González Honored As UMOS Woman Of The Year During 30th Annual Awards Banquet

Gloria González
Bilingual Community Liaison
Milwaukee Public Schools (Photo by HNG)

United Migrant Opportunity Services recognizes Latinos for their contributions to the community at their UMOS 30th Annual Awards Banquet over the weekend.

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 31, 2010

Milwaukee - On Saturday, Gloria González, Bilingual Community Liaison from Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) was honored as the Hispanic Woman of the Year for 2010 during the 30th Annual United Migrant Opportunity Services (UMOS) awards banquet at the Italian Community Center. UMOS also recognized Salvador Carranza as the Hispanic Man of the Year, Alejandro Cortes, as the Hispanic Youth of the Year, and Juan and Martha Andrade as Hispanic Family of the Year.
During the banquet, González was picked by UMOS for her community involvement and everywhere I go, I see Gloria, said Lupe Marinez, President and CEO of UMOS. Gloria during her acceptance address said, she got her inspiration from her mother Enriqueta González a former MPS teacher. Gloria recalled a time when a family needed some help and she didn't know what to do and came home crying. She told her mother about it after she stopped crying. Her mother then told her, "Ok" you stopped crying now...now what are you going to do about it because crying isn't going to solve anything. At that moment and afterwards, I began to help people when in need. That's why I've been involved in so many organizations and groups trying to help people as my mother did. She also recognized her supervisor Jesús Santos, Director of MPS Bilingual Division for his support and making the department at MPS a success.
González is the proud daughter of the late Enriqueta González who was a former teacher for MPS. Enriqueta was involved in the August 27, 1970 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Chapman Hall takeover during a peaceful protest against a discriminatory policy that prevented Latinos from enrolling. Her instrumental leadership role along with Marla O. Anderson, Jesus Salas, Dante Navarro, Ernesto Chacon, Reberto Hernández and Armando Orellana helped strike down the education barrier that kept Hispanics from higher education. The Spanish Speaking Outreact Institute (SSOI) was established to help recuit, advice and retain students at UWM. In 1996, SSOI was renamed the Roberto Hernández Center.
In 1970, only 14 Hispanic students were enrolled at UWM compared to 25,000 White students and UWM had no Latino faculty. Today, at least 1,400 Latino students attend UWM per semester and 30 Latino falculty work at the university.
Enriqueta González along with Anderson, Salas, Navarro, Chacon, Hernández, Orellana and other participants during the peaceful takeover at UWM led to thousands of Latinos graduating from the UW-System in Wisconsin.
In the late 1960's, Enriqueta González, Marla O. Anderson, Tony Baez and others were also instrumental in helping to create the MPS Bilingual/Bicultural Education Program in Wisconsin, which later became the model for other states to follow.
The Bilingual Program in Pulaski High School posted that in 1969, the MPS Bilingual/Bicultural Education Program was one of 64 bilingual education programs to be funded under Title VII, ESEA. The MPS program began at Vieau Elementary, South Division High School and Lincoln Junior/Senior High School.
The MPS Bilingual/Bicultural Education Program, one of the first in the nation, is founded on these legislative landmarks: 1974 - U.S. Supreme Court Decision, Lau vs. Nichols: Special educational services must be provided by the schools to ensure a high quality of educational opportunity for language minority students.
1976 - The State of Wisconsin passed the Bilingual Education Act (Chapter 115, Subsection VI), mandating school districts in the State with 10 or more limited English-speaking students in grades K-3 or 20 in grades 4-12 to begin transitional bilingual/bicultural programs.

Click to enlarge the following UMOS banquet program images for information about awards recipients.

Glori González, Hispanic Woman of the Year

Salvador Carranza, Hispanic Man of the Year

Alejandro Cortes, Hispanic Youth of the Year

Juan and Martha Andrade, Hispanic Family of the Year

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Republican Linked Groups Sending E-mails Illegals Will Steal Election By Voting In Arizona And Other States

Latest intimidation geared at U.S. Hispanics to keep them from voting in midterm elections and USDOJ sending federal election observers to 30 states.

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 31, 2010

Phoenix, Arizona - Several groups linked or support the Republican Party have sent e-mails trying to ignite voter suppression of minority groups, especially U.S. Latinos from getting to the polls. FoxNews reported that last Monday, an anti-immigrant group Ban Amnesty Now, or B.A.N., sent an e-mail entitled "6 Days to STOP Illegals from Stealing the Election!" The e-mail had the signature of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is the honorary co-chair. The e-mail referred to unions, the White House and Latino groups as "open-border criminals determine to undermine," our elections.
Parts of the e-mail read: "FACT: "The illegal registration of alien voters has become pervasive," says Kris Kobach, the attorney who helped Arizona write SB 1070. The problem exists across the nation, bolstered by open-borders criminals determined to undermine our elections, including the unions, La Raza... even the White House...
FACT: The same pro-amnesty criminals working in states like Washington to turn out pro-amnesty voters have been working to register illegal voters all over the nation! In one Arizona congressional district, more than 65% of the 3,000+ new voters registrations submitted by Mi Familia Vota and One Arizona were found to be invalid - many of them to non citizens.
...Our grassroots army of VOTER FRAUD PREVENTION VOLUNTEERS will stand vigilant across the nation. We will be the first and strongest line of defense to ensure that only legal citizens vote on November 2nd, but to do this, we need your help today."
Sean McCraffrey, president of B.A.N. had to retract the first massive e-mail above after Arpaio objected and hadn't approved or signed such a massage. Arpaio stepped down as co-chair of the group as a result of the controversy. McCraffrey admitted it was a mistake to use Arpaio's name without his permission, but stands by the message alleging illegal immigrants are expected to vote on Tuesday's election.
On the B.A.N. website, it reads "Barack Obama has made a conscious decision not to enforce federal immigration laws including looking the other way while ILLEGALS VOTE!"  So far, McCraffrey hasn't provided any proof that illegal immigrants have voted or will attempt to vote. In this case, B.A.N. lacks credibility and common sense to understand that undocumented immigrants can't vote and actually don't vote.
McCraffrey's desperate attempt to cry wolf and trying to gain support for his insane campaign to keep Illegal immigrants from voting is just insane and shouldn't be taken seriously. This type of e-mails and massage content by B.A.N. creates hestieria among anti-immigrant and known racists groups looking for an excuse to react, target and discriminate against Latinos in general.
McCraffrey confirmed that about 500 election voter fraud monitors have volunteered for B.A.N., including 100 in Arizona.
Only U.S. Citizens can vote in elections. Last week, MALDEF who filed a lawsuit in 2004 challenging an Arizona law requiring citizenship documents to vote announced that a Ninth Circuit Court federal appeals judge ruled in Gonzalez v. State of Arizona that people registering to vote don't have to proof they are U.S. Citizens, striking down state law Proposition 200 requiring proof of citizenship when registering. Although, the deadline to register in Arizona expired before the decision was rendered by the judge.
On Thursday, Mi Familia Vota, a voting rights group requested the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) to send election observers to assure Latinos that can legally vote won't be harrassed or kept from voting by groups attempting to keep Hispanics from voting.
On Friday, the USDOJ decided to send 400 federal observers to 18 jurisdiction in 30 states in an attempt to keep anti-immigrant groups from targeting and intiminating Latinos from voting.
Another group known to oppose immigration reform, Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) also forwarded e-mails alarming followers of alleged illegal immigrant voters. FoxNews reported that William Gheen, president of ALIPAC had said, "They're sending them (federal election observers) out because the Obama administration is doing everything it can to make sure as many illegal aliens vote in 2010, although that is a violation of federal law." 
Gheen provided no proof that illegal aliens will vote or have voted in prior elections. Both Gheen and ALIPAC's credibility come into question for making false allegations, that illegal aliens will vote. One thing is to actually catch and prove an undocumented immigrant has voted illegally, but to presume undocumented immigrants will vote illegally to steal an election is outrageous and unprofound.
Both B.A.N. and ALIPAC actions only shows to what lenghts these type of anti-immigrant groups lower themselves too and fabricate voter fraud by undocumented immigrants, to try and keep Latinos from voting on November 2nd.

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Exclusive interview with Mike Peralta

1. Tell us, what made you get so much inspiration from Nirvana? What are your other influences?

 I was always somewhat into Nirvana from the moment I first heard them. Something about the lyrics, style, attitude, emotion, and sound always said to me that this was music from a guy in pain, a guy who resents his life and self so much that he has stopped "buying in" to the whole idea of what the world is supposed to be, what people are supposed to be like, what we're supposed to feel, what is considered cool, lame, good, bad, etc. I had a similar pain throughout my life and although it wasn't the result of Ritalin and the divorce of parents, it ran very deep in me for many years. I felt like I connected with Nirvana on that level, and thus on a level that I felt at the time no one else could truly share. Like me and Kurt were laughing in an awful horrible joke against the whole world, and at the same time ourselves as well. So yeah, beyond that emotional stuff, the music was easy to mimic, too. I sucked at guitar, AND was a horrible singer with little to no range, and to top it all off I was learning to play with my mom's 3/4th sized acoustic guitar that had strings literally a half inch off of the fretboard. I was a very very strong kid, and even then it took all the strength in my hands just to hold a chord on that guitar. Plus I was only able to strum "power chords", which are basically one simple shape that you can use to make all chords just by moving your hand around in the same shape. Because of that, Nirvana was one of the few bands I was even capable of playing, which fit in nicely with my desire to play them. I absorbed myself in their music, day and night, practicing that stupid guitar, singing them in the shower, blowing out headphones laying on my bed at night, and falling asleep in the middle of the day to them on my stereo. I was hooked for a long long time.

I've always been the kind of guy to absorb himself in what he is doing, and shut everything else out. So while I enjoyed other bands occasionally, it wasn't really until my hands got so strong that I could form actual chords on my guitar, that I started to branch out musically. I slowly got into Offspring, Green Day, Cranberries, Soul Asylum, Counting Crows, Aerosmith, and a ton of other random bands. Today I'm into Colin Hay - the guy fromMen at Work, and regularly play his songs "Beautiful World", "Waiting for My Real Life to Begin", and "Maggie" at gigs. I'm also into John Mayer right now too - his song "Who Says" is a masterpiece and basically makes me want to get stoned constantly, even though I don't smoke pot at all. Not that I'm against it, I'm just such a damn lightweight that the few times I tried it, I literally completely forgot who I was with and what I was doing, ignoring everyone around me pretty much the entire night just to focus on not making silly faces lol. I also love Bob Dylan, Oasis, Coldplay, Deathcab, Social D, Jimmy Eat World, and dang, I guess a million others.

2. Do some of your songs depict stories based in your own life events? Can you share one with us?

Yeah pretty much every single song I've written was about either a real story or at least a real temporary feeling I've had. That goes back to the whole Nirvana / My-Life-Sucks thing I had going for me through most of my childhood. I was so messed up that I regularly turned even people who liked me, against me. I would magically not be attracted to nice/good girls who were into me, and good friends who wanted to build me up... and attracted to anyone who would hurt me. And sometimes when I was wrong and picked a girl or friend who was good to me, I would somehow screw it up or abandon them. The self sabotage was just part of how messed up I was back then. So that's basically why I have so many songs about lost love and heart break - it was a constant element in my life. Even today, even though I've come a huge long way towards being able to love myself and be happy, I still have a tendency to be anti-social, or naturally gravitate towards the corner of the room, or become terrified when a nice girl asks me out. Because of that I usually only hang out with people that I have a specific purpose to be with, like if we're doing a project together, I'm helping them with something, or we both have to be at the same place at the same time for some reason. And as for girls I'm pretty much hopeless ha ha. I can think of about 5 times in the last 2 months where a really nice girl tried to get my number or hang out, and all I did was blow it by saying something stupid or acting scared or uninterested, then later regretting it.

So as far as the song goes, song,  I'll go to "I Heard". The lyrics in it are pretty self explanitory - "I heard that you didn't smile at my name. It hurts to think of your gentle face. I heard you told someone else to call you, instead of me". I won't name names but this was a girl in highschool that I had a huge crush on. She was actually one of the good ones, not a bad person or anything. She was really pretty and always nice to me in spite of my incessant awkwardness and clamming up that I did around her. It took me months and months of wanting to be with her, and talking about her to all my friends before I had the guts to even ask her to hang out. We ended up hanging at her place, in her bedroom watching TV and talking about school and friends and life while her parents ate dinner in the living room. I was so scared that I didn't make any sexual or suggestive comments, or make any moves on her or anything the whole time. I didn't even try to make plans for a second hangout. I had a slight cold at the time, so I also stayed away from getting close to her, to not get her sick. Then at the end of the night, still worried about getting her sick, I made my final fatal mistake. She was holding my hands, saying goodbye to me at her car after dropping me off at my house, and giving me the "i want a kiss" gaze deep into my eyes. I leaned forward and gave her a small peck on the lips and that was it. She drove away and although I hadn't yet realized what I had done wrong, that was the last time we would ever hang out. I have a tendency to build things up in my mind to magical proportions, and to romanticize everything and everyone, so although our hangout wasn't that great and I blew it at the end, I convinced myself that she was the perfect girl for me, and that we were only steps away from being a couple. Weeks after her not calling and me being too afraid to call, I heard from a friend of a friend that she saw one of my good buddies in the supermarket and gave him her phone number. My heart sank, I wrote "I Heard", and that was that.

3. I noticed that you are a very creative writer and coming up quickly with new ideas are already a part of your nature. Your previously described dream with Jay Leno caught my attention. If you were offered an opportunity to go to his show, would you present yourself in the same way as you did in your dream, and why?

Ha, thanks. Hmm.... that's a tough question. Its not really a question of whether or not I would WANT to, so much as whether or not I would have the nerve. I've always been a fan of the "joke? what joke?" Andy Kaufman es que humor, where instead of telling an actual joke or being purposely funny, you present yourself as if you're crazy or deranged in some way, and stick to your character with such dedication that your audience is half laughing because they're laughing, and half laughing because they can't tell if you're actually crazy or just a comedic genius. When I was in school I used to pull pranks like that all the time - tripping on a chair and then getting my foot stuck in it, and flailing around like a mad man in a futile attempt to shake it off, then pretending to get super angry at the whole situation. Only after everyone was done laughing would I tell my friends around me that it was all just a put-on, and sometimes I did so well at it that they wouldn't believe me. A few times I walked briskly in the rain and took a huge fake fall into a big puddle, then got up quickly and looked around nervously to feign embarrassment that someone else might have seen (which of course caused EVERYone in the immediate area to laugh quietly). Several times while drunk at parties I would walk face first into a wall just so the people around me would laugh, "Oh my god!!! That guy is so drunk he just walked into a wall!!!!".

So to answer your question... I think if I were feeling very brave, centered, confident, and focused, I could probably do it. I know that half the audience would LOVE the sheer madness of it all, and the other half would be entertained because they would have someone to complain about and make fun of to all their friends for the next few months. I'm hoping Jay Leno would secretly appreciate it too for the entertainment value. However, sometimes other people can make me nervous. If all the back-stage people and handlers started to give me too much of the impression that I had to be professional and that comedic shenanigans wouldn't be appreciated, I might chicken out. Maybe I should just keep a photo of Jim Carey in my pocket if that ever happened.

4. Tell us a little about your new CD. Did you write all of your songs?

I've got two CDs out. The one with all the acoustic tracks is "Music of My Youth". That's basically a collection of my most favorite songs that I've written throughout my youth all put in one place, with some strings in the background. I had to do that one on a tight schedule - took me about 2 weeks only to record because one of my old buddies wanted to throw a bunch of money at it to help promote it, and he also wanted to feature it in his online magazine. I came home after work every day for 2 weeks and would record on my little computer chair, with my stupid little mixer plugged into the back of my noisy PC soundcard. I even used a program to mix everything that was actually designed NOT for rock type music, but for electronica, lol. I basically did everything wrong except sing softly, but it still came out alright. I've been singing every song on that CD for such a long time. Each track is a part of me, a story of my life, a small secret pain that only I know about. Well I guess except for "I Heard" at this point lol. For a long time after I released it, I would drive all around up and down Anaheim and Orange singing to it in my car, trying to figure out how I could have done better, how I did better than I expected, and what it all really meant to me. Those tracks now are like a message from the past... like the Mike Peralta of my childhood, a lost boy in so much pain, speaking his stories to me so that I can learn from them and move past him. I used to think that the old me could never be fixed, and that the only thing I could ever do was just to die. Eventually, my own CD has helped me to realize that the old me needed to die in order for the person I am now to emerge. So I left him behind. And now when I sing my songs, it is my tribute to him.

My new / latest CD is actually just a single. Its called "I Want to Be Sad" and its available on iTunes now. You know how they say people often get addicted to emotions, just like a drug? I was sad for such a long time in my life that I actually was addicted to it. It was like a drug. I was so hooked that no other emotions felt valid, real, or right. Some alcoholics have difficulty kicking their habit, because deep down they WANT to drink - they're so addicted to the alcohol, it makes them feel so good, that they feel their best / happiest when they're drunk, regardless of how it effects their life.... Deep down, some alcoholics (maybe many or most for all I know) WANT to be drunks, because its the only thing that feels right to them. Well, sadness was my alcohol, for a very long time. Even years after I had set out to become a happier/better person, when I had made worlds of progress, I still missed it. I still missed the comfort that being sad gave me. It was like a warm blanket or something. So my track "I Want to Be Sad" is a tribute to that. Its a tribute to the tiny voice that still lingers in my heart, yearning for sadness. And its a tribute to all the situations that I subconsciously created out of thin air in order to achieve situations that made me so sad throughout my life. Again, putting these emotions into a song is more like allowing that part of myself to die off than anything. I have a tendency to do that - to use songs as my therapy (who doesn't, I guess). I still struggle with those feelings from time to time, but then again "I Want to Be Sad" is a relatively new song.

5. Where can your fans go to download your music?You can search for "Mike Peralta" on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Limewire's Store (if its still up), Napster, Jango, and a bunch of other links. More easily you can simply go to MikePeralta.com and just sit on the homepage for awhile - I have an mp3 player there that cycles through choice tracks off "Music of My Youth" and my new single. Also I have a discography page on my website that has links to all the other digital distributors. You can also subscribe to my newsletter on my website to earn a free instant Mp3 download. Also, I have a "Tracks for Tweets" section on my website that earns you a download of my new single just for tweeting about me. Or you could just post in my forums asking for a copy.

Día De Los Muertos Display Opens At Walker's Point Center Of The Arts

Claudia Elena Guzman, one of the Co-Chairs for Latinas en Acción helped coordinate the ofrenda for Anderson, McNulty and Medina. On Friday, Guzman (left) poses with Marla J. Possell, the proud daughter of the late Marla O. Anderson at Walker's Point Center of the Arts. Photos by HNG

Latinas en Acción honor three women for their legacies during the Day of the Dead celebrations.

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 29, 2010

Milwaukee - On Friday, the traditional Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) displays opened in several South side community arts centers. One of the displays called ofrendas or alters showcased at the Walker's Point Center of the Arts (WPCA), 839 South 5th Street, where their annual Día de los Muertos Ofrenda Arts can be seen by the public, family members and friends of the honored dead.
The second displayed opened at the Latino Arts, Inc., at the United Community Center (UCC), 1028 South 9th Street. A parade where people dressed up, wear designs of the dead and masks began at 4:30 p.m. at the UCC and ended up at the Walker's Point Center of the Arts.
One of the displays at the WPCA was sponsored by Latinas en Acción, which features their ofrenda and honors the legacies of three women, Marla O. Anderson, Mary Anne McNulty and Genevieve Medina who help make Milwaukee a better place to live.
Claudia Elena Guzman, one of the Co-Chairs for Latinas en Acción helped coordinate the ofrenda for Anderson, McNulty and Medina.
Also, Latinas en Acción of the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee in hosting a reception next November 18th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Walker's Point Center of the Arts to honor the three women at no cost to the public, but donations will be accepted.
Anderson originally from Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico is well known for her leadership and instrumental role in the August 27, 1970 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) takeover of Chapman Hall, where she along with four men, Jesus Salas, Dante Navarro, Gregorio "Goyo" Rivera and Jose Luis Huerta-Sanchez were arrested in a peaceful protest. They were protesting UWM's discriminatory policy that prevented Latinos from enrolling.
In 1970, only 14 Hispanic students were enrolled compared to 25,000 White students and there were no Latino faculty at UWM. Anderson's role helped open the doors of education for thousands of Latinos in the state of Wisconsin UW-System. Their success helped create the Spanish Speaking Outreach Institute (SSOI) at UWM, which focus on recruitement, advicing and retention of Hispanic students. The SSOI was later renamed in 1996, the Roberto Hernandez Center and since 1970, thousands of Hispanics have graduated.
Anderson enrolled at UWM and later graduated from the School of Education with a Bachelor of Science degree in May 1978, while raising six children. Today, about 1,400 Hispanic students are enrolled per semester and at least 30 Latino faculty work at UWM.
McNulty a native of Chicago also participated in the 1970 UWM takeover and later became an Alderwoman in 1983 representing the 12th Aldermanic District in Milwaukee until she retired in 1992.
Medina was one of the first women coordinators at United Migrant Opportunity Services, Inc. (UMOS) in Milwaukee. She was instrumental ensuring migrants were able to get benefits such as housing, medical assistance, food services, job preparation skills and educational services through UMOS.
Día de los Muertos is a traditional festival that dates back to pre-Colombian times in the Americas that celebrates the lives of those who have passed and moved on to the afterlife. Colorful masks, costumes, dancing and music are a part of the pageantry of this vibrant ancient festival. Milwaukee's South side celebrated the traditional holiday with a community-based parade and several displays to honor the dead. 
Latinas en Acción (LEA) is a program dedicated specifically to supporting programs that enhance the lives of Latina women and girls in the Greater Milwaukee area. In partnership with the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee, LEA works to build a community where Latinas thrive in a supportive, just environment that promotes health, education and the opportunity to succeed in life.

Update: Members of the Latinas en Acción posed for a group shot during their reception on November 18, 2010. Photo by HNG

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Manriquez Launches Write-in Campaign In Wisconsin's 8th Assembly District

Laura Manriquez

JoCasta Zamarripa

Manriquez continues her quest to challenge JoCasta Zamarripa the Democratic nominee for November 2nd General Election.

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 29, 2010

Milwaukee – On Friday in an unexpected twist in the South side predominately democratic Hispanic district, Laura Manriquez held a press conference to announce her last minute write-in campaign in front of her home at 2224 S. 7th Street. The general election is four days away on Tuesday, November 2nd and Manriquez decision at the last minute to launch a write-in campaign will likely push for a slow start, securing JoCasta Zamarripa the Democratic nominee the election victory. 
In September's Primary Election, Zamarripa won the Democratic nomination with 755 votes, with 53% of the vote; defeating Manriquez, who received 238 votes, with 16% of the votes cast in the 8th Assembly District. Since the Primary Election, Zamarripa has been non-stop knocking on doors and campaigning to secure her election this coming Tuesday.
In the 8th Assembly District, about 75,000 people reside in the area, more than 12,000 people are registered to vote. But in any given election, especially in a primary at least between 1,000 to 1,500 actually vote, a slightly higher voter turn out during general elections and even a higher turnout in U.S. Presidential elections depending on the political party and candidate.
With Manriquez decision to run as a last minute write-in candidate and Ramona Rivas who is on the ballot for Tuesday's election as an Independent, Zamarripa as the Democrat nominee is seen as the next elected state representative for the South side district.
On Wednesday, the Hispanic News Network U.S.A. polled at least 2,000 eligible voters in the South side, which 1,965 indicated they will cast their votes for Democrats on November 2. If in fact, these voters head to the polls and vote for Democrats as they indicated, Manriquez and Rivas who is running as an Independent candidate will mostly likely not even get close to beating Zamarripa on Tuesday.
Manriquez supporting her decision to run again stated through a press release, Zamarripa is the poster child for special interest politics which has embedded its influences within the election outcomes of our 8th Assembly District.
The voters of our community are being bamboozled by special interest propaganda which does not focus on issues important to our community.
In addition, with Zamarripa as state representative, the special interest politics of Planned Parenthood could become the leading issues during Zamarripa’s tenure as state representative in the 8th Assembly; disregarding the fact that many residents of the 8th Assembly do not agree with the politics of Planned Parenthood. Manriquez is concerned that JoCasta’s tenure would come at the expense of our neighbors in our 8th Assembly District.
Manriquez said that in the primary as candidate for the 8th Assembly, she had to put her campaign on hold for a number of weeks to clean up a false report published about her by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She has since worked to repair the damage caused by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article to her integrity, and because of the overwhelming encouragement she received from voters, she is pursuing a write-in campaign.
“Because the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published an article that misidentified me during this campaign, which caused me to spend much of my time repairing the damage to my credibility and because I believe many of our neighbors oppose special interest groups influencing our community politics, I have decided to represent our neighbors by mobilizing a write-in campaign so that their concerns, and not the pocketbook needs of Planned Parenthood and other special interest groups Zamarripa is beholding too, is heard”, said Manriquez.

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Two Milwaukee Police Officers Shot In 2007 With Handgun Purchased At Badger Guns Sue Shop

Photo by HNG

Gun rights activists say, lawsuit is frivolous and Badger Guns only sold weapons to state approved purchasers after a criminal background check by the Wisconsin Department of Justice was done.

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 28, 2010

Milwaukee - On Thursday, a former Milwaukee police officer and an officer filed a lawsuit in Milwaukee County Circuit Court against Badger Guns, Inc. of West Milwaukee claiming negligence for selling a handgun involved in a crime. Retired Milwaukee Police Officer Alejandro J. Arce during a press conference announced the filing of the lawsuit against Badger Guns for selling a weapon that resulted in a shooting injury of both him and Milwaukee Police Officer Jose Angel Lopez III. Arce after enduring medical rehabilitation from the shooting incident decided to take a duty disability retirement from the department as a result of his injuries. Arce can still carry a weapon and has arrest powers.
They were both shot with a handgun purchased at Badger Guns through a straw purchase. A straw purchase is when someone legally buys a weapon intended for someone else, a felon or buys it to sell it to someone else who is not legally entitled to own a handgun.
On November 6, 2007, Officers Arce, then 26, and Jose Angel Lopez III, then 31, were shot multiple times at the 1300 block of S. Greenfield Ave. by Victor Veloz, 16, in Milwaukee's South side. Arce was shot in the groin and Lopez in the shoulder. Veloz was convicted and is serving 60 years in prison.
His accomplice, Jose Fernandez, 24, legally bought a gun at Badger Guns and then gave it to Veloz who went looking for rival gang members at the 1200 block of W. Madison St. Veloz shot two teens at the Madison St. location. Fernandez was later convicted and sentenced to 24 years and six months in prison.
Arce during the conference said, “I want my fellow officers to be safer. That is why I am suing Badger Guns. I hope that this lawsuit will change the way Badger Guns does business.” 
Arce and Officer Lopez are claiming undisclosed financial damages and seeks to declare Badger Guns a public nuisance for selling a gun used by a 16-year-old shooter. 
Within less then three years, at least six Milwaukee officers have been shot by weapons bought at Badger Guns. Prior police and federal investigations proved Badger Guns did nothing illegal by selling guns to purchasers approved by the state through a criminal background check. The state Department of Justice legally approved gun buyers to purchase weapons, according to Badger Guns.
Gun activists say, Badger Guns sold the weapons legally to a purchaser who later admitted to police he bought it for someone else. The purchaser is the one responsible and should be the one being sued.
Both Arce and Officer Lopez would have to prove Badger Guns employees knew the gun was being sold to someone who intended to sell or was purchasing a gun for a felon. Which most likely won't happen, unless an employee admits he knew it was a straw purchase.
Attorney's from the firm of Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence from Washington, D.C. filed a 40 page civil complaint and are representing Arce and Officer Lopez in the lawsuit. The firm says, other officers might join in the lawsuit who were also shot as well with purchased Badger Guns.
The City of Milwaukee was also included as a plaintiff, but City Attorney Grant Langley confirmed the city did not seek to be included in the lawsuit. Most likely, the City of Milwaukee would be compensated for workers's compensation it paid for Arce and Officer Lopez.

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Woman Files Lawsuit Claiming King Republican Candidate For WI State Secretary Got Her Pregnant When She Passed Out

David D. King

Lawsuit claims King got woman drunk and then took advantage of her after she passed out and got her pregnant in August. She admitted to being a lesbian.

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 28, 2010

Milwaukee - On Tuesday, Charlett Harris, 31, former employee for BUYSEASONS, Inc. in New Berlin has filed a lawsuit claiming she got pregnant from David D. King after drinking several drinks while having lunch with him. Afterwards, they ended up in King's apartment and she later passed out. Harris claims King who hired her to work at BUYSEASONS took advantage of her while she was too drunk and apparently passed out in his apartment in August.
In September, Harris discovered she was pregnant. She admitted to being a lesbian and has not been with another man.
King is the Republican candidate for Secretary of State in Wisconsin. He is denying the allegations made by Harris, but has not denied the sexual encounter with Harris. A DNA test will prove, if King fathered the child.
Harris in the lawsuit filed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court says, King requested an abortion. She is also claiming battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, violation of privacy and supervisory negligence from BUYSEASONS that contributed to her current situation.

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Latinos In Milwaukee Favor Democrats For Midterm Elections Poll Indicates

Hispanic voting block to determine which political party takes control of both houses in Congress.

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 27, 2010

Milwaukee - On Wednesday, the Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) released its poll findings indicating Milwaukee's South side Latino voters favor Democrats over Republicans for the November 2nd election. HNNUSA polled 2,000 Latinos in Milwaukee's South side, 20 said they are voting for Republican, 1,965 indicated they will cast their votes for Democrats and a mere 15 of those polled said they will vote Independent next Tuesday.
Latinos who are voting for Republican, 12 are males between the ages of 18 to 57, half indicated they have lived in Wisconsin for more 15 years. Five are enrolled at a credited college or university, four are college graduates and 3 are skilled workers with high school diplomas and some technical college background.
Eight are women who said they will vote Republican, they fall between the ages of 19 to 50. Three are attending a credited college, two have professional careers, one is a housewife, and two are executive assistants. Most of the women have lived in the state for more than 18 years.
Those voting Independent are five males and ten women, the men are between the ages 18 to 35. Three of the men are skilled workers with some technical college, two others are unemployed. Six women are housewives, and four others are working in retail and sales for the last two years. They all indicated they have lived in the state for more then six years.
Those of the 1,965 voting for Democrats about 60 percent are males and 40 percent are women. The men are between the ages of 18 to 60 and the women are between 18 to 62.
About 25 percent of the males are skilled workers, with some type of technical education, 10 percent have no college education, but graduated from high school. 25 percent of the men indicated some type of college degrees, with professional careers. 
Twenty five percent of the women graduated from high school and are housewives and 15 percent indicated some type of college degree and most have more than two jobs.
Of those polled, 97 percent said they voted Democrat in 2008, and only 3 percent voted for either Independent or third party candidates.
Most important issues facing the Wisconsin Latino community today are; jobs, gentrification in the South side, immigration reform, health care, having some type of driving licenses for undocumented drivers, the DREAM Act, keep their homes from being foreclosed, and keeping a similar Arizona SB 1070 from being enacted in the state. Were some of the few issues indicated by those polled.
From those polled, more than 90 percent believed Democrats have a better dialogue with Latinos and Democrats have at least attempted more than several times to get an immigration reform bill passed, but attempts failed due to Republican opposition to move the bill forward. They are willing to continue to support Democrats, so that they can actually accomplished what they promised, compared to Republicans. Latinos who were polled indicated that Republicans were less likely to support or even push for an immigration reform bill after the November election, if in control of Congress. Republicans have created a barrier and have failed to compromise with Hispanics on the immigration reform issue and other issues affecting them.
About 75 percent of those polled indicated, the Republican backed "NO Vote" ad campaign in Nevada launched by Latinos for Reform headed by Robert de Posada to keep Hispanics at home and for them not to vote was one of the determining factors to get out to the polls this upcoming November and vote. A majority of those polled said, they will take a friend or family member to vote also.
An estimated 40 million Latinos live in the U.S. and by 2050, Hispanics will make up 100 million of the population. In 2008, more than 2 million Latinos voted totalling 9.7 million, 84% of registered Hispanic voters than in any previous election in the country, according to Census data. The Latino voting surge created a voting block and political empowerment for Hispanics. Today, there are at least 19 million Latino eligible voters in the U.S.
Most polls suggesting Republicans leading by double degits in major elections throughout the country failed to include Hispanics in their polls. Other factors about Latinos have also been excluded from major polls, but a fact remains that 2/3 of registered U.S. Hispanic voters are Democrats, compared to 1/4 of Latino voters who are Republican. In fact, since 2006, the GOP or the Republican Party began losing their Latino base voters when extreme conservatives made major changes and influenced the GOP to adopt an agenda blocking a path for citizenship for more than 13 million undocumented immigrants.
The latest in Arizona, a federal judge ruled that people voting or registering to vote weren't required to prove citizenship at the voting polls.

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Hispanics Mad As Hell For Republican Backed "No Vote" Campaign In Nevada, Latinos Expected To Vote In Record Numbers

Last week, Hispanics became outraged nationally by ads in Nevada from Latinos for Reform headed by Robert de Posada, a Republican base group that were geared to keep Hispanics from voting. In English: Ads telling Latinos not to vote in Nov. 2nd at link http://bit.ly/czfvsS, and in Spanish at link: http://bit.ly/9godeh

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 26, 2010

Washington, D.C. - Since 2006 and recently, Hispanics have been asking the following question. What has the GOP and elected Republicans done to curve the reccession, lost jobs or immigration reform to attract and get the U.S. Latino vote on Tuesday, November 2, 2010? Nada... means nothing!
Republicans and supporters are out spending Democrats in political campaigns to gain control of both houses in the U.S. Congress. Latino political activists and Hispanic organizations expect a major defeat in the horizon for the GOP for taking Hispanics for granted and not including a comprehensive Latino agenda to address issues affecting the U.S. Hispanic community.
An estimated 40 million Latinos live in the U.S. and by 2050, Hispanics will make up 100 million of the population. In 2008, more than 2 million Latinos voted totalling 9.7 million, 84% of registered Hispanic voters than in any previous election in the country, according to Census data. The Latino voting surge created a voting block and political empowerment for Hispanics. Today, there are at least 19 million Latino eligible voters in the U.S.
Most polls suggesting Republicans leading by double degits in major elections throughout the country failed to include Hispanics in their polls. Other factors about Latinos have also been excluded from major polls, but a fact remains that 2/3 of registered U.S. Hispanic voters are Democrats, compared to 1/4 of Latino voters who are Republican. In fact, since 2006, the GOP or the Republican Party began losing their Latino base voters when extreme conservatives made major changes and influenced the GOP to adopt an agenda blocking a path for citizenship for more than 13 million undocumented immigrants.
In Texas. Republicans have even tried to remove the U.S. Citizenship birth right of children born in the country by undocumented parents. The measure failed, but other states are planning to push for a similar measure, if the GOP takes control of both houses in Congress.
In Arizona, the state adopted SB 1070 in the Summer and was immediately blocked in federal court just before being enacted. The law allowed state and local police to request legal status documents from suspected illegal immigrants. The U.S. Department of Justice challenged SB 1070's legality for police to arrest illegal immigrants when investigating a violation of an ordinance or law and then charging them with a crime for illegally being in the state. 26 other states were working to adopt similar measures, including Wisconsin.
The Republican Party and affiliated Tea Party are pushing for U.S. border security and massive immigration enforcement, which is expected to lead the U.S. into a longer period to recover.
Undocumented immigrants have contributed excessive amounts of taxes totalling billions through the decades and have spent billions in the U.S. economy. Undocumented immigrants, if allowed to remain and become legalized, they would purchase homes and continue to contribute economically into the economy. Thus, helping the country recover from a reccession and boosting the economy by disproving myths that they are costing the government more than they contribute.  
For example in Wisconsin, Democrats were instrumental for fixing roads and highways all over the state by providing construction funding and jobs with the $700 billion in stimulus funds. U.S. President Barack H. Obama (Dem.) and Democrats in both houses in Congress were able to get the Wisconsin National Guard out of Iraq and helped banks from closing through stimulus funding.  Democrats provided unemployed workers with extended insurance compensation, despite Republican opposition. The federal unemployment extended benifits for workers kept money comming in to neighborhood shops and businesses otherwise would have gone belly up without the unemployment funds that are spent in the local economies, are just a few from the countless things and benefits Democrats have done for the state and other parts of the country.
Republicans have done "nada," which means nothing since 2006, and have become the No Party according to President Obama for opposing to almost everything Democrats have tried to get pass for this country to get out of a reccession.
Democrats kept most Americans working and kept the country from a depression, with the Obama $700 billion stimulus package, according to economists.
Now, what have Republicans done to earn the Hispanic vote? Nada, Nothing!

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6th Annual Hunting Moon Pow Wow Held In Milwaukee

Hundreds of native americans from throughout Wisconsin and neighboring states gathered in Milwaukee for their 6th annual Pow Wow.

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 24, 2010

Milwaukee, WI - On Friday, Native American drumers played a traditional song during the opening of the Grand Entry ceremonies of Hunting Moon Pow Wow 2010. The 6th annual Pow Wow ends Sunday.
The Hunting Moon Pow Wow is sponsored by the Forest County Potawatomi Community.

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Woman Caught In The Act Of Vandalizing SUV Along Chavez Drive In Milwaukee's South Side

Photos by HNG

Driver of jeep bumps into SUV three times and then woman passenger gets off jeep and scratches parked SUV

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 23, 2010

Milwaukee - On Saturday, several people outside Reyna's bakery on the 1200 block of S. Cesar E. Chavez Drive witnessed a gray jeep intentional bump into the rear of a parked 2001 Lincoln Navigator three times. Afterwards, the jeep driver backs up and a woman gets off the passengers side and proceeds to scratch the SUV, while smiling and holding a cellphone.
The unusual incident of vandalism was captured in several photos taken at the moment it occured. The incident happened at 2:48 p.m.
The owner of the SUV says, he doesn't recognized the woman and doesn't know why his SUV was vandalized. The owner called Milwaukee police minutes after the incident happened and gave the license nummber of the jeep involved. He told the operator that photos were available of the woman committing the vandalism.
At 4:10 p.m., the owner of the SUV got tired of waiting for police to arrive. He left the area and then went to the 6th Police District Station located at S. 27th and W. Oklahoma Ave. to report it. Police told him to get them a memory card with the photos and to return to the police station, so they would act on the incident.
Unfortunately, police never arrived at the scene before this news report was posted. Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn enacted a policy for police not to respond to low priority calls, thus avoiding adding crime statistics into the departments annual crime reports. Calls made to 911 for low priority incidents don't make it into reports or explains why police never responded or investigated.
Also on early Saturday, vandals hit the Chavez Drive Business district with graffiti once again.

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Doctor Having Second Thoughts Of Opening Practice In Milwaukee's South Side After Purse Snatching Incident

Video photo of suspect by Envisions

Purse snatcher fell along with victim and doctor having second thoughts about opening clinic in the area.

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 22, 2010

Milwuakee, WI - On Friday, a woman standing with four men outside the Madre Angela Clinic building, 1308 S. Cesar E. Chavez Drive just after 2:46 p.m. became a victim of a failed purse snatcher. The woman along with a man and a doctor all from Chicago were in Milwaukee looking for a place to open up the doctor's practice. They were accompanied by a Milwaukee man who was showing them the Latino neighborhood.
Another man happened to stop by and began talking to them about their posibility to open a medical practice business in S. Chavez Dr. when a Black male at about 2:47 p.m. walking South passed by them and tried to snatch a purse from the woman standing with four men.
The suspect fell along with the woman in front of the clinic building and when the four men reacted, the suspect quickly stood up and ran without the purse. Two of the men were just seconds from grabbing him, but the suspect gained ground and fled South on Chavez Dr.
He went East on W. Greenfield Ave. and disappeared, but the outside camera at Envisions clothing store caught an image of the fleeing suspect.
A police report was filed and the woman reported she was cut in the right side of the head and was treated at the clinic.
Now, the doctor is having second thoughts about opening up his medical practice in the area. He wanted to open his practice on Chavez Dr. because he thought it was a quiet and tranquil business district.

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Four Outlaw Members On Trial In Virginia, 15 Have Pleaded Guilty

Jack Rosga, aka, "Milwaukee Jack"
Outlaws National President

Rosga, Outlaws leader on trial and federal agent admits to establishing an Outlaws club in Petersburg with other agents.

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 22, 2010

Richmond, VA - On Wednesday, the federal government trial against leaders of the Outlaws motorcycle national club began. On Thursday, Jeffrey Grabman, undercover agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives testified in the federal racketeering trial of Outlaws president Jack Rosga, 53, aka, "Milwaukee Jack" of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Outlaws leader Leslie Werth, 47, aka, "Les" of Rock Hill, South Carolina; William Davey, 46, aka, "Rebel" the enforcer in the Asheville, North Carolina chapter and Mark Spradling, 52, aka, "Lytnin" of Hickory, North Carolina, treasurer of the region that includes Virginia and the Carolinas.
Agent Grabman testified, he along with other Outlaws went to a Petersburg bar called Cockades Bar where one of the members confronted rival members of the Desperados who are affiliated with the Hells Angels. An Outlaw member picked a fight with one to the Desperados inside the bar and when Grabman jumped in, he was hit with a bottle in the face causing a cut that took 14 stitches to close. Grabman took out his ATF-issued extended baton and beat the attacker with it.
The brawl was taken outside the bar and almost became a shootout when guns were drawn between the Outlaws and Deperados, but police arrived, according to Grabman. He told the jury that Werth had ordered members of the outlaws to go out and look for rival gang members.
Defense attorney for the Outlaws told the jury, that the defendants were not even there and were not guilty of the crimes they are accused of doing.
Grabman said, he was assigned to investigate the Warlock motorcycle club and later was instrumental in bringing some of its members down for criminal activities in Baltimore. Before joining the Outlaws, he assumed a different identity and rented a home equiped with recording devices, including cameras. Other agents helped him start an Outlaws club in Petersburg when Rosga ordered to establish one to keep the Hells Angels away from the area. He became a full pledge member on July 4, 2009 and received his Outlaws colors, vest insignia of the skull and two crossed pistons.
Grabman testified that several times he almost blew his cover when a picture showed up on the Internet that was posted by the Warlocks accusing him as a fed, once when he hid behind another Outlaws member trying to avoid coming out in a photo snapshot, which drew suspicion by key members and another encounter at a party where he recognized a woman from the Warlocks club, but fortunate she didn't recognized him.
The jury saw video surveillance clips from Grabman's Prince George County residence and heard recorded conversations from Outlaws planning attacks on the Desperados in Petersburg and then afterwards talking about it. The video recordings and audio were of poor quality and prosecutors had to provide transcripts of the recordings to jurors to follow.
Rosga and the four suspects are accused of planning attacks on the Hells Angels and its affiliates.
In June, 21 members of the Outlaws were indicted, 15 have pleaded guilty, charges for one have been dropped and trial for six others will begin at a later date.
The indictment charged members of the Outlaws for participating in a criminal enterprise that engaged in at least 80 crimes, including attempted murder kidnapping, assault, robbery, extortion witness intimidation, narcotics distribution, illegal gambling and weapons violations.
If convicted, some members of the Outlaws are facing between 5 years to life in a federal prison.

Related article: Milwaukee Outlaws Club Raided, One Suspected Outlaw Killed In Maine During National Crackdown By Feds http://bit.ly/bPQ5ZH

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Exclusive interview with Nikita Tyree

Nikita Tyree was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. This down to earth and stylish  singer /writer ( Hip Hop and R&B ) is also the CEO of:  Entertainment Company N.T.M 12 Entertainment and N.F.L Studios.  She currently has 13 songs on her repertoire under her Reverbnation profile. Be sure to check them out! Today I had the pleasure to interview her, and this is what she had to say:
(Exclusive and only on: Whoops, it is what it is!)

When did your passion for music begin?
My passion for music began when I was 14 yrs old. That's when I actually started writing and arranging my own songs. Singing has always been a part of my life. Attending a school of Arts and Vocal Training throughout my 4 years in high school was something that made me learn a lot more and increase my interest each day. I definitely have a story to share with the world!

Continue below...

What is your dream?

As a poet who has learned to transform my pieces into melodies, I have a hearts desire to be a song writer; then a singer. Maybe both together!  Writing is where my heart is.

Check out the slide version promo of her upcoming music video: "Reach Down":

Republicans Aired Political Ads Telling Latinos Not To Vote In Nevada

Ads taken off the air after complaints ignited by Hispanic groups and Latinos for Reform linked to GOP.

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 20, 2010

Nevada- The latest on Tuesday, Univision a Spanish network took an ad off the air after Democrats and Hispanic groups complained that the Republicans were trying to infringe on Latinos right to vote in Nevada. Democrats say it was a dirty trick against U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in his hotly contested race against Republican Sharron Angle.
Latinos for Reform, a Republican base group sponsored the controversial ad and had planned to eventually run the commercials in Nevada, Florida, California, Texas and Colorado through the Nov. 2 election, according to FoxNews.
The aired ad said, "Don't vote this November. This is the only way to send them a clear message," the ad's narrator announces in Spanish. "You can no longer take us for granted."
The ads were aired on Monday by Latinos for Reform in a effort to launch a national ad campaign to target states with high Latino populations urging them not to vote for Members of Congress that have failed to deliver on their immigration reform promise. The ads were made in both English and Spanish.
The plan backfired for one simply reason, it intended to suppress voter turn out and were geared to keep registered or potential Hispanic voters from voting. In the 2008 election, more than two million Hispanic voters came out to vote, than in previous elections adding to the number of Latinos voting for Democrats. The Hispanic vote was instrumental in getting President Barack H. Obama (Dem.) elected to the Whitehouse.
Today, about 40 million Latinos live in the U.S. and by 2050 the Hispanic population will reach 100 million in the U.S. At least 2/3 of Hispanics vote Democrat, compared to 1/4 of Hispanics that vote Republican. In Nov., most Latinos are expected to vote.
Republicans need to elect 10 U.S. Senators and 39 GOP U.S. House of Representatives to control Congress. The Latino vote is expected to keep Democrats in control of Congress and is one of the main reasons Latinos for Reform launched their failed voter suppression campaign to provide an edge for Republicans to gain seats in Congress.
Robert de Posada, who heads the Republican group Latinos for Reform says, the group will push the ads in the Internet, since, Univision has pulled the ad, after Democrats and Hispanic groups complained of being a "voter suppression" ad.
De Posada is planning to file a complaint with the FCC against Univision for pulling the ad and violating his right to advertise, ABC News reported.
De Posada told ABC News that the group made the ad targeting Democrats and didn't include a single Republican. The first ad was pulled by Univision a Spanish language national network before we could finish a second ad with Republican leaders who also oppose immigration reform.
In 1989, De Posada was the Republican National Committee's (RNC) director of Hispanic Affairs and worked for the Bush administration and is associated with a group founded by Tea Party leader Dick Armey. He also worked for the RNC in 1992. The Treasurer for Latinos for Reform, Juan Carlos Benites is a Republican lobbyist. De Posada admits to being a conservative, but doesn't deny he is a Republican. In 2008, De Posada's Republican based group Latinos for Reform aired an anti-Obama ad and the campaign only targeted Democrats.
Regardless of De Posada and his group intentions, voter suppression is voter suppression and Hispanics, especially have the right to choose and vote for whoever they favor on Nov. 2.
Hispanic registered voters and U.S. Citizens have the Constitutional right to vote, despite Republicans campaigning for Latinos not to vote.

The following ads were created by Latinos for Reform, a Republican based group.

In English: Ad telling Latinos not to vote in Nov. at link: http://bit.ly/czfvsS, and in Spanish at link: http://bit.ly/9godeh

Here's an interview where Robert de Posada was linked to the GOP and ect.
MNBC: The Last  Word interviewed with Robert de Posada from Latinos for Reform at link: http://bit.ly/9OXLev

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Republicans To Engage In Massive Deportations Of Illegals Once In Control Of Both Houses In Congress

The November 2nd election could lead into a new push for massive deportations, if Republicans gain control of both houses in Congress.

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 20, 2010

Washington, D.C. - A national alert has been issued by immigration rights groups, organizations and activists from coast to coast throughout the country alerting registered Hispanic voters that their family members might be deported in massive numbers, if Republicans gain control of Congress. The alleged mega move to deport large numbers of illegals, if accurate could create economic havoc in a nation already facing a reccession and a 9.6% of unemployment.
President Barack H. Obama's $700 billion stimulus funding to banks, AIG, and automotive corporations in the U.S. prevented the country from a depression, according to economists.
Today, more than 40 million Hispanics live in the country (U.S.) and by 2050, more than 100 million Latinos will make up population. Registered Hispanic voters in political parties make up 2/3 Democrats and 1/4 Republicans, which most are expected to vote on Nov. 2.
Last Summer, the state of Arizona enacted SB 1070 and anti-immigrant law, which would allowed state police and local enforcement agencies to ask for legal status of suspects being investigated for any violation, if they suspected the person was illegally in the state or country. The state was challenged in federal court by the U.S. Department of Justice and other groups and parts of the law were block by a judge making it useless to enforce. The federal case is still pending in Arizona.
About 26 other states have endorsed Arizona's SB 1070 and are working to enact similar laws to engage in immigration enforcement.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is pushing for sheriff departments to partner with them in using a biometric fingerprinting system to identify illegal immigrants and legal immigrants facing violations in order to revoke their legal status in the country.
In Wisconsin, Scott Walker (Republican), candidate for Governor has promised to sign a similar Arizona SB 1070 law, if elected. Although, Tom Barrett (Democrat) candidate of Governor won't support a similar SB 1070 in the state. Other Republican candidates for governor in different states, the U.S. Senate and Congress have vowed to push for immigration enforcement and legislation similar to SB 1070.
Immigration rights activists from throughout the country suspect, Republican candidates have included a hidden agenda, which includes massive deportations of illegal immigrants in the country, if elected. 
A national Latino movement to get Hispanics into the polls on November 2 has been launched, despite a lack of funding from both the Republican and Democratic parties. For example, both Wisconsin candidates for the U.S. Senate, Russ Feingold (Democrat) and Ron Johnson (Republican) placed a combine of 18,000 ads throughout the state, except in the Hispanic media. Feingold supports the DREAM Act and immigration reform, while Johnson advocates for immigration enforcement. Both campaigns have gained national attention and might have spent more money than any other for the U.S. Senate.
Republicans have received millions of political funding from undisclosed donors and Democrats allege the money is being funnel from foreign countries. The GOP and Republican candidates have failed to disclose political funding sources, according to Democrats.
No doubt on November, Hispanics as a voting block will show once again that they will determine, which political party will lead the nation into economic recovery. Most likely, Democrats will maintain the majority in both houses in Congress.
Republicans need to elect 10 U.S. Senators and 39 U.S. House of Representatives to take control from the Democrats on Nov. 2.

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Prince Royce Meets Latino Students And Performs At Henry Sibley High School After Receiving Letter

Spanish teacher Robert Hanson introduces Prince Royce to Henry Sibley High School Students.

(L-R) Aricela Gallegos and Thalia Reynero both 17 posed with Prince Royce. Gallegos and Reynero are Henry Sibley High School students participating in ALMAS (Anglos Latinos Motivated to Succeed).

October 18, 2010

Mendota Heights, Minnesota (HNNUSA) – On Monday, the Hispanic students at a local high school received a visit from Prince Royce, a Dominican-American bachata singer and songwriter, according to a press release. Prince Royce visited Henry Sibley High School to talk to students about the importance of staying in school and following their dreams. All Latino students and students in Spanish classes were invited to attend. Royce also sang his hit song "Corazón Sin Cara" and took pictures with students.
A 21 year-old high school graduate from the Bronx, Royce pursued his dream of singing at the age of 18 while working full-time and taking college classes at night. He told his story to Henry Sibley students and encouraged them to study multiple languages, avoid drugs, graduate from high school, and continue their education. Royce emphasized maintaining a positive selfesteem and focusing on what inspires you.
Royce had a concert over the weekend in Minneapolis in which people had to be 18 years or older to attend. Robert Hanson, Henry Sibley Spanish teacher and adviser of the student group ALMAS (Anglos Latinos Motivated to Succeed) reached out to Royce since many of his students and ALMAS members were too young to attend. Hanson sent a letter to Royce’s manager explaining the ALMAS program at Henry Sibley and how successful it is at engaging Latino students, noting that meeting successful Latinos also helps to motivate them. He proposed a meet-and-greet before his concert for younger fans and was ecstatic when Royce agreed to come speak at Henry Sibley instead.
“Royce was in a difficult situation growing up, living in a tough neighborhood and being offered drugs, which could be very similar to our kids,” said Hanson. “He took a different pathway to follow what he really wanted to do in life, and told the kids that they could do the same.”
Hearing Royce speak at Henry Sibley was a very unique opportunity for students, many of whom look up to him as a positive role-model. “I think Prince Royce is inspiring because he is really young and is already realizing his dream,” said Henry Sibley ALMAS student Joanna Zamarra, “Listening to his songs lifts my own self esteem.”
Aricela Gallegos, 17, said, "It was a great opportunity, exciting and cool to meet him. I'm glad he was able to graduate and pursue his singing career and is taking time from his busy schedule to encourage inspiring Latino high school students to continue their education and dreams as he did and to stay away from drugs and gangs." Gallegos thanked the Henry Sibley High School administration and especially Spanish teacher Robert Hanson for contacting Prince Royce's manager and allowing students in ALMAS meet and enjoy a special concert dedicated to motivate them.

Prince Royce video taken by a Henry Sibley High School student and posted at following link: http://bit.ly/9AA2bQ

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Sepulveda, Second Chile Rescued Miner Breaks Silent Pack

Mario Sepulveda greets and thanks Chilean President Sebastian Piñera moments after surfacing.
Photo by Chilean government

Sepulveda speaks out on first days after being trapped

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 18, 2010

Chile - Mario Sepulveda, 40, the second Chilean miner to surface from the San Jose Mine after spending 69 days trapped underground spoke to ABC News about his ordeal. Sepulveda told ABC News that the first few days of being trapped underground, that some of the 33 miners often "scream, fought and cried."  "You have everything going through your mind: You fear, you cry and you suffer. You wonder, 'Is anyone coming to save us -- or not?' But doubt always was a passing moment, because we had faith. Every day at noon, we would pray. Every day. Down there, we were all … one religion," Sepulveda said.
The miners could hear drills digging around them, until one finally broke through 17 days later. Sepulveda and some of the miners began to beat on the drill for an hour to let the rescuers on the surface know they were alive. Finally, they strapped a note on the drill saying "We're alive, in the shelter, all 33 of us." When the drill was pulled up, rescuers found the note.
Sepulveda actually went to the beach and stripped naked and went into the water and then kneeled down and thanked God for his rescue.
When Sepulveda first addressed the media shortly after getting rescued while accompanied by his wife and two children, he said, I've seen God and evil while spending time underground and admitted of being reborn again.
Sepulveda says, he managed to encourage the miners and helped keep the faith among them. They held a praying session at noon everyday while trapped, according to him.
Before being discovered alive, Sepulveda admitted to have prepared to die and hoped he would die while sleeping. But, God spared their lives and were all rescued last week Wednesday, Sepulveda says.
He thanked Chilean President Sebastian Piñera and the rest of the rescuers. Sepulveda brought rocks to the surface from the mine and gave them to the president, the engineers and some of the ministers.
On Sunday, a dozen miners that were rescued on Wednesday returned to the San Jose Mine to attend a Sunday mass. The rest stayed away and are coming into grips of being saved.
Dozens of other miners staged a protest while the mass was taking place inside the San Jose Mine property claiming that 300 other miners have become unemployed and haven't received wages since the mine closed and are requesting aid from Piñeras government.

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ACLU-PA To File Civil Rights Lawsuit Against New Castle Jameson Hospital For Drug Test Resulting In Seizure Of Newborn

Elizabeth Mort

Mother had eaten a bagel with poppyseeds the same day her baby was born and tested positive for opiates.

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 18, 2010

New Castle, PA - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU-PA) and Elizabeth Mort, 21, are jointly filing a civil rights lawsuit against Jameson Hospital for a test resulting positive for drugs and the seizure of Mort's newborn. The positive drug test results were reported to county officials as required by state law. The Laurence County Children and Youth Services then took the newborn by the named of Isabella, from her mother three days after her birth on April 27. Isabella was placed in a foster home for five days, according to county officials.
Under a state law that was passed three years ago, House Assembly Bill 2760 (state Act 146, 2006) allows hospitals to test the mother for drugs. If the mother fails the test, county officials are notified and the newborn is then taken from the mother or removed from the home.
The hospital takes a blood test from all mothers giving birth for the drug test. The ACLU says, the hospital is actually using low levels of drug traces in the mother's blood as a determining factor to notify county child services about the drug test results.
Jameson Hospital (Jameson Health Systems) officials say, the hospital had 500 births last year and tests results only discovered that at least five mothers in paternity had tested positive.
But Mort of Neshannock Township says, the hospital reacted to soon to inform county child services before actually investigating to confirm, if she was using drugs. Mort had eaten a poppy-seed bagel before giving birth, which the seeds triggered an increased level of opiates on in the urine test.
Dr. Nicole Carlson, Mort's doctor helped solved the mishap, because Mort doesn't use drugs.
The baby, Isabella and Mort have since been reunited, but Mort is now taking legal action against the hospital.
On Friday, Attorney Sara Rose, for ACLU-PA confirmed that Mort was a client. Mort contacted the ACLU on Monday at a Pittsburgh's ACLU event.
The hospital released a statement saying that they were just protecting the baby, according to state Act 146.

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