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Tuesday, March 03, 2015
Do your share to make it IMPOSSIBLE!
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Justice vs. Politics for Officer Liang of NYPD
Indictment Against Peter Liang Politically
Motivated?
Some made the above charge. 80-20 is not ready to
believe it yet. However, 80-20 must be ready to act, when
called for. In the event that politics is interfering against
justice, 80-20 shall play a counter-balancing role.
So we looked into politics in Brooklyn and the track
record of District Attorney (DA) Kenneth Thompson.
The Demographics of Brooklyn
The demographics, shown in the table below, project a
rapidly rising political role for Asian Ams in Brooklyn elections.
From 1990 to 2010, the population of non-Hispanic Whites,
blacks and Hispanics all decreased. In contrast, that of Asian
increased by 135%, or approximately 5% per year.
By Spring of 2017, when the next Democratic primary for
Brooklyn DA will occur, the Asian population will be about 16%.
A primary in which one constituent has an emotional grudge is
where a PAC like 80-20 can play a pivotal role.
The Track Record of DA Ken Thompson
DA Thompson was elected in 2013 after a very bitter election
against a 6-term former Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes. Thompson
was sworn in as DA on 1/1/2014. He seems to be doing a
respectable job. Being a public servant in a city like Brooklyn is
not easy. 80-20 wishes him luck.
However, in 1.2 years, DA Thompson has generated much
negative publicity. See some Newspaper headlines about him
below:
DA's detective driver is former drug dealer | New York Post
- Oct 29, 2014, and
- only 4 days ago.
One quote in the above article says, ""He's a psychopath," the
source said. "There is no DA I know of in the state who has his
own advance team."
Shopping for a DA Candidate for the 2017 Election?
No, no, no! 80-20 will focus its effort on fact finding* to
advance justice. Politics should never interfere with justice.
Let the word go forth that
if 80-20 must use politics to counter-balance politically
motivated scapegoating against Officer Peter Liang of
NYPD, we will!
Forward this e-newsletter!
S.B. Woo, a volunteer
President, 80-20 Asian Am. National Political Action Committee, Inc.
* Facts that 80-20 is very interested in verifying:
i) Were Liang and his partner explicitly ordered not to do vertical patrolling in
that building by their boss?
ii) Had Liang admitted that his finger was on the trigger? Or, did he state that
his finger was along the gun barrel but slipped when his right shoulder
hit a door?
iii) Is there any physical evidence that the bullet hit the wall and ricocheted?
Has the physical evidence been protected and/or photographed?
iv) Did Liang and his partner call the Police Union first and 4 minutes later call 911?
v) Some articles describe the stairwell as being "pitch black." Is it true? The
jury could easily be convinced that Officer Liang would feel threatened in
this dangerous public housing project area where the stairwell is pitch black.
Would it then have been reasonable for him to keep the finger on the trigger?
vi) What other police shooting or assault cases has the Brooklyn DA prosecuted r
ecently?
vII) What role did Liang's partner play in this incident? Is he under investigation
or being disciplined?
80-20's Top 10 Accomplishment, published 3 years ago.
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Saturday, November 08, 2014
We won big. ACCOUNTABILITY established
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 |
Monday, November 03, 2014
Right lessons from stopping SCA5
Q: SCA 5 is old news. Why is 80-20 rehashing SCA 5 a days
before the general election?
A: As the election approaches, 80-20 is
increasingly aware that some of us have NOT drawn the right lessons from our
magnificent victory in stopping SCA 5.
Q: What are the proper lessons that we should have learned?
A: Two major lessons:
(1) Had there been a
tradition of accountability by the AsAm elected officials to the AsAms, the 3
Ch-Am senators would not have voted for SCA 5.
Consequently, SCA 5 would have died in the Senate.
Conclusion? We MUST have accountability.
(2) Political parties have always known
that the power of a party is small when compared with the
power of an enraged constituent. Hence, for reasons of self-preservation, political parties usually give their elected
legislators a lot of leeway if a specific vote
will cause the legislators
to enraging his/er constituents. Our victory in STOPPING SCA
5 testified eloquently to that fact. None of
the AsAm legislators
has been punished by the Democratic Party in CA, to 80-20's knowledge.
Q: What qualification do you have to speak on such matters?
A: I was the President of the Delaware
Senatefor 4 years. I was in a position to know.
Q: Why is 80-20 so outspoken in wanting to defeat former Sen
Leland Yee, and Assemblyman Paul Fong in his coming
San Jose race?
A: To establish a tradition of
accountability by the AsAm elected officials to the AsAm community, by punishing those who
have been unfaithful to our rightful interest.
Q: Why is such severe punishment necessary?
A: Political parties, for understandable reasons, want to
exert party discipline, bearing in mind that the US is not China.
In the US party discipline is very lax.
An elected officials who has bucked the
party leadership too many times could be punished. Examples are striping
a desirable committee assignment from that official, delaying the passage of
his/her legislative proposals, and less election support. Hence, the AsAm
community must let our elected officials know that if they betray us in a
major way, then our punishment for them will be worse - the death of their
political career.
Q: There are talks that establishing accountability is NOT
enough. AsAms in CA must vote for Republicans to deny the
Democratic Party a super-majority in CA's 2 legislatures. Do
you agree with it?
A: No. No! However, if I were a leader in CA's
Republican Party, I'll certainly argue that way to fool the AsAms into
voting for Republican legislators. :-)
80-20's goal is different from that of
either the Republican or the Dem. Party. We want AsAms to be politically knowledgable
& strong. Hence, we always tell you the truth.
80-20 is trying to use the 2014 election to
establish the historic first tradition of accountability. Help vote against
Paul Fong. Tell your friends in San Jose how he refused to help us during our
struggle against SCA 5, and how he shamelessly claimed credit as soon as SCA 5
was pronounced dead by CA senate.
S. B. Woo, a volunteer
President, 80-20 National AsAm
Political Action Committee, Inc.
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