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Today I visited a place some of us used to visit as a cool place where you could hand out but quietly and also to do research for any school project, our local library Camarena Memorial Library.  I had the pleasure of talking to library manager Mrs Lizeth Legaspi.  We talked about how she became the library's manager and how they've adapted during COVID and how they are trying new things to keep the community interested in reading and being creative. Visit Camarena Memorial Library's websites! https://calexicolibrary.org/ https://spanish.calexicolibrary.org/ Follow Camarena Memorial Library on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/camarena.memorial Follow Camarena Memorial Library on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/camarenalibrary/ Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, Eric Ortega Norma Sierra Galindo IID Director representing division 5 and serving the entire Imperial Valley! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-an

Today I had a returning guest, Mr Eric Reyes.  The fist time Eric was on we talked a little bit about himself and we didn't get a chance to talk about some of the committees he's involved and why he feels it's important for everyone to have a seat on the table.  We also talked about the June 7 elections and why we need more people to vote and to believe that their vote does count.  Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, Eric Ortega Norma Sierra Galindo IID Director representing division 5 and serving the entire Imperial Valley! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de la Comunidad Will Torres - Valley Sports Network! https://valleysportsnet.com/ Thinking of buying or selling a house or property, contact David Gastelum! https://www.facebook.com/whybuyorsell Follow us on Facebo

Today I had the pleasure of talking to the current Imperial County Assessor who is now running for re-election for another term, Mr Robert Menvielle.  We spoke about his experience as the Imperial County assessor and why he should be re-elected to be our county's assessor for another 4 years. Follow Mr Venvielle's Campaign on Facebook!! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079554915175 Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, Eric Ortega Norma Sierra Galindo IID Director representing division 5 and serving the entire Imperial Valley! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de la Comunidad Will Torres - Valley Sports Network! https://valleysportsnet.com/ Thinking of buying or selling a house or property, contact David Gastelum! https://www.facebook.com/whybuyorsell Follow us on Faceb

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a former Brawley city council member and now candidate for IID director for Division 3, Mr Don Campbell.   Mr Campbell is a El Centro native but has lived in Brawley for the past 20 or so years.  He's worked for the IID for the past 48 year and wants to bring his knowledge as a IID employee to the IID board of directors. Follow Don's campaign on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/DonCampellforIIDDivison3 Follow Don's campaign on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/doncampbell__/ Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, Norma Sierra Galindo IID Director representing division 5 and serving the entire Imperial Valley! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de la Comunidad Will Torres - Valley Sports Network! https://valleysportsnet.com/ Thinking o

Today I had the pleasure of talking to mayor pro-tem for the city of Calipatria, she is also the director-coordinator for the Niland Family Resource Center and advocate for our the low income families and the under served families in the North end of the Imperial County, my guest for today was Mrs Maria Nava-Froelich.  Follow Maria Nava-Froelich's campaign on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079465125488 Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, Norma Sierra Galindo IID Director representing division 5 and serving the entire Imperial Valley! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de la Comunidad Will Torres - Valley Sports Network! https://valleysportsnet.com/ Thinking of buying or selling a house or property, contact David Gastelum! https://www.facebook.com/whybuyorsell

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a 1st generation Calexico, Calexico High Graduate, UC Santa Barbara Graduate and now Imperial County Board of Supervisors candidate for division 1, Briant Fabela Luna.   Follow Briant on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/briant.fabela/ Follow Briant on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/BriantForCalexico Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, Norma Sierra Galindo IID Director representing division 5 and serving the entire Imperial Valley! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de la Comunidad Will Torres - Valley Sports Network! https://valleysportsnet.com/ Thinking of buying or selling a house or property, contact David Gastelum! https://www.facebook.com/whybuyorsell Follow us on Facebook! http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ Follow us on Instagram! http://b

Today I had the please of having a conversation with a life long Imperial Valley native and now candidate for IID division 4, Mrs Gina Dockstader.  She is a 4th generation Imperial Valley native with a long background in agribusiness, she's a Calipat graduate with a BA in public relations and minors in business and Spanish.  This is her first time running for any public office position and hopes to put Imperial Valley families first if she's elected. Follow Ricardo Avila's campaign on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/RicardoAvilaForAssessor Follow Ricardo Avila's campaign on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/avila4countyassessor2022/ Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake,  Norma Sierra Galindo IID Director representing division 5 and serving the entire Imperial Valley! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/

Today I had the pleasure of talking to one of the two candidates for Imperial County Assessor, Mr Ricardo Avila.  In his early 20's he worked for the assessor's office, he later when into the private sector but eventually came back to the Assessor's office.  After working for several assessors he feels it's time for a change and he feels he's can lead the office to a positive change. Follow Ricardo Avila's campaign on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/RicardoAvilaForAssessor Follow Ricardo Avila's campaign on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/avila4countyassessor2022/ Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, and Norma Sierra Galindo! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de la Comunidad Will Torres - Valley Sports Network! https://valleysportsnet.com/ Thinking of buying or sell

Today I had the pleasure of talking to former mayor and current city council from the city of Imperial, Ms Karin Eugenio.  She is now also a candidate for IID Division 5, in today's episode we talked about her experience as a city council member and how she plans on helping the imperial Valley as an IID director if elected. Follow Karin's campaign on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/KarinforIID Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, and Norma Sierra Galindo! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de la Comunidad Will Torres - Valley Sports Network! https://valleysportsnet.com/ Thinking of buying or selling a house or property, contact David Gastelum! https://www.facebook.com/whybuyorsell Follow us on Facebook! http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ Follow us on Instagram! http://bit.ly/31l34ve Follow

Today I had the please of talking to two current IID directors running for re-election, Alex Cardenas and Norma Sierra Galindo.  They are the incumbents for Division 5 and Division 1.  Lately the IID has been the talk of the town and I feel our community needs to keep an eye out for this race because our future depends on what happens at IID. Follow Alex Cardenas' Campaign on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/cardenasforiid Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, and Norma Sierra Galindo! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de la Comunidad Will Torres - Valley Sports Network! https://valleysportsnet.com/ Thinking of buying or selling a house or property, contact David Gastelum! https://www.facebook.com/whybuyorsell Follow us on Facebook! http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ Follow us on Ins

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a returning guest, Ramon Castro.  He is a Marine Veteran, Brawley City Council member, veteran advocate and now Candidate for IID Board of directors for Division 3.  After running for city council a couple of times and not  coming out successful, in 2020 Ramon finally got a seat for city council in Brawley, now he's trying to run another successful campaign.  Follow Ramon Castro's campaign on Facebook!! https://www.facebook.com/RamonCastroIID3 Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, and Norma Sierra Galindo! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de la Comunidad Thinking of buying or selling a house or property, contact David Gastelum! https://www.facebook.com/whybuyorsell Follow us on Facebook! http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ Follow us on Ins

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a returning guest, Andrew Arevalo.  Last  time we spoke we we're in the height of a pandemic and lock down and he had decided to run for a board member seat at El Centro Elementary School District and won all while getting used to distance learning/teaching.  Andrew is now running for IID board of directors for Division 1. Follow Andrew Arevalo's campaign on Facebook!! https://www.facebook.com/ArevaloforIID  Follow Andrew Arevalo's website for updates on his campaign! https://andrewarevaloiid.com/ Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, and Norma Sierra Galindo! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de la Comunidad Thinking of buying or selling a house or property, contact David Gastelum! https://www.facebook.com/whybuyorsell Follow

Today I had the pleasure of talking to current deputy district attorney for Imperial county and now candidate for District Attorney for Imperial County, Mario Vela.  He is a Calexico native and grew up with learning from his parents, who both studied and practiced law in Mexicali.  Although only 31 Mr Vela feels he has the experience and knowledge to lead the Imperial County district attorney's office. Follow Mario Vela's campaign on Facebook!! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076607790165 Follow Mario Vela's campaign on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/mariovelaforda/ Visit Mario Vela's campaign website!!! https://www.mariovelaforda.com/ Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, and Norma Sierra Galindo! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de la Comunidad Thinking o

Today I had the pleasure of hanging out with the guys from Strangers Co, Felipe Stranger, Jerrod Storm and Snarf D.  We talked about some of the events they brought to the valley in the past and what we can expect in the near future from them.  Make sure to follow them on Instagram for all and any updates!! Follow Strangers Co on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/strangersandco/ Follow Don Wapo Hot Sauce on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/donwapohotsauce/ Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, and Norma Sierra Galindo! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de la Comunidad Thinking of buying or selling a house or property, contact David Gastelum! https://www.facebook.com/whybuyorsell Follow us on Facebook! http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ Follow us on Instagram! http://bit.ly/31l3

Today I had the pleasure of talking to one of our local lawyers and candidate for Imperial County's District Attorney, Mr Jason Amavisca.   He is one of four candidates for the position, who ever get elected will be the current DA who's had his position for close to 30 years. Follow Jason Amavisca's campaign on his website!! Www.JAforDA.com Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, and Norma Sierra Galindo! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de la Comunidad Thinking of buying or selling a house or property, contact David Gastelum! https://www.facebook.com/whybuyorsell Follow us on Facebook! http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ Follow us on Instagram! http://bit.ly/31l34ve Follow us on Twitter! http://bit.ly/2ZTMdlL Visit our new and improved website https://quepasacalexico.co

Today I had the pleasure to talk to a returning guest, Mr George Marquez.  The first time I spoke to Mr Marquez he stopped by to talk to Calexico's Rotary Club since he is the current president for the chapter.  This time he stopped by to talk to us about his campaign to run for Imperial County's District Attorney.  He talked to us why he feels his experience as a prosecutor and as a public defender can help him become a  good District Attorney and how he plans to fix one of the things he feels the DA's offices needs fixing, high rate turnover. Follow George Marquez' Campaign on Facebook!! https://www.facebook.com/georgemarquezforda Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, Johnny Cabrera, Edward Velasquez and Norma Sierra Galindo! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de

Today I had the pleasure of talking to returning guest, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia.  He stopped by to give us a review of some of the things he was able to accomplish in 2022 representing the 56th assembly district which include communities in eastern Riverside County and Imperial county.  Some of the topics we touched were the redistricting, Salton Sea and New River updates and historic 2021 budget allocations for education, broadband and housing. Follow Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia on Instagram for any updates!! https://www.instagram.com/asmegarcia/ Follow Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia on Facebook for any updates!! https://www.facebook.com/AsmEGarciaAD56 Visit Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia's website for updates!! https://a56.asmdc.org/ Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, Johnny Cabrera, Edward Velasquez and Norma Sierra Galindo! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez

Today I had the pleasure of talking to police chief for the city of Calexico, Chief Gonzalo Chalo Gerardo.  Back in episode 47 I had the pleasure of talking to Chief Gerardo back then he was about a year into his role as police chief, fast forward to today and he's about a two weeks away from his retirement.   Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, Johnny Cabrera, Edward Velasquez and Norma Sierra Galindo! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de la Comunidad https://www.facebook.com/El-Amigo-De-La-Comunidad-1010952642326840/ David Gastelum! https://www.facebook.com/whybuyorsell Follow us on Facebook! http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ Follow us on Instagram! http://bit.ly/31l34ve Follow us on Twitter! http://bit.ly/2ZTMdlL Visit our new and improved website https://quepasacalexico.com/ ---

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a life long BroleÑo, Imperial valley High School football hall of famer, Calexico High School former teacher and local activist, Mr Eric Reyes.  Mr Reyes is part of several organization and committees that war looking to bring social justice and equality to everyone in our community especially our local farm worker.  In today's episode I wanted to dive into Mr Reye's upbringing and to kind of learn what gave him this passion to do the work that he's doing. Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, Johnny Cabrera, Edward Velasquez and Norma Sierra Galindo! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Eric Reyes - Amigos de la Comunidad https://www.facebook.com/El-Amigo-De-La-Comunidad-1010952642326840/ David Gastelum! https://www.facebook.com/whybuyorsell Follow us on Face

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a local football legend, Tony Butch Morales.  Growing up, believe it or not, I wanted to be a QB I used to watch Dan Marino and then John Elway and locally Butch was someone who I looked up.  In 1994 he lead Calexico to a DVL championship, as Calexico finished a successful 2021-22 football season it was nice to go down memory lane and talk some football with Butch.  He's been helping some of our local QBs improve their skills and looking forward helping out more of our youth get better. Contact Butch on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IVQB-Imperial-Valley-Quarterback-Training-814606142236062 Follow Butch on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/elbutch12/ Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, Johnny Cabrera, Edward Velasquez and Norma Sierra Galindo! Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs! Follow Sergio's Tacos and Hotdogs https://www.facebook.com/Sergios-Tacos-and-Hotdogs-814183015393170 Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https:/