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Ayatollahgondola
03-24-2010, 06:57 AM
Adding insult to injury, LA is circulating fliers announcing a celebration on Sept 11th this year.

Lupe Moreno is organizing a protest of the mexican consulate over this one


Fiestas Patrias California
Los Angeles, California, USA
9/11/2010 - 9/12/2010
Description
The City of Los Angeles will host FIESTAS PATRIAS CALIFORNIA in an exciting festival return to historic Olvera Street Plaza, the “Official birthplace of Los Angeles.” On Saturday and Sunday, September 11-12, all the unforgettable rhythms of Mariachi music will be played on the festival’s main stage in front of hundreds of thousands.

Performers
TBD

Venue
Olvera Street Plaza

Directions
El Pueblo De Los Angeles Historic Park 845 N. Alameda Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 For more information: (213) 680-2525 or e-mail: info@olvera-street.com

Ole Glory
03-24-2010, 07:40 AM
Councilman Tom La Bong, Cancelled St. Patty's Day

Print Version > Live Green FestivalMar 15, 2010 ... Although the traditional Downtown St. Patrick's Day parade has been cancelled, the 40-piece Dublin All Star Marching Band (shown ... we look for an alternative celebration,” said Fourth District Councilman Tom LaBonge, ...
www.ladowntownnews.com/.../doc4b9ac4695b8fd433854999.prt - Cached

Live Green Festival

Although the traditional Downtown St. Patrick’s Day parade has been cancelled, the 40-piece Dublin All Star Marching Band (shown here at a parade in New York City) will fill Nokia Plaza during the March 17 celebration at L.A. Live. Photo courtesy of Dublin All Star Marching Band.

The Parade Is Gone, but Drinking and a Fight Will Come to L.A. Live on St. Patrick’s Day

by Richard Guzmán
Published: Friday, March 12, 2010 3:39 PM PST

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES -When it comes to St. Patrick’s Day and Downtown Los Angeles, there is bad news and good news.

First the bad: A Downtown tradition, the popular parade that wends though the Central City and culminates in a large (and alcohol-free) celebration at Pershing Square, is over.

The good news is that the revelry continues anyway. On Wednesday, March 17, the party will move to L.A. Live, where from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. thousands will check out live music, classic cars, food specials and possibly some leprechauns. There will even be a beer garden.

“With the city’s financial limitations I felt it was appropriate that we look for an alternative celebration,” said Fourth District Councilman Tom LaBonge, who along with Ninth District Councilwoman Jan Perry is co-hosting the event.

The city’s annual parade progressed down Main Street before ending at Pershing Square, where a band performed and the party continued. Louise Capone, senior recreation director for Pershing Square, said her staff has been fielding a lot of questions from people disappointed about the cancellation of the parade and party.

“I can’t tell you how many people this week have stopped by the office to ask for a flyer for St. Patrick’s Day and I have to say we’re not having it this year,” she said. “I’m kind of sad. Every big city has a St. Patrick’s Day parade, but the entire city is going through a budget crisis right now.”

Heart of Downtown

While the location is different and the procession has been nixed, LaBonge said many of the things that made the parade a hit will continue at Nokia Plaza.

“Our team of mighty vehicles that used to parade down Main Street can still be part of it, and we do have a marching band coming from Dublin, Ireland,” he said.

The band will march on to the plaza around noon. Other festivities will include the display of antique firetrucks and classic police cars, including a 1948 Buick LAFD staff car, a 1956 Buick Special from the TV series “Highway Patrol” and a 1947 LAPD squad car. Motorcycle buffs can check out the relaunch of Indian Motorcycles, a company founded in 1901 that has closed and been resurrected several times.

Live music will come from Ken O’Malley and the Twilight Lords, the Emerald Society 20-piece bagpipe band and the 40-piece Dublin All Star Marching Band.

While everyone may be a little Irish on March 17, true Irish artists such as the Twilight Lords will bring some authenticity to the event, LaBonge said.

“Real Irish people are quite entertaining and the music is very good,” said LaBonge, who is of Irish descent.

Scott Hanley, vice president of events and marketing for L.A. Live, said they are anticipating up to 3,000 people. He said he expects a parade-type atmosphere at Nokia Plaza.

“It’s still going to be the firetrucks you can take pictures on. You’re going to be able to touch and feel the parade because it’s all going to be in one spot,” he said.

Many St. Patrick’s Day celebrations have culminated in fights, and the same will happen at L.A. Live. This time, however, it is planned: The festivities include live boxing at the plaza from 7-9:30 p.m. The card, co-organized by Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, has yet to be determined.

Since most of the celebration will take place during work hours, LaBonge recommends that those who want to escape the office use an old City Hall excuse.

“You can say you’re checking out a noise complaint,” he said.

The St. Patrick’s Day Festival is Wednesday, March 17, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Nokia Plaza, on 11th Street between Figueroa and Georgia streets. Info at lalive.com/promos/stpatrick/.

Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

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Jeanfromfillmore
03-24-2010, 02:37 PM
Ya, they celebrate Cinco de Mayo, which should be changed to 'Breeders Cup Day'. It's getting harder and harder to stop the anger from overflowing.

PochoPatriot
03-24-2010, 07:32 PM
How surprising. They are going to take September 11th, a day in which Americans memorialize thousands that had their lives snuffed out by Islamofacists and turn it into a day of drinking and breeding. They have no respect for anything except their own 3rd world.

Twoller
03-24-2010, 07:58 PM
It's kind of strange. There are plenty of hispanics in New York City. How long do you think they would last with a celebration like that there?

PochoPatriot
03-24-2010, 08:25 PM
It's kind of strange. There are plenty of hispanics in New York City. How long do you think they would last with a celebration like that there?

What you are referring to is the difference between Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, and Mexicans, Guatemalans, and the rest of the central Americans.

ilbegone
03-24-2010, 09:11 PM
It seems that there is a significant proportion of Guatemalans and El Salvadorans in the San Fernando valley, and their children are being indoctrinated into the Chicano selection version of "Mexican Culture" at school, much to the dismay of the Central American parents. They have a different version of Hispanic culture separate from Mexico, as do Puerto Ricans and Cubans.

Reynaldo Berrios, publisher of La Vida Loca magazine and author of Cholo Style, is a product of that sort of cultural mongrelization. Having central American origins and a street gangster mentality born of Southern California street fighting experience, his eventual college education fully converted him to Chicanismo - something his ancestors would have been both bewildered by and disapproving of.

As I remember, his ramblings include such gems as a BS rendition of a Chicano version of an Aztec creation myth, which I also believe incredibly mentions Cuauhtemoc. (It's been a long time since I read it, and the book is about 100 miles away in physical presence) and a hysterical claim that "the whites and N****rs are pushing us and our barrios into the sea!"

Borderwatch
03-30-2010, 08:36 AM
http://www.ocregister.com/news/day-241684-moreno-city.html

SANTA ANA – A downtown celebration honoring Mexico's bicentennial is sparking a firestorm of protests and angry e-mails after city officials decided to kick off the festivities on the day that marks nine years since the Sept. 11 attacks.

A group of anti-illegal immigration activists picketed last weekend in front of the Mexican consulate and plans another protest Wednesday morning. The group also expects to hold a protest at next week's City Council meeting.
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Carla and Marco Ramirez of Santa Ana check out some of the merchandise at one of the booths a couple years ago at Fiestas Patrias in downtown Santa Ana.


Lupe Moreno, president of Latino Americans for Immigration Reform, is spearheading the movement. She said she has no qualms with the event itself, comparing it to St. Patrick's Day and other ethnic festivities.

"I don't care. Let them have their event. Just don't do it on the same day as Sept. 11," said Moreno, a Santa Ana resident. "That is not the day we should be partying and celebrating."

Santa Ana City Manager Dave Ream said they've made the decision to celebrate on that day and don't see a problem with it.

City officials plan to hold a special memorial to honor the fallen before kicking off celebrations for Mexico's 200 years of independence.

"We want to do something really nice," Ream said about the Sept. 11 component of the events. "We don't have the contract quite finished yet but we'll definitely recognize that day."

The promoter of the event pays for all the costs, including security during the celebration, which includes a festival and parade, Ream added.

Moreno contends the Mexican celebration should not be held on that weekend at all. She and Barbara Coe, who heads the California Coalition for Immigration Reform in Huntington Beach, have sent e-mails to several hundred members involved in the movement, calling for the protests.

Mexican diplomat Alejandra Garcia Williams, who recently took the helm as Consul General in Santa Ana, said she doesn't understand why Moreno and her group would picket her. The city's decision had already been made when she first took charge late last year, she said.

In Mexico and at other consulates throughout the world, she said, the cry for independence celebration officially kicks off late night Sept. 15 and into Sept. 16.

When told about the date of the Santa Ana event, Garcia Williams said she immediately recognized the sensitive nature of Sept. 11 and asked officials to at least have a minute of silence during the event.

"That day is sensitive also for the Mexican community... for the whole world. Mexicans also died in the towers that day," she said.

Ultimately, she said she didn't object because she was new in town and wanted to be accommodating.

"But people need to understand that we did not make this decision ... what I attempted to do was to be accommodating to the traditions of Santa Ana to celebrate on the weekend when everyone can attend." Garcia Williams said.

Moreno said Garcia Williams should have taken a tougher stance.

"She is the representative of Mexico. She could still go to the ... City Council and say, 'You know what? Out of respect to your country, we should have it on the weekend after,' " Moreno said. "She should have spoken up."

Moreno said she believes there is still time for city officials to change their minds.

"It's not set in stone," she said. "They still have time to still make things right."

Contact the writer: 714-796-7924 or ccarcamo@ocregister.com

PochoPatriot
03-30-2010, 08:53 AM
She is the representative of Mexico. She could still go to the ... City Council and say, 'You know what? Out of respect to your country, we should have it on the weekend after,' " Moreno said. "She should have spoken up.


Since when do Mexicans care about anything but themselves?

Ayatollahgondola
03-30-2010, 08:58 AM
Since when do Mexicans care about anything but themselves?

And since when are the mexicans independent? They've been dependent upon US taxpayers for social services, jobs, and protection for several decades.

Ole Glory
03-30-2010, 06:30 PM
Please click on the link below and vote in the poll

QUESTION:
Mexican festival on 9/11
Should Mexican festival in Santa Ana be held on Sept. 11?

Scroll to the bottom of the page and the poll is at the right side, toward bottom of page

http://www.ocregister.com/news/day-241684-moreno-city.html

Current Poll Results
Mexican festival on 9/11
Should Mexican festival in Santa Ana be held on Sept. 11?

Yes, the special 9/11 memorial before the festival will recognize the date's importance. 18 %

No, Sept. 11 is not a day for celebrations. 80 %

Undecided 2 %
Total Votes: 356 Read Related Article

MowMyOwn
04-01-2010, 03:10 PM
Ha! they got the message. I can't believe they even considered a "celebration" on this date, especially the celebration of another country!
Although it looks like they'll still celebrate in LA :mad:


Mexican fest moved to weekend after Sept. 11

SANTA ANA – A downtown celebration honoring Mexico's bicentennial that was initially set to kick off Sept. 11 and sparked a firestorm of protests has been moved to the following weekend.

The date change came at the request of the festivities' promoters, Santa Ana City Manager Dave Ream said Thursday.

He said the promoters expressed concern about holding the event on such a sensitive date and the possibility of losing attendance to the huge Los Angeles Mexican celebration scheduled for the weekend of Sept. 11.

"It was a combination of both," Ream said. "The promoters have a very strong belief that they will do better not having to compete with Los Angeles and also they were concerned with the expressed opposition... concern to doing it on 911."

The promoter of the event pays for all the costs, including security during the celebration, which includes a festival and parade, he added.

Ream said his office received 12 phone calls and 20 emails after word got out that the Mexican bicentennial would be held on Sept. 11.

CLICK HERE to read here about how more than 80 percent of ocregister.com readers who responded to a poll overwhelmingly opposed the city celebrating the event on Sept. 11.

The change came after a group of anti-illegal immigration activists picketed last weekend and this week in front of the Mexican consulate. The group also planned to protest at next week's City Council meeting.

CLICK HERE to read the original story here.

Lupe Moreno, president of Latino Americans for Immigration Reform, spearheaded the movement. She said she had no qualms with the event itself, comparing it to St. Patrick's Day and other ethnic festivities but objected to it being on Sept. 11 nine years after the attacks.

Moreno was happy to hear about the date change.

"Hurray!" she said. "I think it's a blessing from God. I'm so happy that as Americans we prevailed."

She said she didn't believe the promoters were worried about competing with Los Angeles.

"They could say that but I don't buy it," she said. "I think it was a lot of pressure put on them. A lot of pressure."

Ream said last week that the city didn't see a problem celebrating Mexico's bicentennial on Sept. 11 because officials had planned a special memorial to honor the fallen before kicking off the celebration.

Moreno said the Mexican celebration should not be held on that weekend at all.

She and Barbara Coe, who heads the California Coalition for Immigration Reform in Huntington Beach, blasted e-mails to several hundred members involved in the movement, calling for the protests.

Mexican diplomat Alejandra Garcia Williams was not available for comment Thursday.

Garcia Williams, who recently took the helm as Consul General in Santa Ana, said earlier that she didn't understand why Moreno and her group would picket her. The city's decision had already been made when she first took charge late last year, she said.

In Mexico and at other consulates throughout the world, she said, the cry for independence celebration officially kicks off late night Sept. 15 and into Sept. 16.

When told about the date of the Santa Ana event, Garcia Williams said she immediately recognized the sensitive nature of Sept. 11 and asked officials to at least have a minute of silence during the event.

http://www.ocregister.com/news/sept-242197-celebration-mexican.html

ilbegone
04-01-2010, 05:35 PM
It doesn't matter if it's Sept 11 or Sept 18, it's still disrespectful.

No other local, state, provincial, or national government outside of the US celebrates the American 4th of July, and with good reason: sovereignty and national identity.

And Puerto Ricans on the Island aren't exactly wild about it.

The celebration of Mexican independence day belongs in Mexico, not Santa Ana or anywhere else in America.