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34 YEARS of Publication 1976-2010 La Prensa Muñoz, Inc., Publications MAY 7, 2010 Vol. XXXIV No. 18 The boundaries of art are meant to be pushed and artists are always looking for new and creative ways to display their works. Olympian High Sophomore Ana Estrada has taken her art to an entirely different plat- form. Her latest creation is being dis- played on a life-sized replica of a cow. As a part of a national competi- tion sponsored by the Lucerne Dairy Company, Visual and Performing Arts Teacher Elizabeth Exum had her stu- dents design and submit art with the theme “The Taste of Moos-sic.” Each project was done drawn on a single sheet of paper and displayed the theme of music as well as images that displayed dairy in an artistic way. Ana Estrada and her work of art. Student’s Love of “Moo-sic” is Painted on a Cow Olympian High student named a national finalist in art competition The students then submitted their small drawings and a descriptive es- say to Lucerne for consideration. Estrada’s was chosen as one of 30 national finalists from among over 9,600 entries. Her piece is called “Que Alegre La Moo-sica Del Moo- riachi” which in English means “What Joy the Mariachi Music Brings” and it depicts animated cow characters as mariachi musicians and as folkloric dancers. Once Estrada was named a final- ist, Lucerne sent a life-sized plastic cow for her to paint her work onto. The cow has been on display at Olympian High and is currently on display at the Vons supermarket off of Eastlake Parkway. “I wanted to do something that re- flected my culture,” said Estrada. “As an artist, I feel that this is a big achievement. It’s the best work I’ve done.” The winner of the contest will re- ceive $20,000 for their school and $5,000 for each the student and their art teacher. The winners will be an- nounced in early May. “This is an amazing display of art,” said Board President Arlie N. Ricasa. “The creativity and expression that Ana and her teacher, Ms. Exum, showed in this project is something we should all celebrate” For more information about the contest, please visit www.artofdairy- artcontest.com By Anuja Seith New America Media If you’ve turned on the television recently, you’ve probably seen an ad for Proposition 16, the initiative put on the ballot by Pacific Gas and Elec- tric, which would make it more diffi- cult for local governments to get into the power businesses. To date, PG&E has spent $25 mil- lion on the campaign and has pledged $10 million more before the June 8 election. First, the giant utility spent more than $2 million on petition circulation companies, which collected the sig- natures of 433,000 registered Califor- nia voters. Then, PG&E unleashed more than $20 million worth of television adver- tisements, most to play on people’s fears of government wasting taxpayer money. The ads typically open with the gravelly, low voice of a man, who gives the viewer statistics of local government deficits and debt in Cali- fornia, which he says are at $36 bil- lion and $145 billion, respectively. The voice introduces Prop 16 as the solution. He calls it the “Taxpay- ers Right to Vote Act,” because it “re- quires two-thirds voter approval be- fore the local government provides electricity service using public funds or bonds.” This voice says that taxpayers’s right to vote is “priceless,” but that right is not currently available to the voter, it claims, because local govern- ment can spend “unlimited public funds” to create its own utility com- pany with no public vote. Currently, state law gives local elected officials the right to arrange to provide electricity within their ju- risdiction through a contract with an electricity provider other than an in- vestor-owned utility. “We don’t think a small body like City Council or County of Supervi- sors should decide where they invest taxpayers’ money,” said Robin Swanson, spokesperson for the Yes on 16 campaign. “Voters should be able to weigh the promises being made to them and Prop 16 gives them that option,” she said. Campaign records show PG&E as the only contributor to the Yes on 16 campaign, which also has the support of anti-tax groups and the California Chamber of Commerce. Marc Burgat, vice president of government relations for the Califor- nia Chamber of Commerce, said his group opposes public power because “municipal utilities can cherry-pick areas of highest return, which brings them more profit, while rest of the areas are left to be served by the pri- vate utilities who have less return and that forces private utilities to charge higher rates.” Opponents argue Prop16 is little more than a power grab by a private company worried about losing mar- ket share. And while PG&E’s advertise- ments stress the need to hold gov- ernment accountable for how it spends taxpayers’ money, critics say that local power agencies are ac- countable to their elected official boards while PG&E is accountable to its shareholders. They note that PG&E charges some of the highest electricity rates in the state. In California, they say, customers of nonprofit municipal utili- ties pay an average of 20 percent to 25 percent less for electricity than customers of for-profit electric utili- ties. “This measure is solely motivated by PG& E’s special interest, and it would lock the company’s high rates into the constitution by locking out public utilities and community choice,” said Mindy Spatt of The Utility Re- form Network, which opposes the measure. Those opposing the initiative in- clude consumer groups, the Califor- nia Labor Federation, the League of Women Voters of California, the Si- erra Club, local elected officials, and the boards of municipal utilities. Thir- teen newspapers have editorialized against Prop 16. Many business groups are also op- posed to Prop 16. Steve VanDorn, president and CEO of the Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce said the public utility in his area, Silicon Valley Power, offers rates that are 30 to 40 percent lower than PG&E’s. Gino DiCaro of the California Manufacturers & Technology Asso- ciation, echoed that concern: “The industrial electricity rates that we pay are 52 percent higher than national average and 95 percent higher than western states. “These rates can only come down if there is competition, but this initia- tive would curtail any competition,” he said. DiCaro said that in recent years, California has lost 634,000 manufac- turing jobs. Since electricity is a main budget item for manufacturers, there could be more job losses if Prop 16 passes and rates continue to soar. Environmentalists opposed to Prop 16 say that government-owned utili- Prop 16: A PG&E Power Grab or Taxpayer Protection? (see Prop. 16, page 5) Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz Mientras que en Arizona la nueva ley criminalizaría a los inmigrantes indocumentados, un escritor de nuestra región fronteriza trata de rescatar la diversidad de historias de tenacidad y esfuerzo que existen en- tre los inmigrantes. En su libro de cuentos “A tres pasos de la línea”, publicado por Ediciones ILCSA, el escritor ensenadense Ramiro Padilla Atondo da vida a una multitud de voces de inmigrantes mexicanos en ambos lados de la frontera, muchos de ellos indocumentados, pero, eso sí, todos tratando de alcanzar el llamado sueño americano de alguna manera. El autor llamó a la ley anti- inmigrante en Arizona una “ley retrograda, totalmente absurda”. “Las personas que la aprobaron van a pagar un precio muy alto”, dijo Padilla Atondo, quien recientemente estuvo promocionando su libro en San Diego. “Al norteamericano lo tienes que atacar en el bolsillo: es por eso que el boicot que se está generando en contra de Arizona tendrá un efecto importante”. Padilla Atondo dijo que la ley de Arizona es discriminatoria, “por basarse en un perfil étnico o racial para tomar en sus manos las leyes federales”. Como muchas personas que nacieron y crecieron en esta región fronteriza, Padilla Atondo ha viajado constantemente entre los dos países. De esa manera, ha podido ver de cerca como muchos paisanos mexicanos sufren las consecuencias y riesgos de la inmigración indo- cumentada. Eso es precisamente lo que retrata en su libro, “A tres pasos de la línea”, que está escrito en un lenguaje sencillo, popular y directo, para poder llegar a un público más amplio, un público que, lamentablemente, lee muy poco. “Si haces amena la lectura, si escribes como habla la gente, eso hará que las personas que casi no leen se acerquen a tu libro”, dijo Padilla Atondo. “Tenemos un problema gravísimo de problemas de lectura: no hay literatura al alcance del pueblo. Estoy tratando de cierta manera representar ese espejo que son los inmigrantes”. Es por eso que en su libro, a través de cuentos con títulos como “Carta de un padre ausente”, “En la lavandería”, “Volvió Joaquín al pueblo” y “Ahora soy ciudadano”, Padilla Atondo da voz a los in- migrantes indocumentados, un grupo cuya voz rara vez es representada en la literatura. “Alguien tiene que contar la historia de los inmigrantes”, dijo. “Alguien tiene que expresa por medio de la literatura la vida de los inmigrantes. Yo nunca he querido contar historias fantásticas; más bien, quiero brindar mi granito de arena en apoyo a los inmigrantes”. Padilla Atondo publicará un segundo libro de cuentos llamado “Esperando la muerte y otros cuentos” en junio. En ese libro buscará plasmar la realidad de la vida en la frontera. También, se encuentra trabajando su primera novela, que lleva por título, de plano, “Los inmigrantes”, donde continuará retratando la realidad de los indocumentados. By Mariana Martinez “I saw how the hill was sliding down, the authorities came in yester- day to take us out of our homes, they told us the hill was collapsing. At 5 am Monday my house collapsed com- pletely” said 54 year old Juan Sandoval just one of the dozen homeowners who lost their homes this week in Tijuana after a hill col- lapsed underneath their homes at Fraccionamiento Monterrey. According to Sandoval, they no- ticed the earth moving about two weeks ago. Rosa Pedraza, another neighbor, had to be evacuated but she stayed close by, monitoring the home she shared with her husband and three children ages 9, 7 and 3. “The cracking of the houses started at Don Roberto’s house, it came down a foot last weekend, and slowly, the earth started moving down, first at the park and then to my house…” she said, “firemen came and told us our home would eventually collapse over the next 6 months, but it has only been 12 hours and the walls are already cracking open”. Eight homes collapsed completely, what’s left of them stands by a crack that is at least 300 feet long and 9 feet deep and could grow until it de- stroys homes near by. This is just one of the latest con- sequences of one of the strongest earthquakes to hit this border area in the last decade, a 7.2 degree earth- quake followed by more than 7 thou- sand replicas throughout the region. The quake, —so emblematical, is being studied at the meeting of the American Geological Society to be held at the end of May—was quickly overshadowed in Mexico by the dis- appearance and death of a 4 year old girl called Paulette, and in the US by the hasty approval of a harsh immi- gration law in Arizona. But the quake and its conse- quences for the region need to be taken into account both by the com- munity and its political leaders, its impact might affect the region for the next decade. Baja State government spokesper- son Victor Adán López Camacho es- timated damages caused by the quake are over $450 million dollars, equivalent to 1.66% of the state’s gross product. Damages include 55 kilometers of road with major damages, 19 kilome- ters that will need repairs, three bridges that will have to be rebuilt, along with 2,800 homes, 142 schools, 7 cultural centers and 13 sports insti- tutions, the City Hospital and 17 clin- ics. Neighboring Calexico has similar numbers. City Administrator Assistant Armando Villa, estimates the losses at $91.3 million dollars, including se- vere damage in the water system and 800 inhabitable homes and the cost of additional security for the city be- cause of the fear of looting. Farmers have been badly hit and crops worth over $16.6 million dol- lars could be lost in San Luis Rio Colorado due to severe damages in Escritor fronterizo da voz a los inmigrantes (vea Escritor, página 5) After the quake, the heat.... (see After the Quake, page 2)

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34 YEARSof Publication

1976-2010

La Prensa Muñoz, Inc., PublicationsVol. XXXIII MAY 7, 2010Vol. XXXIV No. 18

The boundaries of art are meantto be pushed and artists are alwayslooking for new and creative ways todisplay their works. Olympian HighSophomore Ana Estrada has takenher art to an entirely different plat-form. Her latest creation is being dis-played on a life-sized replica of acow.

As a part of a national competi-tion sponsored by the Lucerne DairyCompany, Visual and Performing ArtsTeacher Elizabeth Exum had her stu-dents design and submit art with thetheme “The Taste of Moos-sic.”Each project was done drawn on asingle sheet of paper and displayedthe theme of music as well as imagesthat displayed dairy in an artistic way.

Ana Estrada and her work of art.

Student’s Love of “Moo-sic” is Painted on a CowOlympian High student named a national finalist in art competition

The students then submitted theirsmall drawings and a descriptive es-say to Lucerne for consideration.Estrada’s was chosen as one of 30national finalists from among over9,600 entries. Her piece is called“Que Alegre La Moo-sica Del Moo-riachi” which in English means “WhatJoy the Mariachi Music Brings” andit depicts animated cow charactersas mariachi musicians and as folkloricdancers.

Once Estrada was named a final-ist, Lucerne sent a life-sized plasticcow for her to paint her work onto.The cow has been on display atOlympian High and is currently ondisplay at the Vons supermarket offof Eastlake Parkway.

“I wanted to do something that re-flected my culture,” said Estrada. “Asan artist, I feel that this is a bigachievement. It’s the best work I’vedone.”

The winner of the contest will re-ceive $20,000 for their school and$5,000 for each the student and theirart teacher. The winners will be an-nounced in early May.

“This is an amazing display of art,”said Board President Arlie N. Ricasa.“The creativity and expression thatAna and her teacher, Ms. Exum,showed in this project is somethingwe should all celebrate”

For more information about thecontest, please visit www.artofdairy-artcontest.com

By Anuja SeithNew America Media

If you’ve turned on the televisionrecently, you’ve probably seen an adfor Proposition 16, the initiative puton the ballot by Pacific Gas and Elec-tric, which would make it more diffi-cult for local governments to get intothe power businesses.

To date, PG&E has spent $25 mil-lion on the campaign and has pledged$10 million more before the June 8election.

First, the giant utility spent morethan $2 million on petition circulationcompanies, which collected the sig-natures of 433,000 registered Califor-nia voters.

Then, PG&E unleashed more than$20 million worth of television adver-tisements, most to play on people’sfears of government wasting taxpayermoney.

The ads typically open with thegravelly, low voice of a man, whogives the viewer statistics of localgovernment deficits and debt in Cali-fornia, which he says are at $36 bil-lion and $145 billion, respectively.

The voice introduces Prop 16 asthe solution. He calls it the “Taxpay-ers Right to Vote Act,” because it “re-quires two-thirds voter approval be-fore the local government provideselectricity service using public fundsor bonds.”

This voice says that taxpayers’sright to vote is “priceless,” but thatright is not currently available to thevoter, it claims, because local govern-ment can spend “unlimited publicfunds” to create its own utility com-pany with no public vote.

Currently, state law gives localelected officials the right to arrangeto provide electricity within their ju-

risdiction through a contract with anelectricity provider other than an in-vestor-owned utility.

“We don’t think a small body likeCity Council or County of Supervi-sors should decide where they investtaxpayers’ money,” said RobinSwanson, spokesperson for the Yeson 16 campaign.

“Voters should be able to weighthe promises being made to them andProp 16 gives them that option,” shesaid.

Campaign records show PG&E asthe only contributor to the Yes on 16campaign, which also has the supportof anti-tax groups and the CaliforniaChamber of Commerce.

Marc Burgat, vice president ofgovernment relations for the Califor-nia Chamber of Commerce, said hisgroup opposes public power because“municipal utilities can cherry-pickareas of highest return, which bringsthem more profit, while rest of theareas are left to be served by the pri-vate utilities who have less return andthat forces private utilities to chargehigher rates.”

Opponents argue Prop16 is littlemore than a power grab by a privatecompany worried about losing mar-ket share.

And while PG&E’s advertise-ments stress the need to hold gov-ernment accountable for how itspends taxpayers’ money, critics saythat local power agencies are ac-countable to their elected officialboards while PG&E is accountableto its shareholders.

They note that PG&E chargessome of the highest electricity ratesin the state. In California, they say,customers of nonprofit municipal utili-ties pay an average of 20 percent to25 percent less for electricity than

customers of for-profit electric utili-ties.

“This measure is solely motivatedby PG& E’s special interest, and itwould lock the company’s high ratesinto the constitution by locking outpublic utilities and community choice,”said Mindy Spatt of The Utility Re-form Network, which opposes themeasure.

Those opposing the initiative in-clude consumer groups, the Califor-nia Labor Federation, the League ofWomen Voters of California, the Si-erra Club, local elected officials, andthe boards of municipal utilities. Thir-teen newspapers have editorializedagainst Prop 16.

Many business groups are also op-posed to Prop 16.

Steve VanDorn, president andCEO of the Santa Clara Chamber ofCommerce said the public utility in hisarea, Silicon Valley Power, offersrates that are 30 to 40 percent lowerthan PG&E’s.

Gino DiCaro of the CaliforniaManufacturers & Technology Asso-ciation, echoed that concern: “Theindustrial electricity rates that we payare 52 percent higher than nationalaverage and 95 percent higher thanwestern states.

“These rates can only come downif there is competition, but this initia-tive would curtail any competition,”he said.

DiCaro said that in recent years,California has lost 634,000 manufac-turing jobs. Since electricity is a mainbudget item for manufacturers, therecould be more job losses if Prop 16passes and rates continue to soar.

Environmentalists opposed to Prop16 say that government-owned utili-

Prop 16: A PG&E Power Grab orTaxpayer Protection?

(see Prop. 16, page 5)

Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz

Mientras que en Arizona la nuevaley criminalizaría a los inmigrantesindocumentados, un escritor denuestra región fronteriza trata derescatar la diversidad de historias detenacidad y esfuerzo que existen en-tre los inmigrantes.

En su libro de cuentos “A trespasos de la línea”, publicado porEdiciones ILCSA, el escritorensenadense Ramiro Padilla Atondoda vida a una multitud de voces deinmigrantes mexicanos en amboslados de la frontera, muchos de ellosindocumentados, pero, eso sí, todostratando de alcanzar el llamado sueñoamericano de alguna manera.

El autor llamó a la ley anti-inmigrante en Arizona una “leyretrograda, totalmente absurda”.

“Las personas que la aprobaronvan a pagar un precio muy alto”, dijoPadilla Atondo, quien recientementeestuvo promocionando su libro en SanDiego. “Al norteamericano lo tienesque atacar en el bolsillo: es por esoque el boicot que se está generandoen contra de Arizona tendrá unefecto importante”.

Padilla Atondo dijo que la ley deArizona es discriminatoria, “porbasarse en un perfil étnico o racialpara tomar en sus manos las leyesfederales”.

Como muchas personas quenacieron y crecieron en esta regiónfronteriza, Padilla Atondo ha viajadoconstantemente entre los dos países.De esa manera, ha podido ver decerca como muchos paisanosmexicanos sufren las consecuenciasy riesgos de la inmigración indo-cumentada.

Eso es precisamente lo que retrataen su libro, “A tres pasos de la línea”,que está escrito en un lenguajesencillo, popular y directo, para poderllegar a un público más amplio, unpúblico que, lamentablemente, leemuy poco.

“Si haces amena la lectura, siescribes como habla la gente, eso haráque las personas que casi no leen seacerquen a tu libro”, dijo PadillaAtondo. “Tenemos un problema

gravísimo de problemas de lectura: nohay literatura al alcance del pueblo.Estoy tratando de cierta manerarepresentar ese espejo que son losinmigrantes”.

Es por eso que en su libro, a travésde cuentos con títulos como “Cartade un padre ausente”, “En lalavandería”, “Volvió Joaquín alpueblo” y “Ahora soy ciudadano”,Padilla Atondo da voz a los in-migrantes indocumentados, un grupocuya voz rara vez es representada enla literatura.

“Alguien tiene que contar la historiade los inmigrantes”, dijo. “Alguientiene que expresa por medio de laliteratura la vida de los inmigrantes.Yo nunca he querido contar historiasfantásticas; más bien, quiero brindarmi granito de arena en apoyo a losinmigrantes”.

Padilla Atondo publicará unsegundo libro de cuentos llamado“Esperando la muerte y otroscuentos” en junio. En ese librobuscará plasmar la realidad de la vidaen la frontera.

También, se encuentra trabajandosu primera novela, que lleva por título,de plano, “Los inmigrantes”, dondecontinuará retratando la realidad delos indocumentados.

By Mariana Martinez

“I saw how the hill was slidingdown, the authorities came in yester-day to take us out of our homes, theytold us the hill was collapsing. At 5am Monday my house collapsed com-pletely” said 54 year old JuanSandoval just one of the dozenhomeowners who lost their homesthis week in Tijuana after a hill col-lapsed underneath their homes atFraccionamiento Monterrey.

According to Sandoval, they no-ticed the earth moving about twoweeks ago.

Rosa Pedraza, another neighbor,had to be evacuated but she stayedclose by, monitoring the home sheshared with her husband and threechildren ages 9, 7 and 3.

“The cracking of the housesstarted at Don Roberto’s house, itcame down a foot last weekend, andslowly, the earth started movingdown, first at the park and then tomy house…” she said, “firemencame and told us our home wouldeventually collapse over the next 6months, but it has only been 12 hoursand the walls are already crackingopen”.

Eight homes collapsed completely,what’s left of them stands by a crackthat is at least 300 feet long and 9feet deep and could grow until it de-stroys homes near by.

This is just one of the latest con-sequences of one of the strongestearthquakes to hit this border area inthe last decade, a 7.2 degree earth-quake followed by more than 7 thou-sand replicas throughout the region.

The quake, —so emblematical, isbeing studied at the meeting of theAmerican Geological Society to beheld at the end of May—was quicklyovershadowed in Mexico by the dis-appearance and death of a 4 year oldgirl called Paulette, and in the US bythe hasty approval of a harsh immi-gration law in Arizona.

But the quake and its conse-quences for the region need to betaken into account both by the com-munity and its political leaders, itsimpact might affect the region for thenext decade.

Baja State government spokesper-son Victor Adán López Camacho es-timated damages caused by thequake are over $450 million dollars,equivalent to 1.66% of the state’sgross product.

Damages include 55 kilometers ofroad with major damages, 19 kilome-ters that will need repairs, threebridges that will have to be rebuilt,along with 2,800 homes, 142 schools,7 cultural centers and 13 sports insti-tutions, the City Hospital and 17 clin-ics.

Neighboring Calexico has similarnumbers. City Administrator AssistantArmando Villa, estimates the lossesat $91.3 million dollars, including se-vere damage in the water system and800 inhabitable homes and the costof additional security for the city be-cause of the fear of looting.

Farmers have been badly hit andcrops worth over $16.6 million dol-lars could be lost in San Luis RioColorado due to severe damages in

Escritor fronterizo da voz alos inmigrantes

(vea Escritor, página 5)

After the quake, the heat....

(see After the Quake, page 2)

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MÉXICO DEL NORTEPor Jorge Mújica Murias

Una Semanaa la Semana

Por definición, “movimiento”significa no estarse quieto.En el caso del “movimientoinmigrante” en Chicago, lasúltimas semanas hancumplido la definición. EnBroadview, suburbio dondese localiza el centro dedetención de la Migra local,24 activistas fueronarrestados después desentarse en la calle a la horaque se abrieron las rejas paraque salieran las camionetasrumbo al aeropuerto parallevar a docenas de detenidosal aeropuerto. La acciónimpidió la deportación dealgunos inmigrantes, aunquehaya sido por unas horas odías.

Dos días después, mediocentenar de activistasarmaron una protesta a laentrada del estadio de béisbolde los Cachorros de Chicago,con carteles y volantes encontra de la SB1070, la ley deArizona que autoriza elarresto cualquier persona “porsospechosa”, y dos días mástarde decenas de miles depersonas salieron a las callesel Primero de Mayo, nosolamente en solidaridad conlos inmigrantes de Arizona,sino para recordarle a BarackObama que ese día estabamarcado como fecha límitepara actuar en el tema deinmigración.

Y lo interesante del caso,más allá de las tresmovilizaciones, ha sido larespuesta a las mismas. Porun lado, por artificioso queparezca, los líderesDemócratas presentaron enWashington, un día antes del“deadline”, otra propuesta deplataforma sobre inmigración.Harry Reid y Richard Durbinrespondieron, por así decirlo, ala fecha planteada por elmovimiento. Lo quepresentaron es una chorradallamada REPAIR“REPARAR”, que desglosadaquiere decir Aplicación Realcon Respuestas Prácticaspara la Reforma Migratoria.

Uno no puede más quedesear que el tiempo que sepasan buscándole nombrecitosa las propuestas lo usaran encosas prácticas, porque laREPAIR consiste, desde elnombrecito, en “Tener éxitopara operar la frontera demanera que se evite la futurainmigración ilegal”, mediantela “detención, arresto yremoción” deindocumentados; el “fin de lacontratación ilegal mediantemedidas biométricas deverificación de empleo”; el“registro obligatorio,aceptación de laresponsabilidad y castigoadministrativo de los(vea Una Semana, página 8)

Por: Paco Zavala

Para celebrar en el marcodel Bicentenario de la Inde-pendencia de México y elCentenario de la RevoluciónMexicana, realizarán laXXVIII Edición de la Feria delLibro de Tijuana 2010, del 14al 23 de mayo, en el esta-cionamiento de la Plaza RíoTijuana.

La inauguración se realizaráel 14 de mayo a las 7:00 pm.,según informaron en rueda deprensa el pasado martes 4 demayo, en la que estuvieronpresentes la Maestra MaríaTeresa Riqué Jaime, DirectoraGeneral del Instituto Municipalde Arte y Cultura, el Lic.Alvaro Avila, Director deRelaciones Públicas del XIXAyuntamiento de Tijuana, ElLic. Alfredo López, Adminis-trador de Plaza Río y RicardoArvizú, Tesorero de la Uniónde Libreros, y por supuesto losmedios de comunicación. Elevento será inaugurado por elLic. Jorge Ramos Hernández,Presidente Municipal deTijuana.

Además este festival de lasletras, contará con la presenciade más de 60 destacadosescritores y dentro del pro-grama se rendirá un merecidohomenaje a la carismáticamaestra y escritora Rosina

Conde, en el que será pre-sentado su libro “Desmesu-radamente roja” publicado porla Facultad de Humani-dadesde la UABC, La Unión deLibreros de Tijuana y el IMAC,este homenaje es organizadopor sus amigos de la Facultadde Humanidades de la Uni-versidad Autónoma de BajaCalifornia.

Con la realización de estafiesta de la letras, también seestá celebrando el 394 ani-versario de la muerte de doscolosos de las letras universa-les: el escritor ibérico Miguelde Cervantes Saavedra “Elmanco de Lepanto” y elescritor inglés William Sha-kespeare, los cuales fallecieronel mismo día, un 23 de abril de1616.

El programa literario de esteevento contará con 52 acti-vidades, de las cuales 45 sonpresentaciones de libros, 5presentaciones de coleccioneseditoriales, 2 mesas de análisisy 1 conferencia. Participaránademás 60 presentadores, loscuales representan a 39 casaseditoriales.

Presentamos algunos de losnombres de los más de 60autores a participar en esteevento: Elizabeth Cazessús,Adriana Mendiolea, HeribertoYepes, Arturo Meza Gutiérrez,Susana Quintanilla, Silvia

López, Teresa Dovalpage,Lydia Gabriela Olivarez, ElHijo del Santo, Rocky Valeroy muchos más.

Presentarán los cuadernosExistir del No. 12 al 16; elLenguaje oral y la construcciónde conocimiento de RosaLozoya Canales, Letras des-amor dazadas de MónicaMorales Rocha, “No me creas”los versos de Isaac Sereno,Apología de la brevedad deElizabeth Villa e Inventario deIlusiones de Alicia GonzálezCastro. Habrán múltiplesactividades, difíciles de enu-merar en este corto espacio.

René Avilés Fabila, im-partirá la conferencia “Laincómoda frontera entreperiodismo y literatura”.Presentarán además el libro“ElCártel de Sinaloa” de Diego

Enrique Osorno, editado porEditorial Random House Mon-dadori.

Se cerrarán las actividadesde esta XXVIII Edición de laFeria del Libro de Tijuana 2010,con la continuación delhomenaje a la escritora RosinaConde; la Dra. Graciela SilvaRodríguez (San Diego)presentará el análisis “LaGenara” 1998, de RosinaConde y otras ediciones de lamisma autora.

La entrada a la Feria escompletamente gratuita; éstaabrirá sus puertas al público delas 10:00 am. hasta las 9:00 pm.Las actividades para grupos deescolares se realizarán previareservación de las 9:00 am., a12:00 pm. y de 2:00 pm. a 6:00pm. respectivamente.

Los niños(as) y los jóvenes

bajo el lema: ¡Somos Héroes,leemos libros!, también ten-drán su participación en estafiesta en la que realizarántalleres, conferencias y pre-sentaciones de libros, con lafirme intención de fomentarel amor y el hábito por lalectura.

Muchos artistas participaránpara amenizar las actividadesde esta Feria del libro deTijuana: La Banda del XIXAyuntamiento, Madame Ur ysus hombres, La Ballena deTomás, Tango sin fronteras,Ensamble de percusinonesde la Sinfónica Juvenil deTijuana y otros muchos más.

Con su participación esteevento lucirá más, está ustedinvitado, apoye la promocióndel hábito de la lectura en sushijos.

Rueda de prensa para informar sobre la XXVIII Feria del Libro de Tijuana.

Por Mariana Martínez

“Se veía que se estabavenciendo el cerro; ayer llegóprotección civil para desa-lojarnos de nuestras casasporque estaban a punto decaerse. Hoy, a las 5:00 am micasa se hundió totalmente”narró Juan Sandoval de 54años de edad, uno de losafectados cuya casa, ubicadaen el fraccionamiento Mon-terrey en Tijuana se derrumbóen la madrugada del lunes.

Según Sandoval, llevabanpor lo menos 15 días con avisosy movimientos de tierra.

Rosa Pedraza, otra vecinadel lugar, también tuvo que serdesalojada y por la mayor partedel lunes permaneció cerca delderrumbe para monitorear suvivienda, que comparte con suesposo y 3 hijos de 9, 7 y 3años.

“El desplazamiento empezóallá en la casa de Don Robertoque se hundió 10 centímetrosy afectó el área verde de arribade mi casa” dijo Pedraza,“habían dicho que mi viviendapodría irse colapsando en lospróximos seis meses pero no…en 12 horas la casa se está

colapsando ya, se esta par-tiendo de las paredes…”

Las ocho viviendas total-mente destruídas, quedaron ala orilla de una zanja de almenos 100 metros de longitudy 6 metros de profundidad quepodría agrandarse en lospróximos días afectando a lasviviendas cercanas, por lo quela zona está totalmente res-guardada.

Esto, a un mes de uno delos temblores más fuertes quese han sentido en la regiónfronteriza en la última década,un temblor inicial de 7.2 gradosen la escala de Richter ocurri-do el domingo de Pascua (4 deabril) seguido por más de 7 milréplicas en las siguientessemanas.

El sismo, —que será estu-diado en próxima reunión de laSociedad Geológica Americanaa finales de mayo—, fuerápidamente opacado en losmedios; en México, por el casode la desaparición y muerte deuna niña capitalina llamadaPaulette y en Estados Unidos,por la creciente tensión anti-migrante y el cambio de ley enArizona.

Pero el temblor era digno de

mucha más atención no solomediática sino social y gu-bernamental en ambos ladosde la frontera, ya que susconsecuencias negativaspodrán sentirse en la región porla próxima década.

Tan solo en Baja California,el coordinador General deGabinete de Gobierno delEstado, Víctor Adán LópezCamacho ha declarado que lasperdidas por el sismo ascien-den a 450 millones de dólares,es decir, al 1.66 % del Pro-ducto Interno de Baja Califor-nia.

En carreteras, 55 kilómetrosson considerados con dañosmayores, 19 kilómetros dereparaciones parciales, asícomo 3 puentes con un costode 264 millones 779 mil pesos.Es prioritario reparar 2,800viviendas y142 escuelas, 7centros culturales y 13 ins-tituciones deportivas, el Hos-pital General y 17 unidadesmedicas.

En Calexico, los númerosson similares, ya que elAsistente Administrativo deCalexico, Armando Villa, esti-mo esta semana que las per-didas hacienden a 91.3 mi-

llones de dólares, incluyendo losdaños al sistema de drenaje,800 casas inhabitables y costosde la seguridad adicional pormiedo a saqueos.

Además están en riesgo deperderse cultivos con un valorcosto-producción de 200 mi-llones de pesos en el valle deSan Luis Río Colorado, Sonora,por los daños a la infraes-tructura hidráulica.

Según el Eonomista Alejan-dro Diaz Bautista, del Colegiode la Frontera Norte, el aná-lisis económico y del sectorlaboral para Baja Californianos indica que la tasa dedesocupación total trimestralen Baja California fue de6.69% durante el cuarto tri-mestre de 2009 y en Califor-nia la cifra de desempleo subióde 12.5 a 12.6 en marzo del2010.

“Los desempleados delvecino país y del vecino estadode California y los conna-cionales de otros estados, estánejerciendo una presión muyfuerte en el mercado laboral enel estado de Baja California”destaca el economista “segúnlas cifras del gobierno delestado, los desempleadosmigrantes mexicanos del ve-cino país, en especial de Cali-fornia y los connacionales quellegan a Baja California deotros estados del sur, en buscade mejores oportunidades devida, contribuyen en un 4.6%en el desempleo del estado yesto se agudiza ante la si-tuación creada tras el sismo”.

El Verano que vieneLa zona del valle de Mexi-

cali-Calexico, es conocida portener un clima inhóspito, de-sértico, con heladas en inviernoy temperaturas en verano quesuperan los 113 grados Faren-heit, lo que complica aún másla situación de los más de cincomil damnificados y desplazadosque dejó el sismo en zonasurbanas y rurales de Mexicali.

Mientras las autoridades delestado están aun realizandoencuestas y evaluaciones delos daños ya comenzaron losbrotes de diarrea, enferme-dades en la piel, erupciones ypiquetes de animales ponzo-ñosos que viven en el desierto,como alacranes, víboras ymosquitos.

Los vendedores de casaspre-fabricadas ubicadas enTijuana y Rosarito están ven-diendo muchos de sus pro-ductos para aquellos mexi-calenses que pueden pagar losprecios de esas casas que vande 5 a 15 mil dólares enpromedio.

“Hemos tenido muchospedidos de gente en Mexicalique sus casas han sido decla-radas con daños o simplementeya no quieren dormir en lugaresde concreto” explica RobertoHernandez, vendedor de unode estos negocios en la carre-tera Rosarito, “pero estascasas son para climas beni-gnos, muchas no tienen ‘cool-er’ y si tuvieran, dónde loconectan si no tienen electri-cidad en muchas partes?”

Después del sismo, la temperatura...

water supply.According to COLEF

Economist Alejandro DiazBautista, employment is look-ing bleak for the next quarter.Baja California has an unem-ployment rate of 6.69% whileCalifornia had an unemploy-ment rate of 12.6 in March ofthis year.

“Unemployed people whoused to work at the US, spe-cifically California, along withMexicans emigrating from theSouth are pressuring Baja’seconomy” explained Bautista,“according to government num-bers, people returning fromCalifornia or coming from theSouth in search of a better lifeaccount for 4.6% of the totalunemployment and the earth-quake only came to make mat-ters worse.”

Summer yet to comeThe Calexico-Mexicali Val-

ley is well known for it’s in badweather, where a dessert likeclimate can bring snow in thewinter and temperatures canreach 113 degrees in the sum-mer, making it even harder tosurvive for over five thousandpeople who lost the home inrural and urban Mexicali.

While state officials are pa-rading shelters with surveys ofdamages, people living in theshelters are already sufferingdiarrhea, skin problems and in-sect bites.

Pre-fab home sellers haveunexpectedly benefited fromthe quake, and Rosarito and

Tijuana sellers have beencalled upon to sell affordablehomes that are already to in-stall, with a price ranging from$5 to $15 thousand dollars.

“We’ve had a lot of salesfrom people in Mexicali whosehomes where declared dam-aged or who simply don’t wantto slept in a solid home and nowprefer wooden structures”Roberto Hernandez, prefabhome salesman explains, “butthis homes are suitable for be-nign weather, many of themdon’t have air conditioning andeven if they had one, wherewould they get electricity if theservice is still struggling tokeep up with city demand?”

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By Steven Maviglio

The Democratic primary forAttorney General is an embar-rassment of riches.

All of the candidates aresharp, bring slightly differentsets of views, geography, andexperience to the table, andhave strong personal stories.

Yet like the race for insur-ance commissioner, none of thecandidates have any significantname ID. As Kam Kuwata,Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s cam-paign guru who is advising can-didate Rocky Delgadillo, toldme: “The race is a three headedmonster between undecided, Idon’t know, and I don’t care.”

Even a campaign poll put outby Kamala Harris, widely per-ceived to be the frontrunner,showed that she had only 29percent of the vote. That mightbe enough to win a five-wayrace, but it means that anythingcan happen between now andprimary day. And it meanswhoever emerges victoriouswill have a lot of ground tomake up to boost their stand-ing among voters between Juneand November.

The winner will face one ofthree Republicans battling fortheir party’s nomination. Wide-ly acknowledged by Demo-crats to be the toughest to beatis Steve Cooley, who is in histhird term as LA County’s Dis-trict Attorney. Cooley is popu-lar in heavily Democratic LosAngeles county, and the natu-ral boost that Democrats typi-cally get from that region couldbe erased. Whether he is con-servative enough to survive theGOP primary, however, re-mains to be seen.

It’s difficult to stress justhow important the AttorneyGeneral post is. Aside fromdealing with crime and lawenforcement issues, the AGalso is responsible for prepar-ing titles and summaries forballot initiatives, consumerrights, and, to some degree,environmental policy.

Both current Attorney Gen-

eral Jerry Brown, as well ashis predecessor, Bill Lockyer,have been activist AG’s whohave maintained high profileson this portfolio. Should theseat fall into Republican hands,California’s leadership on theseissues would certainly beslowed.

The Candidates1. Kamala Harris - On pa-

per, Kamala Harris should havethis race in the bag. She’s theonly woman of the six candi-dates, is the darling of theObama activist base of theparty (she endorsed early andcampaigned hard for Obamaduring the California primary,which he lost to Hillary Clinton),and has a rock solid base in SanFrancisco, which typically hasa disproportionately high turn-out for Democratic primaries.Harris also has raised big bucks,though her “burn rate” ofspending is significant and shehas just $1.4 million in the bank.Her own polling shows a doub-le-digit lead over the next clos-est candidate. She also has themost endorsements in the field,including recent backing byHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosiand Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa,and got a boost last week whenthe Los Angeles Times backedher over two LA area- candi-dates. She’s also picked up theendorsements of the Sacra-mento Bee and San FranciscoChronicle.

Yet for all those advantages,Harris didn’t pull away from thepack when she had the chance.Law enforcement hasn’t em-braced her candidacy (she op-poses the death penalty). Shealso has been dogged lately bynagging headlines involving SanFrancisco’s crime lab, leavingher vulnerable to attacks by herrivals. Rumors also continue toswirl about a possible indepen-dent expenditure against her bylaw enforcement groups. Hercampaign consultant is the ever-tough Ace Smith; Brian Bro-kaw, a veteran of the Angelidescampaign, is at the rudder as

campaign manager. Harris hasthe potential of pulling awayfrom the field in the next fewweeks as voters start to focusand her long list of endorserswork their voting blocs. http://www.kamalaharris.org/

2. Chris Kelly - New-comer Chris Kelly, the formerprivacy officer for Facebook,would like nothing better thanto make this a two-way racebetween him and Kamala Har-ris. And he may have the re-sources to do it. In recentweeks, Kelly has dumped $8million into his campaign, andhe has $3.5 million cash onhand (the Harris campaign de-rides him as the “mini-Meg”for this self-funding). Moremoney is probably coming.Kelly has been nipping at Har-ris for months now, pummel-ing her record (Google “Ka-mala Harris” and you’ll get di-rected to Kelly’s attack web-site on Harris, complete withvideo), and there’s no love lostbetween the two campaigncamps. After ignoring the at-tacks, the Harris campaign hasaccused Kelly of running awayfrom his involvement in Face-book’s privacy policy mess andbeing unqualified for the office.Nonetheless, Kelly also hasbeen running an aggressiveonline campaign, complete withonline petitions supportingObama’s health care plan andattacking the Arizona immigra-tion plan. He’s also positionedhim slightly to the right of theother contenders, which mightserve him well in the generalelection, if he makes it there.Kelly’s problem, like all thecandidates, is that no oneknows who he is. Unlike theelected officials running for theAG slot, Kelly has no base. Hisendorsement list is particularlythin. Kelly has spent $200,000+on polling, which presumablyhas told him what he has to sayand who he needs to target towin. Long-time campaign proKatie Merrill, who is runninghis campaign with the help ofsome other top name Demo-

cratic consultants, could helpget him there, particularly ifhe’s the only candidate to goon TV in final stretch of thiscampaign. http://www.kelly2010.com/

3. (tie) Rocky Delgadillo- In a field of little-known can-didates Rocky Delgadillo hasthe highest name ID in thevote-rich LA media market.That’s the good news. The badnews is that he probably hasthe highest negatives. The LosAngeles Times and local TVskewered Delgadillo while hewas in office. He apologizedfor his mistakes and moved on.The question remains whethervoters will, and if their memo-ries have faded. As his strate-gists point out, 45 percent ofthe primary vote is expectedto be in the LA market, and 30percent of the primary votewill be from Latino voters (70percent of those from South-ern California). Add those twostatistics together and you cansee a road to victory in a multi-candidate race. The Delgadillocampaign, managed by KamKawata, has had a slow startand few endorsements. Still, hereceived 37 percent when heran for the post four years ago,though that campaign was bet-ter financed than this effort.He has just over $1.1 million inthe bank. http://www.4rocky.com

Ted Lieu - Term-limitedAssemblymember Ted Lieu isthe dark horse in this race. HisSouth Bay Assembly district isabout the same size as SanFrancisco County, his Asiansurname could be an advantage,and he has a ballot label - mili-tary prosecutor - that couldhave wide appeal, particularlyamong the senior set that votesin large numbers. The hard-working Lieu is strong on thestump, with a heartfelt personalstory about immigration andpublic service. Lieu made aname for himself in the legisla-ture as the most outspokencritic of banks and foreclosurelaws. Unfortunately, this isn’t

exactly the year where it’s anadvantage in being a memberof the California Assembly.Lieu has a solid number of en-dorsements (one of three toshare SEIU’s backing), includ-ing some from law enforcement.His campaign consultant is GaleKaufman, whose is skillful intargeting primary voters. Lieuhas about $1.1 million in thebank. http://www.tedlieu.com/

Alberto Torrico — Al-berto Torrico is one of the nic-est guys on the planet. TheDemocratic leader of the As-sembly, Torrico was respon-sible for getting things done onthe floor and resolving pricklypolicy decisions for legislativeDemocrats. It’s a thanklessjob, and Torrico excelled at it.He also authored his fair shareof key policy issues, and washeavily involved in both theLatino and Asian-Pacific Is-lander Caucus. If it weren’t forterm limits, Torrico would haveenjoyed a long and successfulcareer in the Capitol. Torrico,from the San Jose area, jumpedinto the AG’s race in the hopesof being the preferred candi-date of law enforcement. He’sdone an excellent job of nail-ing down key endorsements inthat community. He’s alsostaked out positions attackingBig Oil and supporting highereducation. Torrico is one ofthree candidates from the Bay

Area. But despite his strongpersonal story, the campaignhasn’t quite caught fire and hesuffers from being a legislatorin a year where that’s a liabil-ity. Eric Jaye, his consultant,might have some tricks up hissleeves to put the campaign onthe map in the final weeks ifthe top contenders stumble.Torrico too has about $1 mil-lion in the bank. http://www.albertotorrico.com/

6. Pedro Nava - You justgotta love somebody whowears a “Vote for Pedro” but-ton on his lapel. The son ofimmigrants, AssemblymemberNava built a solid reputation inthe Legislature for his work ona number of issues, includinghis opposition to oil drilling - atopic very much in the newsthese days. It’s one of the rea-sons he has strong backingfrom the Sierra Club and otherenvironmentalists. Nava hasdumped most of his campaignmoney on slate cards. He hasjust $44,000 cash on handthough, making him a longshot. http://www.pedronava.com/

Steven Maviglio is a Sacramento-based public affairs and political con-sultant. He is the former DeputyChief of Staff to Speakers Karen Bassand Fabian Nunez. This article origi-nally appeared in the CaliforniaMajority Report.

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Christ the King Catholic Church Invites Community for Family Funand Fellowship at Annual May Festival

FIRST PERSON

Finally Became thePerson I’ve AlwaysWanted To BeI have exceeded myexpectat ions and achievedmost ly everythingreasonable that I everwanted .

By Al Carlos Hernandez

We live in a society theworships youth, and that is amistake. Young people thinkthey know everything butactually know very little aboutwhat makes a meaningful life.Most twenty-something’sback stroke though an Eviansea of ambivalent entitlement.I remember in my BrownBeret days, the quote by Villa,“What are you doing todefend the conquests forwhich we gave our lives?”Post-generation X, is text-messaging cat play dates.

I’m very happy to bemiddle age, honored to haveGrand-kids and proud to walkwith them at the mall. I can’treally say the same thingabout them. Last week,pushing our infant Princesa, agraying African Americancouple, muttered, “He is tooold to be having a baby,” thewife looked over, andmuttered “He sure is.” I wasinvigorated by the possibility,popping my collar, winking atthem saying, “Y’all don’t evenknow”…

This is the best time of mylife, I have exceeded myexpectations and achievedmostly everything reasonablethat I ever wanted and havebecome the man I alwayshoped to be but never seemedto get it right or righteous.

I have given up on beingcute or even handsome; I amquite satisfied lookingdistinguished, OG, and or JohnGotti-chic. My life has been abrakeless roller coaster ridefrom one trial after another;Dr. Hunter S. Thomson wasright when he said, “When thegoing gets weird, the weirdturn professional.” My life’strajectory has been anexercise in aggressiveignorance, always trying tomake it, often times failingonly to pick up the gauntletand trying something evenmore eclectic the next time. Ididn’t realize until quiterecently that I was an artistlooking for a canvas.

I know now I did a millionthings wrong in order to teachone thousand things right to anew generation who willprobably never be able to buytheir own home.

WC Fields said, “Whystand up when you can sitdown, why sit down when youcan lay down.” And I feel himon that. No longer do I haveto scamper around towndesperate for entertainment,being seen and making thescene. Facebook has savedme millions of frequent fliermiles, I am content in missingmajor events, and find myselfavoiding large gatherings. Thegeneral public no longer hasmanners, and I no longer havethe patience to suffer foolswell.

I am confident in my flesh,and there seems to be moreof it, and so knowledgeableabout the law, I find it mucheasier to tell someone off,make it count, and tell people

what I really think, becauseI’ve reached the point in lifewhen I really don’t care aboutwhat people think of me,because I think so well ofmyself. This is wisdom andmaturity, the two pieces of thepuzzle of my existence whichhave been clearly missing.

I am a few poundsoverweight, could drop tenpounds and look better, but Ifeel great. When I had thehard rocked body, lean meangoing for the green, sufferedsever anxiety problems, mybody was always in a clinch,like fist, in fisted rage. Myhands are warm and opennow to caress the faces thatgive my life real meaning.

For the first time ever sincethe advent of the transistorradio back in the Top fortydays, have no idea what songare at the top of the chartsand could care less, I listen tomy own music, by artists whohave spoken to my life’sexperience, and yes I singalong and play bass lines onmy steering wheel, and, as apublic service all my carshave dark tinted windows socommuters’ don’t have to seemy Carlos SantanaWoodstock face, while I playIt loud.

I’m doing things that mydear friends who have gonebefore me would have wantedto me to. I’m still on the hustledoing big things in memory ofthose who went home earlyand never had the chance.They would have been proudand we would have laughedtogether but often times Ilaugh alone in my heart tomyself to inside jokes that onlya few would understand.

“True terror is to wake upone morning and discover thatyour high school class isrunning the country.” -KurtVonnegut

By Edie J. Adler

“Muñequita linda, decabellos de oro, de dientesde perla, labios de rubí.Dime si me quieres, comoyo te adoro, si de mi teacuerdas, como yo de tí!”.

Mamita used to sing thatsong to me when I was a littlegirl, soothing me to sleep withher beautiful, melodic voice.

When Alzheimer’s diseasetook hold of this beautiful,classy, intelligent woman’smind, sending her back to herchildhood, I began singingthose beautiful words writtenby Mexican composer MariaGrever, to her. How ironic thatthe song asks “tell me if youremember me as I rememberyou.” I’m not certain Mamitaremembered I was her daugh-ter during the last few months

of her life.Although she never stopped

calling me “Bibicita” (my nick-name) she once said I was sonice, she’d wish we were sis-ters.

What goes on in the mindof a person afflicted with thishorrible curse of a disease? Idon’t know. But I have to be-lieve that somewhere in thelabyrinth of confusion their soulstill resides. Anyone who hasbeen close to an Alzheimer’spatient will tell you that evenwhen the end is near, they willhave some moments of lucid-ity…. and you just never knowwhen that will be or how longit will last. I don’t know what’sworse – not having your lovedone’s mind present at all, orhaving them for just a fewmoments, when they realizesomething is terribly wrong!

My beloved Papito believed

that we choose our parents,our family, and our friends, be-fore we are even born, accord-ing to the lessons we need tolearn in this lifetime. If that isthe case, I chose my father andmother very well!

Of course life was not“Ozzie and Harriett” all thetime. Being human my parentswere not perfect and I wasmost certainly not the perfectchild! But my parents instilledin me all the right principles:love of God, respect for oth-ers, gratitude, humility, and re-spect for them; even when Iwas angry.

The last few years of myparents’ lives were very diffi-cult. None the less I miss themterribly! Mother’s Day is par-ticularly hard. Here’s my ad-vice and request for you: ifyou’re lucky to still have yourMom, don’t wait until Mother’s

Day to let her know how muchyou love her and what shemeans to you. If for whateverreason you’re estranged fromher, find a way to fix that rela-tionship before it’s too late. Re-member, time flies whetheryou’re having fun or not andthe day will come when youwill join the ranks of those ofus who only have memories ofMother’s Days past.

Remember: your Mom isyour mother every day, not juston Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day inheaven Mamita, mi muñequitalinda!

Edie J. is the author of “My YiddisheGrandma”; she’s a voice over art-ist and public speaker. She and hus-band Neal live in Valley Glen withtheir 5 dogs, 4 cats, 3 birds, 2 frogs,2 turtles, and a baby chimp. Re-printed from LatinoLA.com

Feliz Día de las MadresDon’t forget to call your Mom!

Continuing a long-standingtradition, Christ the KingCatholic Church Pastor Fr.Tommie Jennings and MayFestival Committee ChairCheryl Blackwell announcedthat the church will hold itsannual May Festival on Satur-day, May 15 and Sunday, May16, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM,and invite the entire commu-nity to come out for two daysof family fun and fellowship atthis free event. Said FestivalOrganizer Bob Needham, “the

main purpose of the festival isto meet and know your neigh-bor and community and to be-come community. We wantpeople to share fun, food andan old fashioned good time.”Added Blackwell, “the festivalfund-raiser carries on a long-standing Christ the King tradi-tion of bringing the communitytogether in fellowship to learnabout and enjoy each other’scultures.”

The May Festival began inthe 1950s as a Mardi Gras cel-

ebration organized by parish-ioners each February, whichfeatured a parade down Impe-rial Avenue from 25th Street toChrist the King CatholicChurch on 32nd Street, com-plete with floats, clowns,marching bands, cars, drillteams and a king and queen.

In the 1970s, after beingrained out several times, thefestival was moved to May toavoid winter storms and re-named the May Festival.

This year’s festival will in-clude entertainment, deliciousBBQ hot links, Mexican andFilipino cuisine, funnel cakes,raffles, and a Fun Zone withfestival games and activities.

Confirmed for this year’sentertainment lineup are thePanamanian Folkloric Danc-ers, the Monte Vista HighSchool Polynesian Group, theMonte Vista High School StepTeam, Ballet Folklórico CristoRey, Ballet Folklórico Fiesta deColores, Mariachi Real de SanDiego, the Dennis DawsonJazz Ensemble and the Christthe King Youth Choir. Larry“Preacherman” Thompson, of1040 AM KURS, San Diego’s7/24 gospel music radio station,will emcee this year’s MayFestival. More performers willbe added, so check the church’swebsite www.christtheking

sd.org, for updates and sched-ule of performances.

Christ the King CatholicChurch is located in SoutheastSan Diego, an area that hasbeen hit hard by the recent re-cession, and parishioners havelost their jobs and homes in sig-nificant numbers. However,the church continues to serveas a beacon of hope wherepeople from all races, back-grounds, socio-economic andeducational levels from all overSan Diego County come to-gether to worship. This fund-raiser will help the Christ theKing community to make somemuch-needed repairs to the fa-cilities including fixing leaks inthe church and refurbishing thechurch hall, a gathering placefor worshipers of all ages.

Christ the King CatholicChurch is located at 29-32ndStreet (at Imperial Avenue),next to the 32nd and Commer-cial Trolley Station, in San Di-ego. Parking is extremely lim-ited and festival organizersstrongly encourage attendeesto use public transportation.Contact the Christ the KingCatholic Church at 619-231-8906 or [email protected], or visit the churchwebsite at www.christthekingsd.org for more informa-tion.

Northwest Civic Associa-tion will present an Open Fo-rum on Proposition G onMonday May 10th at 6 p.m. atthe Chula Vista Civic CenterLibrary Auditorium (4th Ave. &F St.). Pro & con issues willbe debated. Passage of Propo-sition G would prohibit the Cityfrom funding or entering intopublic works contracts that re-quire agreements with labororganizations or payments onbehalf of employees to labororganization benefit plans orother trust funds. For informa-tion: (619) 307-3460 orwww.northwestchulavista.org.

Proposition X Citizens’Bond Oversight Commit-tee to Fill Vacancies

The South Bay Union SchoolDistrict (SBUSD) is currentlyseeking applications from quali-fied individuals interested inserving as a parent representa-tive and community-at-largerepresentative on its Citizens’Bond Oversight Committee.The District is seeking a parentor guardian of a student enrolledin the District who is an active

member in a parent-teacher or-ganization such as the PTA orSchool Site Council. Individu-als interested in serving on theCommittee should submit his/her application and resume nolater than 5:00 p.m. on Fri-day, May 21, 2010. Applica-tions can be found at www.buildingpropx.com.

A talk by Gabriel MartinezBorn in a small village where

farmers wear their hats whileplowing their cornfield with theiroxen, woman wear their color-ful attire garnished with arebozo (shawl), Gabriel Mar-tinez takes the audience into theindigenous lifestyle through hispresentation and writings. Us-ing his resources as a journal-ist, professor of indigenous lan-guage (Zapotec, spoken by thepeople of Oaxaca, Mexico),presenter for Native Americancultural celebrations as well aschildhood testimonial, Martinezcreates a lasting impact with hisdemonstration about indigenousattire and poetry reading.When: Tuesday, May 11 atSDSU, 5500 Campanile Drive,

Hepner Hall 122, 2:30pm to 4pmInfor: [email protected]

NALAC Accepting Appli-cations for 10th AnnualLeadership Institute

The National Association ofLatino Arts and Culture is cur-rently accepting applicationsfor its 10th Annual LeadershipInstitute. The NALAC Lead-ership Institute is the premierprofessional development pro-gram for the Latino arts field.This highly-acclaimed trainingtakes place at Our Lady of theLake University in San Anto-nio, Texas, from July 5-10,2010. The deadline to apply forthis year’s program is Satur-day, May 15, and the applica-tion is available online atwww.nalac.org.

Community Notes:

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LA COLUMNA VERTEBRALEl Soporte Informativo Para Millones

de HispanosPor Luisa-Fernanda-Montero

Los vientos siguen soplandofuerte y todo parece indicar queasí seguirá siendo y que lanefasta ley antiinmigranteaprobada en Arizona es sólo elcomienzo.

¿El comienzo de qué?Esa es la pregunta que cada

uno de nosotros debe respon-der.

Es muy posible que sea elcomienzo de una cadenanacional de legislacionesantiinmigrantes que sigan lalínea de la criminalización delser por su raza o la antorchaque hacía falta para encenderlos ánimos rezagados de loslegisladores que debenapropiarse del tema en Wa-shington, iniciar el debate yaprobar una reforma migrato-ria humana, justa e inclu-yente.

O puede ser el desenca-denante de una concienciamasiva que nos incluya a todosy que más allá de despertarnuestra solidaridad, nos im-pulse definitivamente a laacción.

Todos los hispanos —in-migrantes o no— debemosinvolucrarnos con lo que estápasando en el país, todosdebemos entender que laaprobación de una reformamigratoria no sólo beneficia a

Luisa Fernanda Montero

aquellos que han sido excluidosde la legalidad si no, y sobretodo a la nación en sí misma.

Las manos de los inmigran-tes construyen diariamente elprogreso estadounidense, y lostiempos de crisis no hacen laexcepción, al contrario, es enestos tiempos, aunque muchosquieran declarar lo contrario,que su trabajo se hace más in-dispensable.

Por eso desde donde seaque estemos debemos asumirel asunto de la reforma mi-gratoria como propio, debemosmantenernos informados yactuar desde nuestro entornoa través de las iglesias, lasorganizaciones comunitarias ylos diversos foros que puedanpermitirnos poner nuestrogranito de arena.

Debemos —si somos ciu-dadanos— involucrarnosdirectamente en los procesospolíticos de nuestra localidad,nuestro condado, nuestraciudad, nuestro estado ynuestro país.

Debemos comunicarnos yasea telefónicamente, víaInternet o por correo connuestros legisladores e in-sistirles en la urgencia degenerar una reforma migra-toria, que ha venido siendoaplazada sin compasión por

años.Debemos —si somos resi-

dentes— esforzarnos poravanzar en los procesos legalesque nos lleven a la ciudadanía,porque el derecho al voto hará,no sólo que nuestra voz seescuche, si no que no puedaser ignorada; porque la ciu-dadanía si importa.

Debemos demostrar connuestro comportamiento,nuestra honradez y nuestradecencia que merecemos sertenidos en cuenta en unalegislación que valore nuestrotrabajo, reunifique a nuestrasfamilias, le dé derecho a laeducación superior a nuestroshijos y nos permita, en general,ser parte de la sociedad quehemos escogido, sin miedo ysin vergüenza.

Lo único que no podemoshacer es permanecer indife-rentes y dejar pasar im-pávidos la injusticia antenuestros ojos, no podemosquedarnos de brazos cru-zados, no podemos.

La ciudadanía si importa“En una sociedad libreAlgunos son culpablesTodos son responsables”

Por Carmen G. KcomtA raíz de algunas con-

versaciones sostenidas enlos últimos días me ha sor-prendido darme cuenta que laspersonas en general descon-ocen que la esclavitud aunexiste. Es verdad que el ter-mino esclavitud ha dejado deusarse pero eso no significa queporque haya desaparecido yaque lamentablemente aunexiste y en grandes propor-ciones, las cifras son ala-rmantes mas aun si tenemosen cuenta que existen sub. —registros porque no todos loscasos son denunciados y larealidad no aparece reflejadaen las estadísticas.

Por alguna razón en elidioma castellano o español sehan dejado de usar algunostérminos y se han empezado ausar otros en su lugar que alparecer suavizan, maquillanhaciendo menos dura laexpresión; los que conocemoscomo eufemismos. Es así queincluso en Derecho se dejó dellamar a los menores de edad,solo menores y al crearse elNuevo Derecho de la Infanciaque nació con La ConvenciónInternacional de los Derechosde los Niños, ahora se lesdenomina niños o adolescentes,dependiendo de la edad, a lascárceles de menores de edad,ahora se les llama Centro Ju-veniles, a los delitos quecometen los menores de edad,ahora se les llama infracciones,a la caridad se le ha empezadoa llamar solidaridad y a laesclavitud ahora se le llamaTrata de personas.

San Diego es una ciudadfronteriza, un paraíso de buenclima que atrae a mucha gente,que colinda con una de lasfronteras más peligrosas ygrandes del mundo, con gravesproblemas sociales y uno deellos es el comercio de perso-nas, mujeres, hombres y niños.Si alguna vez usted manejócerca de los campos sem-brados de fresas que de lejosse ven tan bonitos quizá noimaginó lo que en ellos a veces

sucede , lejos de la belleza quemuestran estos campos hacealgún tiempo eufemísticamentese les llamó “Campos delAmor”, porque en ellos seencontraron cuevas o casitasconstruídas rústicamente enlas que niñas desde los 9 añoshasta los 18 eran forzadas atrabajar como esclavas sexua-les en covachas sucias,rodeadas de botellas vacías ycondones usados, que servíande 20 a 30 hombres cada unaal día.

San Diego es un largocorredor que utilizan lostraficantes para sus accionesilegales, como tráfico dearmas, drogas, trata de perso-nas, entre otras; tiene ademásuna gran población de inmi-grantes y bases militares. Eldepartamento de Estadoestimó que más de 50,000niñas y mujeres son traídascada año a Estados Unidos deNorteamérica en calidad deesclavas sexuales. A nivel deotros países las cifras más omenos son éstas: En Japón haymás de 40,000 mujeres tailan-desas explotadas sexualmente;hay más de 50,000 mujeresrusas sirviendo de esclavassexuales en el mundo, de lascuales se dice que 15,000están en Alemania, 5,000 enJapón, miles en Estados Uni-dos. El 32% de niños explota-dos en el mundo pertenecena países africanos, HongKong es el destino para losesclavos y esclavas de Coreadel Sur, Malasia, Vietnam yFilipinas.

Sud America y Centro Ame-rica no están libres de estalacra. Existe comercio de per-sonas en los países de SudAmerica y Centro Americafuera y dentro de ellos, algunoscomo Cuba, Costa Rica yRepublica Dominicana han

desarrollado incluso dentro dela industria del turismo lo quehoy se le conoce como el“Turismo sexual.” En ellos yen sus lindas playas, jóvenesprostitutas “trabajan” paraganar los dólares que les pa-gan los turistas mayormenteamericanos, dinero con el quesostienen a sus familias.

Ante este lamentable pan-orama existen múltiples enti-dades dispuestas a luchar y dehecho lo están haciendo.Algunos gobiernos a través deiniciativas políticas, como elcaso de Estados Unidos quecoordina acciones conjunta-mente con la Policía de Investi-gaciones y el Servicio deInmigración, entre otras. Tam-bién las organizaciones sin finesde lucro, como las de DerechosHumanos.

Aquí en San Diego existeuna que específicamente desdeel año de 1997 viene traba-jando incansablemente y encoordinación con otras contrael trafico de personas, asis-tiendo a las víctimas y dedi-cándole especial atención alárea de la prevención, es laconocida organización Corre-dor Bilateral de Seguridad oBilateral Safety Corridor Coa-lition, que con oficina tambiénen la ciudad de Tijuana y elapoyo de Departamento deJusticia y el Departamento deSalud y Servicios Humanos,tiene como visión preservar ladignidad de las víctimas deexplotación y esclavitud sexual.Entonces retomando la ideaprincipal aunque parezca cosadel pasado la esclavitud todavíaexiste, solo ha cambiado denombre.

Como ciudadanos compro-metidos si podemos ayudar aerradicar este grave problemasocial y una de las formas es:NO PAGANDO POR SEXO.

Trata de Personas = Esclavitud

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La Propuesta X es una medida de bonos escolares de $59.4 millones que ayudara al Distrito Escolar de South Bay Union (SBUSD) a reparar y mejorar sus salones de clase e instalaciones escolares.

ties have done a better job ofoffering energy from renew-able sources public utilitiesthan investor-owned ones likePG&E.

Edward Mainland, co-chairof the energy climate commit-tee of the Sierra Club, said so-lar power currently makes upless than one percent ofPG&E’s energy portfolio.

Opponents may have troublegetting their voice heard beforethe June election, however.The NO on 16 campaign hasraised just $31,000.

“Intento manejar el mismolenguaje: será una narrativasencilla, una lectura lo mássencilla posible”, dijo.

Es que para Padilla Atondo,es importante que sus libroslleguen a las manos de las per-sonas que están siendo ata-cadas en estos momentos enArizona y por todo EstadosUnidos nada más por no teneruna mica que acredita suestancia legal en este país.

Su meta, dijo, es reafirmarque la inmigración es un pro-ceso natural en el ser humano.

“En la historia de la huma-nidad siempre ha habido inmi-gración”, dijo. “La migraciónya es parte del mexicano”.

El libro “A tres pasos de lalínea” está disponible en laslibrerías Libro Club en Tijuana.

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THE PUBLIC FORUM . . . EL FORO PÚBLICOWhy, oh Why, do Mexicans StronglyOppose SB-1070?

I woke up a few days ago to a tremendousfuror over a new anti illegal-immigrant law called“SB-1070”. I found all the commotion to be a bitunusual. It wasn’t because I wouldn’t expectan uproar over such a long-overdue measure.No, any sensible person would definitely expecta huge backlash, given that our land is home toan enormous number of illegal aliens and theiranchor babies. Rather, I was taken aback be-cause the backlash came not from said aliensand their anchor babies who have been illegallycrossing over from Europe since 1492, but fromMexicans, a people who have been in Arizonaand all over this continent for countless genera-tions.

I can’t fathom why any Mexican (or Chicano,or whatever term you prefer) would be so an-gered over this necessary piece of legislation.SB 1070 will only affect illegal immigrants, andMexicans are not immigrants to any part of Ari-zona, illegal or otherwise. Mexicans are indig-enous to the Southwest and have deep rootsthere. Even before 1492, before any Europeanillegally crossed the Atlantic, Mexicans had beencriss-crossing the Southwest and this entire con-tinent for generations; the Aztecs and the Maya,among others, had to leave the area to get toMesoamerica, after all. Furthermore, until therelatively recent and unjust land grab known asthe Mexican-American war, Arizona and muchof the modern U.S. was actually under the con-trol of Mexico and was home to thousands ofMexican citizens! No Mexican can be “illegal”on a land that they have inhabited and passedthrough for thousands of years, so no Mexicancan be deported as a result of SB 1070’s pass-ing. All the silly Mexicans drumming up a stormover the new law have nothing to worry about.

The only people who should be causing aruckus over 1070 are Europeans, or “whites”or “Americans” as they call themselves, forthey will undoubtedly be shipped to Europewhen the new law is put into place. They arethe only illegals here, as it was they, and notMexicans, who recently trespassed onto thiscontinent, disrespected the laws of the societ-ies they encountered, refused to assimilate intoIndigenous cultures and, most heinously of all,decimated native peoples. When SB 1070 isput into place, the Border Patrol will mostly beknocking on white peoples’ doors. So why is it

that all the caterwauling and protests are com-ing from the indigenous Mexicans, and not thewhite (mostly Anglo) invaders that will be mostnegatively affected by SB 1070?

Wait, could it be that the protesting Mexicansare afraid that this law would apply to them, andnot whites? Nah, couldn’t be. Why would theythink that? Who would be stupid and ignorantenough to think that Mexicans are “illegal” intheir own homeland? I mean, really, even thoughsome people can be pretty ignorant, I have ahard time believing anyone would be that dumb.

Celso A. MendozaSan Diego

At a public forum this past week Rep.Duncan Hunter suggested that children born inthe US of parents that are not citizens shouldnot be granted citizenship specifically stating,“And we’re not being mean. We’re just sayingit takes more than walking across the border tobecome an American citizen.”

Actually, according to the United States Con-stitution Title 8 section 1401 not only is anyoneborn inside the United States a citizen but “any-one found in the U.S. under the age of five,whose parentage cannot be determined” is alsoa citizen.

It would seem that Rep. Hunter has forgot-ten that our country was founded by immigrantsand part of the founding fathers’ idea of a freesociety was to make participation in the gov-ernment that rules the people available to allthe people that are ruled by that government.

So why is it that Rep. Hunter feels his opinionis more important than one of the basic tenantson which our country was founded? Maybe hefeels that this opinion is politically expedient andwill gain him votes but will never be tested sincecertainly no one is going to offer a constitutionalamendment to change the citizenship clause andhe will never have to vote on this issue? Or evenworse, could it be that Rep. Hunter doesn’t knowthe constitution well enough to understand hehas just insulted Jefferson, Adams, Franklin …?Does not know the constitution well enough tounderstand that what he stated as his opinion isin direct opposition to the constitution he has nowsworn to uphold at least twice?

Please Rep. Hunter, my representative, stopembarrassing me and yourself.

Hugh MooreCo-Chair, Green Party of San Diego County

El Cajon

By Rodolfo F. Acuña

Reading the posts in the Huffingtonpost.comI was surprised at the poor grasp of history ofmany of the wannabe bloggers. One wrote, “Inthe last five minutes I’ve seen about half a dozenreferences to Nazi Germany, which tells me thatthose who keep using these references have noframe of reference about what happened in NaziGermany, and have nothing constructive to addto the argument, whether their argument be proor con.” It continued, “Is this bad law? To besure. Does it warrant comparisons with NaziGermany? Absolutely not.” The point was thatgenocide had not been committed—(yet).

As a historian, I recall the famous statementattributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller in 1946about the inactivity of German intellectuals inthe rise to power of the Nazis and their target-ing chosen groups.

THEY CAME FIRST for the Communists,and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Com-munist.

THEN THEY CAME for the Jews, and Ididn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.

THEN THEY CAME for the trade union-ists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t atrade unionist.

THEN THEY CAME for me and by thattime no one was left to speak up.

At what point in history should people havecollectively spoken out?

Let’s not be hypocritical. Arizonians are tar-geting Mexican-looking people. To the creditof a large number of people, there has been amoral outrage. SB 1070, signed into law thisweek, among other things, requires all law en-forcement officers in Arizona to act on “rea-sonable” suspicion that an individual is in the

country illegally—a law that the Sheriff of PimaCounty has sternly criticized.

Two days later, the legislature passed, HB2281 (bill attacking ethnic/raza studies) statesthat any course, class, instruction, or materialmay not be primarily designed for pupils of aparticular ethnic group as determined by theState Superintendent of Instruction. State aidwill be withheld from any school district or char-ter school that does not comply.

It was signed by the Arizona governor. Thisact sets the stage to attack the Tucson PublicSchools highly successful La Raza Studies pro-gram and to outlaw books which the censorsdeem critical of the United States. This fol-lows on the heels of the Texas Board of Edu-cation whitewashing of history.

Everyone should see The Ox Bow incident(1943), especially the following scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eezMiIuNNn8.When does a society become a lynch mob? Doesthis warrant the analogy to Nazi-like actions?

I would say that Nazism took time to whipitself up and did not begin with the mass geno-cide of Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals etc.

Between 1848-1928, god fearing Americanslynched at least 597 Mexicans.

This does not count Mexicans killed by TexasRangers and other so-called citizens.

I write about these injustices to prevent mak-ing the same —I hate to use the word— mis-takes as the past. The Arizona law is beyondmean spirited.

It is reflective of a dark mood that manyAmerican people are going through—these socalled Minute Men want blood—they are noready—nor do they want—to listen to reason.

THEN THEY CAME for me, and peopleDID speak up.

The Ox Bow Incident

State of CaliforniaInitiative Constitutional Amendment -Majority Approval RequiredShould the California Constitution beamended to require two-thirds voterapproval before local governments canstart up or expand electric service?Requires two-thirds voter approval be-fore local governments provide elec-tricity service to new customers or es-tablish a community choice electricityprogram using public funds or bonds.

Ever since the State of California de-regulated electricity the consumers havebeen overrun with ever increasing elec-tric rates. The delivery of electricity isnow about making a profit and nobodymakes more money than the utilitiessuch as SDG&E and the Los Angeles util-ity PG&E, which by the way is bankingrolling this proposition to the tune of$35 million.

The best way to maintain the high costof electricity and the unbridled greed ofthese utilities, who can forget Enron, isto have a monopoly over these servicesand that is what Prop. 16 is all about lim-iting the opportunity of local cities toprovide this service.

When the deregulation was first pro-posed the giant utilities pushed hard forderegulation arguing that deregulationwould foster competition and in turnmake the cost of electricity a bargain.Now that they have deregulation the gi-ant utilities are now singing a differentsong and want to limit the competitionby making it next to impossible for anycity or local government to provide elec-tric service.

Let’s tell the giant utilities no thanksand let us not make a bad deal even worseby limiting our options.

Vote NO on Prop. 16.

Por Herman BacaPresidente, Comité Pro DerechosChicanos

Legisladores de Arizona bajo el auspicio deltratar con el mal llamado asunto de inmigración,ya aprobado SB 1070, una ley que ordena a lapolicía para que supuestamente determine lacategoría migratoria de las personas, basándosesolamente en “sospecha razonable”. La leyaprobada por la Gobernadora Jan Brewer, va aafectara personas de descendencia Mexicana:

• Ilegal cualquier persona que esté presenteen Arizona sea indocumentado, legal o nacidoen Los Estados Unidos.

• Asignará por mandato legal la segregaciónracial.

• Crea una policía del estado que rivaliza lapráctica de estados como Mississippi en elsegregado Sur del siglo pasado,y un sistema deopresión del cual Adolfo Hitler y Joseph Stalinse hubiesen sentido muy orgullosos.

• Re-establece el “Jim Crow”, sistema quelegalizó la separacion entre las razas blanca ynegra desde 1876 a 1965 en el Sur y que fuedeclarado ilegal después del movimiento dederechos civiles Afro--Americanos a finales delos 1960.

• Asienta las bases para un sistema “apart-heid” tipo Sud Africa en el Suroeste de losEstados Unidos.

Increíblemente, los responsables de re-instituir los sistemas “Jim Crow” y “apartheid”son el Congreso controlado por el PartidoDemócrata y el primer Afro-AmericanoPresidente de Los Estados Unidos , BarackObama.

Los términos “Jim Crow” y “apartheid”deberían de ser conocidos por todas las perso-nas, porque si no se hace nada ahora, nosotrosy nuestros hijos, sin lugar a dudas vamos a vivirbajo uno de estos sistemas.

El Diccionario American Heritage define lostérminos arriba mencionados como:

• Jim Crow- La práctica sistemática dediscriminacion y supreción en contra de la gentede color.

• Apoya o práctica de discriminacion ysuprecion de la gente de color ‘2 . reserva oaparta a una raza o grupo étnico al cual se leva a descriminar.

• Apartheid. 1.- Una política oficial desegregación racial practicada en la repúblicade sudáfrica, que incluye la económica, políticay legal discriminacion hacia los no-blancos.2.- Cualquier política o práctica de separacióno segregación de grupos. 3.- La condición deestar separado de otros: segregación.

Asi que la pregunta es si ahora que elPresidente Obama, el Congreso controla porel Partido Demócrata, junto con los Nazis deCA, políticos, entretenedores de odio en Ra-dio/TV, Minutemen, KKK y supremacistasblancos que han negado legalización.

· Protecion de igualadad y proceso deacuerdo a la ley.

· Derechos supuestamente garantizados por

la Constitución de los Estados Unidos.¿Qué vamos a hacer la gente para oponernos

y parar esa ley de Arizona?A diferencia de los 1950’s y 60’s nuestra

población en el 2010 ya no es pequeña; hoydía en Los Estados Unidos hay más de 50millones Chicanos, Latinos, y Mexicanos y con-tinua creciendo.

En nuestra opinión, con Arizona se tiene quetratar como quien trata con un bravucón deescuela... con un puñetazo en la boca.Necesitamos que:

1. Para empesar, un BOYCOTT ECONÓ-MICO a Arizona por parte de nuestracomunidad (el grupo étnico de crecimiento másrápido en la nación), millones de ciudadanos deMéxico y toda la gente de buena voluntad debede ser iniciada al respecto.

2. Nuestra gente debe de utilizar todasopciones, legal, politica y social y si esnecesario, la desobediencia civil para oponersey parar la creación del sistema de Apartheiden Arizona,

3. Nuestra gente que votó en númerosabrumadores por el Presidente Obama y elPartido Demócrata tiene que comunicarle quenuestro voto ya no lo tomarán por lado haciaellos, o cualquier partido político en las venideraselecciones en Noviembre del 2010.

Más aún , nuestra comunidad necesita sabercuáles son las razones y causas de la tal llamada“inmigración ilegal” y sus consecuencias cuáles son.

· Un problema sistemático e histórico (desdeel final de la guerra Estados Unidos/México) ycómo el sistema de esclavitud Afro-Americano(principios de 1600 a mediados de1800), quefue creado por la adicción económica de estepaís (como el aceite, drogas, pornografía), paramano de obra gratis o barata.

· Un sistima que existe porque los tra-bajadores Mexicanos son una clase sinderechos… que en realidad es la razóndominante detras la ley de Arizona, y otraspropuestas de leyes y militares similares.

· Los miedos de los cambios demográficosque harán de las personas de descendenciaMexicana la población étnica mayoritaria en elSuroeste (Arizona, Nuevo Mexico, California,Colorado, etc.) y la más grande minoría de LosEstados Unidos en un futuro cercano.

Sin embargo, para nuestra generación elasunto sigue siendo ¿cómo nos vamos aorganizar para parar esta ley actual en Arizona,y otras propuestas similares para terminar conla manipulación y explotación histórica de lamano de obra Mexicana, y la violación de losderechos humanos, civiles y constitucionalesde nuestra gente?

Para cerrar,deberíamos hacer caso de laspalabras del gran abolicionista (1800’s) FredrickDouglas quien afirmó, “descubre exactamentea lo que la gente se someterá y descubrirásexactamente la cantidad de injusticia y maldadque será impuesta; y eso continuará hasta quese resistan, sea con palabras, golpes o ambos.Los límites de los tiranos son prescritos por laresistencia de aquellos a quienes ellos suprimen.

BALLOT RECOMMENDATIONS:Proposition 16Imposes New Two-Thirds Voter Approval Requirement for Local PublicElectricity Providers

Boicot a Arizona“Ya No Somos Pocos”

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By Gustavo Arellano

SPECIAL ARIZONA BUYCOTTEDITION

Dear Readers: All together, now: ¡A LACHINGADA WITH ARIZONA’S SB1070!

For those of ustedes too occupied with theyour Drinko por Cinco hangover, the initiativeI mentioned (signed a couple of weeks agointo law by Arizona’s governor) givesimmigration powers to the state’s policeofficers and sheriff’s deputies and allowsthem to stop and question anyone they thinklooks like an illegal immigrant. Besides beingthe most blatant invitation to racially profileMexicans since the sombrero, it’s also a civilliberties disgrace that is making the CopperState’s greatest son, libertarian iconBarry Goldwater, no doubt wishing he wasborn in Utah.

A movement is underway to boycott thestate and also national companies based inArizona such as U-Haul and US Airways. Aboycott of the state worked back in the 1990s,when Arizonans refused to celebrate MartinLuther King, Jr.’s birthday as a state holiday,and it should work now—visit arizona-boycott.org for other companies to shun (andif you’re a baseball fan, don’t forget to root foryour team when they play the reprehensibleArizona Diamondbacks, whose ownersshower millions on Arizona’s retrogradepoliticians). But I also want to urge abuycott—there are good people who havebeen fighting the Know Nothings in the statefor decades, who constantly get threatenedand who need our support. Below is a partiallist of groups and organizations that deserveyour attention, whether a monetarycontribution, a kind note, or physical support.

Now, some of the good people of Arizona:*Phoenix New Times: Sure, they carry

my column from time to time, they’re thesister paper of the Mexican’s hometown OCWeekly, and is the base for the two drunkmicks who own our parent company, VillageVoice Media. But the New Times, more thanany other news organization in the country, hasexposed best and longest the terrifying reign ofMaricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, theintellectual godfather of SB1070. Theirreporters past and present, especially JohnDougherty, Paul Rubin and Stephen Lemons,have been the subject of intimidation,stonewalling, and harassment by Arpayaso

¡ASK A MEXICAN!and his goons solelybecause they’veexposed Arpayasofor the corrupt,taxpayer-waste of apendejo that he is.Arpayaso knowshow dangerous theNew Times is—heonce had my patrones Michael Lacey and JimLarkin arrested on charges so spurious he hadto release them within a day. Click onphoexnewtimes.com a million times a day tospur their readership numbers, which allowsthem to bring in more advertising and givesthem more fuel against that pinche Arpayaso.

*Flagstaff Live! and the TucsonWeekly: They carry my column—enoughsaid. Visit flaglive.com andtucsonweekly.com.

*Puente Movement: Not to be confusedwith the fine Puente Project, which helpsCalifornia students advance to universities,the Puente Movement has been the primaryorganizer of protests in Phoenix againstArpayaso and must frequently suffer bonafide Nazis hurling invectives at kiddies andpeaceful people. Visit puenteaz.org

*Somos America: A coalition of Arizonagroups united for immigration reform, nowunderstandably focusing on dismantlingSB1070. Visit somosamerica.org.

*Derechos Humanos: Fighting the samefights as the other groups, but from Tucson.Know Nothings despise the group’s head,Isabel Garcia, which means we should anointher the next Dolores Huerta. Visit derechoshumanosaz.net

*Border Action Network: Exactly whatit sounds like. Visit borderaction.org

Clarence Dupnik: Sheriff of PimaCounty, which includes Tucson. Has calledSB1070 a “national embarrassment.” Theanti-Arpayaso.

Hopefully, I can return to this column’susual obsession with little people and big-breasted women, but let’s help the good whofight evil in the belly of el Diablo. Again,people: ¡A LA CHINGADA WITHSB1070!

Ask the Mexican at [email protected], be his fan on Facebook,follow him on Twitter or ask him a videoquestion at youtube.com/askamexicano!

By Raoul Lowery Contreras

Black stand-up comedians make a living tell-ing jokes about getting stopped by police offic-ers all the time for the “crime” of “Driving on aSunday afternoon while Black.”

The joke is true. It is true as has been docu-mented by court-ordered studies in New Jer-sey and California.

Truth: Racial profiling is a way of life for po-lice officers, sheriff’s deputies, highway patrolofficers and even federal officers in the Bor-der Patrol. Racial profiling is illegal and uncon-stitutional yet occurs every day in all states butparticularly in Arizona.

In Arizona, coincidentally, Maricopa County’sSheriff Joe Arpaio is under investigation by afederal grand jury and the U.S. Department ofJustice. Why? For withholding or concealingevidence from courts and Grand Juries and formassive sweeps based on racial profiling in hisearnest hunt for Mexicans.

Today’s controversy, though sparked with thepassage of a sweeping state law that targetsMexicans because their speech, clothing, mus-taches, baseball caps and jeans set them apartfrom God-fearing Americans, the controversybegan in Chandler, Arizona 13 years ago.

A giant sweep through a square mile ofdowntown Chandler, Arizona by Chandler po-lice officers enabled by Border Patrol agentsdetained and harassed many people that resultedin the deportation of 432 illegal aliens. Thesweep occurred over five days. The thousandsof stops and detentions resulted in a massivecivil rights violation law suit demanding $35million for legal residents and American citi-zens that the City of Chandler settled with$400,000 precious taxpayer dollars.

The Chandler police could not tell illegals fromlegals so they stopped ANYONE who lookedMexican.

Even federal officers manifest racial pro-filing disease. In Riverside and Escondido,California cities, a few years ago the BorderPatrol initiated a massive sweep of the streets,buses and bus stops in both cities despite afederal court order prohibiting sweeps with-out specific individual intelligence of illegal resi-dency. The agents literally manifested a middleindex finger towards a legitimate long standingcourt order and the Constitution upon which itwas based.

Worse, when challenged, the agents lied andclaimed they had specific intelligence whichthey never —ever— produced. They boardedbuses debarked every Mexican looking passen-ger and demanded papers. If they didn’t haveany on them, they were deported without beingallowed a phone call. Legal residents were de-ported, illegally.

“Papers pleece!” The streets of Escondido

and Riverside looked like movies of Nazis inthe 30s and 40s. Before ignorant critics whosupport such police state tactics screamSMEAR, Escondido and Riverside happenedand it wasn’t all that long ago. Washington hadto step in and stop the Border Patrol lawless-ness.

So, when one hears attorney Kris Kobachwho helped write Arizona’s controversialSB1070 declare that the law specificallyprohibits racial profiling, we must raise ourcollective eyebrows. Why, because asChandler/Escondido/Riverside show us racialprofiling is the engine that propels sweeps evenwhen it is against the law.

From the moderate Republican East ValleyTribune in Arizona we find these words in aten-year retrospective of the July 1997 five-day “Chandler Roundup.”

“By the time the week ended, 432 illegal im-migrants were arrested and later deported. Andin the most controversial aspect, hundreds morewere stopped — including U.S. citizens andlegal residents.”

Further, “…an audit by then-State AttorneyGeneral (and Republican) Grant Woods foundthere were civil rights violations and that thecity acted improperly. The 34-page report alsoaccused authorities of stopping people basedon skin color and accused police and federalagents of breaking into the homes and busi-nesses without warrants. There were also ac-cusations they intimidated citizens to get re-sults.”

Arizona is now taking their Chandler experi-ence statewide. Will the courts stop Arizona?

I’m not a stand-up comic but let me tell youa good one.

One night while driving in my beautiful gleam-ing Mercedes 450SL, patrol car lights appearedin my rear view mirror. I pulled over, wonder-ing what I had done. The California HighwayPatrolman asked me if I felt my car swayingas I drove along at 70 miles an hour. No, I said.The Patrolman asked for my license/ registra-tion and insurance papers. He wrote me a fixit ticket (cost, $25) and told me to report withproof that the “problem” had been corrected.

I appeared in court with a mechanic’s nota-rized affidavit written the day after the “ticket.”He swore there was nothing mechanicallywrong with the car. I refused to pay the $25fine. The judge asked me why I refused, as itwas not a large amount for a Mercedes driver.I responded with:

“Your honor, the only thing I am guilty of isbeing a Mexican driving a pricey Mercedes atnight in Southern California.”

The judge agreed. Et tu?

Contreras’ books are avai lable a tamazon.com

By Juan Pacheco

I have asked myself many times in many dif-ferent ways over the past few weeks this onequestion, why, why us. You see at my age I justwant to be at peace and live my life. A lifetimeof tension filled scenarios should be replacedwith the freedom to be who I am and not feelthe hair on the back of my neck stand at atten-tion when the word Mexican is spoken in acrowd of strangers. Or feel that my rights areinfringed upon simply by being in Arizona andlooking and acting like an undocumentedworker.

You see Arizona is the birthplace of my ma-ternal family. My Grandfather, VenturaArmenta, was a miner. My niece has re-searched and found that they lived for a time ina mining town called Happy Camp. Now thatis a name, which fosters visions of peacefulcoexistence. Happy camp, I wonder if theLatino population struggling with being isolatedand targeted for “special treatment” would re-fer to any place in Arizona as Happy Campjust now.

My Mother told me stories, which fascinatedme as a child. She told me about playing withnuggets of gold and silver, which her familykept in a jar on their kitchen window. Of learn-ing how to drive at the age of 12, flying acrossthe desert in my Grandfather’s Model T. Firingat quail with a 45 and sitting happily betweenthe feet of a huge draft horse named Jerry, aClysdale my Grandfather owned. The idylliclife she spoke of always filled me with pleas-ant memories and fostered within me a love ofArizona.

My Grandfather and Grandmother, RefugioJaime, a native Arizonian married there and hadthree children. The first, a boy died. Then camemy Mother Hortencia and my aunt Eleanor, orLioni as she was called throughout her life.

As the story goes on, my Grandfahter wasthe oldest of his family and when his parentsdied, and left them orphans, he became the headof the household and raised his sisters, my AuntsCarmen, Mage and Tonia. And although theymigrated to Los Angeles sometime in the 1920’s,Arizona was always referred to as their homestate.

I have always considered Tucson, Arizona aspecial place because of the deep roots andthe richness of life my Mother often spokeabout. She loved the desert, its climate, plantsand peacefulness. A love I am sure fosteredby her early years living in Tucson.

I wonder how my Mother would react to the

new Arizona. Well, actually I do know.She was never one to shy away from con-

flict. She was proud of being a citizen of theU.S. As an example, I distinctly remember sit-ting in a theatre in Mexico City, in the late fif-ties and my Mother standing and clapping loudlywhen a newsreel, showing Dwight Eisenhowerwaving to a crowd after his recovery from heartsurgery, was shown on the theatre screen. Irecall the quietness surrounding her applauseand the look of grave uncomfortableness onmy fathers’ face. Although in later years shebecame disenchanted with many of the poli-cies, which governed the less fortunate in U.S.society. Not just Latinos but anyone who wasbeing treated unjustly. I am sure she would havea lot to say about the latest infringement on ourhuman rights.

We want to be treated with the justice anddignity inherently due any world citizen. We donot wish to be singled out by a law, which un-der the guise of “immigration reform” targetsa group of individuals who look and behave acertain way. The response so far from Arizonapoliticians is to say that this is not the case.That they will not target anyone “just standingon a street corner” but will only ask for proofof citizenship when being stopped or held andquestioned by police for “just cause.” Anyonewho has experienced this hypocritical scenarioknows that the institutional racism, so histori-cally prevalent in this society, especially withinthe institution of law enforcement, makes thisrationalization almost infantile and does not riseto the level of honest discourse.

We will be singled out because of what welook like and who we are, pure and simple. Andno sour faced sheriff, given access to spew hishatred and misinformation by the U.S. media,will convince anyone with any reasonable ex-perience otherwise.

I will close with this comment.We need a just and economically viable set

of immigration laws in order to balance the as-pirations of immigrants who come here to bet-ter themselves, while paying their taxes andcontributing to their communities. A fair set ofregulations, which address the reality of ourhistorical presence in the U.S.

Ellis Island closed in 1954. Many Europeansimmigrated here and quickly assimilated set-ting aside their culture, language and history. Itis now the descendents of those people whowould deny us the right to a fair share of theopportunities available here in our historicalhomeland.

Therefore, I ask Arizona, why?

“Chandler, Arizona Redux” Arizona, Why Us? Why Anyone?

Por Humberto Caspa, Ph.D

Hay veces pensamos que la crisis delneoliberalismo sólo afecta a las economíalatinoamericana por el hecho de que estamosmuy cerca del centro capitalista.

No es así. La economía neoliberal tambiénafecta a otras latitudes del mundo. Hoy losgriegos son víctimas de los “corredores delmercados” y otros delincuentes de cuelloblanco.

Más de un año y medio pasó desde que laeconomía norteamericana dio un grito al cielo.El ex presidente George W. Bush, cuya torpezamental está documentada en libros y videos, nosupo llevar el tino de nuestra economía. En vezde vigilar más de cerca a los delincuentes decuello blanco, los dejó que caminaran por laCasa Blanca como “Pedro por su casa”.

En vez de más desregulación, nuestraeconomía necesitaba más control de losmercados económicos. Eso es lo que no hizo, yvimos cómo se desató una crisis que todavíaestamos sintiendo sus efectos devastadores.

De la misma manera, en las tierras deHércules y Aquiles, la crisis económica tuvosus inicios con sus políticos y el neoliberalismo.

Cuando Grecia fue aceptado a utilizar el Euroen 2001, los “dioses” del universo económicole dieron muchos billetes europeos desde loscielos.

Muchos griegos vivieron en la opulencia deldinero por unos buenos años. No se dieroncuenta que, como sucedió en México con CarlosSalinas de Gortari, sus dirigentes políticos losiban a llevar directo al infierno.

La agencia económica Standard & Poor 500,la cual se encarga de ranquear a las entidadesprivadas y a las economía de los países, calificóa Grecia como un país muy cerca de la

servidumbre. A sus bonos de largo plazo losredujo de BBB+ a BB+ y a los de corto plazolos pulverizó de A-2 a B. Las nuevascalificaciones crearon pánico y dejaron muchaincertidumbre en la comunidad mundial. Greciaquedó al borde del abismo.

Asimismo, la reacción que produjo la crisisde Grecia en el mercado mundial fue un tantopreocupante. Los españoles y los portuguesesfueron los que más sintieron. Al igual queGrecia, estos dos países del sur de Europaquedaron a pocos kilómetros de la ruina.

Al ver que la crisis griega empezaba a agobiara los otros miembros de la Unión Europea, losdirigentes políticos de cada país, se juntaron yprepararon un rescate económico para Grecia.No fue muy fácil. Los alemanes se resistierony no quisieron dar un centavo a los hijos deZeus.

Lo triste del caso es que fueron las empresasfinancieras alemanas precisamente quienesatormentaron a los griegos al despilfarrarenormes sumas de dinero en bonos de gobiernoy en el Stock Exchange de Grecia. La mitadde la deuda de Grecia tiene raíces en fuentesfinancieras de Alemania y Francia.

Al final, todos se convencieron que un rescateera necesario. La Unión Europea y el FondoMonetario Internacional prepararon un paquetede $146.000 millones para salvar a la economíade Grecia.

Como sucedió en América Latina, el rescatenunca es gratis. Los que finalmente pagan los“platos rotos” son el pueblo. Y los que se salvanson los delincuentes de cuello blanco.

La historia se repite en todas partes delmundo.

Humberto Caspa, Ph.D., es profesoruniversitario. E-mail: [email protected]

Crisis en tierra de los dioses

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9th Annual Gator By the Bay Festival Brings Three Days of LiveMusic, Cajun Food, and Family Fun to Spanish Landing

By John Philip Wyllie

A year ago, Otay Ranch longdistance runner Luis Medinaoften found himself comfortablyahead of the pack while com-peting in the mile and two mileevents for the Mustangs trackteam. He was good enough infact, to gain entry into thecounty’s CIF Meet at season’send. But after suffering a stressfracture of his femur during thefall cross country season,Medina was faced with a toughroad back. He ran a 4:42 milein his first official competitionsince the injury which was goodenough for third place in lastmonth’s meet against ChulaVista, but third place is notwhere Medina aspires to be.

His friend and teammate,Carlos Hernandez, capturedfirst place in that meet andfound himself in the winner’sposition, a place that last sea-son pretty much belonged toMedina. This pair of Mustangrunners has had their friend-

ship tested by their reversedroles, but their new relationshiphas brought out the best in bothof them.

“Now that I am healthyagain I am going to go all outand make him push me more,”Medina said following his re-turn to competition.”

Their friendship goes back acouple of years.

“I met him in 10th gradewhile we were both runningcross country. We becamefriends (outside of sports aswell) and started hanging outtogether,” Medina said.

Back then Hernandez wasnot much of a threat. He hadnot yet uncovered his potentialas a long distance runner, butthat changed prior to this cur-rent season.

“I ran consistently over thebreak and I worked hard dur-ing our workouts, really push-ing it. I don’t do anything fancy,I just try to keep up with thefastest person and do whatthey do,” Hernandez said.

On July 31, fan favoritesJuan Manuel Marquez andJuan Diaz square off in arematch of their 2009 fightof the year

By Steve Galindo III

At the start of 2009, therewas no fight that sparkedgreater interest amongst Mexi-can fans than the encounterbetween lightweight titlistsJuan Manuel Marquez, andJuan ‘Baby Bull’ Diaz. It wasa fight that matched the bestfighter from Mexico, Marquez(50-5-1 37 KOs) against thebest Mexican-Americanfighter, Diaz (35-3-1 17 KOs).Needless to say, manyMexicanos were on the ropesas to which combatant theywere picking. Either way, bothsides knew that the fight be-tween the crafty old veteran,and the hard charging BabyBull would provide fireworksworthy of a Mexican Indepen-dence Day celebration.

The two met on February 28,2009 in Diaz’s hometown ofHouston, Texas, in front of anoverwhelmingly Mexicancrowd. The fight started out ata fast and furious pace with theyounger fighter applying tre-mendous pressure on his olderrival. Diaz would go on tothrow 104 punches in the open-ing stanza, much to the delightof his hometown fans. Diaz’sonslaught would continue upuntil the middle rounds. Inround 4, the methodical mas-ter-Marquez would begin tofind his groove by mounting anaggressive body attack. Backand forth action ensued untilround 8, when a laser-like up-percut from Marquez found itsmark over the right eye of Diaz,opening a nasty gash. The cutwould go on to hamper Diaz,and Marquez would go on tocapitalize- stopping him in theninth round.

The fight became an instantclassic, and was voted fight ofthe year by the Boxing Writ-ers Association of America.Shortly thereafter, both Mar-quez, and Diaz would move upin weight, but would be metwith disappointing results.Marquez would go on to lose ahigh profile Welterweightmatchup against Floyd May-weather Jr. last September,while Diaz would go on to losea Jr. Welterweight fight againstPaulie Malignaggi last Decem-ber. Now, with their backsagainst the wall both men re-turn to the lightweight divisionwhere they have their sights set

on recreating the magic of theirepic first fight.

The two met face-to-facelast Saturday to formally an-nounce their July 31 rematchwhich will take place at theMandalay Bay in Las Vegas.The scheduled 12-round boutwill be for Marquez’s RingMagazine, WBA, and WBOlightweight titles. “Our fightwas the fight of the year in 2009and it may be the fight of theyear again in 2010” Marquezsaid. “I want to give the peoplea great fight, especially theMexican people.” Despite thefact that he will be turning 37-years-old two weeks beforethe fight, Marquez says that hisage will not be a factor in de-termining the outcome of thefight. “We Mexicans are al-ways ready to die in the ring. Ihave already shown that ageis not an issue with me. I amready, I will prepare well and Iam ready to show everyonewhat I can do.” Marquez, whofoolishly moved up two weightclasses to face Mayweatherlast year said that he is work-ing closely with a doctor to helphim get back down to the 135-pound lightweight limit.

Unlike Marquez, Diaz, 26,will not have to cut muchweight to return to his naturalweight class. “I know that 140is not my weight class, but itdidn’t take anything away fromme” Diaz said. Diaz realizesthat a lot of people are castingdoubts over him after beingthoroughly out boxed by PaulieMalignaggi last year. “I wantto say to all the naysayers whosay my destiny has been writ-ten, I am going to show themthat I can become the undis-puted lightweight world cham-pion one more time.”

Tickets for Marquez-Diaz II

are on sale now and are pricedat $350, $250, $150, $100 and $50they can be purchased locally atany Ritmo Latino outlets.

World Boxing Council Boy-cotts Arizona

In the wake of Arizona’scontroversial immigration law,the World Boxing Council willnot be scheduling fights involv-ing Mexican fighters in Arizona.WBC president Don JoseSulaiman has spoken outagainst the law calling it“Shameful, and discrimina-tory.” The ban went into ef-fect this past Saturday May 1st.Antonio Margarito returnstomorrow night in Aguas-calientes

Margarito will take on Rob-erto “Amenaza” Garcia in themain event of Latin Fury 14this Saturday in a big pay-per-view card to be telecast live tothe United States by Top Rank.“I feel good and I am ready toget back to work. It’s been along time away from the ringand I am very happy to beback,” said Margarito, who hasnot fought since January of lastyear after losing to ShaneMosley and then been sus-pended for a year. The pay-per-view undercard will featureWorld Boxing Association(WBA) interim super feather-weight champion Jorge Solis(38-2-2), of Guadalajara,Mexico, defending his titleagainst top-10 contender andone-time world title challengerMario Santiago (21-2-1, 14KOs), of Ponce, Puerto Rico;top-five contenders UrbanoAntillion (27-1, 20 KOs), ofMaywood, Calif., and Rene“Super Chiroz” Gonzalez (27-1-1, 21 KOs), of Managua,Nicaragua, battle it out in aWBA lightweight title elimi-nation bout; and the pay-per-view debut of flyweight sen-sation Alfonso López (4-0, 2KOs), of Mexico City, Mexico,the son of legendary worldchampion and Mexican iconRicardo López

Pacquiao at the polls: Fili-pinos are gearing up for nextweek’s political electionswhere all eyes will be on theSarangani province congres-sional race where seven- divi-sion champion Manny Pac-quiao is campaigning for a seatin congress. Despite his popu-larity, Pacquiao is facing anuphill battle against 61-year-oldRoy Chiongbian. Filled withpolitical savvy, Chiongbiancomes from a well establishedpolitical family whose roots rundeep in the province. Trailingin the polls, Pacquiao is hopingfor a late rally at the polls.Pacquiao last ran for congressin 2007, but was defeatedhandedly.

Injury Sparks Role Reversal forOtay’s Medina and Hernandez

His increased effort has re-sulted in new found successincluding success againstMedina who he always trailedprior to this year.

“It used to be more like mefollowing him. I don’t think Iwas really much of a rival.Now that he is coming backfrom an injury I am guessingthat he is trying to improveagain (and get back to wherehe was) so I don’t know that Iwould call it much of a rivalry.My best time in the mile so faris 4:36 and I have been able tobeat him,” Hernandez said.Hernandez is not sure howlong he will be able to keepdoing it however with Medinanow rounding back into shape.

Both athletes plan to continuerunning cross country andtrack. And there friendship willnot end when they graduatenext month. Both runners willbe heading to North Dakota’sMinot State where they willcontinue their careers as schol-arship athletes.

Juan more time

The first fight between Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquezand Juan Diaz (pictured above) was named 2009 fight of

the year.

Manny Pacquiao for Congress campaign is looking forlate rally to this race. Behind in the polls probably thefirst time in his life he has been behind, let’s see if his

boxing popularity pulls this one out for him.

NEW! “Gator By Night”Dinner and Dancing on FridayNight

More than 25 Bands on FiveStages, Free Dance Lessons,and 8,000 Pounds of CrawfishStraight From Louisiana!

GATOR BY THE BAY, thebiggest Zydeco and Cajun fes-tival on the West Coast, cel-ebrates the rich and uniqueculture of Louisiana for a ninthyear with a return to SpanishLanding Park on May 7, 8, and9, 2010.

This spirited three-day mu-sic and food festival featuresan impressive variety of musicand entertainment. For the firsttime, a special Friday-nightevent, “Gator by Night,” hasbeen added to the festivities.

“Gator by Night” will featurea Blues Supper Club atmo-

sphere around the BourbonStreet stage, with Louisianacuisine for dinner and dancingto top Zydeco and Blues bands.

The Gator by the Bay festi-val creates a rich cultural ex-perience with zesty Zydeco,Cajun, Blues, jazz, country, andSwing bands; authentic Creolefood; dancing and dance les-sons; costumed New Orleans-style daily parades; and lots ofkids’ activities. More than10,000 are expected to attend.

Four nationally known Cajunand Zydeco bands with rootsin Louisiana, including theBruce Daigrepont Cajun Band,offer a delicious mix of tempoand mood. Headliners will in-clude Brian Jack and theZydeco Gamblers, Keith Frank& The Soileau Zydeco Band,and local bands such as Theo

and Zydeco Patrol, San DiegoCajun Playboys, The BayouBrothers, and Billy Lee and theSwamp Critters.

Swing and Blues highlightsinclude two-time Grammywinner Roy Rogers and John-ny Vernazza, both legendaryblues and slide guitarists.Lady Dottie & the Diamondswill bring their brand of soulto the Bourbon Street SupperClub stage on Friday night.Former lead guitarist for TheFabulous Thunderbirds, David“Kid” Ramos, and LynwoodSlim are featured with JimmyWood-ard’s Swingin Kings onSaturday, and on Sunday, CafeR & B performs gritty, hard-hitting early blues and R&B,fronted by the steamy andsoulful singer Roach.

extranjeros no autorizados aestar en Estados Unidos”; una“reforma para aumentar laeficiencia del sistemamigratorio” y, por lo menos, la“reforma del sistemamigratorio para maximizar laprosperidad económicaamericana” (subtitulado como“legalización”), basado en la“inmigración de trabajadorescon altas calificaciones, lainmigración de personas conbajas calificaciones y lapromoción de la integraciónfamiliar”.

Una Semana Cada SemanaDe la REPAIR nos

ocuparemos en otrascolumnas, porque otrasreacciones de la semanafueron también interesantes.Para empezar, el Alcalde dePhoenix, Arizona, Phil Gordon,declaró que va a demandarlegalmente a su estado contrala SB1070, porque “lo que senecesita es una reforma totalde inmigración que legalice alos inmigrantesindocumentados que ya estánaquí, una forma legal para quelos trabajadores temporalestrabajen con libertad y másvisas para los mexicanos quequieran emigrar legalmente”.

Pero las mejoresreacciones, como buenfanático del béisbol que soy,fueron en este ámbito.Primero, el Sindicato deJugadores Profesionales deBéisbol se manifestó contra laSB1070. Michael Weiner,Director Ejecutivo, dice quese opone a la ley y que“esperamos que searechazada o modificadarápidamente. Si entra en

efecto, el Sindicatoconsiderará futuras accionespara proteger los derechos eintereses de nuestrosmiembros y sus familias”. Ydice “nuestros miembros”, nopor algunas estrellas del beis,sino de miles de chamacos delas ligas menores, 140 latinosesta primavera, en las ligasmenores.

Luego brincó el relevista delos Medias Blancas SergioSantos, nacido en Califas perocon historia de inmigrantes.“Estoy contra la ley. Creo quela mayoría de quienes vienenquieren una mejor vida. Miabuelo trabajó en los camposde California y mandabadinero a México… mi mamávino con visa y creo que mipapá vino sin papeles”.

Siguió Ozzie Guillén, únicomanager inmigrante que haganado una Serie Mundial:“Me desilusiona la ley deArizona. La gente viene aquía trabajar, no a hacer nadamalo. Este país no puedesobrevivir sin todos los latinos.Perdón, pero pruébenme locontrario. Aquí hay muchagente que quiere pasársela

frente a la computadora ymandar e-mails. Nosotroshacemos el trabajo duro,somos los que salimos atrabajar en el sol, todo el día,para mejorar este país”.

Terminaron la tanda elpitcher mexicano de Arizona,Rodrigo López, diciendo que“Arizona ha sido mi casadurante los últimos cuatroaños y ahora podrán detener auna persona por el simplehecho de parecer latina”, y eljonronero mexicano de losPadres de San Diego, AdriánGonzález, declarando nosolamente que no asistirá alJuego de Estrellas de 2011 sila ley antiinmigrantes estávigente, sino que “le gustaríaque la oficina de GrandesLigas boicoteara los camposde entrenamiento que serealizan cada año enArizona”.

En fin, esta semana, lospeloteros se volvieron partedel “movimiento”. A ver aquién reclutamos la semanaque viene…

Contacto Jorge Mújica Murias [email protected]

Una Semana(con’t de página 2)

Major League Baseball players and coaches are speaking out strongly against Arizona’snew anti-immigrant law, SB 1070. The MLB is more than 25% Latino, and they don’t wantto play ball in a state where they and their Latino fans are subject to racial profiling.These players need our support. Will you join in demanding that Major League Baseballmove the 2011 All-Star Game — now scheduled for Phoenix — as long as racial profilingis legal there? The All-Star Game represents one of the highest-profile events every season in baseball— second only to the World Series. As much as $60 million will be spent in the host regionduring All-Star Game weekend.Please sign the letter to MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, and ask your family and friends todo the same: http://presente.org/ref/37535/campaigns/mlb

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~ ~ ~ LEGALS ~ (619) 425-7400 ~ CLASSIFIEDS ~ (619) 425-7400 ~ ~ ~

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name:RING MASTERS MUAYTHAI,MMA/BOXING, 821 Kuhn Dr.#106, Chula Vista, CA 91914Mailing Address: 2077 Cross-creek Rd., Chula Vista, CA91913This Business is Conducted by:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:3/18/10This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Jorge M Bejar, owner, 2077Crosscreek Rd., Chula Vista, CA91913I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: JorgeBejarThis Statement Was Filed WithDavid Butler Recorder/CountyClerk of San Diego County MAR18, 2010The 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.: 2010-007714Published: 4/16,23,30,5/7/2010La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name:a. SOLUTION HOMES; b. SO-LUTION MANUFACTUREDHOMES, 100 Woodlawn Ave.Spc. 30, 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:Marco V. Sanchez, 100 WoodlawnAve. Spc. 30, Chula Vista, CA91910I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.S igna tu re o f Reg is t ran t :Marco SanchezThis Statement Was Filed WithDavid Butler Recorder/CountyClerk of San Diego County MAR24, 2010The 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.: 2010-008330Published: 4/16,23,30,5/7/2010La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name:CAPTAIN CABLE, 418 MilagrosaCir., 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:Gerardo De La Cruz, 418 Mila-grosa Cir., Chula Vista, CA 91910I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.S igna tu re o f Reg is t ran t :Gerardo De La CruzThis Statement Was Filed WithDavid Butler Recorder/CountyClerk of San Diego County MAR19, 2010The 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.: 2010-007805Published: 4/16,23,30,5/7/2010La Prensa San Diego

NOTICE OF APPLICATIONTO SELL ALCOHOLIC

BEVERAGESDate of Filing Application: April5, 2010To Whom It May Concern:The Name(s) of the Applicant(s)is/are:HANNAN BROOKS MICHAELHARDIN MICHAEL CLAUDE

RHODES TERISA RUTHThe applicants listed above areapplying to the Department ofAlcoholic Beverage Control tosell alcoholic beverages at:

945 BROADWAYSAN DIEGO, CA 92101-5513

Type of license(s) Applied for:41 - ON-SALE BEER AND

WINE - EATING PLACEPublished: 4/30,5/7,14/2010La Prensa San Diego

lawyers at the California CourtsOnline Self-Help Center (www.court.ca.gov/self help), at theCalifornia Legal Services Website (www.law helpcalifornia.org),or by contacting your localcounty bar association.NOTICE: The restraining orderson page 2 are effective againstboth spouses or domestic part-ners until the petition is dis-missed, a judgment is entered,or the court makes further or-ders. These orders are enforce-able anywhere in California byany law enforcement office whohas received or seen a copy ofthem.NOTE: If a judgment or supportorder is entered, the court mayorder you to pay all or part ofthe fees and costs that the courtwaived for yourself or for theother party. If this happens, theparty ordered to pay fees shallbe given notice and an opportu-nity to request a hearing to setaside the order to pay waivedcourt fees.1. The name and address of thecourt is: SUPERIOR COURT OFCALIFORNIA, 325 S. MEL-ROSE DRIVE, VISTA, CA 920812. The name, address, and tele-phone number of petitioner's at-torney, or the petitioner withoutan attorney, is: SYLVIA RAM-IREZ, 701 E. 7th Ave., Apt. #17,Escondido, CA 92025Date: FEB 18, 2010Clerk, by T. ANGULO, DeputyNOTICE TO THE PERSONSERVED: as an individualPublished: 4/30,5/7,14,21/2010La Prensa San Diego

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

(CCP 1277)CASE NUMBER:

37-2010-00090424-CU-PT-CTLTO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS:Petitioner: JORGE RODRIQUEZHERNANDEZ, filed a petitionwith this court for a decreechanging names as follows:JORGE RODRIGUEZ HERN-ANDEZ to JORGE MUNGUIATHE 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: JUN 03, 2010. Time: 8:30A.M. Dept: D-25. Room: 3rd FloorThe address of the court is Su-per ior Court of Cal i fornia,County of San Diego, CentralDivision, Hall of Justice, 220West Broadway, San Diego, CA92101A 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: APR 22, 2010KEVIN A. ENRIGHTJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: 4/30,5/7,14,21/2010La Prensa San Diego

INVITATION FOR BIDS FOR

CLOSED CIRCUIT VIDEO SYSTEM

FOR SAN DIEGO TROLLEY STATIONS

The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) is accepting bids for a one-time purchase of a Closed Circuit Video System for San Diego Trolley Stations.

Bid documents will be available on or about May 7, 2010 from:

Marco Yniguez Contract Officer

MTS Procurement Department 1255 Imperial Avenue, Suite 1000

San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: (619) 557-4576 Facsimile (619) 696-7084

Email:[email protected]

In accordance with MTS' specifications, bids shall be submitted on the bid forms furnished by MTS, enclosed in a sealed envelope, plainly endorsed with the bidder’s name and marked:

CLOSED CIRCUIT VIDEO SYSTEM

FOR SAN DIEGO TROLLEY STATIONS

MTS DOC NO. PWL125.0-10BID OPENING: 11:00 A.M., PREVAILING LOCAL TIME,

JUNE 16, 2010

A pre-bid meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m., prevailing local time on Tuesday, May 18, 2010. Sealed bids will be due on June 16, 2010 at 11:00 a.m., prevailing local time, unless otherwise amended, at Metropolitan Transit System, Procurement Dept. 1255 Imperial Avenue, Suite 1000, San Diego, California 92101. Bids received after that time or at any other place other than the place stated herein will not be considered.

MTS hereby notifies all bidders that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement; Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (as defined in 49 CFR Part 26) will not be subject to discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex or national origin in consideration for an award.

This project is funded by the California State Grant Prop 1B and the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS).

MTS reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to re-advertise for bids. 5/7/10CNS-1848517# LA PRENSA

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name:CUTMAN 4 HIRE, 240 QuintardSt. #88, Chula Vista, CA 91911This Business is Conducted by:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:2/25/2005This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Juan J. Ramirez, 240 QuintardSt. #88, Chula Vista, CA 91911I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: JuanJ. RamirezThis Statement Was Filed WithDavid Butler Recorder/CountyClerk of San Diego County APR16, 2010The 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.: 2010-010622Published: 4/23,30,5/7,14/2010La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name:BLU PALM, 3835 N. Harbor Dr.,San Diego, CA 92101Mailing Address: 1001 E. Jef-ferson St. Suite 6, Phoenix, AZ85034This Business is Conducted by:Husband and WifeThe First Day of Business Was:4/1/2010This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:1. Aaron and Yolanda Kizer, 1001E. Jefferson St. Suite 6, Phoe-nix, AZ 850342. Yolanda Kizer, 1001 E.Jefferson St. Suite 6, Phoenix,AZ 85034I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.S igna tu re o f Reg is t ran t :Aaron KizerThis Statement Was Filed WithDavid Butler Recorder/CountyClerk of San Diego County APR15, 2010The 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.: 2010-010592Published: 4/23,30,5/7,14/2010La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name:a. CALIFORNIA SECURITYSCREENS; b. MAJESTEC USA;c. MAJESTEC, 5900 Sea LionPlace #140, Carlsbad, CA 92010Mailing Address: same as aboveThis Business is Conducted by:A CorporationThe First Day of Business Was:N/AThis Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:California Security Screens, 938Calle Santa Cruz, Encinitas, CA92024, CaliforniaI declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: Tho-mas J. Ziegler, PresidentThis Statement Was Filed WithDavid Butler Recorder/CountyClerk of San Diego County APR20, 2010The 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.

CITY OF SAN DIEGOCITY PLANNING & COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALFOR

COMMERCIAL STREET AND IMPERIAL AVENUE CORRIDORMASTER PLAN (H105049)

The City of San Diego (City) is requesting proposals from highly qualified planning firms forconsultant services for Commercial Street and Imperial Avenue Corridor Master Plan (H105049).It is the policy of the City to provide equal opportunity in its planning professional servicescontracts. Toward this end, proposals from small businesses, disabled owned businesses, womenowned businesses, firms owned by African-Americans, American Indians, Asian-Americans, Fili-pinos, and Latinos, and local firms are strongly encouraged. Prime consultants are encouragedto subconsult or joint venture with these firms. The City endeavors to do business with firmssharing the City’s commitment to equal opportunity and will not do business with any firm thatdiscriminates on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, age, gender, sexual orientation, dis-ability, medical condition or place of birth. This project has a voluntary Subcontracting Participa-tion Level (SPL) goal of 15%. SPL goals are achieved by contracting with any combination ofMinority Business Enterprises (MBE), Women Business Enterprises (WBE), Disadvantaged Busi-ness Enterprises (DBE), Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE) or Other Business En-terprises (OBE) at the prime or subcontractor level. Definitions of MBE, WBE, DBE, DVBE andOBE are contained in the Request for Proposals (RFP). Attainment of the SPL goal is stronglyencouraged, but strictly voluntary.The City of San Diego will ensure that full access to programs, services, meetings and activitiescomply with Section 504, Title V, of the Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA) 1990, Public Law 101-336.In-depth knowledge and a strong understanding of the local environment, and a local presence forinterfacing with the City’s project management staff are essential to the successful completionof this project. The proposal must address the consultant’s knowledge and understanding of: theCity and other local agencies regulations and policies; local environment; and local building codesand other criteria. The proposal must also address how the consultant plans to interface with theCity’s project management staff and the consultant’s workforce in San Diego County.All proposals submitted must be in full accord with the Request for Proposal (RFP) which can beobtained by requesting the RFP via email from John Mendivil, Consultant Services Coordinator,at:

[email protected] of San Diego, Purchasing & Contracting Department1200 Third Avenue, Suite 200San Diego, CA 92101.

When requesting the RFP, please refer to the specific project title and number, CommercialStreet and Imperial Avenue Corridor Master Plan (H105049). For questions about RFP pro-cedures please call John Mendivil at (619) 235-5855.A preproposal conference will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 1:30:00 PM, at San DiegoConcourse, North Terrace Room, Rooms 207 & 208, 202 C Street, San Diego, CA 92101. It isstrongly recommended that all interested parties attend. For more information, assistance, torequest an agenda in alternative format, or to request a sign language or oral interpreter for themeeting, please contact Karen Bucey, at 619-533-6404 at least five working days prior to themeeting to ensure availability.Proposals are due no later than 5:00 p.m. Friday, June 18, 2010, at the location stated in the RFP.This RFP does not commit the City to award a contract or to defray any costs incurred in thepreparation of a proposal pursuant to this RFP. The City reserves the right to accept or reject anyor all proposals received as a result of this RFP. The City also reserves the right to revise thisRFP, including but not limited to the pre-proposal conference date and the proposal due date. Ifthe City revises the RFP, all RFP holders of record will be notified in writing by the City.Summary Scope of ServicesThe Commercial Street and Imperial Avenue Corridor Master Plan shall provide specific land useand mobility recommendations to encourage a mixed-use transit-oriented corridor. The MasterPlan shall also address implementation, feasibility, and urban design issues associated with cre-ating a smart growth mixed-use setting within this predominately urbanized community. The Mas-ter Plan shall also incorporate roadway, sidewalk, and streetscape improvements to enhancemultimodal mobility and safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, automobile drivers, and transit riders.The master planning area is identified as a San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)planned Smart Growth area, and also falls within the Dells Imperial Redevelopment Study Area,and the San Diego Regional Enterprise Zone. A goal of the master planning process is to provideenhanced connectivity along Commercial Street which is served by Metropolitan Transit ServiceOrange Line Trolley. Due to the trolley tracks, Commercial Street has limited non-motorized trans-portation facilities creating conflicts between the trolley, vehicles, pedestrians, and bicyclists.Imperial Avenue is planned to widen to a four lane major roadway which could impact the mobilityoptions and impact the existing community character. This planning effort shall provide commu-nity members along with decision makers with the opportunity to evaluate and plan for futureenhanced mobility and mixed-use development opportunities along the Commercial Street andImperial Avenue Corridors.This Request for Proposals (RFP) solicits a consultant firm or team to perform and completespecified tasks and projects in relation the Commercial Street and Imperial Avenue Smart GrowthIncentive Program master planning project. A Proposer that offers a multi-disciplinary consultingteam is desired to work with staff on the work program that is outlined in this RFP. The workprogram is anticipated to be completed over 24 months from when the consultant contract isfinalized. The City is seeking requests for proposals from Proposers (Consultant Team) withexpertise in the following disciplines:

1. Urban planning (lead firm): Preparation of general and area plans under CaliforniaPlanning Law

2. Urban design: Analysis and projection of urban form at skyline and pedestrian scalesas well as public recreational space.

3. Meeting facilitation4. Sustainable design and development principals5. Zoning regulations and ordinances6. Public facilities, parks systems strategies and phasing plans7. GIS mapping8. Visual preference survey9. Mobility planning and traffic studies10. Historical resource reconnaissance and archeological studies11. Noise studies12. Hazardous materials studies13. Co-location and buffer strategies14. Economic/Market/Fiscal Analysis and Studies

Interested parties who have successfully demonstrated an ability to perform Consulting work fora city or public agency of similar size and have a proven record of success in providing planningservices are invited to submit a Response to this Request for Proposal (RFP). The remainder ofthe Scope of Services is contained in the Request for Proposal for Commercial Street and Im-perial Avenue Corridor Master Plan (H105049), as Exhibit A to the Draft Agreement.Published: 5/7/2010 La Prensa San Diego

REQUESTINGPROPOSALS

REQUESTINGPROPOSALS

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CITY OF SAN DIEGOPURCHASING & CONTRACTING

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONFOR CALENDAR YEARS 2010-2011

CITY/COUNTY/PORT OF SAN DIEGO CONSULTANT ROTATION LISTThe City of San Diego (City), the County of San Diego (County), and the Unified Port District(Port) invite submittals of Statement of Qualification (SOQ) from highly qualified firms, jointventures or individuals desiring to be considered for placement on the joint City/County/PortConsultant Rotation List for the following architectural, engineering, and related professionalservices: SOQ FOR DISCIPLINES 13 THROUGH 25 SOQ FOR DISCIPLINES 1 THROUGH 12THE CURRENT SOQS EXPIRE 12/31/2010 SUBMIT ONLY IF APPLICANT IS NOT ON NEW SOQ EXPIRES 12/31/2012 2010 ROTATION LIST, SOQ EXPIRES 12/31/2011MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5:00 P.M., 7/2/2010 MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5:00 P.M., 7/2/2010

13. Civil Engineering (General) 1. Airport Engineering Services14. Corrosion Engineering 2. Architecture:15. Electrical Engineering A. Architecture (General)16. Biological Services B. ADA Design / Inspection17. Cultural Resources C. Parking Lot Design18. General EIR/EIS 3. Community Relations19. Hazardous Materials 4. Construction Management Services:20. Mechanical Engineering A. Construction Inspection21. Plan Checking: B. Construction Management

A. Comprehensive C. Contract AdministrationB. Public Works Construction 5. Field InspectionC. Fire Plan Check & Inspection 6. Geotechnical

22. Project Management – Staff Extension 7. Historic Preservation23. Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) 8. Landscape Architecture24. Surveying: 9. Marine Engineering

A. Aerial Surveying 10. Planning ServicesB. Land Surveying 11. Structural Engineering:

25. Water/Wastewater Engineering: A. BridgesA. Facilities B. Buildings & Other StructuresB. Pump Stations 12. Traffic Engineering

The Request for Qualification is in PDF format and may be viewed and printed at:http://www.sandiego.gov/purchasing/consultants/services/rotation.shtml

However, parties interested in submitting a STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATION must request theoriginal Microsoft Word submittal forms by contacting John Mendivil via e-mail at:

[email protected] further assistance, please contact John Mendivil, Consultant Services Coordinator, at(619) 235-5855.A non-mandatory pre-submittal meeting will be held on Thursday, June 3, 2010, 2:00 PM, atComerica Bank Building, Wada - Large Conference Room 8A, 600 B Street, San Diego, CA92101. It is strongly recommended that firms that have not submitted a SOQ previously, or thathave questions about the SOQ or the Consultant Rotation List process, attend. For more infor-mation, assistance, to request an agenda in alternative format, or to request a sign language ororal interpreter for the meeting, please contact John Mendivil, at 619-235-5855 at least five workingdays prior to the meeting to ensure availability.COMMITMENT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITYIt is the policy of the City, County and Port of San Diego to encourage equal opportunity in itsprofessional services contracts. Toward this end, proposals from small businesses, disabledowned businesses, women owned businesses, firms owned by African-Americans, Native Ameri-cans, Asian-Americans, Filipinos and Latinos, and local firms are strongly encouraged. The Cityendeavors to do business with firms sharing the City’s commitment to equal opportunity and willnot do business with any firm that discriminates on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry,age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, medical condition, or place of birth.If your firm wishes to claim status as a certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) or aDisabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) please attach a copy of your certificate. If yourfirm is not currently certified and is interested in participating as a DBE in the Unified Certifica-tion Program (UCP) of California or wishes to obtain DVBE status, the applications, informationand directions are available at the following websites:DBE: www.dot.ca.gov/hq/bepDVBE: www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/smbus/default.htmDISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (DBE) PARTICIPATIONDBE participation is a goal for U.S. Department of Transportation (FHWA, FAA, FTA) fundedprojects. The City, County and Port of San Diego, Consultant Rotation list is not intended to beused for U.S. Department of Transportation (FHWA, FAA, FTA) funded projects.Published: 5/7/2010 La Prensa San Diego

REQUEST FORPROPOSAL

ForDisadvantaged

Business Enterprises(DBE) Contractors &

Consultants15TH & ISLAND SITE

REMEDIATION / CLEANUPBID Date: May 28, 2010 at

2:00 PM PSTOliverMcMillan is requesting bidproposals from qualified Disad-vantaged Business Enterprisesfor the following Contractors andConsultants as needed to providepre-development site remedia-tion/cleanup of hydrocarbon im-pacted soil in the southern halfof a block bordered by 15th St.,Island Ave., 16th St. and J St. indowntown San Diego, California. Excavation & Earthwork

Contractor Trucking & Disposal of Im-

pacted Soil Environmental Remedia-

tion Consultant General Testing & Inspec-

tion Services Paleontological, Archeo-

logical & Native AmericanMonitoring Consultant

The Excavation & EarthworkContractor will serve as the Lead/General Contractor and includeall other required constructiontrade work such as site demoli-tion, shoring, site repairs, generalconditions and other necessaryconstruction related services.Documents are available fordownloading from Oliver-Mc-Millan’s FTP site. To obtain FTPaccess information, send an e-mail noting your area of interestto: cleanup@olivermc millan.com Access information will besent in a reply e-mail.Published: May 7, 2010La Prensa San Diego

REQUESTINGQUALIFICATIONS

REQUESTINGQUALIFICATIONS

REQUESTINGQUALIFICATIONS

on time, the court may make or-ders affecting your marriage,your property and custody ofyour children. You may be or-dered to pay support and attor-ney fees and costs. If you can-not pay the filing fee, ask theclerk for a fee waiver form.If you want legal advice, contacta lawyer immediately. You canget information about findinglawyers at the California CourtsOnline Self-Help Center (www.court.ca.gov/self help), at theCalifornia Legal Services Website (www.law helpcalifornia.org),or by contacting your localcounty bar association.NOTICE: The restraining orderson page 2 are effective againstboth spouses or domestic part-ners until the petition is dis-missed, a judgment is entered,or the court makes further or-ders. These orders are enforce-able anywhere in California byany law enforcement office whohas received or seen a copy ofthem.1. The name and address of thecourt is: SUPERIOR COURT OFCALIFORNIA, COUNTY OFSAN DIEGO, Family Court, 1555Sixth Avenue, San Diego, Cali-fornia 92101-32942. The name, address, and tele-phone number of petitioner's at-torney, or the petitioner withoutan attorney, is: Maria Del RosarioHernandez Flores, 1452 Frank-fort St., San Diego, California92110Date: NOV 29, 2009Clerk, by R. SANCHEZ, DeputyNOTICE TO THE PERSONSERVED: as an individualPublished: 4/16,23,30,5/7/2010La Prensa San Diego

SUMMONS - (Family Law)CASE NUMBER: DN159448

NOTICE TO RESPONDENT:RAUL RAMIREZ OLVERAYou are being sued.PETITIONER'S NAME IS :SYLVIA RAMIREZYou have 30 calendar days af-ter this Summons and Petition areserved on you to file a Re-sponse (form FL-120 or FL-123)at the court and have a copyserved on the petitioner. A letteror phone call will not protect you.If you do not file your Responseon time, the court may make or-ders affecting your marriage,your property and custody ofyour children. You may be or-dered to pay support and attor-ney fees and costs. If you can-not pay the filing fee, ask theclerk for a fee waiver form.If you want legal advice, contacta lawyer immediately. You canget information about finding

SUMMONS SUMMONS

this state of Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2010-012095Published: 4/30,5/7,14,21/2010La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name:CUSTOM HOUSE PRODUCE,690 Anita Street Suite B, ChulaVista, CA 91911Mailing Address: same as aboveThis Business is Conducted by:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:N/AThis Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Jose Luis Godinez, 4138 VanDyke Av. #4, San Diego, CA92105I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: JoseLuis GodinezThis Statement Was Filed WithDavid Butler Recorder/CountyClerk of San Diego County MAR29, 2010The 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.: 2010-008822Published: 4/23,30,5/7,14/2010La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name:VELASQUEZ LANDSCAPING,1206 First Ave., Chula Vista, CA91911Mailing Address: 1206 First Ave.,Chula Vista, CA 91911This Business is Conducted by:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:Jan 15, 2010This Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Vito Velasquez, 1206 First Av-enue, Chula Vista, CA 91911I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.Signature of Registrant: VitoVelasquez, OwnerThis Statement Was Filed WithDavid Butler Recorder/CountyClerk of San Diego County APR06, 2010The 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.: 2010-009572Published: 4/30,5/7,14,21/2010La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name:CHIKLE, 6166 Winchester St.,San Diego, CA 92139This Business is Conducted by:An IndividualThe First Day of Business Was:N/AThis Business Is Hereby Regis-tered by the Following:Enrique Lugo, 6166 WinchesterSt., San Diego, CA 92139I declare that all information inthis statement is true and cor-rect.

CHANGE OF NAME

REQUESTING BIDS

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

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By Dr. Lily Rivera

Forget all the articles you’veever read that purport to ex-plain why we celebrate Cincode Mayo in the United States.They’ve got it all wrong.

It’s not about celebrating avictory in a battle on the Fifthof May in 1862, in the City ofPuebla, in the country ofMexico. It’s not about hon-oring poor and untrainedpeasants who, though far out-numbered, defeated soldiersfrom what was then the great-est military force in the world,the French army.

No, it is not about that, and itis not about recent immigrants,either.

It is about those of us whowere born here, whose par-ents, grandparents, and greatgrandparents came to thiscountry long, long ago. It isabout us as American citizenswho have been marginalizedsocially and economically, apeople who have had towrench their rights and privi-leges from an unwilling popu-lace through the force of law.It is about those of us who, untilonly the most recent of times,were not included in thiscountry’s history books.

We celebrate the Cinco deMayo, not in recognition of abattle in another nation, but tobattle for recognition in thisnation.recognition that we areequal to all others in intellectand goodness, that we repre-sent a positive element inAmerican Society. We seekrecognition so that ourchildren’s potential will be al-lowed to flourish, that we willbe given equal opportunity inthe workforce and leadershipof this nation, goals that statis-tics confirm we have not yetachieved. Finally, we connectto a battle in the history of ourforefathers because we needappreciation for the contribu-tion we have made to thiscountry.

For cxample, when we cel-ebrated the 25th anniversary ofthe end of the Vietnam War,our local newspaper observedthat day by publishing four fullpages of stories about menwho served in Vietnam. I readnames like Kimball, White,Stenzler, Russell, Kaufman,Lockwood. I didn’t find a singleSanchez, Lopez, Gonzales.

We are all familiar with theVietnam War Statistics, thatnearly 60,000 men and womenlost their lives in the battlefieldsof that country, that nearly onein every five of those combat-ants was a Hispanic soldier.

Recognition of the Hispaniccontribution to the VietnamWar would have taken nothingfrom the recognition given toother war heroes. Yet, not one,not one Garcia, Rodriguez, orNuez was mentioned in our lo-cal newspaper’s four pages ofcoverage.

This matters. What is re-ported in today’s press is sig-nificant because today’snewspaper article is tomor-row’s historical document. Iftoday’s periodicals mentiononly the crimes Hispanics com-mit and the failures they expe-rience, that is all that the worldwill know about us. If ourdeeds are not applauded, if ourachievements are not cel-ebrated, if our contribution tothis nation is not lauded today,our grandchildren will havenothing to honor about us to-morrow.

We celebrate Cinco deMayo because we have aneed for heroes, not just be-cause heroes do great and glo-rious things, but because wesee them as people like us. Infinding commonalties withthem, we draw courage, inspi-ration, and a belief in ourselvesas worthy human beings. So,we reach back a century anda half. We reach south 2,000miles, south to the heroes ofanother nation, of another time.We connect to the weak andthe brave in a place far awayin a moment long ago, for wesee in their struggle and in theirvictory something within us,the potential for victory againstgreat odds, the potential to con-tribute historically, significantlyto this nation.

Our battle for recognition isnot easy. There are those whosuggest that Hispanics are un-patriotic, that we are not loyalAmericans because on thisday, we wave a flag from an-other country. Such peoplemust be reminded that there isno disloyalty to this nation inhonoring our roots in the sameway Irish Americans do on St.Patrick’s Day and that GermanAmericans do during Octo-berfest. All Americans mustrecognize that what makes thisnation great is that it is, and weare, red, white, blue.and brown,and that no group’s loyalty tothis country is minimized bycelebrating its heritage.

Part of the battle for recog-nition involves the fact that tomany people in this nation, weare not .real. Americans. It isa sad fact that while many ofus are generations removedfrom being immigrants, toomany Hispanics are still gen-erations away from being seenas .real. Americans.

My family, like yours, exem-plifies this. My husband, TomRivera, was born 70 years ago.In the same house in which hisfather was born. In Colton.

In California. In the UnitedStates. Yet, to many of ourneighbors, we are and alwayswill be their “Mexican”’ neigh-bors. I ask, and we should allask, how many generationsmust we produce in order forour people to be consideredreal, full Americans? As longas we are not viewed as such,we will neither be the neigh-

bor of choice nor the covetedemployee.

If Hispanics are to achieverecognition in this nation, I be-lieve that we must achievethree goals.

First, we must learn to likeourselves. People who do notlike themselves, who have norespect for their own kind, al-low themselves to be trampled.

America has a history of giv-ing disenfranchised peopleequal treatment only as a re-sult of being forced to do so bythis nation’s courts. Unless werespect ourselves enough tospeak up for ourselves, we willnot fully enjoy the fruits ofAmerican citizenship.

Self-love begins by touchingour past. We should learn howour forefathers came to thisnation, thc struggles they en-dured, the sacrifices theymade.

We would be wise to visit theland of our ancestors, plant ourfeet where they once walked,bathe in the rivers that wateredtheir crops. We should standbefore the pyramids built by theAztecs and the temples cre-ated by the Mayans and mar-vel at their spectacular engi-neering feats. It is through thetouching of our past that weacquire the knowledge thatleads to self-esteem.

Secondly, we must pledge tomove ourselves beyond thefirsts. We take great pride inhaving a first Hispanic doctor,a first Hispanic mayor, a firstHispanic congressman. Theseare commendable achieve-ments. I agree.

But, we should also beashamed. Our forefathersfounded this entire region andmany of the major cities inCalifornia more than 200 yearsago. Yet, it is only in the veryrecent past that we have beenable to celebrate the firstmayor, the first. We should beashamed that we have notworked harder to improve ourlot, have not pushed ourselvesto greater achievements.

In our push for progress, wemust be prepared to make sac-rifices, just as our forefathersdid. We, too, must risk. Wemust get involved in the social,educational and political pro-cesses of this nation, no mat-ter how much failure and re-sentment we encounter. Wemay not succeed, but our fail-ure, our experience, will be-come a stepping stone for thepath that others can follow.

Thirdly, if we are to gain rec-ognition and assure our fullparticipation in this land, wemust speak out against injus-tice and inequality. Whenpeople are arrested, they arereminded that they have theright to remain silent. But theAmerican Civil Liberties Unionreminds us of a far greaterright.the right not to remain si-lent. We must exercise thatright and not hesitate to ad-

Cinco de Mayo:A Battle for Recognition

dress loudly and frequently theissues that prohibit us from de-veloping our full potential andsharing our talents with thisgreat nation.

One hundred forty-five yearsago, at the end of what we nowcall the Cinco do Mayo battle,its leader, General IgnacioZaragoza, wrote to the Minis-ter of Defense in Mexico Cityto report his soldiers victory.He wrote:

Las armas nacionales sehan cubierto de gloria;puedo afirmar con orgulloque ni un momento volvió laespalda al enemigo el ejercitomexicano.

I delight, he wrote, in in-forming you that the armiesof this country have coveredthemselves in glory. I can con-firm with pride that not forone second did any soldierretreat; not for a moment didour military turn its back tothe enemy to run away in de-feat... And neither must we...whether the enemy is our-selves or an unjust system.

True victory in this battle forrecognition lies not just in ourpersonal academic and finan-cial success. A minority of suc-cessful Hispanics is not proofthat we have achieved parityas a people. The battle will onlybe won when Hispanics nolonger remain at the top of thedropout list, the prison popula-tion, and the unemploymentlines. We must continue to cel-ebrate Cinco de Mayo withoutapologies until the day whenHispanic Americans stand trulyequal to all other Americans.

Dr. Lily Rivera, a retirededucator was born in SanJose, California.

Community Festivalwill be Held at KimballPark in National City

The South Bay Cinco DeMayo with Pride Coalition willhost the annual Cinco de Mayocon Orgullo (with Pride) Alco-hol Free Community Festival onSaturday, May 8, 2010 from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. at Kimball Parkin National City.

The family-oriented fun filledfestival promotes the truemeaning of the Cinco de MayoHoliday. This coalition de-nounces any sponsorship fromthe alcohol industry in aims toprevent alcohol-related trafficcrashes and underage drinkingoften occurring at alcohol spon-sored festivities.

Event will feature live perfor-

mances by soloist, bands, anddancers. Local radio stations LaMejor 99.3 FM/ Exa 91.7 FMwill broadcast live. There will bean array of activity including,resource booths, delicious Mexi-can delicacies, childrens activi-ties and a health section that willinclude free mammograms forqualifying participants.

“Our coalition recognizes theharm that results from alcoholdriven festivities, which is whystrive to share the TRUEmeaning of Cinco de Mayo byhosting an event that providesa place to celebrate our culturewith respect and pride. Cincode Mayo is not about drinking-it is about perseverance,struggle, and community,” saidJovita Juarez, founder of theSouth Bay Cinco de Mayo conOrgullo Coalition.

The alcohol industry spendsabout $2 billion per year target-ing the Latino community bypromoting their products usingcultural symbols and holidayssuch as Cinco de Mayo. Inaddition, sponsors events thatoften leave communities withthe ripple effects of drunk driv-ing and underage drinking.

Eliza Lizarraga, college stu-dent and member of the coali-tion added, “I support theCoalition, because I knowhow it is to loose a loved onethrough a drinking and drivingaccident.”

The South Bay Cinco DeMayo con Orgullo (With Pride)Coalition was established in2006 and serves the communi-ties of National City, ChulaVista, Imperial Beach, and SanYsidro.

Several Thousand People Expected at the Annual Cincode Mayo Alcohol Free Community Festival

Eileen Fuentes of ChulaVista was recently selected toparticipate in the Nationals’2010 Miss Teen San Diegopageant competition that willtake place on May 23. Eileenlearned of her acceptance inthis year’s competition this pastMonday.

Eileen will be competing inthe Miss Teen division, one offour divisions that will haveyoung ladies between the agesof 7 and 19 competing in mod-eling routines which includecasual war and formal wear.Eileen will also be displayingher personality and interview-ing skills before a panel of SanDiego judges.

If Eileen were to win the titleof Miss Teen San Diego, shewould represent San Diego andthe surrounding communities atthe Cities of American NationalCompetition that will take placein Orlando, Florida.

There is no cost to Eileen for

participating in the pageantcompetition. Community busi-nesses, organizations, and pri-vate individuals will assistEileen in participating in thisyear’s competition by becomean official sponsor to her. Anybusiness, organization or indi-vidual who may be interestedin becoming a sponsor to Eileenmay contact her pageant co-ordinator, Anna Klejnowski at1-800-569-2487.

Eileen Fuentes Competing forMiss Teen San Diego