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Jennifer L. Hall
From:Samantha Moreno <samanthamoreno2223@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, January 24,
To:Public Comment
Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] Business Calendar item 13, Candidates District 4, City Council meeting
January24,2023
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Respected Anaheim City Council,
I am writing this email as a form to express my opinion regarding some candidates that have applied to fill the
vacancy Mr. Avelino Valencia has left vacant to be filled in District 4.
First I would like to express that I love our City of Anaheim and as a resident would like to provide my input on
some of these candidates whom I have known in different intersections of my personal life.
I am hoping that as you are getting ready to make a selection, that you please consider their college education,
moral conduct and the amount of experience they have in budgeting money along with the knowledge and
personal influence or reasons why they would like to hold this position at the City level. I know that what I
want as a resident of this beautiful City of Anaheim is someone who has at least a B.A. in business
administration and finance. Someone who understands the business component in an overall effect to
understand the dynamics of all areas of business and be able to relate their educational background and work
experience with what he or she may do by budgeting a budget with such magnitude as the one our City of
Anaheim has. Looking at the applications that were presented to you for this appointment, I notice the lack of
structure and professionalism in these applications which was incredibly horrible. I noticed that many of these
folks did not have a college background in business administration which concerns me as a resident. I just hope
that you as our elected officials take a thorough observation and make the right selection for the benefit of our
City of Anaheim and residents.
Secondly, I want to express that the moral conduct of a candidate is so highly important as they will be
representing our values and high morals we value as a community and city.
I would like to share my personal opinion of why you should not select the following candidates: Mrs. Yudy
Morales-Salazar, Mr. Mark Lopez and Mrs. Anne Marie Randle-Trejo.
Regarding Mrs. Yudy Morales-Salazar, she is not capable of holding the vacancy for District 4 because of her
personal testimony and moral conduct. She cheated on her husband and left him when her 5 girls were fairly
young with the manager of Jax Market. I saw her husband ask for prayer and cry to God at Church of God,
Anaheim for restoration of his marriage. At that time I was impacted by the immoral reputation that she had
created upon herself with her decision. This left me with a negative view of who she was because she was
highly involved in woman’s ministries and in the children’s church department at Church of God, Anaheim. In
my opinion she is not trustworthy, honest and caused great harm to her own children and family because of her
actions during that time. I respectfully stand in highly disapproving of her candidacy to fill District 4.
Regarding Mrs. Anne Marie Randle-Trejo
She has been representing AUHSD as board member for quite sometime. During the years that she has served
she has never been open to parents who have a different opinion from hers. During her years of service we have
seen that as board member, her decisions have affected us Anaheim residents, costing millions of dollars
because of the failed leadership and negligence her decision and other board members have taken, placing the
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education of our children to the floor. This has created a negative impact in our school and is one of the reasons
why people move their students to other districts. She is not responsible in overseeing the budget of AUHSD
and her leadership has proven to be only loyal to those who she is affiliated with. She is known to question
parents and not be a friend to parents of AUHSD. I know her as a parent of the district and also in my
involvement in PTA associations that she has been involved in. Her arrogance to our parents says a lot and
speaks volumes of the type of person she is. She is not a fair team player. That to me is highly concerning
because I see this as a step ladder for her own benefit and continue the political agenda that she is affiliated
with. She is not easy to work with at all, she is not fair and does not have a solid college business background
to lead a budget so big as Anaheim. As a resident, I highly do not recommend her appointment for District 4
vacancy.
Regarding Mark Lopez
He has been representing AESD as a board member but is not a representative that we can approach as parents
of the district. It is alarming that every decision is solely based on what the rest of the group that he is affiliated
with wants. In my opinion, He has a lack of leadership ability and is not an approachable board member at
AESD, because our voices are not heard with him as a representative of our families in this community. I am
completely saddened to see that as a board member he has used this position as a political stepping stone for his
own benefit. He truly has proven to not have his values aligned. He was first a republican and then converted
to Democrat because of the help he was going to gain due to his association with his political allies. This is
completely wrong in my opinion and would not benefit us as Anaheim residents to have any of these people,
Anne Marie Randle Trejo, Yudy Salazar Morales and Mark Lopez representing us with such low moral values
and for the board members Trejo and Lopez the lack of inclusiveness for all residents regardless of the
difference of opinions we may share. We need people to represent us well. Who will be righteous individuals
with a great reputation and who will be loyal to our City and deliver great outcomes for the values, morals and
standards we hold as Anaheim residents.
Thank you for reading this email.
May God’s Grace be upon all of you to lead us well.
Respectfully,
Sam Moreno
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