CAMPAIGN MAILER CALLED VIOLATION OF STATE LAW.Byline: Yvette Cabrera Daily News Staff Writer The San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. chapter of the Mexican American Political Association Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) is an organization that promotes the interests of Mexican-Americans in the United States. History Following a 1959 summit of 150 Mexican American leaders in Fresno, California, MAPA was formed in 1960 as a means to sent city of San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. voters a controversial election mailer without clearly identifying themselves in violation of current state law. The mailers, delivered to homes on Friday, accuse incumbent City Councilman Doude Wysbeek as being unprofessional, unethical, and claim he supported state Proposition 209, which dismantled affirmative action affirmative action, in the United States, programs to overcome the effects of past societal discrimination by allocating jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. - a claim Wysbeek says is false. Under current state law, a sender's name and address must be printed at least on the envelope of every piece of political mail. Starting March 1, candidates and political committees will not be required to do so due to a January ruling by the 4th District Court of Appeals. MAPA MAPA Malaysia Airlines Pilots' Association MAPA Mexican-American Political Association MAPA Manila Action Plan for APEC MAPA Metropolitan Area Planning Agency MAPA Mine Action Program for Afghanistan (UN) President Xavier Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the admitted that his group was under the impression the change in law was effective immediately, but pointed out that they intended to identify themselves. ``We omitted it because we were working on it at 5 o'clock in the morning and we were tired, but we want everybody to know that that piece came from MAPA and was paid by MAPA,'' Flores said. ``This man (Wysbeek) has done some pretty ugly things Ugly Things is a music magazine established in 1983, based in La Mesa, CA. Editor is Mike Stax, born 1962, England. It covers mainly 1960s Beat, Garage rock, and Psychedelic music ("Wild Sounds From Past Dimensions"). and it's time that he was held accountable,'' Flores said. Wysbeek described the piece as untruthful and distasteful. While he is a Republican, as the mailer states, Wysbeek said he went on the record against Prop. 209 and said he is not racist, as the mailer implies. ``The (mailer) is race-baiting and if that's the game we're going to play that's not right - we all belong to the same human race,'' said Wysbeek, who emigrated from Holland and whose father, a Jewish sympathizer, spent most of World War II in a concentration camp. ``If this is what our society is getting to then we've got a big, long battle ahead of us, because racism doesn't serve our community very well,'' said Wysbeek, 59. The mailer was delivered just days away from the City Council elections, which pit Wysbeek against four other candidates for three seats on the March 2 ballot. Councilwoman Joanne Baltierrez criticized MAPA. ``The allegations are totally untrue and if the voters check Doude's' voting record they will see that,'' said Baltierrez, who is not seeking re-election. ``Yes, Doude is a Republican, but I'm a Democrat and he's crossed lines and tried to work with me.'' |
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