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Pedroza to run for Area One of the Orange County Board of Education

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Art Pedroza, Democratic Party, Education, Eleazar Elizondo, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Long Pham, Orange County, Republican Party, Santa Ana 15 Comments

I decided today to pull papers for Area One of the Orange County Board of Education. The only candidate who has thus far qualified for the ballot is Ken Nguyen, who is a member of the Santa Ana Parks And Recreation Commission. Nguyen appears to be a grandfather and I believe he is a businessman.

Papers have also been pulled by Anita Mathur, who is unknown in local politics, and Robert Hammond, who is also a candidate for the Republican Party of Orange County’s Central Committee. Continue reading→

Santa Ana Parks Commissioner Nguyen running for the OC Board of Education

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, Education, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Jose Solorio, Ken Nguyen, Long Pham, Lou Correa, Orange County, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Tustin, Vietnamese 1 Comment

I wrote a post recently bemoaning the lack of Latino candidates for the Orange County’s Board of Education, in the Latino-dominated First District, which is currently represented by Republican Long Pham. Now there are two other candidates in the race – Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Board Member Ken Nguyen, and an unknown candidate named Anita Mathur. To understand these political issues you can take an online political science classes from a college.

Nguyen has reportedly been making the rounds to get support for his campaign. I hear that he has met in recent weeks with State Senator Lou Correa and Assemblyman Jose Solorio. I thought Solorio might be interested in running for the First District, but perhaps not? Continue reading→