Category: News Author : James Johnson Posted: January 27, 2012
Tags : East Haven, East Haven Mayor, Joseph Maturo Jr, Taco, Taco Attack
Two days ago East Haven, Connecticut Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. told residents in his city that they should eat more taco’s to support East Haven Latinos and on Thursday his message was tested when a group of Latino activists sent 500 taco’s to the mayors office.
The activist group called Junta for Progressive Action started a text-for-tacos campaign which drew attention to the comment and eventually led to an apology from Maturo.
The exact comment made by Maturo came during a Tuesday meaning when a reported pointed out that the cities police force has no Latino officers to which Maturo responded:
“And your point being?”
At which point the reporter asked the mayor what he would due in light of allegations that officers in the area were discriminating against Latino residents. Maturo’s response was simply, ”I might have tacos when I go home, I’m not quite sure yet.”
The text-for-tacos campaign ended up receiving more than 2,600 texts while the groups spokesman Henry Fernandez said:
“The mayor has shown a total lack of respect for the constituents he has been sworn to serve to the best of his ability.”
After 500 tacos appears in his office the mayor started having the rest rerouted to local food pantries.
In a statement released from his office Maturo said:
“The town of East Haven has received an abundance of tacos as a result of the campaign initiated by the group ‘Reform Immigration for America. Recognizing that there are many in need in our state, we have arranged for all of the tacos to be donated to local soup kitchens and pantries, including the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen in New Haven.”
Do you think the Mayor has learned his lesson or should the city begin hiring more Latino officers to help reach out against discriminatory practices in the area?
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Jan 27, 2012
stupid and insensitive for sure…smh.
Jan 27, 2012
now if I could just find a way to offend people that make cheesecakes, maybe they'd send me 500 of them.
Jan 27, 2012
Latino officers would be a good thing, but that's attempting to spearhead change from the bottom. New Haven needs a new mayor. This one should be forced to resign. The practices discovered by the federal government demonstrate that he is incompetent, and his statements about "tacos for dinner" to a reporter on camera indicate that he is racist and fascist and arrogant about it.
Jan 27, 2012
That was his way of being Condosending, and don't give a rat butt what other people think about the Latinos in his area, people there need to stand up and get ride of his raciest butt, not what we the people r supposed to stand for.
Jan 27, 2012
by his response, he still didn't get the message…ignorance at it's best…
Jan 27, 2012
Protecting people against discrimination is their job. They should be forced to do their job. Hiring Latino officers is a separate gesture and would depend on the budget. The person who wrote this article is not professional. The spelling and grammatical errors make it seem fake.
Jan 27, 2012
I am continually stunned by the arrogance and the unbelievable gall of these "elected" officals. FIRE his racist ignorant a**. America should come together and fire all of out Congress, Senators, Mayors, etc etc and start over again. Give them a reasonable salary and IF they do their job consider a raise, thigs are so out of controll this guy is being a total racist and getting paid to do it? How sad indeed.
Jan 27, 2012
As awesome as this protest is… this mayor is not awesome. It's pretty obvious that "All men were created equal" is something he crossed his fingers on when he took his oath to office. Now obviously, me being a person of Mexican and Spanish decent, I have a biased opinion on the matter. That doesn't mean my opinion is wrong on this guy or his stupid remarks. If a black mayor made comments about NASCAR in the same condesending way about white people… I assure you that I would not be standing for that mayor either. These elected officials often forget that they are on camera or something.
On a funny note… I would like to say I plan on helping the Chinese communities by eating more chicken fried rice! (Please send me tubs of that glorious food!)
Jan 27, 2012
I think your the article needs a new editor. And as far as he goes, he doesn't care. He never would have made that comment in the first place.
Jan 27, 2012
Thank God I'm not the editor bahahahah
Jan 27, 2012
I am astounded not only at the actions as impetus for the article, but DID ANYONE PROOFREAD THIS THING? Aren't you embarrassed to publish an article in this pathetic condition? Sorry if I sound like a grumpy old English teacher, but as a High School grad I'd like to apply for the author's job. Or I'll fill in while he takes a brush up class in 8th grade grammer and syntax.
Jan 28, 2012
Here's a prime example of why our country is in the shape we're in today! It's like this…you people need to wake up! If Latino's don't like it because there are no Latino's on the force, let them go back to were they came from! This is America! I'm sooooo sick and tired of people telling us who we can and can not rent too, hire, etc…Get a life, put on your big girl panties and deal with it! You're lucky to be in our country! It's people like you that are destroying the very fabric of our country! Go back to were you came from! We don't want you here! And for you so called American that want these illegals here so bad, you can take you ass back with them too because we don't want you here either! I agree with Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. 100%! He has ever right to hire who he wants when he wants! Racist my ass! Illegals are illegals no matter who LOVES them! True Americans are getting sick and tired of being run over by illegals! This is America, you want to come here, do it legally! Learn our language and follow our rules! You don't like it….LEAVE!
Jan 30, 2012
Hahahahahaha!!!! They should have filled those taco shells with something else (got my devil horns up)