OK, here we go, the authoritative list of all Viets running for various positions in Orange County. We’re looking at 14 Viets running for 15 positions. (Read more about some of them here.) The mathematical “Pigeonhole Principle” would tell you that it means someone is running for two positions at once. This is high, but not record high. In 2006, there were 16 Viet candidates in the OC.
* City Council of Westminster
With Kermit Marsh not running, the path is clear for Assemblyman Van Tran‘s staffer Truong Diep to run for the open seat. Tammy Tran, Senator Lou Correa‘s district director, pulled papers, but did not file. It is expected that Diep will win this one.
* City Council of Garden Grove
There are two seats and nine are vying for it. Three Vietnamese are in the running: T. Linh Ho, Trung Nguyen and Andrew Do.
Ho is a former student activist, very well known among young Vietnamese-Americans, but is a new name outside that demographic. Trung Nguyen is currently on the Garden Grove School Board and has been drumming up support by protesting against anything he can find. Andrew Do is OC Supervisor Janet Nguyen‘s chief of staff. The rumors about Do’s war chest are awashed with numbers so high it’s not believable.
* City Council of Stanton
There’s a Viet among the five candidates running for two seats, including both incumbents. His name is Alex Lam.
* Westminster School District
The district has two incumbents, both running again. Four Viets are challenging the incumbents for the seats: Ethan Nguyen, Nghia Nguyen, Linh Nguyen and Frank Tran.
Frank Tran (web site here) ran in 2006 as a write-in candidate. Ethan Nguyen is a Golden West College student who just received an OCAPICA scholarship to attend UCLA next year.
Linh Nguyen has dropped out of this race, but his name will continue to be on the ballot.
Talking to the Bolsavik on the telephone, the former right-hand man for then-Assembly candidate Van Tran and current sales manager at Nguoi Viet Daily News explained why: “I just took this job at Nguoi Viet, and the project I’m in charge of – the Nguoi Viet yellow pages – will be coming to a peak at the same time as the elections, so I don’t think I will have the time to commit to both. The paper also thinks it would be a conflict of interest for me to run, so I’m dropping out.”
* Garden Grove School District
With Trung Nguyen not running, there’s an open seat in addition to the two incumbencies. Incumbent Dr. Kim-Oanh NguyenLam is running, and she’s expected to win. Also running is John Chuong Nguyen, a telecommunications engineer who also ran in 2006.
Back then, Lan Quoc Nguyen worked hard to help incumbent Bob Harden beat back John Chuong Nguyen’s challenge. This time, Lan is already campaigning on behalf of candidate George West, again trying to beat back John Chuong Nguyen. The Bolsavik has no idea what Lan has against John Chuong; John Chuong has nothing against the Trannies that the Bolsavik knows of.
* Rancho Santiago Community College District, Area 1
Nam M. Pham, a Santa Ana Library Board member, is running for 1 of 3 seats. Two of the incumbents are running, the third filed papers but withdrew.
* Mr. Two-Seater
Trannie Joseph Dovinh is running for two positions, both seemingly under the radar: Coast Community College District, Area 2; and Midway City Sanitary District.
In the Coast College District, though, Dovinh would be taking on Jerry Patterson, a former U.S. Congressman, predecessor of Bob Dornan. Maybe some seats are not as far under the radar as Dovinh thought.
Secretary of State just released the alphabetized drawing which designates ballot position for candidates, you can find it at: http://www.sos.ca.gov/admin/press-releases/2008/DB08-080.pdf
Westminster City Council will list on the ballot as:
Penny Loomer (Retired Asst. City Manager)
Alin Hamade (Business Owner and previous candidate)
Truong Diep (Van Tran Staffer and Midway City Sanitary District Board
Member)
Frank Fry (Incumbent City Councilman)
Allan Krippner (Recruiting Consultant, Board Member Midway City Sanitary District and Planning Commissioner, City of Westminster)
Midway City Sanitary District will List out on the ballot –
Joseph DoVinh (writer, Trannie, etc.)
Allan Krippner (incumbent)
Vivian Kirkpatrick-Pilger (former board member, Management Services Officer)
Joy Neugebauer (incumbent, also former Mayor, former Councilperson)
Bolsavik – you say Diep is expected to win the city council race…well this is a General Election when ALL the voters actually turn out for the Presidential year vote. In “off presidential years” only the very dedicated voters turn out such as the Vietnamese. So I would not be quick to assume that Diep would win. There are already two Vietnamese on the City Council. Diep is known as a “Trannie” and they have lost a lot of “face” in the recent months.
Rumors abound that with the last minute entry of Allan Krippner, Diep has an uphill road to climb. The Mayor is backing Hamade and Fry. Fry is an easy shoo-in he’s been at it for 35+ years with a following.
Hamade has a problem with his name sounding so middle-eastern at a time we are at odds with so many middle eastern countries and the price of gas so high being related to the middle east, seems he hasn’t much of a chance even with the endorsement of Van Tran and Janet Nguyen in addition to the Mayor.
Penny Loomer is seen as a sour-grapes candidate having been “retired” before she wanted to be, and seen and not a very effective assistant city manager for many years.
Diep may get the Trannie Loyals, but Krippner is the only straight-man, I.E. non-minority, with credentials for years. He did an excellent job of winning a seat on the Sanitary District last time he ran for that. If he runs as effective campaign as then, Diep has a problem.
Maybe.., maybe you are DUMB !
Bolsavik is right on Trung Diep’s bright future as our next Westminster councilman!
Here is my “sure list” for the winners:
Truong Diep — Westminster Council
Trung Nguyen – Garden Grove Council
Maybe…maybe, Jung Kim is Truong Diep.
Jung Kim, you’re stupid. What makes you think Trung will win after he’s lost the last 3 elections?
Here is my “ugly candidate list”:
Andrew Do “SA resident & wannabe GG councilman”
Santa Ana resident who have moved
his mailing address to Garden Grove in July 2008
He still has hard time finding GG city boundary
lines.
Anon, maybe you are one of Janet’s molested boys.
Trung is elected official with good name ID and SA’s unemployed lawyer Do has zip or at most, negative reputation in Garden Grove!
In addition, Truong Diep has BIG war chest to fend off these little “tooth pick” size competing candidates!
Jung Kim – you need to let some light in that dark tunnel you are operating in. Remember that the viet population is still only 1/3 of Westminster. And, Janet, who you hold in no high regard, won 97 percent of all precincts. That alone was a statement against the Trannies. Diep is a Trannie and everyone knows that for sure. The loyalists will vote for him, but there will be a whole lot of OTHER voters this time around.
Maybe molested by Janet, you give too much credit to your woman!
This is a non partisian race and these candidates are fighting with their own might and if you want to know details…..remember, Dina have received more Viet votes than Janet with lot less campaign money!
I would give some credit to Janet as soon as she changes her attitude, personality and character. Janet was successful in buying votes by spending close to half million dollars in last election………not a big deal!
If we give Bolsavik half million dollars to run for the same Supe seat, he will probably win 98% of all precincts!
all of you, when you engage in talking to the racist communist homophobic jung kim you only encourage him/her/it.
Dumb Kim,
Deep is going to loose this time. Tran will be out of the office soon. Deep is going to apply for a new job as a dump truck driver with the Sanitation District. Maybe you should joint him as a trash bin pusher.
Trung is holding a world record (Genius) for loosing. Dumb Kim, you should be his spoke person.
Trung,
If you need photoshop work, please let me know ASAP. I can produce you one dressing as a Judge. You need this since Andrew Do claim he’s a former DA.
Keep flapping your mouth, you will be molested by un clean Janet again!
Councilman Trung will kick out SA resident Andrew Do from the city ……… but wait! let’s find him a decent job first! What a waste of good law degree!
Jung Kim, since you’re so big on Andrew Do moving his address to GG to run for office, what do you have to say about Trung moving from Irvine to GG several years ago to run for office? This is a fact everyone knows. You’re just a double standard Trannie apologist!
Anon, Do changed his address just last month ……to compete against another Viet candidate!
Instead he should have waited his turn ie. replacing his boss’s seat!
Do, Re, Mi…? He has no ID in Garden Grove.
People think he might be a pianist or something!
Damn, Jung Kim is even racist towards Vietnamese. Jung, you didn’t answer my questions. What do you say about Trung moving to GG from Irvine to run for GGUSD?
Andrew Do needs to step down from GG council candidacy…… before the words get out to the public of his illegit residency problems.
I hope Do is not following Janet’s bad traits of deceiving public and our election regulations.
Wait a minute! Andrew Do has already broken county regulations when he has used our tax payer’s county time at the 5th floor…. for Janet’s political campaign work in last election.
Do should run in his home town….Santa Ana and who knows?
He might get elected with pride!
LOL! Mr. Do used to live in Santa Ana Heights which isn’t even in Santa Ana… It’s unicoporated area of Orange County…. Your an idiot Jung Kim… sounds like your worried about Mr. Do…
Jung Kim you might want to present the facts of your going to spew gossip and false truths. So by the lies you spread that must mean Troung Diep broke the law…
The more Diep Shit talks the more it shows how scared the Trannies are of Andrew Do.
You think the people wants someone who photoshopped himself next to the Governor and filed for bankruptcy? Lets remind everyone about Trung: 25 credit cards, students loans, ripped off the dentist, and on and on…
Oh yes, that is the kind of person we want to represent us on the Garden Grove City Council.
Instead of running, I told Trung to just let Chu Bui Minh Cuong photoshop him again but this time sitting next to Dina on the council.
That way he can save face and it would cheaper. Also, the Godfather then can concentrate on me becoming the Westminster Councilman. I told Godfather that Trung is a lost cause
Andrew Do-Do Needs to stop going around bad mouthing his opponents. He should just worry about his own little race. Dohas little name ID, no base, and no coat tails. Trung Nguyen does not see Do as an opponent because Do won’t win. He’s untested and is just too green. Do’s very flustered when he talks. The boy is just an opportunist.
My guy Andrew Do wants to run for the Garden Grove City Council but he’s not even sure if hes a Dem or a Rep. He just keeps changing his voter reg., depending on who’s in and out in the White House. Can’t be a judge and can’t cut it as a lawyer on his own, either. Poor boy.
Now, I just hope he can figure out where he lives for a change. Carpet bagging into the Garden Grove was just too blatant. I can’t help him either because I am in deep doo doo financially after that race in June that I blew close to half a mil.
Wow with all these people using other people’s names, maybe you should just use a title.
I find Jung Kim offensive and possibly a target for some litigation with his remarks about molested boys (molested by Janet supposedly).
I agree with others Jung is an idiot. I know he is not Truong Diep. Truong is not this stupid.
Jung Kim sound like CRA Republican over on Red County Blog. Says outrageous things, behaves badly and has ridiculous predictions. Next he will have ridiculous poll numbers. HA HA laughing stock!
Excuse me idiots! If Do lives in Santa Ana Heights, let him seek for the office related to his affluent barrio area…….after making his usual territory marks on large trees!
Urban Dictionary my foot! you are a Refugee from the Jungle!
Look at all public records of Janet! Count all domestic disturbance calls, unveil her mom’s midnight real estate dealings etc…….
I am really afraid of Andrew Do…… making his markings on my front yard! It can kill my expensive green grass!
American Woman must had a same surgery Art Pedroza had, “Micro-Ball Definition Surgery”!
Art Pedroza wants to pollute Santa Ana with his infected scum and Do wants to expand his territory by making spraying urin on otherwise clean Garden Grove trees!
Hey wannabe American Woman, “Molest”means : to meddle with (someone) in such a way as to harm or annoy him.
Wow, it’s you who have been molested by all your neighbors and dogs!
Jung Kim = Student
Well that explains alot, thanks for the info Lam. But isn’t Student=Jung Kim=CRA Republican?
American Woman must works at night……..posting at 3 in the morning! By any chance, are you a part time Drag Queen in Santa Ana?
Jung Kim = Student = Janet’s former boy friend at UCI
If you followed this blog for a while you don’t need to find out “who is Jung Kim?” . During the election in June, this Jung Kim verbally abusive , attacking anyone that disagreed with HER. Names calling, bad mouthing about Janet and her people. Praised Dina and the rest of her group as they are GOD.
Sometimes Jung Kim talked about God, another time Jung Kim talked nasty and racist and calling names. Go back and read those very old comments posted by Jung Kim, one time he said something like he will “punish” whomever dares to talk down about Dina and her family members!!!! So there were some talks about Jung KIm is no one else but a sore looser…and also the Jung Kim account with this blog is for a “whole family” to use….That probably the reason 3, 4 comments posted at each time with 3, 4 minutes apart with different style of writing…
People voiced their opinions and this Jung Kim attacked them , verbally abusive them….while Jung kim posted nasty remarks and preaching other. Jung Kim also said SHe got paid to do this…Nah….Jung Kim & group ( using the same account ) are just sore Looser….Face it folks : Janet won the election and will have the position till 2012, like it or not….The more you bad mouthing about her look, the worst people think of you…
I gave her credit for not having a face, nose, lips…that stamped “Made in little Saigon”, all look a like….
Don’t over doing Jung Kim…I said to you once before…seems as you praised and protecting Dina and her group so much to the point people starting to think that “the looser” got so jealous and went crazy????
Pay attention everyone : this Jung Kim only “speaks” whenever the name Janet is mentioned….in each of the post during election Jung Kim put ” Go Dina ” …Poor thing!!!!
I feel sorry for people with this kind of behaviors….There are two on this blog : JUng KIm ad 2ndactualpatient : they are two of the kind…These two need to see psychiatrists so that they can get some psychoative medications to calm them down….
To American women : the way Jung Kim defined “molest” to answer your comment above, you can tell she is a very manipulative person…and with a “sick mind”….we know what it means and we also what Jung kim implied…the verbally abusive person like that must be a very unhappy person with mood swings and agitations….
I am not taking any sides , just irritated to see such racist and disrespected person like Jung Kim, and after a while Jung Kim will come back talking normal and asking everyone to be nice with each other….Jung Kim needs help…..
Thank you Quynh T. We should just ignore this person, not mention the name. She/He seems pretty sick.
Woman,
Obviously, Jung Kim touchs a nerve on all of you. Good. It’s too bad that Jung has to use that kind of language to get the message to you.
Who is Jung Kim? The defender of universe….including Little Saigon!
Quynh, aka Jr. High student, thanks for writing such a indept study on me with your poor linguistic skills but I must give you an “F” for your long essay again…….. because you have completely missed the boat!
I will ship you out to “retardation community” located next to Janet’s home soon.