The biggest lie that has been thrust upon the public in response to the removal of Thomas Gordon from E.P.I.C. is that others resigned from their city commissions in protest. The lie which is still being repeated by some bloggers here on the Orange Juice states that Luis Rodriguez and Ryan Trabuco resigned from the Housing and Redevelopment and E.T.A.C. respectively to show solidarity for Gordon. That simply is not true and Art Pedroza and others have known that all along.

Rodriguez and Trabuco are leaving their positions for personal reasons not related to the Gordon incident. Rodriguez will not be able to dedicate the time required because of new employment opportunities that have arisen and Trabuco is moving to the San Diego area. They have both stated this and Rodriguez even posted as much on this blog.

The fact that Pedroza new the truth did not keep him from seizing the opportunity to mislead the public and members of the mainstream media. Unfortunately the mainstream media bought into the story concocted by Pedroza and did not clarify the reasons for the resignations with those actually resigning. Pedroza even stated to me that he knew that Luis' resignation had nothing to do with Thomas, but he felt that it was a terrific opportunity to spin it to fit his argument.

I believe that the best weapon we have to exact change in our community is the truth. If folks are going to lie about one thing they will be will to lie about anything. Do the people of Santa Ana really want to follow those that claim to be leading the "revolution" when that "revolution" is built on lies?

We can get change without lies and grandstanding. It is up to you as to which way you want to go. I have chosen to use the truth.