Monthly Archives: November 2008

Westminster mail-in ballots counted; recount coming up?

Posted on November 15, 2008 by Bolsavik

With the mail-in ballots all counted, Westminster City Council candidate Truong Diep is still in third place. On Friday, Diep made up only 6 votes, garnering 28 to second-place winner Penny Loomer’s 22. The Registrar’s office is moving on the … Continue reading →

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Truong Diep teetering on the brink

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Bolsavik

The phrase “teetering on the brink of” has never been so value-laden. One could say that Truong Diep (pictured) is teetering on the brink of victory, or that he is teetering on the brink of defeat. Both possibilities are achingly … Continue reading →

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Truong Diep chances getting slim

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Bolsavik

With only a few hundred mail-in ballots to count in Westminster, and the entire batch of provisional ballots still untouched by human hands, Assemblyman Van Tran‘s staffer and Westminster City Council candidate Truong Diep is behind the winning line by … Continue reading →

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Steve Ngo expands lead, Andrew Do catches up, Truong Diep gets close

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Bolsavik

The fates of Viet candidates are looking better, as more and more of the mail-in and paper ballots are counted. In San Francisco, Community College Board candidate Steve Ngo (pictured) seems locked to win the open fourth seat, with his … Continue reading →

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Joseph Dovinh and his amazing Technicolor dream

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Bolsavik

Don’t know if any inhaling is involved here, but Joseph Dovinh was heard on radio boasting that he got more votes than any Viets except Assemblyman Van Tran. The amazin’ claim was heard on late-night Vietnamese radio hosted by Van Tran’s … Continue reading →

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Survey: SoCal Viets voted McCain 52%-to-46%

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Bolsavik

For all the Barack Obama fever sweeping the country, 52% of Viets in Southern California cast their votes for the former POW John McCain, over 46% for the now-president-elect, a survey of Asian-American voters found in a preliminary report released Friday. The survey, here, sampled 4,034 … Continue reading →

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What price a heart of gold?

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Bolsavik

One of the best known humanitarians in Vietnam, a Swiss woman who has spent almost half her young life caring for orphans and the handicapped, has been accused by Vietnamese-American right-wingers of being (now let’s all say it together) a communist … Continue reading →

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This Viet may be winning his election

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Bolsavik

For all the losses suffered by Viet candidates in Orange and Santa Clara counties, there’s a Viet in San Francisco who is currently leading in an election that is still too close to call. That would be Steve Ngo (pictured), … Continue reading →

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