Mexicans To Celebrate on Sept 11th
Adding insult to injury, LA is circulating fliers announcing a celebration on Sept 11th this year.
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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, ... http://www.ladowntownnews.com/.../do...d433854999.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. page 11, 03/15/2010 ©Los Angeles Downtown News. Reprinting items retrieved from the archives are for personal use only. They may not be reproduced or retransmitted without permission of the Los Angeles Downtown News. If you would like to re-distribute anything from the Los Angeles Downtown News Archives, please call our permissions department at (213) 481-1448. |
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.
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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.
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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?
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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!" |
OC Register
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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. Article Tab : santa-patrias-downtown-ag 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 |
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