CONGRATULATIONS! You and I won BIG by defeating
Paul Fong by a larger than 20 point margin in Fong's bid
for a council seat in San Jose..
Q: What exactly did we win?
A: We won the historic accountability of
AsAm elected officials to us.
In the past, almost all AsAm officials
raised their campaign funds primarily from AsAms. However,
once elected, some of the them have NOT been responsive to
our rightful interests. This sad situation
must be corrected. Otherwise, AsAms will never get to be
equal citizens through the political process.
Q: How do we get AsAm elected officials to be accountable to us?
A: We drive those
bad AsAm officials, who are unfaithful to us, out of
politics. Such actions will please the responsive AsAm
officials, while warning the bad ones. Believe me, no elected AsAm
official will want to be another Paul Fong.
Q: Are you sure that the mere defeat of Paul Fong will be
sufficient to establish such an IMPORTANT and beneficial tradition
for the AsAm community?
A: It is not just the defeat of Paul Fong. We
have already driven a bigger politicians, former Sen. Leland
Yee, out of politics earlier.
Q: Really? Tell me more.
A: A number of CA elected officials in CA were not
attentive to the rightful interests of Asian Ams. in our struggle
to stop SCA-5.
Among those, former Sen. Leland Yee and Assemblyman
Paul Fong were the worst. Hence, as soon as SCA-5 was
stopped, 80-20 announced to drive these two unfaithful AsAm
officials out of politics to set example for others.
On 3/21/14 80-20 announced to punish Yee.
On 3/26/14, Yee's illegal arms-trading news broke.
On 3/27/14, Yee withdrew from his CA Secretary of
State race, Later, he was stripped of his membership in the
CA senate.
80-20 PAC announced to defeat two. We defeated
both! That is a fact that all AsAm elected officials will pay
attention to.
Q: What made you think that 80-20 has caused Fong's defeat?
A: A good question. 80-20 doesn't claim to be solely
responsible for defeating Paul Fong. The major credit goes to
Fong's opponent Chappie Jones. Howeer, 80-20 is certainly an important
force in defeating Fong. Here are 4 evidences:
(1) Chappie Jones stated,
after learning of his victory, that "We thought it would
be more of a nail-biter." Instead he won by more than 20 points.
(2) The Unions supported Paul Fong
and Raul Peralez in the City Council seats' races. Peralez
won handily, while Fong lost badly.
(3) 80-20's last 3 e-newsleters urged CA AsAms to either talk
against Fong
or vote against him. 80-20 also bought tens of
thirty-second radio ads against Fong, airing them for 9 days prior to
the election date. 80-20 also worked with SVCA to recruit volunteers to work for Chappie Jones.
(4) While 80-20 directed the "defeat Fong"
campaign independently of
Chappie Jones, as was required by election laws, Chappie is likely
aware of 80-20's effort. He emailed 80-20 President S.B.
Woo, to thank him.
80-20 will likely die at the end of 2016,
unless it succeeds in raising $1 million per year for 5 years by Oct. 21, 2015 - a war chest to
compensate for the retirement of S. B. Woo. To
donate, click here.
S. B. Woo, a volunteer
President, 80-20 National AsAm Political Action Committee, Inc. http://www.80-20initiative.net |