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Orange County Business Council Endorses Janet Nguyen

By Lady Fingers | 05/15/08

This just over the transom from Dave Gilliard's office.... Orange County Business Council Endorses Supervisor Janet Nguyen GARDEN GROVE, CA -- The Orange County Business Council has endorsed the re-election of Supervisor Janet Nguyen in the First District, noting her "strong record of support for OCBC's business agenda."     Lucy Dunn, President and CEO of the Orange County Business Council said of Supervisor Janet Nguyen, "Her... read more »

CRA Convention in Costa Mesa Has Interesting Westminster Twist

By Lady Fingers | 05/08/08

Quoted from the Westminster Herald:  "CRA Convention in Costa Mesa Has Interesting Westminster Twist" In April of 2002 the American Vietnamese California Republican Assembly (CRA) was established as the "Orange County American Vietnamese CRA, with its jurisdiction being within the American Vietnamese Community/Westminster. But there are a few steps this group skipped in forming their group. First of all the California Republican Assembly,... read more »

Supreme Court Upholds Voter ID Laws

By Lady Fingers | 04/28/08

This from MSNBC.....this morning... updated 8:50 a.m. PT, Mon., April. 28, 2008 WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights, validating Republican-inspired voter ID laws. In a splintered 6-3 ruling, the court upheld Indiana's strict photo ID requirement, which Democrats and civil rights groups said would deter poor, older and minority... read more »

Janet Nguyen's Class Act at the Central Committee

By Lady Fingers | 04/22/08

Last evening renewed my faith in the process of endorsements, but more than that, it renewed my faith in the fact that most of the time people do the right thing.  Attending the OC Republican Central Committee meeting 4/21 was possibly the highlight of my week.  Not being on the Central Committee and not being an alternate; I get to sit in the back and watch the power players and the spectators (like myself).I entered the... read more »

What the 1st District Likes About Janet Nguyen

By Lady Fingers | 04/21/08

That Janet Nguyen stands as a paragon of independence in a county of cluttered masses that dissent and divide by their own hand among themselves; we have a person that stands for independence, and relies not on heavily funded factions. That Janet Nguyen not only claims to represent all the people of the first district, but that she actually does it is admirable.  That she is a conservative Republican is undeniable.  That she cares for... read more »

Celebration of Justice 2008

By Lady Fingers | 04/21/08

Saturday evening I had the pleasure of attending the Celebration of Justice, the annual affair held by the Pacific Justice Institute at the Irvine Hyatt on Jamboree. The affair brings religious and government dignitaries together to honor the exceptional work of outstanding Attorneys, Media and Community Leaders as they seek justice by defending faith and family. The Keynote Speakers were Fred Barnes of Fox News Beltway Boys and Hugh... read more »

San Francisco Promotes Services for Illegal Immigrants/Aliens

By Lady Fingers | 04/04/08

After reading Tomahawk's post about Miller's reaction to San Francisco's latest actions with regards to Illegal Aliens, I took a look at the San Francisco Chronicle,  the website where you can read the whole article here.  Last evening on my way home from work I tuned in to listen to some entertainment on talk radio, you know, John and Ken?  They had a fun segment going where they had found a bus company that would, for $10... read more »

Fundraising - Janet Nguyen Style (with Style)

By Lady Fingers | 04/03/08

Last night in downtown Garden Grove, a nice crowd gathered to give a great boost to Supervisor Janet Nguyen's re-election campaign.  Crowd notables were Mayor Bill Dalton, Councilmember Rosen, and many locally elected officials from all over Orange County.Janet gave a nice speech, turned the microphone over to Mayor Bill Dalton who spoke to Janet's many attributes and her consistent support of the First District as a whole.  He... read more »

CRA Endorsing Convention Saturday....

By Lady Fingers | 03/16/08

Saturday, March 15 (also known as the Ides of March) the CRA held their endorsing convention at the RP headquarters in Orange.  Starting outside the front door, Larry Dick and his lovely wife met and shook hands early on and helped people make a cup of coffee and showed them to the "bagel table" ....nice start to the morning.... The morning started with the usual outline of rules, motions on how to proceed, seconds, voice votes, invocation,... read more »

Westminster TRIED to form a new CRA Unit...

By Lady Fingers | 02/25/08

Defeated and crushed by the Orange County American Vietnamese CRAEarlier this month I reported that a group of Westminster Residents were seeking to form a Westminster CRA Unit.  The residents checked all the rules, asked if anyone else had maps or charters for Westminster, and the State CRA told them "No - it was available to form a new CRA unit".  With that, they went forward with all the necessary paperwork, collection of... read more »