I don’t very much care for your sympathies. I don’t need it. I suggest you look at your own life…
Yeah, you love talking about lawsuits. But this fact remains until you are convicted, you are not guilty but of…
Oh, Sam. You don't know anything about local politics and elections or local governance. I do. I'll leave it at…
The cost to the registrar or the cost to run the campaigns? The cost to the registrar would not be…
Do you have any idea how much a campaign for the 360,000 district would be? The distinction from a 640,000…
Paying Janet Nguyen more is ludicrous.
If we want better and more transparent elected representatives we simply need to pay them more. Take a look at…
You might be surprised what sort of low-lives would crave a quarter mil job with no professional qualifications and no…
That would just spark even more corruption and only allow independently wealthy people to run and win.
little saigon Archive
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…and lastly, our new State Senate Districts.
Posted on August 3, 2011 | 19 Comments. . . Orange County’s four newly redrawn State Senate districts are not quite as exciting as our new Congressional Districts (with one probable Dem pickup and a Repug cage-match) […] -
FDIC forces sale of Little Saigon’s First Vietnamese American Bank
Posted on November 6, 2010 | 1 CommentFirst Vietnamese American Bank (FVAB) has been shut down by state regulators, five years after opening in Orange County’s Little Saigon neighborhood as the only U.S. community lender with a […] -
Janet Nguyen feeds Van Tran!
Posted on July 13, 2010 | 2 CommentsPicture Courtesy of the Bolsavik Blog Our friends at the Bolsavik Blog are reporting that “On Sunday, when half of Little Saigon was watching the final game of World Cup […] -
Political analyst Allan Hoffenblum says Phu Nguyen can beat Allan Mansoor!
Posted on July 6, 2010 | No CommentsAllan Mansoor was all alone, and uncomfortable, at this year’s Tet Parade, in Little Saigon I wrote a post back in February wondering if OC Board of Education Trustee Long […] -
Will Vietnamese voters determine the next Mayor of Santa Ana?
Posted on July 3, 2010 | 8 CommentsElection, has gathered up essentially the same coalition that backed Councilwoman Michele Martinez when she took on Pulido, in 2008. We know how that worked out. So the question is, […] -
Why did Andrew Do really leave Supervisor Janet Nguyen’s office?
Posted on May 21, 2010 | 5 CommentsNow that Janet Nguyen is finished, Andrew Do has quit working for her “Andrew Do, who played a central part in the election saga of Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen […] -
Will Van Tran and other Viet candidates doom Tom Daly’s campaign?
Posted on May 7, 2010 | 9 CommentsVan Tran’s supporters are also voting for O.C. Clerk-Recorder candidate Hugh Nguyen Democrats are only dominant in Orange County in the central area that is represented by the 47th Congressional […] -
Did Janet Nguyen’s bungled Black Friday wreck her political career?
Posted on May 4, 2010 | 7 CommentsDid Janet Nguyen’s bungled Black Friday wreck her political career? I was wondering how many people showed up to Supervisor Janet Nguyen’s Black Friday event last week. The O.C. Register […] -
Does criticizing the Vietnam War mean you’re anti-Vietnamese?
Posted on April 24, 2010 | 52 CommentsVietnam’s Freedom From French Occupation The other day one of our readers took issue with the fact that I don’t think the U.S. should have gotten involved in the […] -
Janet Has Really Stepped In It.
Posted on April 21, 2010 | 20 Comments. . . Well, this turned out well. Boundlessly ambitious Supervisor Janet Nguyen’s carefully laid plot to hijack Little Saigon’s beloved Black April ceremony came to an ignominious end at […] -
Meet Joe Dovinh, Phu’s ‘Democratic’ Challenger
Posted on April 9, 2010 | 33 Comments. . . Many controversies swirl around poor Joe Dovinh, the man who’s challenging popular Phu Nguyen in June’s Democratic primary for termed-out Van Tran’s old seat in the […] -
Chairman Janet Nguyen angers Little Saigon by taking over Black April event
Posted on March 19, 2010 | 6 CommentsIt’s Phu Nguyen versus Chairman Janet! “Vietnamese American community groups that have traditionally organized Black April commemoration events at the Sid Goldstein Freedom Park every year say they are disappointed […] -
Congressman Hunter wows the crowd at Quang Pham’s fundraiser
Posted on February 18, 2010 | 2 CommentsHere’s the latest update from Republican congressional candidate Quang Pham, who is running for the 47th Congressional District against chickenhawk Van Tran: Congressman Duncan D. Hunter was a hit as […] -
Politicians show up at the Little Saigon Tet Festival
Posted on February 13, 2010 | 8 CommentsTrunk of car used by Westminster Councilman Andy Quach I visited the Tet Festival Parade today, over in Westminster, and took a lot of pictures, which you can enjoy in […]
I can draw all the attention I want. It doesn’t bother me. I don’t know why people like to put…