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Tag Archives: San Jose
Messy, messy San Jose elections
The Vietnamese-American community in San Jose is getting tagged with what could be the city’s worst election dirty trick, and the several Viets fighting to oust Councilwoman Madison Nguyen are busy fighting each other. The dirty trick is a phony … Continue reading
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Tagged election 2010, Madison Nguyen, Minh Duong, Patrick Phu Le, San Jose
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San Jose Tet parade
The LGBT contingent marched in the San Jose Tet Parade, and drew no controversies whatsoever. Most of the arguments going on in the right-wing listservs have to do with only one question: Was Councilmember Madison Nguyen there? If you thought … Continue reading
Viet gays & lesbians call for strong numbers in San Jose Tet Parade
San Jose 2007 Proclaiming a need to let the Vietnamese-American community know more about LGBT, the coalition of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people who had marched in the Westminster Tet Parade are planning to march in San Jose’s Tet … Continue reading
San Jose Brown Act lawsuit cut off
The lawsuit in San Jose where a Vietnamese-American group alleges the City Council improperly communicated before the vote to name the Vietnamese area on Story Road has been chopped off at the knees, when a judge granted summary judgment to the … Continue reading
Viet police captain named San Jose deputy chief
A Vietnamese-American captain in the San Jose Police Department has been named one of the four deputy chiefs, reports the Mercury News here. The promotion of Captain Phan Ngo, who received his golden captain’s bars just last year, is particularly … Continue reading
Slap on wrist for Viet software pirate
A San Jose Vietnamese seller who stocked a roomful of pirated games, DVD’s and music was fined $5,000 and sentenced to 10 months in jail, according to a press release from the Entertainment Software Association press release here. Khuong Van Truong … Continue reading
Viet officer makes San Jose police history
Phan Ngo, once a refugee boy airlifted out of Vietnam when the communist forces overran Saigon in 1975, worked his way up the ranks at the San Jose Police Department and has now become the first Vietnamese-American police captain in … Continue reading
Viet candidates in San Jose city council race
While politicos in Bolsavikland are busy accusing each other of being commies, up north in San Jose there are three Vietnamese-Americans running in a crowded field of 7 candidates for the city council seat vacated by Dave Cortese, and another … Continue reading
