “I own two houses, I havefour apartments for rent. Ihave all of that, and now to seeeverything crumbling down…”
But it’s not material thingswhat worry Fuentes.
“Those things come and go,”she said. “I’m not afraid of
starting from the bottom. It’smy children that worry me. Noone is safe from danger inMexico.”
Most of Maria Teresa’sMexican clients don’t knowabout her situation. She doesn’tlike to complain. Sometimesshe swallows her fears andkeeps quiet when she hearsothers talk about how violencehas changed the life of manyin Mexico.
One client told Fuentes thata family returned to Mexico -fearful of SB 1070, Arizona’santi-immigrant law – only tohave their 6 year-old son kid-napped. The family didn’t havethe $10,000 requested for ran-som. The family, the client wastold, received a box from thekidnappers with their child’shands in it.
Fuentes doesn’t know if thestory is true, but it scares herto death.
“They target you becauseyou come from the U.S.,” shesaid. “They think you have lotsof money.”
Last October, The Board ofImmigration Appeals (BIA)turned down Fuentes’ latestplea to stay in the country.
Sud-Devaraj did not thinkFuentes could win an appealto the Ninth Circuit Court – thenext step - given the court’srecent decisions on cases simi-lar to hers.
So Fuentes and her husbandhired another attorney, EricBjotvedt, to file the appeal.They missed the deadline by aday. Now, they are trying to seeif another court will grant theman exception to allow the ap-peal to proceed. Bdjotvedt didnot return calls for an interview.
“She’s a fighter,” Martin said.Tears stream down Fuentes’
eyes as she listens to her hus-band. She knows she needs totouch hearts and minds if she’sto have any hope of staying.
“I leave it in God’s hands,”she said
Con una tasa de desempleode alrededor del 9 por ciento,era de anticiparse que alguienprotestara.
Dos meses después delinicio del movimiento OcuparWall Street, a los indignadosse les está desalojando de losterritorios que ocuparon perosu mensaje de desafío ydescontento está vivo.
Vive porque en lo tangibleimpidieron que a loscuentahabientes de losgrandes bancos se lescobrara una tarifa por tenertarjetas de debito.
Vive porque se deberespaldar a la actualadministración en su iniciativa
de generar empleos y repararla infraestructura del país.
Vive porque no es posibleque la nación más poderosade la Tierra no le garantice asus habitantes un servicio desalud universal, que seaasequible para todos.Vive porque sería desastrosoentregarle el país a losextremistas del Partido delTé, que con sus folclóricaspelucas y atuendos de laguerra de independencia,pretenden emular un falsopatriotismo aderezado conintolerancia, incluso para losmás inermes, para losinmigrantes indocumentados.
Es cierto que entre losindignados se han filtradoanarquistas que hanprotagonizado desmanes,
pero aún así el movimiento deOcupar Wall Street siguesiendo la conciencia quenecesita el país.
Estados Unidos es un paísmaravilloso, que ofrece unnivel de vida mejor que el dela mayoría de los países delresto del mundo. Su sistemade gobierno y su sistemaeconómico lo llevaron a seruna superpotencia.
Precisamente, por esaresponsabilidad, los quemandan y poseen másdeberían atender los pedidosdel 99 por ciento.
Rafael Prieto Zartha es eldirector editorial delsemanario Qué Pasa-MiGente, en Charlotte,Carolina del Norte.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:HITECH COMMUNICATIONS1177 Broadway Ste. 20, ChulaVista, CA, County of San Diego,91911This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:N/AThis Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Elsa Loo, 1768 Regency #D,Chula Vista, CA 91911I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: Elsa LooThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 04, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-031060Published: 11/18,23,12/2,9/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:ROTARY CLUB OF CHULAVISTA SUNSET2286 Dragonfly St., Chula Vista,CA, County of San Diego, 91915This Business is Conducted By:An Unincorporated Association-Other than a PartnershipThe First Day of Business Was:N/AThis Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:1. Marvin Harrison, 2286 Drag-onfly St., Chula Vista, CA 919152. David Damico, 2286 Dragon-fly St., Chula Vista, CA 919153. Kellie Damico, 2286 Dragon-fly St., Chula Vista, CA 91915I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: MarvinHarrisonThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County OCT 31, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-030511Published: 11/18,23,12/2,9/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:DIAZ J ADVANCEDCLEANING2789 Wardlow Avenue, SanDiego, CA, County of San Diego,92154This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:11/07/11This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Julia Diaz, 2789 Wardlow Av-enue, San Diego, CA 92154I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: JuliaDiaz, OwnerThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 07, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-031189Published: 11/18,23,12/2,9/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:BEST DAMN HOME BREWSHOP1036 7th Ave., San Diego, CA,County of San Diego, 92101This Business is Conducted By:A CorporationThe First Day of Business Was:11/7/11This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Super Jr. Market Inc., 1036 7thAve., San Diego, CA 92101I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: KamulMikhail, CEOThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 07, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-031200Published: 11/18,23,12/2,9/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:BIG SHOT OUTDOOR GEAR7868 Silverton Ave. Suite B, SanDiego, CA, County of San Diego,92126Mailing Address: SameThis Business is Conducted By:A Limited Liability CompanyThe First Day of Business Was:10/1/11This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Big Shot Outdoor Gear LLC,7868 Silverton Ave. Suite B, SanDiego, CA 92126, CaliforniaI declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: MiguelCerda, PresidentThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 04, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-031067Published: 11/18,23,12/2,9/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:IUL RESOURCE1909 Carennac Pl #58, ChulaVista, CA, County of San Diego,91913Mailing Address: 6549 MissionGorge Rd #208, San Diego, CA92120This Business is Conducted By:
An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:N/AThis Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Warren Mitchell, 1909 CarennacPl #58, Chula Vista, CA 91913I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: WarrenMitchellThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 18, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-032249Published: 11/23,12/2,9,16/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:UNITED CONCRETECUTTING5727 Albemarle St., San Diego,CA, County of San Diego, 92139Mailing Address: 5727 AlbemarleSt., San Diego, CA 92139This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:11-1-11This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Jose Leon, 5727 Albemarle St.,San Diego, CA 92139I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: JoseLeon, OwnerThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 04, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-031102Published: 11/23,12/2,9,16/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:AMOR’S BOUTIQUE1247 Highland Ave. #3, NationalCity, CA, County of San Diego,91950Mailing Address: 148 4th Ave.#2, Chula Vista, CA 91910This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:11/21/2011This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Amor Bonoan, 148 4th Ave. #2,Chula Vista, CA 91910I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: AmorBonoanThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 23, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-032670Published: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:JULIAN’S CLOTHING1247 Highland Ave. #3, NationalCity, CA, County of San Diego,91950This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:9/20/2011This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Julian Park, 10420 Maya LindaRoad Apt. D304, San Diego, CA92126I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: JulianParkThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 22, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-032529Published: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:MARISCOS EL CHEPE163 Mace St., Chula Vista, CA,County of San Diego, 91911Mailing Address: 1127 25th St.Apt. 202, San Diego, CA 92154This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:N/AThis Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Jose Leon, 1127 25th St. Apt.202, San Diego, CA 92154I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: JoseLeonThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 21, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-032419Published: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:UNION TREE SERVICE1462 Rock Springs Rd., Escon-dido, CA, County of San Diego,92026This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:08/29/2011This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Elsa Rodarte, 275 Orange Ave.Sp. #207, Chula Vista, CA 91911I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: ElsaRodarte, OwnerThis Statement Was Filed With
CHANGE OF NAME
show cause why the petitionshould not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, thecourt may grant the petition with-out a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: DEC 15, 2011. Time: 8:30AM Dept: 8.The address of the court is Su-perior Court of California, Countyof San Diego, 220 West Broad-way, San Diego, CA 92101A Copy of this Order to ShowCause shall be published at leastonce each week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date setfor hearing on the petition in thefollowing newspaper of generalcirculation printed in this countyLa Prensa San Diego, 651 ThirdAvenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,CA 91910Date: NOV 01, 2011KEVIN A. ENRIGHTJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: 11/11,18,23,12/2/2011La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER:37-2011-00100509-CU-PT-CTLTO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS:Petitioner: FATHIA SAID, on be-half of minor children, filed a pe-tition with this court for a decreechanging names as follows:a. ZACHARIA ABDIRAHMANHASSAN to ZACHARIA AHMEDOMARb. LIBAN ABDIRAHMAN HASSANto LIBAN AHMED OMARTHE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this mattershall appear before this court atthe hearing indicated below toshow cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name shouldnot be granted. Any person ob-jecting to the name changesdescribed above must file awritten objection that includes thereasons for the objection at leasttwo court days before the mat-ter is scheduled to be heard andmust appear at the hearing toshow cause why the petitionshould not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, thecourt may grant the petition with-out a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: JAN 05, 2012. Time: 8:30AM Dept: 8. Room: 2nd FloorThe address of the court is Su-perior Court of California, Countyof San Diego, 220 West Broad-way, San Diego, CA 92101A Copy of this Order to ShowCause shall be published at leastonce each week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date setfor hearing on the petition in thefollowing newspaper of generalcirculation printed in this countyLa Prensa San Diego, 651 ThirdAvenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,CA 91910Date: NOV 03, 2011KEVIN A. ENRIGHTJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: 11/11,18,23,12/2/2011La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER:37-2011-00100380-CU-PT-CTLTO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS:Petitioner: JOSE LUIS ROMO,filed a petition with this court fora decree changing names as fol-lows:JOSE LUIS ROMO to JOSE LUISRAMOSTHE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this mattershall appear before this court atthe hearing indicated below toshow cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name shouldnot be granted. Any person ob-jecting to the name changesdescribed above must file awritten objection that includes thereasons for the objection at leasttwo court days before the mat-ter is scheduled to be heard andmust appear at the hearing toshow cause why the petitionshould not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, thecourt may grant the petition with-out a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: DEC 20, 2011. Time: 8:30AM Dept: 8.The address of the court is Su-perior Court of California, Countyof San Diego, 220 West Broad-way, San Diego, CA 92101A Copy of this Order to ShowCause shall be published at leastonce each week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date setfor hearing on the petition in thefollowing newspaper of generalcirculation printed in this countyLa Prensa San Diego, 651 ThirdAvenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,CA 91910Date: NOV 02, 2011KEVIN A. ENRIGHTJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: 11/11,18,23,12/2/2011La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER:37-2011-00079731-CU-PT-SC
TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONSPetitioner: ALBERTO J. ESCAL-ANTE and CLAUDIA F. LOAIZA,on behalf of CLAUDIA FABIOLAESCALANTE, minor, filed a pe-tition with this court for a decreechanging names as follows:CLAUDIA FABIOLA ESCAL-ANTE to CLAUDIA FABIOLAESCALANTE-LOAIZATHE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this mattershall appear before this court atthe hearing indicated below toshow cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name shouldnot be granted. Any person ob-jecting to the name changes de-scribed above must file a writ-ten objection that includes thereasons for the objection at leasttwo court days before the mat-ter is scheduled to be heard andmust appear at the hearing toshow cause why the petitionshould not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, thecourt may grant the petition with-out a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: 1-5-12. Time: 8:30 AMDept: 4.The address of the court is Su-perior Court of California, Countyof San Diego, South County Di-vision, 500 3rd Ave., ChulaVista, CA 91910-5649A Copy of this Order to ShowCause shall be published at leastonce each week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date setfor hearing on the petition in thefollowing newspaper of generalcirculation printed in this countyLa Prensa San Diego, 651 ThirdAvenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910Date: NOV 21, 2011WILLIAM S. CANNONJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: 11/23,12/2,9,16/2011La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER:37-2011-00079779-CU-PT-SC
TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONSPetitioner: ALEJANDRA SAAV-EDRA MUFFLER, filed a petitionwith this court for a decreechanging names as follows:ALEJANDRA SAAVEDRA MUF-FLER to ALEJANDRA SAAV-EDRATHE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this mattershall appear before this court atthe hearing indicated below toshow cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name shouldnot be granted. Any person ob-jecting to the name changes de-scribed above must file a writ-ten objection that includes thereasons for the objection at leasttwo court days before the mat-ter is scheduled to be heard andmust appear at the hearing toshow cause why the petitionshould not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, thecourt may grant the petition with-out a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: 1-6-2012. Time: 8:30 AMDept: 4. Room: 2nd FloorThe address of the court is Su-perior Court of California, Countyof San Diego, South County Di-vision, 500 3rd Ave., ChulaVista, CA 91910A Copy of this Order to ShowCause shall be published at leastonce each week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date setfor hearing on the petition in thefollowing newspaper of generalcirculation printed in this countyLa Prensa San Diego, 651 ThirdAvenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,CA 91910Date: NOV 23, 2011WILLIAM S. CANNONJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER:37-2011-00079814-CU-PT-SC
TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONSPet i t i one r : OMAR PEREZARTECHE and AIDA ARACELYSALCEDO, on behalf of ANDRÉPÉREZ SALCEDO, minor, fileda petition with this court for a de-cree changing names as follows:(First name): ANDRÉ; (Middlename): PÉREZ; (Last name):SALCEDO to (First name):ANDRÉ (Last name): PÉREZ-SALCEDOTHE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this mattershall appear before this court atthe hearing indicated below toshow cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name shouldnot be granted. Any person ob-jecting to the name changes de-scribed above must file a writ-ten objection that includes thereasons for the objection at leasttwo court days before the mat-ter is scheduled to be heard andmust appear at the hearing toshow cause why the petitionshould not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, thecourt may grant the petition with-out a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: 1-13-12. Time: 8:30 AMDept: 4. Room: 2nd FloorThe address of the court is Su-perior Court of California, Countyof San Diego, South County Di-vision, 500 3rd Ave., ChulaVista, CA 91910A Copy of this Order to ShowCause shall be published at leastonce each week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date setfor hearing on the petition in thefollowing newspaper of generalcirculation printed in this countyLa Prensa San Diego, 651 ThirdAvenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,CA 91910Date: NOV 29, 2011WILLIAM S. CANNONJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER:37-2011-00101672-CU-PT-CTLTO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS:Peti t ioner: FRANCISCO P.DELMONTE, filed a petition withthis court for a decree changingnames as follows:FRANCISCO PAGADUANDELMONTE to FRANCISPAGADUAN DELMONTETHE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this mattershall appear before this court atthe hearing indicated below toshow cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name shouldnot be granted. Any person ob-jecting to the name changesdescribed above must file awritten objection that includes thereasons for the objection at leasttwo court days before the mat-ter is scheduled to be heard andmust appear at the hearing toshow cause why the petitionshould not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, thecourt may grant the petition with-out a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: JAN 12, 2012. Time:8:30AM. Dept: 8.The address of the court is Su-perior Court of California, Countyof San Diego, 220 West Broad-way, San Diego, CA 92101A Copy of this Order to ShowCause shall be published at leastonce each week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date setfor hearing on the petition in thefollowing newspaper of generalcirculation printed in this countyLa Prensa San Diego, 651 ThirdAvenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,CA 91910Date: DEC 01, 2011KEVIN A. ENRIGHTJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:a. TERRA NOVA TAX & NOTARYSERVICESb. TERRA NOVA AUTOREGISTRATION &INSURANCE SERVICES4630 Border Village Rd Ste 206C,San Ysidro, CA, County of SanDiego, 92173Mailing Address: 4630 BorderVillage Rd Ste 206C, San Ysidro,CA 92173This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:N/AThis Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Raymond Newlan, 4630 BorderVillage Rd Ste 206C, San Ysidro,CA 92173I declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: R.B.NewlanThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County OCT 11, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-028589Published: 11/11,18,23,12/2/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:CORONADO AUTO DETAILING1336 Serena Circle #1, ChulaVista, CA, County of San Diego,91910Mailing Address: 1336 SerenaCircle #1, Chula Vista, CA 91910This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:N/AThis Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Hugo F. Castrejon, 1336 SerenaCircle #1, Chula Vista, CA 91910I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: Hugo F.CastrejonThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 04, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-031053Published: 11/11,18,23,12/2/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:SKIFF’S HEADLIGHTSCLEANING1630 Walnut Dr., Chula Vista,CA, County of San Diego, 91911This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:N/AThis Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Howard Skiff, 1630 Walnut Dr.,Chula Vista, CA 91911I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: HowardSkiffThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 02, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-030815Published: 11/11,18,23,12/2/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:SKIP LOCATORS1627 Seabrook Lane, San Diego,CA, County of San Diego, 92139Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2012,Bonita, CA 91908This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:N/AThis Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Juan A. Lizarraga Sr., 1627Seabrook Lane, San Diego, CA92139I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: Juan A.LizarragaThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 08, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-031339Published: 11/11,18,23,12/2/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:THE REMNANT OF CHRIST3410 Mt. Acadia Blvd., SanDiego, CA, County of San Diego,92111Mailing Address: 12796 Benav-ente Way, San Diego, CA 92129This Business is Conducted By:An Unincorporated Association-Other than a PartnershipThe First Day of Business Was:10/30/11This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:1. Jerry Nickles, 3410 Mt. AcadiaBlvd., San Diego, CA 921112. Jorge Contreras, 12796Benavente Way, San Diego, CA92129I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: JorgeContrerasThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 07, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-031183Published: 11/11,18,23,12/2/2011La Prensa San Diego
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 21, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-032367Published: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:SOUTHBAY SMOG CHECK2281 Flower Ave. Ste D, SanDiego, CA, County of San Diego,92154Mailing Address: Same as aboveThis Business is Conducted By:A General PartnershipThe First Day of Business Was:06/02/01This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:1. Adolfo G. Camacho, 2281Flower Ave. Ste D, San Diego,CA 921542. Gustavo Camacho Jr., 2281Flower Ave. Ste. D, San Diego,CA 92154I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: GustavoCamachoThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 23, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-032582Published: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:a. AAA SMOG CENTERb. PRAZE ONE MEDIA8781 Cuyamaca St. Suite O,Santee, CA, County of SanDiego, 92071Mailing Address: 8781 CuyamacaSt. Suite O, Santee, CA 92071This Business is Conducted By:Co-PartnersThe First Day of Business Was:N/AThis Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:1. Sayed Kaghazi, 8781 Cuy-amaca St. Suite O, Santee, CA920712. Shahzad M. Tamil, 8781Cuyamaca St. Suite O, Santee,CA 92071I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: SayedKaghazi, PartnerThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 15, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-031831Published: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:RENT A PAINTER1067 4th Ave. #419, Chula Vista,CA, County of San Diego, 91911This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:N/AThis Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Isabel Vasquez, 1067 4th Ave.#419, Chula Vista, CA 91911I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: IsabelVasquezThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 16, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-031954Published: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:KING’S CUT729 Jamacha Road, El Cajon,CA, County of San Diego, 92019This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:N/AThis Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Methak Dawood, 245 S. Lincoln#23, El Cajon, CA 92020I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: MethakDawoodThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 29, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-032912Published: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:VISUAL ELEMENT4685 Convoy Street, San Diego,CA, County of San Diego, 92114This Business is Conducted By:A General PartnershipThe First Day of Business Was:11/16/11This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:1. Jeremy Aguilar, 1680 PlazaCrest Ridge, San Diego, CA921142. Martin Calderon, 831 StillwellAvenue, San Diego, CA 921143. Christian Ferrer, 1364 Bryan-view Circle, San Diego, CA92114I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: JeremyAguilarThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 22, 2011The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-032549Published: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:BOW TO STERN1165 Walnut Ave. Suite #3, ChulaVista, CA, County of San Diego,91911Mailing Address: P.O. 432270,San Ysidro, CA 92143This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:04/13/2011This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:David Garcia-Rios, 1165 WalnutAve. Suite #3, Chula Vista, CA91911I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: DavidGarcia-RiosThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 17, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-032089Published: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
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Fictitious Business Name:PAVLOVA DANCE STUDIO4208 Bonita Rd., Bonita, CA,County of San Diego, 91902Mail ing Address: P.O. Box437900, San Ysidro, CA 92143This Business is Conducted By:A Limited Liability CompanyThe First Day of Business Was:N/AThis Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Pavlova Group, LLC, 4208 BonitaRd., Bonita, CA 91902, Califor-niaI declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: GloriaZuñiga, ManagerThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 29, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-032888Published: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
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Fictitious Business Name:PROMPT DELIVERY1204 Turtle Cay Place, ChulaVista, CA, County of San Diego,91915This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:11/30/11This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Miguel Jauregui, 1204 Turtle CayPlace, Chula Vista, CA 91915I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: MiguelJaureguiThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 30, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-033039Published: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
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Fictitious Business Name:TOKO2544 4th Ave., San Diego, CA,County of San Diego, 92103Mailing Address: 642 SecondAve., Chula Vista, CA 91910This Business is Conducted By:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:11/1/11This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Corinne McCall, 642 SecondAve., Chula Vista, CA 91910I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: CorinneMcCallThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 02, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-030839Published: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
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Fictitious Business Name:a. NAHRAIN FISH &CHICKEN GRILLb. AL NAHRAEN-ALNAHRAIN1183 E. Main St. Ste. A1, ElCajon, CA, County of San Diego,92021Mailing Address: SameThis Business is Conducted By:A CorporationThe First Day of Business Was:March 18, 2011This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:NAHRAIN ENTERPRISES,INC., 1183 E. Main St. Ste. A1,El Cajon, CA 92021I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: WafirAlchi, PresidentThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 30, 2011The filing of this statement doesnot of itself authorize the use inthis state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2011-033094Published: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
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CASE NUMBER:37-2011-00079538-CU-PT-SC
TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONSPetitioner: ALLISON BROOKLOWREY, filed a petition withthis court for a decree changingnames as follows:ALLISON BROOK LOWREY toALLISON BROOK RODRIGUEZTHE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this mattershall appear before this court atthe hearing indicated below toshow cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name shouldnot be granted. Any person ob-jecting to the name changes de-scribed above must file a writ-ten objection that includes thereasons for the objection at leasttwo court days before the mat-ter is scheduled to be heard andmust appear at the hearing toshow cause why the petitionshould not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, thecourt may grant the petition with-out a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: 01-09-2012. Time: 8:30 AMDept: 4.The address of the court is Su-perior Court of California, Countyof San Diego, South County Di-vision, 500 3rd Ave., ChulaVista, CA 91910-5649A Copy of this Order to ShowCause shall be published at leastonce each week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date setfor hearing on the petition in thefollowing newspaper of generalcirculation printed in this countyLa Prensa San Diego, 651 ThirdAvenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,CA 91910Date: NOV 04, 2011WILLIAM S. CANNONJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: 11/11,18,23,12/2/2011La Prensa San Diego
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CASE NUMBER:37-2011-00100351-CU-PT-CTLTO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS:Petitioner: CHRISTIAN MORA,filed a petition with this court fora decree changing names as fol-lows:CHRISTIAN MORA to CHRIS-TIAN JAMESTHE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this mattershall appear before this court atthe hearing indicated below toshow cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name shouldnot be granted. Any person ob-jecting to the name changesdescribed above must file awritten objection that includes thereasons for the objection at leasttwo court days before the mat-ter is scheduled to be heard andmust appear at the hearing to
ABANDONMENT OF USEOF FICTITIOUS NAME
STATEMENT OFABANDONMENT OF USE
OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME
Fictitious Business Name:HITECH COMMUNICATIONS1177 Broadway #20, Chula Vista,CA, County of San Diego, 91911The Fictitious Business NameReferred to Above Was Filed inSan Diego County On: 2/14/2008, and assigned File No:2008-005129Is (Are) Abandoned by the Fol-lowing Registrant(s):1. Claudio Torres, 1487 AshfordCastle Dr., Chula Vista, CA919152. Edna E. Torres, 1487 AshfordCastle Dr., Chula Vista, CA91915I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: ClaudioTorresThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 04, 2011Assigned File No.: 2011-031059Published: 11/18,23,12/2,9/2011La Prensa San Diego
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OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME
Fictitious Business Name:WHOLESALE ELECTRONIC1228 Dennery Rd. 206, San Di-ego, CA, County of San Diego,92154The Fictitious Business NameReferred to Above Was Filedin San Diego County On: Oct-03-2011, and assigned File No:2011-027758Is (Are) Abandoned by the Fol-lowing Registrant(s):Claudia Isela De Lira, 1228Dennery Rd 206, San Diego, CA92154I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: ClaudiaIsela De LiraThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 21, 2011Assigned File No.: 2011-032364Published: 11/23,12/2,9,16/2011La Prensa San Diego
STATEMENT OFABANDONMENT OF USE
OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME
Fictitious Business Name:TOKO USA, LLC2544 4th Ave., San Diego, CA,County of San Diego, 92103Mailing Address: 642 SecondAve., Chula Vista, CA 91910The Fictitious Business NameReferred to Above Was Filed inSan Diego County On: 7/9/2010,and assigned File No: 2010-018620Is (Are) Abandoned by the Fol-lowing Registrant(s):TOKO USA, LLC, 2544 4th Ave.,San Diego, CA 92103, Califor-niaI declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: CorinneMcCall, ManagerThis Statement Was Filed WithErnest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Re-corder/County Clerk of San Di-ego County NOV 02, 2011Assigned File No.: 2011-030837Published: 12/2,9,16,23/2011La Prensa San Diego
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By Chef Michael Flores
As a child, the first time Isaw tamales on the menu of aMexican restaurant, in Sep-tember; I laughed! It wasn’tDecember; they had no placebeing on that menu. Tamalesare for Christmas and NewYear’s Eve.
At least that was my familyexperience. Pero tamales inSeptember? Nombre. Get outof here. If my grandmotherssaw the menu they’d say,“están locos,” “they’re crazy!”
I remember sitting at mygrandmothers’ tables mesmer-ized by “La Doña de laCocina” and her brigade ofTias y primas making dozensupon dozens of tamales. I des-perately wanted to join, but Iwas a boy. We were supposedto be hunting out on the ranchfor the filling, or relaxing on oneof the sofas watching what-ever sports game was on.
The art of making a tamaleis not a simple, one-day pro-cess. Fillings have to be pre-pared. (Both grandmothersmade pork, bean, chicken withjalapeños, and sweet tamales.)Husks have to be soaked andmasa has to be made. Spread-ing the masa onto the husks isthe next step followed by add-ing the stuffing, wrapping the“package,” and then steamingthem until they are cooked.Which reminds me, thesteamer has to be prepared byfilling it with just enough wa-ter, and lining the pan withcornhusks.
Granny (my mother’s mother)used a large pot with a little pietin at the bottom turned upsidedown. She layered the un-cooked tamales in the shape ofa teepee. Uelita (my father’smother) used an electricroaster, and layered them at anangle también. Next came thecooking, or steaming.
I remember that little by littleI started joining in. First at mymom’s mother’s house—thatside of the family was smallerand easier to infiltrate! Once Ihad mastered the art taught tome by Granny, I moved on toUelita’s. With speed and agil-ity, I got started and impressedeveryone around the table.
By the way, a gathering ofpeople who have gotten to-gether simply to make tamalesis called a “Tamalada.” Gos-sip is definitely a must!
Eventually I realized thatalthough I knew how the as-sembly line worked I did notactually know how to maketamales. How did you make themasa, what spices went intowhat, ay carajo, I thought.This is stupid, unless it was alldone for me, I could not maketamales. Something had to bedone.
I had the foresight to knowthat my grandmothers would
not be around forever, so Istarted spending time witheach one of them learning theirculinary arts and secrets, in-cluding the making (not assem-bling) of tamales. Grannytaught me first and then Uelita.
The result of my training is asimply delicious tamale (Tex-Mex style) where I combineboth grandmothers’ recipes tocreate my own, Son deliciosos,of course as a chef I’ve cre-ated many different tamaleswith various “wrappers.” Iknow you will enjoy masteringthem and having your ownTamalada.
Before I forget, there is onevery last step of this tamaleprocess: Making the sauce, youare going to serve with yourfreshly homemade tamales.Everyone has one. Mine is adelicious salsa cocida withtomatoes, chile morita, and
lots of onion, garlic, andcomino. And if making the ta-males is enough work for now,many people, including myfamily, simply drizzle onketchup and hot sauce (likeCholula). ¡Buen Provecho!
T A M A L E S C H I A P A N E C O SAt one point in my early ca-
reer I was hired to open andoperate a Cooking School andGourmet Store. During this timeI met Cynthia Guido, a greatlady and fabulous cook. Shecame to work with me and to-gether we had some great timesdeveloping recipes, testingthem, and then teaching them.For one class we decided tohave a tamalada, an eventwhere everyone gathers tomake tamales—and gossip, ofcourse! Here is a tamal recipethat we created. I will admit thatthis recipe is involved, but whenyou take the time to preparethem you will discover that theyare ¡delicioso!
Filling:3 cups chicken breast, boiledand shredded1 cup pork shoulder or butt,boiled and shredded4 cups cooking liquids re-served from chicken andpork4 chiles anchos3 chiles pasillas2 medium tomatoes2 large tomatillos1/4 cup raisins1/4 cup slivered almonds1 tablespoon sesame seeds1 teaspoon oregano6 garlic cloves1 medium white onionjuice of ½ a lemon½ teaspoon cinnamonsalt and pepper to taste½ cup corn oilpitted prunes (4 halves pertamal)Pitted green olives (3 halvesper tamal)
Masa:I suggest using your favorite
masa recipe (if you have one)or using the Maseca brand mixfor tortillas [do not use theMaseca for tamale mix] (foundat your local grocery store inthe section where you find flourand corn meal) and follow thedirections on the package.
Directions:In a large skillet, lightly toast
the sesame seeds. Removethem and set aside. Add atablespoon of corn oil to theskillet and toast almonds untilpale gold in color; next add rai-sins, oregano, cinnamon, saltand pepper, and toast for about3 minutes, being careful not toburn. Remove and set aside.
In same skillet, add anothertablespoon of corn oil, brieflyfry the cleaned and seededchiles, remove them to a bowl
and cover with hot water, al-low to soften.
In blender or food processor,coarsely grind sesame seeds,almonds and raisin mixture.Remove. Puree rehydratedchiles with a bit of the liquid tomake a paste. Remove and setaside. Now puree tomatoes,tomatillos, garlic, and onion; frymixture briefly in 1 or 2 table-spoons of corn oil.
In clean skillet with 2 table-spoons corn oil fry ground nutand seed mixture for 2-3 min-utes. Add the chile paste andthe previously cooked tomato-onion mixture along with ap-proximately 1 cup of reservedbroth from meats. Allow thismixture to simmer until thick-ened, adjust seasonings.
In this tamal the ingredientsall meet on the banana leaf —on a 9-inch square of bananaleaf spread approximately 1/3cup of prepared masa. Placeshredded chicken and pork ina vertical line over masa.Spoon approximately 1 table-spoon sauce over meats. Ar-range prunes and olives overand fold to form tamal. Arrangethe filled tamales in a steamerand steam until done, approxi-mately 45 minutes to an hour.
Over his 20 years as an ac-claimed chef, television per-sonality, author, and ownerof a specialty foods com-pany, Michael Flores hashoned a passion for Texascuisine inspired by the vastselection of high quality, lo-cally produced foods avail-able. Despite his formaltraining at the Culinary In-stitute of America in NewYork, Michael focuses onproviding simple solutionsfor encouraging families toget back to the table. Forrecipes and more informa-tion, please visit www.cookwithmichael.com.
Tamales Anytime of the Year?
Today’s recipe is anotherDutch recipe, called split peasoup! It’s a soup that’s a wholemeal on it’s own: it containsmeat, potatoes and veggies andit’s quite heavy!
People over here in The Neth-erlands eat this most duringcolder periods, not in the sum-mer, but I have to admit it tastesjust as good on a warm even-ing. But it feels weird for me toeat it like that, it’s “not-done”.
This is the first time I’vemade this soup myself. Usu-ally my Mom makes a lot ofsoup, and keeps it in the freezerso I can take some with mewhen I feel like it. Not this time,this time I made it myself!! AndI’m proud of myself, becauseit’s got the same delicious vel-vet sweet taste as when myMom makes it!
When thinking of split peasoup, I always think back towhen I was a very young girl.We have a traditional feast hereon the 5th of December called“Sinterklaas”. You can compareit with Santa Claus. Kids andadults get presents but hedoesn’t have reindeer and asleigh, this man has a boat be-cause the story goes he’s com-ing all the way from Spain. Andevery year halfway throughNovember “Sinterklaas” wouldarrive with his boat in The Neth-erlands. Yes that guy is alwaysa bit early. But his arrival is al-ways broadcasted live on tele-vision and I was so nervousevery year again. That was
when I still believed “Sinterk-laas” really exists… you mightknow the feeling! And I wasfascinated what a feast it al-ways was, and how that manwas able to buy so many pre-sents for all the kids!! That daywas also the day my Momwould serve this split pea soupfor the first time during that sea-son and I was allowed to eatmy soup in front of the televi-sion (now it’s quite normal, butnot back then!)! So as you mightunderstand, I’ve got some goodmemories taking me back to myyouth when I’m eating thissoup!
How do you make this soup
and what ingredients do youneed? First, I have to mentionthat you have to make this soupone day in advance, once thesoup is almost ready, you haveto store it in the fridge. Thetaste will develop itself evenmore and better!2 thick slices celery root1 large carrot2 leeks1 large onion3 large potatoes5 brussels sprouts
(optional)1 package of split peas1 beef stock cube135 fl. Oz of hot water
1.5 lbs whole gammon onthe bone
1 smoked ring sausage(optional), slicedClean and cut the vegetables
and put them in a crock pot.Of course you can also use apan, but keep an eye on it andstir every once in a while whenusing a pan.
Place the ham in the middle.Crumble the beef stock cubeover it and pour the water inthe crock pot. Add more wa-ter if necessary; the gammonshould be completely covered.
Turn the crock pot on “slow”and let it cook for 8 hours, oruntil the meat is falling of the
bone.Discard the meat from the
soup, and shred it. The souplooks very chunky now andyou can eat it like this, but thebest thing is to puree it with a(hand) blender. When that’sdone you can add the shred-ded meat. Let the soup coolcompletely and put it in thefridge for at least one day.
The next day you can heatthe soup and if you want to usethe smoked ring sausage, youcan add these slices now too.
As always ~ Bon Appetitwww.TheDutchessCooks.
com
Recipe Created by chef Michael Flores; Food Styling byMary Ellen Rose; Photograph by Tracey Maurer
COOKING WITH THE DUTCHESS:By Hanneke Eerden
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Split Pea Soup is great for those cooler days
tions criticize the veneration ofthe Virgin, Lima said she wouldsay a single word: “respect.”
“There must be respect forthe beliefs of each person,” shesaid. “I urge you not to lookfor differences, but seekconvergences, such as our faithin Jesus Christ, as Christiansthat we are.”
The mañanitas to the Virginof Guadalupe at St. Paul’sEpiscopal Cathedral, to be held
on Sunday December 11th at5 pm, prove that the devotionto the Virgin of Tepeyac is notlimited only to the RomanCatholic Church, but that itcrosses denominations.
Reverand Mary MorenoRichardson, in charge of His-panic ministries at the cathe-dral, said it will be a bilingualservice in honor of “the virginwho fights for the defenseless.She crossed the border with usand we celebrate her heretoo.”
For more information aboutProceción Guadalupana and
the various celebrations inCatholic parishes in the Dio-cese of San Diego, visitwww.diocese-sdiego.org.(con’t from page 1)
Split Pea Soup, great comfort food.
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