As you can guess by my username, I am in San Jose, California. Locally Democrats hold most of the elected offices, and the GOP of Silicon Valley is reduced to supporting candidates like Hon Lien, candidate for City Council, District 4. Lien is in a run off with a GREAT Democratic candidate, Kansen Chu
What, exactly is wrong with Lien? Well for starters she wasn’t even registered to vote until late last year when she filed to run for school board. She has voted exactly 2 times in her life (she is in her 40’s). It is sort of funny that she had no need nor care for voting until she decided to run for office, and her campaign states that she was “wrong to think that her vote wouldn’t count.”
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Of course there is also the issue that she hasn’t done much by way of community service, and Lien has never served on any type of commission nor has she ever been elected to any office. She did run for school board in November and she placed last.
Here is what Lien has done by way of community service:
* 2003 – present: Trustee and Treasurer: Lincoln Law School of San Jose.
* 2003 – present: Executive Council Member of Silicon Valley Children’s Hospital Foundation.
* 2004 – present: Member, San Jose Rotary Club. Currently serving on the International Committee with the Rotary Club.
* Through AGAPE, an organization from Sweden, Hon helped provide over 750 wheelchairs and hospital beds to Binh Duong Clinic and other hospitals in Vietnam.
Chu, on the other hand has served the community for over 22 years, he is currently an elected official, he has won numerous community service awards and he has lived in the district for over 20 years. Here is but a partial list of Chu’s involvements:
Leadership and Community Involvement
* Board of Trustee, Berryessa Union School District, 2002 to present
* Board of Directors, YMCA Santa Clara Valley Metropolitan Board, 1998 to present
* Board of Directors, Vietnamese Voluntary Foundation (VIVO), 1998 to present
* Board of Directors, Shin Shin Educational Foundation, 2003 to present
* Board member, Berryessa Neighborhood Accountability Board, 2003 to 2004
* Commissioner, Santa Clara County Mental Health Board, 1997 to 2005
* Commissioner, Private Industry Council (JTPA) 1995 to 1997
* Member, California State Superintendent Delaine Eastin’s Educational Round Table
* Lord of Longevity, Santa Clara County Self-Help for the Elderly, 1996
* Advisory Board Member, Vision New America, 2002 to present
* Advisory Board Member, Californians for Justice 2005 to present
* Board of Directors, KNTV Channel-11 Community Board, 1997 to 1999
* Advisory Board Member, Asian Law Alliance (ALA)
* Chairman of the Board, Alliance for Preserving the Truth of Sino Japanese War 1996-1998
* President, Organization of Chinese American (OCA) – Silicon Valley, 1995
* Founder, 2nd Harvest Food Bank Chinese New Year Food Drive
Four organizations, and only since 2003, and this woman wants to serve as a council member of the 10th largest city in our nation.
If that isn’t enough for you, how about a few of her current unethical and dishonest actions, seemingly fully supported by our local GOP as they continue to fully endorse her.
Last week Lien sent out a hit piece on Chu. This piece had