Term Limits For Santa Ana Mayor Get Deep-Sixed

From the Orange County Register:

Mayoral term limits pulled from Santa Ana ballot
3 council members and the mayor vote to drop proposed charter change.

By AMY TAXIN

The Orange County Register

SANTA ANA – When residents head to the polls in November, they might be asked to change how the City Council does business like appointing commissioners and paying bills.

After months of debate, the council is heading for a final vote Monday on a slew of proposed charter amendments. But one hotly contested proposal – term limits for the mayor's seat – recently disappeared from the list.

Mayor Miguel Pulido – who has been mayor for 12 years – proposed to remove mayoral term limits from the ballot, explaining that some major city projects take more than just a few terms to complete.

"A strong mayor is important for the city," Pulido said at a recent council meeting where he and three council members voted to pull term limits off the ballot.

You can read the rest of the story here.

And as is so often the case with the OC Register, the story doesn't bother to provide a roll call vote so that readers know which council members support mayoral term limits, and which ones oppose it. Call me crazy, but I think that is something voters would care to know. Why newspapers regularly fail to provide such basic infrormation is beyond me.

In any case, here's the vote breakdown:

For putting mayoral term limits on the November ballot:

• Councilwoman Lisa Bist
• Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez
• Councilman Mike Garcia

Against putting mayoral term limits on the ballot:

• Mayor Miguel Pulido
• Councilwoman Alberta Christy
• Councilman Jose Solorio
• Councilman Carlos Bustamante

Comments

[One Woman's Opinion]

Journos can be just as lazy as the rest of us, although one would think that having survived school where they beat the "5 Ws" into your head, they could at least provide the basics!

[Pulido Ain't the Problem]

This may be hard for some to believe but Democrat Miguel Pulido is the most conservative member of the Santa Ana City council. He is the only one who has been willing to stand up to the labor unions and that's why they hate him so much. Term limits for Mayor in Santa Ana would just give the unions total control. Bustamante, Bist, and Christy are just big fat RINOS. (Republican In Name Only)I'm glad Pulido is still on there and still has a majority to get the job done.

Bustamante is a tool of liberal Democrat Mayor Miguel Pulido, the Willie Brown of Santa Ana.

I know I am about the only Democrat on this site, but I really enjoy the frequent insights into local Orange County news and politics. So here's what I'll say.

Solorio is going to be in the Assembly. He partially won the Dem primary because of Pulido's support, correct? He needs to keep up that friendship.

Bustamante is doing this as a favor to get Pulido's endorsement for the Supervisor District 1 race if Lou Correa wins Senate District 34.

Claudia Alvarez is bitter over losing not once, but twice, the Dem primary for Assembly, and has nothing to lose by alienating Pulido and the Santa Ana Democrats.

What do you think?

[Art Pedroza]

Shouldn't we just change the title to "King" or "Emperor" at this point?

[nothing changes]

well, when Bustamante was elected there were high hopes for him. However, Pulido has done a masterful job of controlling him. We shall see what happens next. Pringle has term limits. so Does Agran. Hats off to pulido.