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Some family members break ties for candidates
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Posted on Nov 04 2008
In order to vote for whom they believe is the best candidate, some people broke from family ties this year.
Sisters Remy Lekka and Mina Ada, members of the Sablan family, said they had to go against other family members and support Juan Lizama.
“It’s just that I’m choosing the right leader,” Ada said. “I don’t need to vote for the same person [as my family]. The time is real bad. I need someone who knows what they’re doing.”
Lizama’s a judge and a lawyer, so he doesn’t need to hire someone to lobby for him, she added.
Lekka and Ada were campaigning for Lizama near San Vicente Elementary; both women held signs and yelled at passing cars.
“Viva Lizama,” Ada yelled to motorists.
“Every vote counts,” she said. “That’s why I have to vote.”
She said her decision to support Lizama caused some family conflict.
“Family members are right next door,” she said, as she pointed to the Gregorio Camacho Sablan supporters at the next tent.
At the Sablan camp, Mike Tenorio, Sablan’s campaign chairman, said he is supporting Sablan despite being a Tenorio.
“I know him. I know he can do the job,” he said, as he stood next to the Tenorio campaign supporters’ tent.
“After all this is done, we’re all back together,” he said of family members.
