Latino Democratic Voters in Cuyahoga are Confused – Ohio

“In talking with many Hispanic friends and associates from Toledo, Columbus, Lorain and Fremont, they continually commented on the political situation of Hispanics in Cuyahoga County – the largest county in Ohio and the most democratic county in the country. They remarked That today some of the Hispanic Organizations, which are very visible in Cleveland, are being run by Hispanics who openly support, contribute and/or are militant in the Republican Party.

By paying close attention to the above comment this prevailing behavior is clearly evident by the actions of some very prominent Hispanics in Greater Cleveland. Dan Porras, CEO of the Hispanic Business Association is openly promoting by e-mail the reelection of Republican Senator Mike DeWine, in Veronica Dahlberg who immerses herself into almost all the meetings that take place in Cleveland regarding undocumented immigrants, with Ms. Dahlberg, who is the Director of the publication HOLA and has made it known that she is a strong supporter of Senator DeWine, in the case of Rev. Jess Laboy, an Evangelical Minister, who works with the disadvantaged in the Hispanic community, and most notably with the President of the Hispanic Roundtable, Jos Feliciano, who with other members of his organization and with the Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Gutirrez, actively participated in a recent lunch for Senator DeWine on October 2, 2006 at Mi Pueblo Restaurant in Cleveland.”

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