Continuing turmoil in California Green Party

Many thanks to my old friend, comrade and compatriot Bob Morris for inviting me to blog here.  Bob was interested in my take on the ongoing turmoil between Mike Feinstein and Nativo Lopez.  I blogged extensively on that subject some time ago, A plague on both your houses.  The information that I impart will however, [...]

Nativo Lopez pleads guilty to felony voter registration fraud

Nativo Lopez: Edward Headington photo on Photobucket

Longtime Latino activist Nativo Lopez, of Hermandad Mexicana Nacional and president of the Mexican American Political Association, pled guilty in Orange County to one count of felony voter registration fraud. He ran for a seat on the Green Party of Los Angeles County Council (GPLACC) in 2008 while [...]

Nativo Lopez indicted on multiple felonies, jailed

Nativo Lopez: Edward Headington photo on Photobucket

Orange County Register

Immigrant-rights activist and former Santa Ana schools trustee Nativo Lopez was jailed in Los Angeles Thursday after being indicted by the grand jury there for eight felony counts alleging voter fraud

And therein lies a tangled tale.

In about 2003 I was a member [...]

Sad day for Green and Latino causes in Los Angeles

Nativo Lopez: Edward Headington photo on Photobucket

Nativo Lopez, a major Mexican-American activist and former Green Party of Los Angeles County council member has been indicted on felony voter fraud. If true, this means he was fraudulently elected to GPLAC. He is president of the Mexican-American Political Assn and national director of Hermandad [...]