RANDY ECONOMY: MY WORLD: Remembering Former Artesia Mayor John Martins. He lived the American Dream and we all Loved him

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Remembering Former Artesia Mayor John Martins. He lived the American Dream and we all Loved him

John Martins. I will never forget you!

By Randy Economy

I wanted to wait a couple of days before I wrote about the sudden passing of every ones favorite friend from Artesia, California, former Mayor John Martins.

Johnny was bigger than life. who truly lived the American Dream.

While there are literally thousands of tributes being paid to John on social media sites, (Facebook friends and family have been posting hundreds of photos and notes since his passing on Friday).

I first met John and has family while I was a child being raised in the Artesia-Cerritos community circa early 1970's.

The teen years, into high school and college, and then into adulthood and civic affairs, politics, charity work, faith in God, good times, hard times, John was always full of emotion and energy.

John loved America, and he loved Artesia, and Artesia was totally IN LOVE with Johnny. He was a showman, he loved to entertain and share his love of music with the world around us. He was handsome, a smile so large his beamed when he entered a room. John loved to stand close to you when he engaged in conversation. He cared about his friends and those in need.

One publication that covers the local US Portugal community, wrote the following about John, and I wanted to share these words about his life....

"One of the most relevant community members of the Portuguese community in Southern California, he was born in the parish of the Altares, Angra do Heroísmo. He emigrated with his family to the United States in 1966.A businessman by profession, he served as Councilman between 2001 and 2003, and on March 3, 2004, he was elected Mayor of Artesia, Los Angeles, a position he held until November 10, 2010. He was appointed Honorary Consul of Portugal in Los Angeles, in 2015, a position he held until now. The President of the Government of the Azores, Vasco Cordeiro, expressed deep regret at the death of Honorary Consul of Portugal in Los Angeles, emphasizing his success as an entrepreneur and, above all, his civic involvement in the local Azorean resident community.
“In his many civic, political, cultural and professional roles in the United States of America, John Martins has always shown a high sense of public service, never forgetting his connection to his roots in Terceira Island and the Azores, “said President Vasco Cordeiro. "

My life is fuller for having John Martins and his amazing family in my world. Please feel free to share you thoughts below.

God Bless you John. My God hold you in His arms forever...

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You may know me from my role as the Senior Advisor and Official Media Spokesman for the Recall Gavin Newsom campaign that established a worldwide blitz of interviews. I conducted more than 2,200 media interviews on behalf of “The People’s Recall” during a 10-month period from November 2020 to September 2021. The iconic magazine Mother Jones in a dramatic feature article called me “A ‘Superhero Pirate’ Radio Host, (and) Gavin Newsom’s Strangest—and Most Dangerous—Threat. Meet Randy Economy, the man behind the effort to recall California’s governor.” I appeared on more than 330 media outlets around the world in my capacity with RecallGavin2020. Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Newsmax, NBC Nightly News, ABC News, as well as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Politico, and dozens of other media outlets aired featured reports on my work on behalf of “The People’s Recall.” I am and will always consider myself to be a journalist. Sometimes I think I bleed ink. My talents as an Investigative Journalists in California earned me FIVE top awards from the prestigious Los Angeles Press Club in 2013, 2014, and 2016. I am tenacious. My reporting over the years has led to the prosecution of several elected officials in California. While working for a tiny community newspaper in Southeast Los Angeles County, I worked doggedly to expose the biggest public corruption case in Los Angeles County history when I unearthed a massive pay to play scheme inside the Assessor’s Office that led to the arrest of then Assessor John R. Noguez and four others. However, politics has been in my DNA since I was a child. I have worked on more than 300 political campaigns as a consultant and advisor since 1982 for candidates from all sides of the political spectrum including Democrats and Republicans, and even Libertarians. I am also a small business owner, serving as the President and CEO of Hot Water Studio & Production, LLC. My company works with media outlets across the state, nation, and world exposing public corruption via several new media platforms. I have also overcome personal challenges. I am legally blind with zero vision in my right eye and only 40 percent vision remaining in my left eye. I sometimes wear an eyepatch due to my failed vision. (Hence the nickname of “America’s Political Pirate.”