Disclaimer: The comments in this blog are my personal opinion and may or may not reflect an adopted position of the city of Glendale and its city council.
On July 13, 2024, Shawn Raymundo, a reporter for the Arizona Republic, wrote an article that should have been labeled as opinion rather than as straight reporting, entitled Glendale Council Candidates: Opponents claim about ‘far left radicals’ is misleading.
Raymundo is a liberal and if I were to guess, supportive of the Democrat party. He also appears to be lazy having copied and pasted pure campaign rhetoric rather than interviewing the candidates. It seems that if he is fed information he will run with it. If it’s Democrat it’s glowing. If it’s another party, not so much. When you read articles such as his it is important to consider the source.
In his article Raymundo says, “Two of Glendale’s council candidates have launched partisan attacks on their opponents, painting them as far-left radicals or sympathizers who want to defund the police.
There’s little to no evidence supporting such claims.”
Let’s do some fact checking. Today, Dave Goita, President of the Glendale Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 12, posted an interview Lupe Conchas did 3 years ago, in 2021. in response to the Eric Garner situation in his interview Conchas says that he joined Black Lives Matter (BLM) and became an activist.
Here is Conchas verbatim: “That’s what really prompted me to join my, uh, black brothers and sisters, uh, and the Black Lives Matter movement. To protest on the streets and really call for the universities to be more equitable when it comes to how we’re treating our black students at U of A. So, that’s what really got me into activism and into politics. And so that’s what really got me into activism and politics. So, ever since then that’s what I have been doing.”
A mailer supporting Vice Mayor Ian Hugh as the incumbent candidate for the Cactus city council seat stated that Lupe Conchas was part of Black Lives Matter movement (BLM) and it was immediately denied. Facts don’t lie. Conchas himself states that he joined BLM. No one made this up. Conchas said it. This link will take you to Glendale FOP President Dave Goita’s X page on which he posted Conchas’ interview: https://x.com/GlendaleFOP12/status/1812154636553637924 .
Then there is a recent mailer on behalf of Conchas that has incumbent Glendale Barrel city councilmember Bart Turner endorsing Lupe Conchas with this, “I am disgusted by the way incumbents on our city council (and others) are distorting the truth to try to paint him as anything other than the good man he is.
I am confident we can count on Lupe to support our Police and Fire departments…”
Turner may be confident but obviously police and fire are not. That is why the Arizona Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) have endorsed Vice Mayor Ian Hugh. He has demonstrated his long-time support of Glendale’s public safety and they know it and appreciate it.
There is no distortion of the truth.
Make no mistake. Jose “Lupe” Conchas is a radical organizer for George Soros organizations that do not represent you, the mainstream voter and Glendale resident. All we want is to live in a safe community and want to enjoy a good quality-of-life for everyone’s family. He is a disrupter advocating for causes that will destroy our American Dream. Jose “Lupe” Conchas is not right for Glendale.
On July 30th please vote and I urge you to vote for Vice Mayor Ian Hugh for the Cactus district city council seat. He has demonstrated his love for Glendale and will continue to advocate for you and your family.
© Joyce Clark, 2024
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