The Orange County Board of Supervisors generously voted 4-1 in favor of a monument near Little Saigon to feature American and Vietnamese history, but the small Viet nonprofit that received the six-figure grant wasn’t exactly clear on what to do with the huge amount of money.
The way OC budget works, each Supervisor gets $2 million to spend on parks in his or her own district. Although these expenditures still need to be approved by the Board, traditionally each Supervisor has discretion on where the money goes.
It’s from that pot of money for Supervisor Janet Nguyen‘s district that the $350,000 for the American and Vietnamese historical monument will be funded. See the Register here, or Nguoi Viet here. The lucky recipient is the Vietnamese Community Culture and Performance Arts Society, better known by its Vietnamese name, the Câu Lạc Bộ Hùng Sử Việt.
The draft contract which the Board approved calls for the CLB Hùng Sử Việt to design, construct, and install the monument. Basically, do everything.
However, when the Bolsavik on behalf of Nguoi Viet Daily News called the head of CLB Hùng Sử Việt for comments, Mr. Song Thuan had no idea the proposal had been accepted. He wasn’t quite sure what’s in the proposal, and politely declined to comment until he’s researched it further.
Meanwhile, another Vietnamese-language daily, the Viet Herald, got hold of the group’s External V.P. Nguyen Dinh Thuc, who said that the group is only “contributing in spirit to the project.” He stated that the group’s role is to “advise as to the design, what hero or historical figures should be included, and where it should be placed.”
But advising is not what the contract calls for.
And advising shouldn’t cost $350,000.
The contract (read it here), calls for the group to “design, construct and install the Historical Memorial at the Park.” It must also “submit final plans and cost estimates for prior approval by the Director after the design phase is complete.”
In a follow-up story on the Register here, Supervisor Nguyen’s chief of staff said that the office selected CLB Hùng Sử Việt “because they have no political affiliations or agendas.”
Perhaps. But the group is best known for writing songs about Vietnam’s history and singing them. Although the Bolsavik respects their dedication and passion with Vietnamese history, the group has no experience with education, memorial design or construction, and has had no discernable activities involving U.S. history or the history of the Vietnamese-American community.
It also has zero experience handling money in this amount. CLB Hùng Sử Việt’s fundraisers consist of selling music books and music CD’s. There is no indication the group has ever broken six figures in anything.
Maybe, just maybe, experience and an ability to take care of $350,000 in taxpayers’ money should have been part of the criteria for selection.
Our state is so broke that they are trying to sell OC Fair Grounds at a deep discount price…. and if Sacramento ever finds out that our county government is still throwing away pork fats…… good luck in receiving more state funding/help in the future.
$350k can be returned back to county general account.
A good time to spend is when the county is not laying off hundreds of employees, cut their salaries and trying to roll back their benefits. What’s the unemploent number currently? No duh!
You’re no tax buddy, you’re a taxpayer’s enemy.
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Jose,
It isn’t blogwhorring. It is just something blogs do, automatically. Bolsavik can delete these.
I don’t think Janet is a communist. She is just an idiot.
Ask Paul. The Jannie Report was my idea. I am pleased that he will be writing it again.
If you were banned at the OJ, it was the work of Sarah Spinosa, who is yet another Jannie. Try again and if it doesn’t work email me at apedroza@earthlink.net. We would love to have you commenting on our blog.
Art Piedra, Janet is not an idiot but you are. It was not too long ago you were licking her hands several times a day. Remember?
I think she has allowed brainless Andrew Do making dumb dumb decisions.
Janet needs to stay far away from dumb Andrew Do and criminal Nick LeCong.
http://savethemedia.com/2009/03/28/is-blogging-journalism/
As Jung Kim was pointing out that the Bolsavik was just inquiring about this issue to be transparency, it’s worth it to have a discussion to see what the Bolsavik’s real intention.
Is he a political activist/blogger in disguised as a journalist?
The Bolsavik, if you’re so against Janet, just be direct like Jung Kim or Art Pedroza and be a political activist, instead of hiding behind your journalism title.
I don’t favor anybody, Janet gang nor Trannie gang. I’m just curious about your intention.
TGIF, Bolsavik had a genuine concern with shady distribution of this pork fund. That’s all folks!
Boplsavik wants to make sure that Fifth Floor staffers won’t make same type of mistakes in the future.
As far as I can see….Bolsavik only had a good intention.
Oh TGIF, let me remind you something…. I am not a political activist.
I am the official Guru for our Viet community.
jung Kim;
Haven’t you noticed, everyone here just ignore you?
paul yeah i really hope you get better health problems have a way of affecting so much in a persons life. i wish you the best. and no i didnt know you left me a message on the liberal oc that was deleted. and thats lame that they wont even let you look at the site from your comp. i just dont get those guys, it’s a shame to see what was such a great blog destroyed. they havent banned me yet but i was threatened once via e-mail when the whole aloha thing blew up. ive been banned from better blogs than that. and art, thanks but no thanks but please quit blaming my being blocked from the oj on that loon SMS you knew i was banned playing dumb isnt an excuse. the bottom line is you call the shots at that blog and did nothing after i was blocked because as ive said before at the time you had your snout buried deep in janets rectum and me being banned was ok by you. and the thing that bothers me about your blogwhorring is you just blogwhore you never comment on here. it’s like you just use this blog and i dont think it’s cool. and TGIF, jung kim is an activist? he’s not an activist he’s an idiot.
I am happy to see that Janet Nguyen and her gang members got exposed once again for who they really are, just a bunch of political opportunists and amateurs.
This whole “history” pork deal is already backfiring on them just like that BS bridge that they wanted to call the “Freedom Bridge”. The bridge idea was of course, not free and nobody got the freedom to have any input. So, the bridge idea collapsed on its own lack of merit.
Keep bringing these pork laden, ill conceived spending projects up Janet Nguyen and fellow gang members. The voters will remember you next time.
Another way in which nepotism pays off. Now I wonder why benefit this organization has to offer Janet. Is so like the gov’t to pick people who have no qualifications to carry out the task.
jose s. yourself is not too distant from being an blog whore… calling everyone a communist. Go live with Art. Leave!
People are waiting for accountability and Andrew Do needs to submit his resignation to Janet. Andrew Do is responsible for this shady $350k pork distribution and the rumor on the street is that there may be a potential investigation interest by the DA’s office.
It’s not too late to return the improper pork fund back to the county’s general account.
Is a park a park by any name and measure?
A modern park has placards and physical objects to instruct the utilizer on how to exercise and provide obstacles to navigate.
Throw a bronze dedication into the mix, and we have a park/memorial for all. However, Viets in the “know” like to reminisce “home”, like a barren field after a fresh B-52 strike… Or better yet, pursue justice (in defence) for a mentally unstable individual possibly high on drugs who just cut how own brother’s throat.
Certain people who habitate places like Cytrist believe a park is a patch of grass with bathroom stalls for the likes of George Michael to visit and exchange pleasantries.
Then again, being Viet is burning down the village hut for uninformed/misinformed/ill-informed/deluded reasons. Our assemblyman and his group have it correct. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, leading people to carry out crazy things. May be, just may be, chasing down phantom commies is what Viets in the “know” are best at…
Transparency oh transparency…how clear ye shown?
Life is such a straight and narrow road like a blog forum
Write down a few words and phrases with some thought
And instant recognition and stardom and power.
What about deeds that performed for the benefit of others?
Ye Viets love to run their mouth off and lump everything under vote getting
What about the effort put forth fighting political friction to accomplish anything?
Oh, ye great “know all” Viet culture, being old therefore wise…
Have ye ventured out ye Little Saigon and tried making a real living?
It’s a tough world out there, surrounded by modern day aholes and psychopaths.
When ye gather up the courage looking for a real job outside of Bolsa
Then try to measure up to others.
Until then, best to post cute stories and personal vendettas online
And enjoy the ride…
The more of Janet Nguyen & Anh Cao & Van Tran, the more I likes Loretta Sanchez.
All Viet politicians are alike. You know them one you know them all.
They are a group of power and money grab viet politicians.
They have invoked their old country name shake to benefit their own skins.
The Viet communists do that back home, they do it here in O.C.
There are not much different between them.
The apple do not drop too far from the tree, communist or not.
Dark days yet to come to shame their ancestor precious heritage. (Viet Nostradamus)
Hey there Cousin Nostradamus,
This is your cousin Nostril. Uncle Nostrodome asked me to tell you to come by his house to pick up your pink rubber duck that you left in his bathtub last week at his house.
He said that your mom had to buy you a rubber duck to play with, or you won’t get into the bathtub to bathe yourself. Nice duck, cousin.
Wow! I don’t see any repentance from idiot staffer making this $350k wrong decision for Janet!
Is Andrew Do a just stubborn idiot?
Andrew Do might be dragging his lazy feet until office receives a investigation inquiry letter.
Andrew…just return $350k back to the county account!
They won’t let this large amount of money floating away in the air.
I don’t want people to be confused Janet with real money laundering/account exchanging Loretta/ Linda Sanchez sisters.
The silence of the Lamp? I did not know lamps made any noises.
How about a silence of Latino Voters? They are upset with Democratic party leadership right now.
Viet Nostril is a very example of low life dirty shame the viet people have been carrying in their closet for a while. Nobody want to accept that the viet demise is rooted in their backward mentality.
Want to move ahead? Stop thinking the old low self-esteem way like Viet Nostril.
@Jose vulgaris:
You are an idiotic hostile freak. Art Pedroza is a delusional hateful character. It has to be in the blood. Don’t you love crap Art? Why there are many men of cholo descent attacking the Jannies? Any wise Latina?
An idiot is a guy that constantly flip flops his stories so much people can’t tell truth from fiction, an unstable person showing a complete lack of judgement and class, and a well known free-speech censoring Communist. In fact, very few people really know the real crap Art. And now he features a Democrat non grata Paul Lucas to mislead people his weird independent branch of politics.
Ah, birds of a feather …
Hey, Paul. You and Art may lump together but polio and mump are separate diseases.
Salk (polio) vaccine is not the same as MMR (Measles, Mumps & Rubella). Don’t blame the virus. It’s your vengeful outbursts and lies are causing stress – an aggravating factor for diabetic complications.
When are you going to show people a little bit seriously of yourself? My favorite Paul Lucas story was the guy who carried copies of the criminal records to campaign events, feigned concern in order to spread malicious rumors that have nothing to do with the issues of the day. And now you’ve chosen to be paid to hate. Obviously, this job is less physically demanding than stocking shelves at Costco. Way to go, Paul!
thoughtless; You must be talking about yourself. You hate Jose so much because he is so much like you. It takes one to know one.
Ah, the bird of a feather, jose and thoughtless. Cousins of different mothers, different countries but same backward mentality.
@Viet Nostradamus:
Are you Viet?
How else do you make Viet community/country better besides pointing out its flaw?
If they can say anything and its not challenged, then this characterization, of course, becomes heresy in the minds of many. Remember America is a land where people believe anything they hear. I don’t trust those guys to be thorough or fair enough to inform me on this Viet subject.
And no, I’m not being gratuitously crude when I say that about them. I’m sure you know who Art Pedroza is because I haven’t a clue, or at least I didn’t until this week, when I caught him saying Janet is an idiot. Let’s be honest, Art doesn’t like Janet because of something she can’t help – a result of the way she was born – because she’s smarter than him. And Van Tran can’t help it if he’s law school grad and an elected assemblyman and Paul Lucas is a Costco stock boy who is a perennial candidate.
I agree with those critics who say there are far more qualified Viets than me – so let’s joint in.
What advice would you give to Viet kids today who want to be proud of their culture and heritage?
Lamp,
Oh, now I get it. That’s why you support Loretta Sanchez’s anti-life and pro gay and lesbian agenda. Sure, most Vietnamese are so supportive of this.
And the Vietnamese also applaud Loretta for being labeled a WHORE because she is sexually promiscuous, sleeping with lobbyists and military escorts. Real proud of her.
Oh, don’t forget ethics investigations on Loretta and her sister Linda for
misusing tax payers’ money. Yeah, the Vietnamese support Loretta too.
Lamp, are you missing a light bulb?
thoughtless, (sonny tran) i’ll tell you of some good advice you can along to the viet kids in the community: dont be a racist pig such as yourself. and to not look up to swine such as van tran who has shamed the viet community by his racist and dishonest actions in the past.
And light bulb, you should be proud of me three. The Vietnamese applaud me for being labeled a SKIRT CHASER because I like to chase girls especially girls who wear skirts and MADD applaud me for being labeled a CRIMINAL because I was a drunk driver and haha… knocked down 300 home’s electricity in one night.
Instead of admitting mistakes…..incompetent Andrew Do is out here picking a fight behind the computer at his home in Santa Ana.
Andrew Do needs to resign from Janet’s office. He has been playing with fire little too much.
Who knows?
A pork gift of $350k might even flush back into someone’s private account without transparency or any accountability.
Lamp and Jose s.,
Turn on the light in your curtain drawned brain. That’s what happens when you eat to many tacos and drink too many shots of Tequila.
You still have learned much with the New Year. May you get new 200 watt light bulbs to install in your thick heads because the old lights when out a long time ago.
If you don’t have money to purchase new light bulbs for your thick skulls, please apply for the Obama stimulus money. Loretta Sanchez can help with
the application.
Q and Dizzy,
Maybe you two, but really you’re just one person fraudulently assuming two names, can learn how to “whore” from the best of the lot, Lotetta Sanchez.
But if you want to pick some political pander tips, talk to Gang boss Janet Nguyen and her sidekicks Nick leCong and Andrew Do.
One must ponder a very a very daring question: Is it true? The assumption that if he/she from ethnic backgrounds will be more responsive and empathetic to the wishes of constituents from ethnic backgrounds than those who are not.
Look around, you will find the answer.
The problem arises with the original question…..
Our state has to fill in $20 bil hole in next few months and our county might fire more employees due to quickly shrinking funds.
Was it justifiable to spend $350k from the depleting county account as a pork fat gift ?
For a unknown purpose?
Duh….. this is our taxpayer’s money and what a time to pour out pork fat gifts hastily to further drain our county resources .
Hey Cousin Nostradamus,
Auntie Nostradame was pondering a very very daring question abou you and pink rubber ducks: If you, Viet Nostradamus, like to play with a pink rubber duck, would that make you feminine and gay?
Auntie said look around and you will find the answer. But I told Auntie just to look at you and the answer is right there. Btw, what time is your ballet practice?
@Viet Nostradamus:
Let’s face it …
Most people don’t wait to inherit something – they can create wealth.
People in Vietnam don’t wait for freedom – they fight for it.
Young Viets don’t wait for the change – they improve it.
Why? Because we live in proactive times.
We shouldn’t focus our Viet view narrow to the source of our frustration.
Negative thoughts and feelings keep us from moving forward.
Remember Kennedy classic line “ask what you can do …” and Marilyn Monroe bought it.
So, better to think “What can I do?” and then do it.
@ Jose vulgaris:
Who is the pseudo-name .. who cares, idiot.
You repeat your shit over and over and over again.
“Racist” is the tag that you and crap Art keep trying to hang around the neck of those whose suggestion is for the common good of USA.
Viet elected officials are against illegal immigration, including illegal Mexicans. I would never say that Mexicans are all illegal. That’s ridiculous and wrong. But if you’re undocumented nowadays in USA, you’re probably a Mexican.
And cholos freaked, because to them, this is an attack on their personal liberty.
It’s “reverse racists” like them that give the regular racist a bad name.
In those days, Western missionaries hold high bowls of chicken soup telling hungry village people in Asia about God.
These days, Viet students at La Quinta high school (one of four high schools in Garden Grove school district that were ranked in the top 100 by US New & World reports) have constantly achieved high SAT scores and earned recognition for their performance.
And the lesson:
Don’t hate them for their stupidity.
Use their stupidity to conquer them.
Viet Nostril;
Would you please list the things that the viet politician have done for the community that the we all can feel proud and good?
So far, I’ve only seen bickering, red baiting, corrupting, drunk driving, insurance fraud. The things they did only make the viet people look bad.
I would rather there are no viet public servants at all.
btw: wassup with the rubber duck? Your fetish on the poor rubber duck is appalling, no one here care.
The apple do not drop too far from the tree, communist or not.
“Dark days yet to come to shame their ancestor precious heritage.”
(Viet Nostradamus)
Hey rubber duck can do wonder for girls!
Andrew Do… submit your resignation today and return $350k back to the county account.
I have no pride with the viet elected officials and I have never loved the ‘la raza nation’ officiales in this country either.
Did I answer your question, o prideful one?
We are all proud of our good viet representatives!
Go Mr. Van Tran!
http://www.joinvantran.org
http://www.joinvantran.com
Go Mr. Joseph Cao!
Go Bolsavik!
Go Mr. Joseph Cao, go to Vietnam.
Go Mr. Van Tran, Let’s all go to Vietnam.
Go Jung Kim, go to hell ! ! !
Final Fantasy, go back to desperate joe mama Loretta Sanchez.
Loretta is done for good. She had too many fantasies with her body guard.
How about you kimmy? Where are you going? Really worry about you. Are you homeless?
Jealousy is bad for one’s mental health.
Return $350k and resign today Andrew Do!