agenda city of watsonville city council/redevelopment agency meeting

Verbatim transcription of audio recording of City Council March 22, 2011 Meeting
Antonio Rivas: Good Evening Mayor, City Council Members my name is Antonio Rivas from the City of
Watsonville. I would like to convey to you that I was able to communicate to our City Sister
Mayor/Headman of Kawakami Fujimara and I would like to say to you now that they are doing well.
During the tsunami they were very far away from the Tsunami so the community at Kawakami is doing
very well. I was able to get a translation by Dr. Ogino to talk to the Vice Mayor there in Kawakami to
discuss how we can be able to help and assist our Sister City as well as the residents of Japan. One of the
things we said is that anything that we can be able to do do Dr. Ogino is going to Kawakami which he
travels back and forth to Japan if any donations that we, I’m asking the City to be able to come out with
some funding. To give to the Sister City of Kawakami in which our Mayor of Kawakami Fujimara will be
able to give that financial assistance to the Cities that are more devastating. Our the Mayor of Kawakami
Fujijara is now in charge really he is the headman of all the Mayors in Japan so he is a very powerful man
right now to be able to provide and to give the assistance that we can give from the City of Watsonville.
So any money that comes from the City I think that we can be able to come up with some money some
funds and be able to give that donation to our Sister City in which entails they can be able to give to
those devastating Cities that has happened with the Tsunami incident. So with that I would like to the
Mayor to be able to and our City Manager to be able to come up with some type of funding for that or if
not you know every City Council Member can be able to donate at least you know $100, $500, $1000 is
possible to the devastation of the Tsunami. So I’m asking that if you do please contact me and whenever
Dr. Ogino goes to Kawakami we can be able to give a check to be taken to the Sister City of Kawakami
which entails will go directly to the people of Japan. That is something that I would like to ask of you.
The other thing is that I just wanted to invite you to also at the same time let me this is another
important fundraiser. We are going to be having a pancake breakfast fundraiser for the Friends of the
Library. It’s going to take place April the 9 th and I would like to see every single Council Member to buy a
ticket $7 dollars a ticket so I have tickets also so if you don’t please let me know. A breakfast to be able
to provide books to our local schools it’s very important that we do that and support our friends of the
library. The other thing that I would like to just very short I would like to as the former Mayor as well as
City Council members I would like to let being that Mr. Martinez is not here like always being a coward
to face the people I would like to see that the statements that he has done in the newspaper to our staff
to administration of the City of Watsonville is uncalled for. It’s one of the things that we have the best
professionals in our City of Watsonville to provide the best services in our City of Watsonville. ? with
that I would like to say to support, it is time that Mr. Martinez to start calling names to anybody else and
also at the same time making untrue statements and it’s time that he as an elected official resign for his
position. Because instead of helping our City of Watsonville he is damaging our image of the City of
Watsonville. As an elected official never in my life have I seen a malicious bully as a City Council
Member. It is a disgrace it is something that I have never experienced. Whispers when I was on the City
Council as Mayor but now he is getting worse he is getting worse. It is time that he resigns and I hope
that his district can be able to see the kind of person that got elected. It’s time that he himself instead of
getting a recall to resign its cheaper that way. And get away last Council meeting he didn’t come in as
well as now and not facing the people. Really what really bothered me is when he starts attacking a
community member Mr. Alonzo really really is very uncalled for. So with that I hope you can be able to
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