18Public Comment
From: Jeanine Robbins <
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2021 8:48 PM
To: Public Comment
Subject: District 2
September 13, 2021
Dear City Council Members,
In 2018 the Measure L initiative was approved for the general election ballot. This was known as the Living Wage
initiative. This was a heated issue- both in and out of council chambers.
A group of organizations proceeded to form the Anti Measure L group. These organizations were led by Todd Ament,
CEO of the Chamber of Commerce as well as Ernesto Medrano and Councilwoman Kris Murray.
In early fall of 2018 1 was notified that the Anti Measure L group was planning on holding a press conference at Maxwell
Park in West Anaheim. They intended to use the homeless people who were residing in the park as the backdrop for their
press conference. We were given a one hour notice of this meeting.
I gathered together a group of residents and we met at Maxwell Park with our signs to protect the homeless individuals
from being used in this way.
Upon arrival I encountered Ernesto Medrano who proceeded to tell me to shut up and sit down on the bleachers. Anybody
who knows me can guess how that turned out for Ernesto.
When the cameras turned up we stood with our signs- "Prevent Homelessness With a Living Wage", "Housing is a Human
Right", and "Yes on Measure L" next to the group protesting the living wage ordinance. This was to block their signs from
the camera's view.
At this point Kris Murray drove up and left without ever exiting her car and the press conference was essentially derailed
Gloria Ma'ae, one of the people currently applying for the District 2 seat, was next to me with her opposing views. She
began shoulder shoving me and telling me to get out of the way. She began hitting my sign with hers as mine was
blocking hers from the cameras. Then, she threatened me by saying "I'm gonna go street on you." I responded with
laughter because the whole situation was ludicrous. She became even more angry and repeated her threat. At that point
somebody called her and she went away.
I feel that is important for you to know this about an applicant. Here you have Jordan who resigned due to his vile
and vicious comments about Denise Barnes that also threatened violence. Now you are entertaining the idea of
appointing a woman who has also threatened violence against a resident.
It is time to appoint somebody who is honest and credible- you have 9 other applicants. It is time to break this cycle of
violence among the city council members by not appointing a woman who has threatened to beat up another woman.
Sincerely,
Jeanine Robbins
30 year resident District 4