I live next to Costa Mesa and will make an extra effort to support the merchants.
My wife and I were discussing where to go on our vacation this year.
We considered New Orleans. Our little contribution to help with the recovery of the city. Of course, the city and surrounding area is still a bit of a mess.
And we discussed California. Looks like it will be CA. We will plan a couple day stop off at Costa Mesa.
I'll be out and about more than usual. These business signs should be interesting ... "Support your local illegal alien criminals" and such.
Good for you - I can see South Coast from my office window and am supporting the boycott.
* President of the Mexican American Political Association
* Routinely hurls charges of "racism" at his political adversaries
* Supports the granting of drivers' licenses to illegal aliens
* When asked about an alternative that would place a special mark on California drivers' licenses to distinguish between legal residents and illegal aliens, Lopez declared that the latter "do not want to be the Jews of Nazi Germany in California" and "will not be the new black slaves of the sureños states of the United States in this state."
* Participated in voter fraud
During his 2000 reelection bid, Lopez was accused of raising nearly $150,000 from architects with business before the school board. Two years later, an Orange County Register exposé alleged that Lopez received $100,000 in contributions to his nonprofit group, Citizens in Action, from Del Terra Real Estate Services--before that company received a no-bid contract to build schools in Santa Ana. That same year, the Register also reported that "a Santa Ana nonprofit has agreed to pay more than $600,000 to the U.S. Government to settle a case in which prosecutors alleged that Hermandad Mexicana Nacional leader Nativo Lopez wrongly diverted grant money meant for English classes for immigrants."
Lopez is wont to hurl accusations of "racism" at those who disagree with him politically. Over the past two decades, he has used "racism" or "racist" to describe INS drug raids, rental standards, and the state positions of local candidates and ballot measures. Small wonder the Wall Street Journal once labeled him "the Al Sharpton of Southern California for his ethnic demagogy."