The special supervisorial election in Orange County is two weeks away and the community is gearing up for a battle between Chris Phan's supporters and Andrew Do's supporters.
Over the weekend, Chris Phan organized a meet and greet event to rally his supporters. Phan is mainly being supported by the same folks that were ardent supporters of Van Tran, the former state assemblyman. Van has been calling on these folks to support Chris Phan. Thus it was not surprise to see some members or what left of Van Tran's Gang of Seven showed up and spoke enthusiastically in support of Phan.
Attorney Lan Nguyen, a Garden Groves Unified School District trustee, and Van's original Gang of Seven member, declared loudly into the microphone: "Chris Phan is the only qualified candidate and deserve the community votes." Tyler Diep, a Westminster City councilmember, was also there to show his support. He spoke highly of Phan and turned the table on Andrew Do by throwing some softball questions at Phan on "how he felt about Andrew's supporters attacking Phan's record so far as a politician." Diep also went to Phan's campaign headquarters couple weeks ago to help Phan opening his campaign.
Andrew Do meanwhile is taking full advantage of the anti-Van Tran's Gang of Seven supporters. These are also the voters that helped Janet Nguyen won her election.
So you have it, a community divides again by the ghost of Van Tran and his cohorts. Van has politically disappeared from the community after his bitter defeat in 2010 against Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez. And the community still has a sour taste of the all out war he waged against Janet Nguyen a few years back. Yet he is still trying and stubbornly insists to be the Godfather of Little Saigon. Van is a family man with kids so he probably has heard of the famous song " Let It Go!"
Over the weekend, Chris Phan organized a meet and greet event to rally his supporters. Phan is mainly being supported by the same folks that were ardent supporters of Van Tran, the former state assemblyman. Van has been calling on these folks to support Chris Phan. Thus it was not surprise to see some members or what left of Van Tran's Gang of Seven showed up and spoke enthusiastically in support of Phan.
Attorney Lan Nguyen, a Garden Groves Unified School District trustee, and Van's original Gang of Seven member, declared loudly into the microphone: "Chris Phan is the only qualified candidate and deserve the community votes." Tyler Diep, a Westminster City councilmember, was also there to show his support. He spoke highly of Phan and turned the table on Andrew Do by throwing some softball questions at Phan on "how he felt about Andrew's supporters attacking Phan's record so far as a politician." Diep also went to Phan's campaign headquarters couple weeks ago to help Phan opening his campaign.
Andrew Do meanwhile is taking full advantage of the anti-Van Tran's Gang of Seven supporters. These are also the voters that helped Janet Nguyen won her election.
So you have it, a community divides again by the ghost of Van Tran and his cohorts. Van has politically disappeared from the community after his bitter defeat in 2010 against Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez. And the community still has a sour taste of the all out war he waged against Janet Nguyen a few years back. Yet he is still trying and stubbornly insists to be the Godfather of Little Saigon. Van is a family man with kids so he probably has heard of the famous song " Let It Go!"
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Didn't Van Tran try running for Education Board and could not even get nominated? What special powers does he possess to manipulate his protégés who hold office to do his bidding? If he could only serve the Jim Jones punch to his lackeys and get them to drink it, he would be doing society a huge favor after he's done chasing down phanthom commies around Li'l Saigon.
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