Monthly Archives: April 2008

No more Trung v. Janet

Posted on April 30, 2008 by The Bolsavik

The California Supreme Court earlier today refused to review the appeal by former supervisor candidate Trung Nguyen challenging the recount that gave Janet Nguyen her election victory by 3 votes. See docket here. That should be the end of all … Continue reading →

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“Black April”

Posted on April 30, 2008 by The Bolsavik

Photo by Mark Boster, L.A. Times Black April is the name Vietnamese overseas give to April 30, the anniversary of the day in 1975 when Saigon fell to the communist forces. This year’s Black April story in the L.A. Times is this … Continue reading →

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Trong Doan’s pretrial set

Posted on April 30, 2008 by The Bolsavik

Jeff Tatch killed two birds with one stone yesterday. Coming out of the arraignment for Ky Ngo, the attorney went over to the courtroom next door. There, he got the arraignment for Trong Doan (pictured), another lead protester and also a … Continue reading →

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Van Tran at war?

Posted on April 29, 2008 by The Bolsavik

Assemblyman Van Tran endorsed Anaheim City Councilman Harry Sidhu for the State Senate, and was accused by the campaign of fellow Assembly member Mimi Walters of waging war against backers of Janet Nguyen. Read the Red County/OC Blog here and … Continue reading →

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Ky Ngo got a lawyer for his court date

Posted on April 29, 2008 by The Bolsavik

Protest leader Ky Ngo‘s (pictured) arraignment was this morning in the Westminster courthouse, and like most cases of its kind, not much really happened. The former darling of the GOP whose five-time attendance at the Republican National Convention is still the … Continue reading →

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OC Democratic Party endorses Hoa Van Tran

Posted on April 28, 2008 by The Bolsavik

Hoa Van Tran (pictured), the only Democratic candidate running for OC Supervisor, First District, has received the endorsement of the OC Democratic Party Central Committee on a vote of 33 yes, 8 no and 9 abstentions, reported Chris Prevatt at … Continue reading →

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Dina Nguyen interview pt2: Who’s who in her campaign

Posted on April 28, 2008 by The Bolsavik

The strangest part about Dina Nguyen‘s campaign is that nobody seems to be part of it, even though everybody seems to be in it. The Garden Grove City Councilwoman is in a three-way race for OC Supervisor, First District, with … Continue reading →

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Hoa Van Tran’s mailer criticized

Posted on April 28, 2008 by The Bolsavik

Chris Prevatt has this entry on TheLiberalOC slamming Hoa Van Tran‘s latest (first?) mailer to voters in the First District. The flyer from the only Democrat running for Orange County Supervisor features a photo of Hoa Van Tran with Santa … Continue reading →

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