Wendy Greuel CD14 Campaign Now Officially a Cartoon!

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"They come here and think they can win our support with some sweet bread and mariachi. They want to ridicule us."

Luz Montoya, Boyle Heights community activist

Wendy Greuel Offends Local Latinos

Did Cesar Chavez Really Endorse Wendy Greuel?

One of the more curious parts of Wendy Greuel's campaign is that she has set up a number of "special interest groups" that support her. Such as African-Americans for Wendy, Latinos for Wendy, Women for Wendy, Armenians for Wendy, Right Handed Scientologists for Wendy (okay the last one is not real), etc.

Of recent note has been Greuel's pandering to African-Americans. Key to this strategy is the former Councilwoman turned City Controller's previous career as a young aide to former Mayor Tom Bradley (during which tenure she was reprimanded by the Mayor for using city resources for political campaigns). Greuel's references to Bradley on the campaign trail has been so excessive that opponents Kevin James and Jan Perry took to keeping track of every time she mentioned the name of the long time and very popular mayor.

Now the Greuel campaign, seeking to grab Latino voters away from Eric Garcetti and Emanuel Pleitez, has issued a mailer prominently featuring civil rights leader, Cesar Chavez, founder fo the United Farm Workers and a hero to many Hispanics.

The pandering apparently so intense that it raised the ire of San Fernando Valley community leader Monica Rodriguez, previously Community Affairs Manager for former Mayor Richard Riordan and Chief Deputy to former LAUSD Board of Education President Caprice Young. Rodriguez, who was a candidate for City Council in CD7 in 2009 posted the following on her Facebook page:

"I'm sorry, but I find it completely offensive to have an image of Cesar Chavez for Wendy Greuel when this incredible civil rights leader or anyone directly related (as far as I can see) or the UFW has NOT endorsed Wendy. Dolores Huerta endorsement is not Cesar Chavez endorsement. Dolores should be prominently displayed and not in a small caption on the back side."

Rodriguez further stated that Greuel has a:

"...warped sense of the Latino community - that if you put Cesar Chavez' picture and associate with Wendy we'll all just vote that way. Ignorante!"

Disgust with Greuel's near-stereotypical pandering to Latino audiences is not limited to the San Fernando Valley. Earlier in February, when Greuel joined with City Councilman Jose Huizar and Assembly Speaker/Mayoral Primo John Perez to open a Greuel campaign office in Boyle Heights.  Community activist Luz Montoya took great offense at the presentation saying:

"I feel like they're mocking us. It was deceitful for Jose Huizar to tell the residents of Boyle Heights that it was a reunion for him and out of no where comes a lady I have never seen in come near this neighborhood before. They come here and think they can win our support with some sweet bread and mariachi. They want to ridicule us."

Let's not even begin to speculate on the entertainment and food at the LGBT with Wendy event.

Wendy Greuel campaign staffer?

Wendy the Pander Bear

Wow! You have a big one!

Never one to let a good crisis go to waste, President Obama is single-handed fighting gun violence and THAT's why you should donate to Wendy Greuel:

Friends -

Last week, President Obama announced a historic, comprehensive plan to reduce gun violence in America.

I applaud this effort, because gun violence is an epidemic that requires immediate action.

Please join me - stand with Mayors Against Illegal Guns and demand that Congress pass common-sense gun laws to keep dangerous weapons from falling into the wrong hands.

I support the President's call for universal background checks on all gun buyers, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and adding mental health resources for schools and police officers to our streets. These are common-sense reforms that we must enact immediately so our neighborhoods and children are safe.

Join me in supporting President Obama - sign my petition urging Congress to take action right now.

As a passionate and active member of Women Against Gun Violence since it was founded in 1993, I've fought to end tolerance of gun violence. I am proud to support Mayors Against Illegal Guns and to have worked with leaders across Los Angeles to license ammunition vendors and outlaw gun compartments in cars.

We have a lot of work left to do. Every day we wait means more Angelenos and Americans who fall victim to gun violence. Join me in urging Congress to take action now by signing my petition.

Thanks,

Wendy