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Questionable Endorsement of Mayor Noguez's
Corruption Team by Police Officers Association

Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez Appears at Noguez
Campaign Office During Weekend

The Editor,
WatchOurCity.com
Posted Wednesday, March 8, 2007

Huntington Park, CA - The Huntington Park Police Officers Association (HPPOA) endorses the team of Noguez,
Gomez and Hernandez.

The "Noguez Campaign Committee" sends a campaign propaganda mailer showing a letter written by Chris
Lisner, a Huntington Park detective and president of the HPPOA. The letter states that Detective Lisner "proudly
endorses Juan "John" Noguez,
Ofelia Hernandez, and Mario Gomes for re-election". The letter is dated February 22, 2007.

On February 23, 2006, a high ranking Huntington Park Police Officer and member of the HPPOA emails
WatchOurCity.com and states the following: "I do agree with many of the points that you have presented over the
past few years and think that your work is valuable.

"In any event, I think your pursuit of corrupt officials is admirable and would like to help in any lawful manner that I
can but please take notice that we in the police department are also subject to corrupt leadership (or were).
Additionally, despite our desires to correct these problems we at the line level hold the same weight as any other
citizen (actually less) when trying to fix the system."

It is hard to reconcile the contents of the email above with HPPOA's action in endorsing the Noguez candidate
slate.

Mayor John Noguez and his running mates council members Ofelia Hernandez and Mario Gomez, are the
subject of this website's three years worth of documented reports of extensive, blatant and methodical
corruption, reports which the Police Officer's Association itself admires and agrees with as evidenced in their
email to this website's editor.

It is puzzling when the police officer says that it is admirable of WatchOurCIty.com to pursue corrupt officials
"and would like to help in any lawful manner", then his own Police Association turns around and endorses the
very same corrupt officials that this same website has been watching and exposing, namely, Noguez,
Hernandez and Gomez, including Ed Escareno, their campaign manager in 2003, who in December 2005 was
convicted of Grand Theft of public funds.

It is even more puzzling because one of the challengers, Efren Martinez, is a decorated U.S. Marine still in
active duty, with war service stints in Iraq and Somalia. So much for supporting our troops!

In contrast, the only service given by HPPOA's endorsed slate of Noguez and team is self service with their cute
pay raises and eye-popping travel bonuses, and let's not forget the corruption in the form of millions of dollars
in contracts to friends and campaign donors while service to families just does not matter.

The HPPOA's message to the residents and voters of Huntington Park is loud and clear: We do not honor
service to our country, but we do honor corruption with our endorsement.

Now, to be fair to HPPOA members, they probably had no choice in the matter and were forced at virtual
gunpoint to endorse the corruption slate of Juan "John" Rodriguez Renaldo (Noguez), or whatever his real
name is. If they did not, Noguez and Leal could deploy their very own police chief to do their bidding, who just
a few months ago was recruited by Noguez and city attorney Francisco Leal from Maywood's police
department. A simple threat would have done it: You endorse us or our lackey police chief will fire you.

Perhaps this is what was being described in the email noted above: "please take notice that we in the police
department are also subject to corrupt leadership..."

Noguez and city attorney Francisco Leal hired the police Chief from Maywood to be Huntington Park's Chief.
This was done in secret and without a search for the most qualified candidate. This was also done right a few
months before the 2007 elections. The hiring of Huntington Park's new chief was perfect.
Wonder what Mayor Noguez and the city attorney were hiding?Wonder why Maywood is dealing with alleged
corruption with their police department?

Francisco Leal is city attorney in Huntington Park and Maywood. Corruption works best with economies of
scale, which is basic economics 101 applied to corruption.

Noguez seems to desperately need help for his reelection campaign and is helped by calls to voters from the
Police Officers Association, from Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and State Senators Gil Cedillo and Ron
Calderon. All these politicians urge you to vote for the corruption team.

Speaker Nunez even urges voters to join him on Saturday March 3 in the campaign headquarters of Noguez,
Gomez & Hernandez.

In 2003 Speaker Fabian Nunez also supported the Noguez team and also made a personal appearance at their
kick-off campaign. Fabian called Noguez and his campaign manager, then council member Edward Escareno,
men of "honor and integrity" and stated that Huntington Park residents would be proud to have men such as
Noguez and Escareno represent the residents of this city. Escareno was not employed for most of his city
council tenure and two years later was convicted of GRAND THEFT of public funds.

Why does the Sacramento Latino Democratic leadership insist on supporting council members without any
means of support, are unemployed and uneducated?

Why?

The answer is simple. Francisco Leal, city attorney at your service. Lucrative million dollar contracts. Campaign
contributions. Maywood and Huntington Park council members voted to hire Francisco Leal as city attorney in
closed door session and without competing bids. Now you know why mayor John Noguez , Fabian Nunez and
the entire Latino Caucus in Sacramento thinks you are stupid?

If you were Fabian Nunez, who would you endorse in Huntington Park's city council race? A U.S. Military
serviceman with military stints in Somalia and Iraq fighting for this country, or an unemployed council member
without any education? The unemployed council member is more easily manipulated. Can you handle the truth?
Makes you wonder: Is Fabian encouraging corruption?

Can you handle the truth? Francisco Leal is a personal friend of Speaker Nunez.

Find out why Fabian Nunez would support corrupt mayor Noguez who asked for $50,000 in campaign
contributions in exchange for approving construction of Aspire Charter School in Huntington Park. Read about
the corruption of John Noguez, or whatever his real name is:
- "Mayor Noguez Thinks you are Stupid"

- "Why John Noguez Will be Reelected: It's the
corruption, Stupid"

- Find out who State Senator Ron Calderon Really
Cares About (hint: Not Your Children)

- Find out why local corruption has friends in
Sacramento like Fabian Nunez

- L.A. Weekly and L.A. Times: City Attorney Francisco
Leal enriches himself with lucrative city contracts in
Maywood and Huntington Park.

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Election Watch 2007 - Huntington Park, CA