The man credited with bringing community service and transparency to the Tet Festival is running to replace the termed-out Van Tran and is holding a fundraiser this Friday.
Phu Nguyen, former President of UVSA (Union of Vietnamese Student Associations), has declared his candidacy for the State Assembly 68th District. He will have to win the Democratic nomination before facing the Republican candidate.
His first public fundraising event is scheduled for Friday, January 29, 6pm, at Paracel Seafood Restaurant. See text of invitation here.
For a first-time candidate, Phu has quickly amassed an impressive array of endorsers. Even though there’s another Democrat in the running, many top Dems have endorsed Phu, including: the only OC Democratic Congress member, Loretta Sanchez; the only OC Democratic State Senator, Lou Correa; and one of two OC Democratic Assembly member, Tony Mendoza.
Phu is the second Viet to declare for the seat. Tran’s 2006 opponent and current OC Board of Education member Long Pham is also running on the Republican side. (If Pham doesn’t win the primary, Phu’s likely Republican opponent will be Costa Mesa mayor Alan Mansoor, and Mansoor’s colleague on the Costa Mesa City Council, Katrina Foley, has endorsed Phu.)
Phu Nguyen was UVSA President in 2001 when the organization (or rather a handful of key figures in the organization) modernized the Tet Festival and raised $80,000 doing it in Westminster, at the empty lot where the Vietnam War Memorial now stands.
The following year, the group held another successful Tet Festival at Garden Grove Park. The year after that, with Phu still at the helm, the group made a successful presentation before the Garden Grove City Council (where Tran was a member at the time) to win approval of a long term contract for the UVSA to hold the Tet Festival at Garden Grove Park.
The UVSA’s winning proposal includes two features that have become the signature aspects of the festival ever since: Donation of half the proceeds to community groups; and financial transparency.
In 2008, the UVSA won a 5-year renewal of the contract. Phu was in the audience at the council meeting supporting the current UVSA leadership.
Over the years, the UVSA has donated $880,000 (and counting, as the checks are still being cut) to various community groups and causes.
On Phu’s fundraiser invitation is another familiar name: Nicole Nguyen. Nicole is another key figure in the transformation of the UVSA and Tet Festival: She was the UVSA Vice-President for Internal Affairs at the time Phu was President.
(The VP for External Affairs was Bao Huu Mai. He’s famous for traveling to Vietnam, demanding to visit an activist held by the police, and ended up himself being held for 24 hours. Read more here.)
Hey honorable horny Bo Bo….ha ha ha!
Still jealous? Want to become a somebody? Born in a wrong family?
No, it’s your loser’s mentality crashing your miserable life!
Repent and leave our Viet community.
You can join Quasi Bankrupted, Quang by writing your sad family journal titled ” I wanted to become Somebody but they call me Nobody”
Assemblyman Van Tran is not your new cult ….but a soon to be your congressman.
Happy now idiot?
Jung Kim now is the new Miss Cleo, who can tell the future for only $4.99/min. Back in 2008, he was famous for predicting Dina was soon to be your Supervisor. Dina trusted him and you can too!
Hahahah, very funny Just Asking;
You got it right on.
Hey Kimmy, I did not run the Bolsavik, they are the ones who posted all of the bad stuff story on the HORRIBLE Van Tran.
The Bolsavik did it, it ain’t me, ok?
So… let me hear it: Go Bolsavik, Go Bolsavik, Go Bolsavik.
You used to say that, don’t you remember?
Ha Ha Ha Arturo is still sour with hammered thumb…. by my gal Janet!
Bo Quang, it’s smart to campaign blogging here because you can save a lot of money….after burning your own $50k!
Only problem is your audience is rather limited here …….you have me, my followers and Assemblyman Van Tran supporters. Ha Ha Ha !
It’s so funny, everyone here like to start their post or end it with the hahahah line. Jung Kim takes it to the new level, he goes for the : Ha Ha Ha!
Sounds like he is choking or he tries to make it as if he is laughing, but we all know he is crying in the inside, Hu Hu Hu! is more appropriate.
IZ van tran a new cult?
Go Bolsavik.
Thank you for letting us know all the bad deeds done by van tran.
Ha Ha Ha! Bo Quang , keep running until you become penny less with family on the street …….sitting quietly next to another loser Loretta Sanchez.
….. and Van will be standing with the poster that says ” I’ll work for food!”
Just Asking; He does not work for anything in his pathetic life.
If you consider go cruising around the night clubs at night is ‘working’ then I guess he will not be doing that after he lose the election bid….and no night club will give him the VIP status to a mr. nobody.
His wife may take him in, but she got her own trouble with the indictment. Jung Kim may feed him some food at the homeless shelter.
IZ van tran a new cult?
Hey new cult in town is Loretta and Quang. Loretta can take many exotic vacations on tax payer’s tab and unknown nobody Quang wanting to run for US congress after writing a diary………. my dog ” Sunflower” can beat this idiot any day.
Why all that hatred?
Happy New Year Kimmy.
Would you please stay off the booze and take some med.
Here’s a facial feature of the following losers:
Bo May the the thug ass:
Loretta Sanchez in November
(-
Janet the Thug Boss perpetual: ::-(-?
Ha ha ha!! Where’s Nick Le Cong Cong and Andrew Do Do??
Just Asking!
Why don’t you go ask your employer what she will be doing after November? She won’t think it’s a funny question. Hint hint….
Kimmy, must I remind you that we are talking about Phu Nguyen here?
Who care about others?
Would you please stay off the booze and take some med.
Chant Go Van Tran 20 times if that makes you feel better.
Bo May,
For Sunday morning, you should go church and the temple because of your many sins.
After your religious services, go home, close the door to your bedroom, and write down 100 times, as repentance to your sins, the following phrase, “I will stop being a stupid and jealous Vietnamese crab trying to pull other Vietnamese people down with me because I am a pathetic failure”.
If you are lucky, this exercise in self criticism will last about 15″ before you mouth off again on this blog. Remember that a good crab is one that belongs in the boiler and cooked.
Beware, it’s not a New Religion… it’s a cult. The only reason their members going to church & temple every Sunday is to confess what they did in this forum. They all think by confessing their sins every Sunday, they could go back in here and do it over and over again. All these members sound very religious but none of them have any common sense or morality. They act like thugs, talk like thugs and doing everything in a thug way. They are ready to attack anyone who might get in the way of their leader at anytime & anywhere. Just tell them you like Van & you’ll be their friend for life.
van tran is a new religion with only one follower: Jung Kim. LOL
Just Asking is Bo May, one and the same holes polluting and spewing sewage on this blog.
Did you follow Religion’s advice and repent for your sins? Having crabs is hard to cure. It is even harder when you are a Viet crab!
Just Asking = Bo May = thugs and gang members the likes of Loretta and Janet the _itch Nguyen.
Nick Le Cong and Andrew Do are not doing their job very well protecting their gang master. Loretta is on vacation again. May be slimy Lou “king ciao kiwi” Correa can run for Congress as well.
Bo May aka Just Asking can go play with your hands. Boo hoo hoo, Bo May says, “I got the crabs!!”
I don’t know if anyone gives a shit, but Andrew Do and his wife are in Santa Ana right this f***ing second watching the Super bowl. I was there 45 minutes ago and saw Andrew Do with my own eyes. His silver truck is parked to the left of the driveway, with his black truck behind it. His wifes volvo is in the center of there 3 car garage. This is the third time I have seen Do family members at this house. The last time was also a Sunday and Cheri Pham and their daughter parked this same volvo and scurried around the side. Andrew is bullshitting everyone and he is there RIGHT NOW! 1911 beverly glen…17th and newport go south on newport about 50 feet turn left on skyline..take it to beverly glen go right 2cd house on the left …you will see Andrew Do there right now…obviously this is his f**ing home.
In case anyone do’nt know Andrew Do was elected to the GG city council and is supposed to have been living in GG for the last year and a half…which of course is a buncha bull.
I also went by the supposed Do residence in GG and of course Andrew Do has a “family vehicle” parked there. (backed in as is his m.o.) This being the red Toyota. But of course noone is “home”. This lying scum is starting to piss me off.
Now any residents of GG may ask for an official investigation on traitor /fake councilman Andrew Do. He is an embarrassment for our community. Send Andrew Do to the dog house.
My followers, did all of you go to church & temple today? Good! Since your sins have been forgiven you can continue to attack anyone who don’t believe in me. Make sure to call them name, put them down, do whatever you can until they give in. Have faith in me and we’ll win.
Muon Nam,
Reads like a script from the poliical sabateour Nick Le Cong, carried out by “me so” Andrew the Do Do, with a nod from Thug Boss Janet Nguyen, and applauded on the side line by her dumb white hubby Tom Nguyen. What a loser crew.
Btw, Where’s the hound Quang Pham’s place in this losing lot?
Fraud SA resident Andrew Do should turn himself in to the DA’s office before he is served during one council meeting. Authorities can take residency requirement seriously.
Just move into Garden Grove city limit and save our viet community embarrassment Andrew Do!
If you don’t know who Janet is then you should pay attention and listen. “Khong biet thi dua cot ma nghe, cu te le nguoi ta dam cho vo mom!”
I swear, I really didn’t know I have so many stupid followers!
We shouldn’t be surprise to see Garden Grove people voted for Andrew Do without checking his background since they have voted for Dina without questioning her morality. Vietnamese are always eager to vote for a Viet representative that they often forget to vote for the person with the right qualification instead of the right nationality.
Muon Nam,
You mean that swine Queen Janet Nguyen? Yeah, lots of people are paying attention. Righttttt…..
What’s all this Vietnamese quote that makes no sense? You must be talking to yourself again. Figures ….
Who are you? I really hope you’re not one of my followers because you’re way too stupid. The only reason that Vietnamese quote made no sense to you is because you don’t know how to read Vietnamese. Ask one of my follower, I really hope they are not as stupid as you then they will be able to explain it to you.
5 star article brilliant. I am not used to blogging and you used a langauge I can comprehend