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You are here: Home / News / San Jose city councilwoman to face recall election

San Jose city councilwoman to face recall election

October 18, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — What started as a dispute over what to name a retail district in San Jose may end up getting a city councilwoman removed from office.

The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters has certified the signatures gathered to try to recall Councilwoman Madison Nguyen.

Nguyen — San Jose’s first-ever Vietnamese council member — enraged some of the city’s Vietnamese American residents over support of the name “Saigon Business District” instead of “Little Saigon” for an area of Vietnamese-owned stores and restaurants.

Assistant City Clerk Dennis Hawkins says the City Council is scheduled to certify the petition on Oct. 21.

After a formal vote in November, the recall would be placed on the March 3 ballot. ♦

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Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: 2008, City Council, Councilwoman Madison Nguyen, Little Saigon, Nguyen San Jose, Saigon Business District, Vietnamese American, vol 27 no 43 | October 18 - October 24

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