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Bao Nguyen rips Garden Grove Mayor Bruce Broadwater over continued nepotism

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Bao Nguyen, Bruce Broadwater, Garden Grove 1 Comment

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 15, 2014

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BAO NGUYEN Statement on BRUCE BROADWATER’S CONTINUED NEPOTISM

Garden Grove, California – Garden Grove Unified School District Trustee and Mayoral candidate Bao Nguyen released the following statement today on the transfer and possible pay raise that has been allocated to the son of Mayor Bruce Broadwater.

The transfer and potential pay raise given to Mayor Bruce Broadwater’s son is an affront to every taxpayer in Garden Grove. The continued employment of the Mayor’s son by our city is an embarrassment and indicative of the level of corruption and nepotism that exists at City Hall. Bruce Broadwater’s silence on this issue is deafening and shameful. I am calling on Mayor Bruce Broadwater to immediately explain the role he played in the hiring and continued employment of his son in the fire department. Continue reading→

Nguyen calls for investigation of alleged Broadwater nepotism in Garden Grove

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Bao Nguyen, Bruce Broadwater, Democratic Party, Garden Grove, Labor, Orange County Leave a comment

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 2, 2014

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BAO NGUYEN CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO EMPLOYMENT OF BRUCE BROADWATER’S SON AS A GARDEN GROVE FIREFIGHTER

Garden Grove, California – Garden Grove Unified School District Trustee and Mayoral candidate Bao Nguyen released the following statement today regarding the employment of Mayor Bruce Broadwater’s son with the Garden Grove Fire Department:

Recent reports regarding the criminal record and dangerously poor performance of Mayor Bruce Broadwater’s son are deeply troubling. Nepotism should have no place at City Hall, especially when public safety is involved. Mayor Broadwater owes the public an explanation and his silence on this issue is especially disappointing. Continue reading→

Will serious nepotism charges sink Garden Grove Mayor Bruce Broadwater?

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Bao Nguyen, Bruce Broadwater, Democratic Party, Garden Grove, Orange County Leave a comment

Garden Grove Mayor Bruce Broadwater, on a fire truck of course

Last August, Garden Grove Mayor Bruce Broadwater told a Voice of OC reporter that he disapproved of nepotism at City Hall and that he was working to bring back the city’s anti-nepotism policy by the end of 2013, but a month after Broadwater made those remarks, his son, Jeremy Broadwater, was selected for hiring by the city’s fire department despite failing a crucial interview with battalion chiefs, according to the Voice of OC.

To make a bad story even worse, Broadwater’s son is so inept as a firefighter that he has posed a threat to the public. Broadwater the firefighter has made a number of “potentially life-threatening mistakes on medical calls,” drawing concern from his superiors and prompting one captain to call for his termination, The Orange County Register reported last week. Continue reading→

Is Mayor Broadwater’s son even qualified to work for the G.G. Fire Department?

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Editor Posted in Bruce Broadwater, Firemen, Garden Grove Leave a comment

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Hints of Nepotism Roil Garden Grove Fire Department

By ADAM ELMAHREK and THY VO, The Voice of OC

Garden Grove officials are struggling to contain rumors that Mayor Bruce Broadwater’s son is close to being hired as a firefighter despite having failed a crucial interview with battalion chiefs for the position.

Jeremy Broadwater, who is also a Fire Department intern and a parks patrolman for Community Services, has received a conditional offer for a firefighter paramedic position, according to records obtained by Voice of OC. The 36-year-old Broadwater was one of 500 applicants and among 40 who made the eligibility list, records show. The hiring depends now on a background investigation. Continue reading→