Communities General Community Media Breakfast Club Follows MabuhayRadio and Endorses the “No” Votes on Props. 94, 95, 96 and 97
| Media Breakfast Club Follows MabuhayRadio and Endorses the “No” Votes on Props. 94, 95, 96 and 97 |
The Media Breakfast Club (MBC) of Los Angeles agreed to back up the editorial of the www.mabuhayradio.com in regard to the Propositions 94, 95, 96 and 97. During the MBC’s 916th meeting at the FACLA Social Hall yesterday morning, the members and guests unanimously adopted the common stand of casting “No” votes on the said propositions.
Bobby M. Reyes, the www.mabuhayradio.com editor, is also the MBC founder. He introduced a resolution calling for the “No” votes on the four propositions involving four American-Indian casino operators in Southern California.
The issues were discussed at the FACLA, which is the acronym for the Filipino-American Community of Los Angeles, the oldest Filipino-American organization that was founded in 1945.
Sir Al Aquino, the present chapter commander of the Order of the Knights of Rizal, was the moderator at the MBC meeting. Mr. Aquino, who is also the vice mayor of the Philippine Town, Inc., presented his arguments that backed up Mr. Reyes’ resolution.
Edward Hasal, one of the guests at the MBC meeting, pledged to support the “No” votes on the four Indian-casino propositions. He asked also the MBC-meeting participants to vote "No” on Proposition 93. Mr. Hasal is the marketing director and senior health-plan specialist of the Option Plus Insurance Services, Inc. He attended the MBC meeting to present the services of his company.
Sir Henry von Seyfried, the MBC co-chairman, also took up the cudgels for the opposition against Propositions 94, 95, 96 and 97. Mr. Von Seyfried, the first German-American commander of the Order of the Knights of Rizal, has been adopted by the MBC as an honorary Filipino in 2001. He was also a former post commander of the American Legion, Manila Post 464. Sir Henry said that he was campaigning against the four propositions not only with his German-American friends but also among his Filipino-American contacts.
Mr. Reyes agreed also to send the group’s “No” vote on the said four American-Indian propositions by e-mail to the thousands of Filipino-American screen names in California that the www.mabuhayradio.com has in its database. The MBC participants also decided to lobby the thousands of FACLA members, especially its senior-citizen members, to vote against the said propositions. # # #
Dear Friends:
Yes, we will support your Civil Rights rally on Feb. 2, 2008. We will try to field a modest delegation representing the Filipino-American participation in your fight against the ruling clique of the Pechanga Nation for justice and equality.
RE: http://originalpechanga.blogspot.com
CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY
"No Rights, No Compact!"
Saturday, February 2, 2008
10 am
Pechanga Resort & Casino Temecula, CA
Perhaps we should help each other in organizing the boycott of the Pechanga Resort and Casino. There are many Filipino-American patrons who go to the Pechanga Casino. Perhaps if we publicize enough in the Filipino-American community, we can persuade many of my fellow Filipino-American patrons to join us in forcing the end of the "disenrollment" policy and the return of all the rights and privileges of the "disenrolled" members. We can describe perhaps the present practice of the Pechanga ruling clique as the American-Indian version of Hitler's Aryan-Race policy.
Good luck to your fight. We are with you all the way until you get back your rights.
Mabuhay,
Bobby M. Reyes
Editor
www.mabuhayradio.com
PS: Here is a sample of the "Media Advisory" that we have been sending to Filipino-American e-groups (yahoogroups.com), the Filipino-American media and our database of thousands of Filipino-American e-mail addresses.
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Sent: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 7:43 pm
Subject: Re: Pls. Support Our Opposition to Propositions 94, 95, 96 and 97
Dear Fellow Filipinos, especially Filipino-Californian Voters:
Please find in the www.mabuhayradio.com two articles about our opposition to Propositions 94-97:
Media Breakfast Club Follows MabuhayRadio and Endorses the “No” Votes on Props. 94, 95, 96 and 97
Please Vote “No” on Propositions 94, 95, 96 and 97
The articles are on the Front Page of the www.mabuhayradio.com in case you are unable to access the hyperlinks.
The propositions are backed up by the actor-governor and the assembly leaders of the State of California. Working for the politicians and the propositions' proponents is a lobby fund of more-than 82-million dollars budgeted by the four American-Indian casinos that would benefit by the operation of 17,000 more slot machines (if the four propositions are approved by voters).
Our online publication in fact has been offered ads if we would endorse the propositions. But we said that our principles cannot be had by ad placements in our web site.
We urge you, therefore, to join us in opposing Propositions 94, 95, 96 and 97. It will be a political stand that Filipino voters in California will be remembered once these four propositions are voted down on Feb. 5, 2008. Please read carefully our editorial Please Vote “No” on Propositions 94, 95, 96 and 97 to understand the reasons for our unsolicited opposition.
We will prepare a third article about the fight against the obvious discriminatory practice of the Pechanga ruling clique in ousting many of its long-time members. We are finishing the research and perhaps with its release, we will begin a Filipino-led boycott of the Pechanga casino. We compare the said discriminatory practice to Hitler's Aryan-Race policy.
You may be able to read more information about the issues mentioned in this e-mail at www.airro.org
Thank you for your attention and assistance to this crusade,
Mabuhay,
Bobby M. Reyes
Editor
www.mabuhayradio.com
PS: Even if you are not based in California, please help us by forwarding this e-mail to your friends in the Golden State, especially those residing in Southern California.
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