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Bao Nguyen issues a debate challenge to Lou Correa

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Bao Nguyen, Democratic Party, Garden Grove, Little Saigon, Lou Correa, Santa Ana 1 Comment

MAYOR BAO NGUYEN ISSUES DEBATE CHALLENGE TO LOU CORREA

For Immediate Release: September 21, 2016

Contact: English: (347) 683-3020, Spanish/Español:(714) 251-6885, Vietnamese/tiếng Việt: (916) 868-53

Orange County, CA — Today, Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen formally issued a debate challenge to Lou Correa for California’s 46th Congressional District race in Orange County. Mayor Nguyen challenged Correa to three hour-long debates. Each debate will be In the 3 major languages reflective of the 46th Congressional District; English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Continue reading→

Mayor Nguyen to mark the 41st anniversary of Black April with Veterans in Little Saigon

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Editor Posted in Little Saigon, Orange County, Veterans, Vietnamese Leave a comment

For Immediate Release: April 29, 2016

Contact: Simon Hudes, info@bao2016.com, (408) 833-4455

Mayor Nguyen to Mark 41st Anniversary of Black April with Veterans, OC Vietnamese Community

Santa Ana, CA – In remembrance of April 30th, commonly known among the Vietnamese community as the Fall of Saigon or Black April, Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen is set to make public appearances at several events in Orange County.

Bao had the following to say before setting out for the events that mark the anniversary of this tragic day: Continue reading→

Bui testifies for Nguyen’s bill to allow rice cakes to be sold at room temp. for up to 24 hrs.

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, California, Food Safety, Janet Nguyen, Little Saigon, Phat Bui, Public Safety, Republican Party, State Senate, Vietnamese 3 Comments

PRESS RELEASE

PHAT BUI, GARDEN GROVE COUNCILMAN, VIETNAMESE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, PRESIDENT AND CANDIDATE FOR OC SUPERVISOR, DISTRICT 1, TESTIFIES TO ALLOW VIETNAMESE RICE CAKES BE SOLD AT ROOM TEMPERATURE FOR UP TO 24 HOURS

SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES SENATOR JANET NGUYEN’S SB 969

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: STEPHEN SHIPMAN
APRIL 7, 2016 949-375-4577

GARDEN GROVE – Phat Bui, Garden Grove City Councilmember, Vietnamese American Federation of Southern California President and candidate for the for the Orange County Board of Supervisors District 1, testified in support of SB 969 authored by State Senator Janet Nguyen (S-34) to allow traditional Vietnamese rice cakes be sold at room temperature for up to 24 hours. The Councilman led a delegation from Southern California to join the Vietnamese delegation from San Jose and Sacramento to support the effort at his own expense. Continue reading→

Garden Grove Mayor Nguyen stands up to Vietnamese-American protesters

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Bao Nguyen, Democratic Party, Garden Grove, Little Saigon, Vietnamese, Westminster Leave a comment

Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen is in hot water after he voted against the decision by his City Council to send a letter to the City of Riverside protesting their decision to enter into a sister-city relationship with Can Tho, a city in Vietnam, according to the O.C. Register.

Apparently hundreds of Vietnamese-Americans protested at Riverside City Hall and wrote letters to the Riverside City Council asking that the relationship with Can Tho be rescinded due to the Vietnam’s Communist Party and its human-rights abuses. Continue reading→

Rep. Sanchez to host a town hall meeting with the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam on 7/12

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Editor Posted in Alan Lowenthal, Dana Rohrabacher, Democratic Party, Ed Royce, Little Saigon, Loretta Sanchez, Republican Party, Vietnamese, Westminster Leave a comment

Reps. Loretta Sanchez and Alan Lowenthal

Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Representing California’s 46th Congressional District

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 10, 2015

MEDIA CONTACT: Emily Morris, Emily.Morris@mail.house.gov, 202-225-2965

REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ TO CO-HOST COMMUNITY TOWN HALL IN WESTMINSTER WITH U.S. AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-46), founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam, will co-host a community town hall, featuring United States Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius, this Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. PST. The town hall will focus on Vietnam’s deteriorating human rights record and development of democracy as well as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations. Continue reading→

How does Janet Nguyen really feel about Latinos?

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Garden Grove, Janet Nguyen, Little Saigon, Orange County, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Westminster 3 Comments

When Supervisor Janet Nguyen was first elected to represent the First District I advised her to be non-partisan and to reach out to her Latino constituents. She started a Hispanic Committee to advise her but I was shocked to find out that all of the committee’s members were Hispanic Republicans – and none of them lived in the First District.

A couple years ago Nguyen gerrymandered the First District to include more Vietnamese voters – and less Latino voters.

This year Nguyen not only voted to put a homeless shelter right in the middle of one of Santa Ana’s poorest neighborhoods, on Normandy Street (over on the east side of the city), she also refused to meet with the residents when they wanted to talk to her about the shelter, which they feel is too close to schools, parks and hundreds of apartments and homes.

Will Nguyen work with Latinos? Sure. But only if they are Republicans. This stands in stark contrast to the record of the man she is trying to replace in the 34th State Senate District – Lou Correa. His record shows that he will work with anyone in his district. He has been a true moderate. That is not what Nguyen is going to be. Continue reading→