The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle - May 26th, 2022

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Thursday, May 26 - June 1, 2022

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‘Who The Hell Are We If We Cannot Keep Our Kids Safe’

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Deni Makes Another Run for Office RUSTY STRAIT | SENIOR REPORTER

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Q: How would you plan to do that? A: The communities in the district need to reach out and part-

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STRAIT ON: Times Changes and so Should We

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Texas gunman warned online he was going to shoot up school ACACIA CORONADO, JIM VERTUNO | AP NEWS

eni Antionette Manzingo never gives up. This is her third try. She is a Democratic candidate, this time for the newly realigned Riverside County’s 5th Supervisory District. She is not alone in the position, and three others are in the race with her. Recently I sat down with her for an interview and here are the results:

Q: Having said that, what is your plan to make corrections? What can you do, if anything? A: What I’ve always done - fight to make changes. For ten years, I’ve been the one who is out there trying to make changes. However, real change comes from our elected officials who are willing to team up with businesses and organizations to make those changes. Housing is crucial. There used to be a time when people came here because housing was affordable. Instead of building warehouses to store goods imported from another country, I would like to see us bring American businesses to the community and hire our own people to work in them.

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Q: What are you running for this time, Deni? A: I am running for Supervisor of the Newly re-formed Riverside County 5th Supervisor District. I previously worked for Chuck Washington, the current Third District Supervisor. Jeff Hewett, the current 5th District Supervisor, a Libertarian, who surprised everybody four years ago when he won an upset victory, is one of my opponents. Rusty, you know how I feel about this valley. We get no representation. We have homelessness on our streets - seniors, women, single-parent families, and kids. Twenty percent of the students at Mt. San Jacinto Community College are living in cars on the streets. Veterans are homeless on our streets.

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Two Cousins Were Among Those Killed in School Shooting

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ner with the Supervisors to let them know what is needed and where the resources are to make it happen. I will reach across the aisle and go to the different communities that have successfully found out what they have done so that we can implement the same type of programs. Q: That’s a big job. A: I would appoint a five-member civilian committee from the community to meet on a regular basis to discuss the issues and let them help me decide where the need is and go about securing the resources. It would be voluntary. We have resources set aside in Sacramento for affordable housing. I will fight to get those resources. We can’t expect others to take care of us. Every other community has the same issues we do and they are out to take care of their own. Q: As a County Supervisor, how do you feel about Hemet annexing a big chunk of the County area in Southeast Hemet? A: I’ve spoken to many of the residents in that area. They don’t want it. They aren’t interested in dealing with Hemet politics. I would respect their wishes, not those of the Hemet City Council. Q: How about the merger of Hemet, San Jacinto and the County into one city? A: I’m for it. It is ridiculous to have three separate governments in the valley and also a waste of

money. Q: Would you endorse universal health care? A: Absolutely. It works in other countries. Preventative medical care should be available to everyone. It would cut down on work vacancies because of illnesses that could have been prevented if caught ahead of time. Save money that could be spent on essential needs. Care is always there for the rich because they can afford it. Preventative health care should be the law of the land, not just local. It shouldn’t matter if you are a legal or undocumented resident. It doesn’t matter who you are. Q: Riverside County and Southern California are concerned about the Southern Borders. Do you have a take on that? A: I certainly do. People aren’t just coming here to be coming. They are looking for the American dream for their families, fleeing oppressive governments and drug cartels. We represent freedom and opportunity. Who wouldn’t want that? Why should we deny them? Immigrants and outcasts founded this country. Our founding fathers were misfits who came here and created what we have. Why should we deny it today? Funny how the right-wing politicians rant and rave about the Southern Border but never mention our Northern Border. Remember, those people responsible

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he gunman who massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas had warned in online messages minutes before the attack that he had shot his grandmother and was going to shoot up a school, the governor said Wednesday. Salvador Ramos, 18, used an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle in the bloodshed Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde that ended with police storming a classroom and killing him. He had legally bought two such rifles just days before, soon after his birthday, authorities said. Investigators shed no light on the motive for the attack, which also left 17 people wounded. Gov. Greg Abbott said Ramos, a resident of the small town about 85 miles (135 kilometers) west of San Antonio, had no known criminal or mental health history. But about 30 minutes before the bloodbath, Ramos sent three messages online, Abbott said. Ramos wrote in the first that he was going to shoot his grandmother, then that he had shot the woman, and finally that he was going to shoot up an elementary school, according to Abbott. It was not clear whether Ramos specified which school. “Evil swept across Uvalde yesterday. Anyone who shoots his grandmother in the face has to have evil in his heart,” Abbott said at a news conference. “But it is far more evil for someone to gun down little kids.” The private one-to-one text messages were sent to another user via Facebook and “discovered after the terrible tragedy,” company spokesman Andy Stone said. He said Facebook is cooperating with investigators. Amid calls around the U.S. for tighter restrictions on firearms, Abbott repeatedly talked about mental health struggles among Texas young people and brought up laws in New York, Chicago and California to argue that

Salvador Ramos, 18, used an AR15-style. | Contributed Photo. tougher gun laws don't prevent violence. Democrat Beto O’Rourke, who is running against Abbott for governor this year, interrupted the governor's news conference, calling the Republican’s response to the tragedy “predictable.” O’Rourke was escorted out while members of the crowd yelled at him, with one man calling him a “sick son of a bitch.” As details of the latest mass killing to rock the U.S. emerged, grief engulfed Uvalde, population 16,000. The dead included an outgoing 10-year-old, Eliahna Garcia, who loved to sing, dance and play basketball; a fellow fourth grader, Xavier Javier Lopez, who had been eagerly awaiting a summer of swimming; and a teacher, Eva Mireles, with 17 years’ experience whose husband is an officer with the school district’s police department. “I just don’t know how people can sell that type of a gun to a kid 18 years old,” Eliahna’s aunt, Siria Arizmendi, said angrily through tears. “What is he going to use it for but for that purpose?” Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN that all of those killed were in the same fourthgrade classroom. The killer “barricaded himself by locking the door and just started shooting children and

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CALIFORNIA STATE

Retired Teachers “Focus on Success” at CalRTA Convention Guest speakers included CEO Cassandra Lichnock, and Chief Edna Kane Williams SUE BREYER | CONTRIBUTED

Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) celebrated 36 Adult Education students last week for earning their GED at the college this year. | Photo Courtesy of Mt. San Jacinto College.

Mt. San Jacinto College Celebrates GED Earners MSJC | CONTRIBUTED

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t. San Jacinto College (MSJC) celebrated 36 Adult Education students last week for earning their GED at the college this year. Many Adult Education stu-

dents who earned their GED plan to transition into career certificate or associate degree programs at the college. Gerardo Sanchez, a Hemet resident who served as one of

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“Focus on Success” was the theme for the recent California Retired Teachers Association’s (CalRTA) Annual Convention and Delegate Assembly held in Sacramento from May 13-15. Over 2000 California retired teachers participated in the event, which offered members a chance to reconnect in-person after several years of virtual meetings. During the three-day event, members went “back to school” at numerous education sessions on topics such as Medicare, online scams, CalSTRS resources, and various workshops designed for CalRTA leaders and volunteers. Ron and Sue Breyer, CalRTA State President and CalRTA State

AARP Chief Diversity Officer Edna Kane Williams | Courtesy Photo of CalRTA Division 33

Communications and Technology Chair, respectively, represented local Division 33 (Hemet and San

Healing energy for Texas 5-24-22

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