RACISM AND DIRTY POLITICS IN EL CAJON COUNCIL RACE
October 4, 2012 (El Cajon)—Three challengers running for office in the El Cajon Council race have made allegations including sign-stealing, racism and pressure on local merchants to back incumbents and suppress messages from other candidates.
On September 25, John Gibson with the Hamann Companies, a backer of incumbents Bill Wells and Tony Ambrose, made racially-charged remarks about Iraqi Chaldean candidate Ben Kalasho in a City Council meeting. The comments came after the Kalasho campaign accused Gibson, along with an incumbent Councilman, of involvement in removing and defacing Kalasho campaign signs.
Gibson (photo, right), in testimony to the council, said that “when Kalasho’s signs showed up…it raised some concerns that he can’t understand English.” He further claimed that some Kalasho supporters support abortion and that he did not want Kalasho signs on properties that he manages.
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/11279
Local politics yes, how does this apply to the nation? Dig a little deeper into your local power structure and you will find this.
If you are in SoCal, the Lincoln Club or the Eagle Club is bound to come up as well
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