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To
Sunday April 11 2010 10
05 PM
Lamm Donald Lactan Nuygen
Cc
Nguu Tan Phan Chi Thieng Ngo Phong Ly WSTCity Council Jones Dick Johnson
Subject
Greg
RE Solution for the Black April Event
Dear Mr Don Lamm
Thank you for your efforts in facilitating this discussion We certainly appreciate your help in this
matter However as a collective we cannot agree with the conditions you have provided below for
the following reasons
1 All major andor minor events hosted in the Vietnamese community always have following
tradition protocol The chairman or head organizer will do open remarks include welcoming the guest
and dignitaries This is following the official open ceremony with the Vietnamese and US National
Anthems
As for your information when our delegation met with Sup Nguyen
s representatives on April 2 the
supervisor office has suggested a similar proposal to have Supervisor Nguyen speaks first and then
s
introduce our chairman of the organizing committee The proposal was subsequently rejected due to
the breaking of the protocol as we have stated While this protocol might seem to be least important
to some people it is very important to our community and we don
twant the City or our groups to be
heavily criticized by the community at large
2 Furthermore having the Supervisor speaks before other federal and state elected officials is also
inappropriate because it does not follow the normal protocol for dignitary introduction we are sure
you are very familiar with that
The most important point that we would like to focus here is that we view the annual Black April
Commemoration as a very solemn occasion and cannot be hijacked for political creditpoints by any
elected official regardless of whether they are Vietnamese descendant or not This is out of respect
for more than 58
000 American soldiers and 3 millions Vietnamese who sacrificed their lives for the
ideal of Freedom and Liberty We hope you understand our objectives We are not here to pick a
fight but our intention is to stand for what is right for our community
We would also like to note that our organizing committee has offered Supervisor Nguyen
s office a
few recommendations including we can have Chairmen from both sides Mr Nguu Phan is
representing our committee and Mr Thuan Pham is representing Supervisor Nguyen
s committee to
speak at the open remarks following the introduction of guest and dignitaries
Please also note that according to the information released from the Supervisor
s office Supervisor
Janet Nguyen is not the Chairwoman of the committee on her side it
s Mr Thuan Pham Therefore
you can see having Supervisor Nguyen speaks before either chairman violates protocol not just once
but And it is very cleared by doing so turn the event into a major point of political gain
and this is far from the meaning of the event
Council
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City Mgr
We look forward to the hearing before the City Council We are urging the City Council and the M
Mayor
to recognize the issues we have mentioned above Thank you for your understanding and supports
Sincerely
Hung Nguyen
On behalf of the Black April Commemoration Committee of Southern California
From Lamm Donald mailto
DLamm @Westminster CA
gov
Sent Friday April 09 2010 3
50 PM
To Lactan Nuygen
Cc Hung Nguyen Nguu Tan Phan Chi Thieng Ngo Phong Ly WSTCity Council Jones Dick Johnson Greg
Subject RE Solution for the Black April Event
Mr Nguyen
Confirming our telephone conversation on this day as to how the event will open on Friday April 30
Your organization may have up to five representatives on the stage
Supervisor Nguyen
sorganizations may have up to five representatives on the stage
Supervisor Nguyen will be on the stage
Mayor Margie Rice will be on the stage
Mayor Rice will be the first to speak and briefly welcome everyone to the City of Westminster and our park
Supervisor Nguyen will speak next and welcome everyone
Supervisor Nguyen will then introduce the leader of your organization as the event coordinator
Your leader will then welcome everyone
After your leader speaks your organization and Sup Nguyen
sorganizations need to finalize the entire agenda
for the balance of the evening The City will not participate in any of those discussions
The City will not enter into any negotiations as to who may send out invitations programs sign their names on
programs or the like Our participation in this event
s program arrangements is now concluded and our contribution
after today will only be that of scheduling adequate public safety personnel to work that evening delivery of chairs
providing portable restrooms and refuse cans and to make this event successful which it deserves in honor of the 35
Anniversary
Thank you and your organization for working with the park use permit holder in this collaborative effort
Don Lamm
City Manager
City of Westminster
From Lactan Nuygen mailto
Iactan@gmail
com
Sent Friday April 09 2010 12
10 PM
To Lamm Donald dlamn @westminsterca
gov
Cc Hung Nguyen Nguu Tan Phan Chi Thieng Ngo Phong Ly
Subject Solution for the Black April Event
Hello Mr Don Lamn Mr Nguu and Mr Hung
I have not received Mr Lamn
s e
mail regarding the detail item at the beginning of the ceremony that Mr
Lamn talked to me this morning as I requested earlier so that I can forward to Mr Nguu and Mr Hung for them
to consider and discuss among members of our Black April Commemoration Event
2
Please do this ASAP Mr Lamn you can email to them directly and cc to me
Thank you very much
Lac Tan Nguyen
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Roberts Robin
From
KBCHaiNgoai
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yahoo
Friday April 16 2010 11
37 PM
Rice Margie Fry Frank Quach Andy Ta Tri Diep Tyler
Request to revoke intend tomeet permit granting Supervisor Janet Nguyen
Sent
To
Subject
Date 2010
14
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Dear The Honorable Mayor of Westminster City Margie Rice
Mayor Pro tem Frank Fry
Council Andy Quach
Council Tri Ta
Council Tyler Diep
City Manager Don Lamm
City Attorney
Subject Request to revoke intendto meet permit granting Supervisor Janet Nguyen
Madam and Sirs
My name is Hung Nguyen a Vietnamese American Activist Freelance Journalist Reporter also
member of Tet Parade Foundation My business is located in Westminster city
I am here tonight to request the Westminster City Councils to revoke the Intent to meet
permit which was granted to Supervisor Janet Nguyen I know that in trying to resolve the
matter City Manager Don Lamm has worked very hard I am also aware that the City of
Westminster is facing a tough decision on this controversy But I am also here to clearly clarify
that Black April Commemoration is the event of Vietnamese Community and it should be left to
the community to resolve internally
Nobody even elected official can step in and take over this event from Vietnamese
Community
ve suffered too much after
We
April 30
1975 following the Fall of
Saigon Many soldiers died in Vietnam war many people died on the sea in the jungles prison
camps and so many families were ruined afterward We Vietnamese community organizes this
event together every year to remember those who lost their lives for us to be here today This is
a Vietnamese event so no one can claim or organize this event as an individual regardless who
are they Since Tony Lam the first Vietnamese American became elected official as councilman
until today there are many other Vietnamese American elected officials like Van Tran Joseph
Cao Hubert Vo Janet Nguyen Hoang Duy Hung Dina Nguyen Andrew Do Andy Quach Tri Ta
Tyler Diep and so on But there is no one has stepped up I repeat no one ever step in to claim
this event from Vietnamese Community except Supervisor Janet Nguyen who used her elected
official position for her political gain purpose
Supervisor Janet Nguyen got our tax money when she ordered her employee Matthew Harper to
use his working time as Orange County salaried employee to file the application for this event on
April 30 I believe this event is not on the Orange County Supervisor Board
s official event
1
calendar So I strongly request Supervisor Janet Nguyen to withdraw her application and return
it the Black April Commemoration back to our community
This is not threat but as Vietnamese American voters we will use our voting power in
the next election We may lose this event today but we will tell the world by our
decision on election days in the future Yesterday Andy Hung Xuan Nguyen won
County Commissioner seat in Tarrant county Texas from an incumbent lady and today
Council candidate District 7 of San Jose Mr Phu Huu Le is leading far away and may
out incumbent Madison Nguyen too
Thank you very much for your attention God bless America and all of us
Nguyen Phoong Huong
2
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From
Sent
Robert Willouby goodwill336 @yahoo
com
Sunday April 18 2010 11
39 AM
To
Rice Margie Fry Frank Quach Andy Ta Tri Diep Tyler janetnguyen @janetnguyen
com
Campbell@ocgov
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Subject Request to revoke intendto meet permit granting Supervisor Janet Nguyen
Madam and Sirs
My name is Robert Lam a Vietnamese American who live in Little Saigon Orange County
I support Mr Nguyen Phuong Hung to request the Westminster City Councils to revoke the Intenttomeet permit
which was granted to Supervisor Janet Nguyen I know that in trying to resolve the matter City Manager Don Lamm has
worked very hard I am also aware that the City of Westminster is facing a tough decision on this controversy But I am
also here to clearly clarify that Black April Commemoration is the event of Vietnamese Community and it should be left
to the community to resolve internally
Nobody even elected official can step in and take over this event from Vietnamese Community We
ve suffered
too much after April 30 1975 following the Fall of Saigon Many soldiers died in Vietnam war many people died on
the sea in the jungles prison camps and so many families were ruined afterward We Vietnamese community organizes
this event together every year to remember those who lost their lives for us to be here today This is a Vietnamese event
so no one can claim or organize this event as an individual regardless who are they Since Tony Lam the first
Vietnamese American became elected official as councilman until today there are many other Vietnamese American
elected officials like Van Tran Joseph Cao Hubert Vo Janet Nguyen Hoang Duy Hung Dina Nguyen Andrew Do
Andy Quach Tri Ta Tyler Diep and so on But there is no one has stepped up I repeat no one ever step in to claim this
event from Vietnamese Community except Supervisor Janet Nguyen who used her elected official position for her
political gain purpose
Supervisor Janet Nguyen got our tax money when she ordered her employee Matthew Harper to use his working time as
Orange County salaried employee to file the application for this event on April 30 I believe this event is not on the
Orange County Supervisor Board
sofficial event calendar So I strongly request Supervisor Janet Nguyen to withdraw her
application and return it the Black April Commemoration back to our community
Date 2010
18
4
Thank you very much for your attention
Mr Robert Lam
Council
City Mgr
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From
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Subject
KBCHaiNgoai
netthacmac52
com
@yahoo
Friday April 16 2010 11
37 PM
Rice Margie Fry Frank Quach Andy Ta Tri Diep Tyler
Request to revoke intend tomeet permit granting Supervisor Janet Nguyen
Date 2010
14
4
Dear The Honorable Mayor of Westminster City Margie Rice
Mayor Pro tem Frank Fry
Council Andy Quach
Council Tri Ta
Council Tyler Diep
City Manager Don Lamm
City Attorney
Subject Request to revoke intend to meet permit granting Supervisor Janet Nguyen
Madam and Sirs
My name is Hung Nguyen a Vietnamese American Activist Freelance JournalistReporter also
member of Tet Parade Foundation My business is located in Westminster city
I am here tonight to request the Westminster City Councils to revoke the Intentto meet
permit which was granted to Supervisor Janet Nguyen I know that in trying to resolve the
matter City Manager Don Lamm has worked very hard I am also aware that the City of
Westminster is facing a tough decision on this controversy But I am also here to clearly clarify
that Black April Commemoration is the event of Vietnamese Community and it should be left to
the community to resolve internally
Nobody even elected official can step in and take over this event from Vietnamese
Community We
ve suffered too much after April 30 1975 following the Fall of
Saigon Many soldiers died in Vietnam war many people died on the sea in the jungles prison
camps and so many families were ruined afterward We Vietnamese community organizes this
event together every year to remember those who lost their lives for us to be here today This is
a Vietnamese event so no one can claim or organize this event as an individual regardless who
are they Since Tony Lam the first Vietnamese American became elected official as councilman
until today there are many other Vietnamese American elected officials like Van Tran Joseph
Cao Hubert Vo Janet Nguyen Hoang Duy Hung Dina Nguyen Andrew Do Andy Quach Tri Ta
Tyler Diep and so on But there is no one has stepped up I repeat no one ever step in to claim
this event from Vietnamese Community except Supervisor Janet Nguyen who used her elected
official position for her political gain purpose
1
Council
City Mgr
Supervisor Janet Nguyen got our tax money when she ordered her employee Matthew Harper to
use his working time as Orange County salaried employee to file the application for this event on
April 30 I believe this event is not on the Orange County Supervisor Board
s official event
calendar So I strongly request Supervisor Janet Nguyen to withdraw her application and return
it the Black April Commemoration back to our community
This is not threat but as Vietnamese American voters we will use our voting power in
the next election We may lose this event today but we will tell the world by our
decision on election days in the future Yesterday Andy Hung Xuan Nguyen won
County Commissioner seat in Tarrant county Texas from an incumbent lady and today
Council candidate District 7 of San Jose Mr Phu Huu Le is leading far away and may
out incumbent Madison Nguyen too
Thank you very much for your attention God bless America and all of us
Nguyean Phoong Huong
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Subject Get our Freedom
VIETNAM
Park back to our
MEMORIAL Park
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The VN WAR Memorial Park near City of Westminster is not the regular public site that
anyone can use for they own personal political gain More than ten year ago We
attended the public concert to raise money to build this park the event took whole day
on the vacant lot in the place of our Freedom park now resides Thousand of Vietnamese
from every where in the country emptied their pocket money to raise few hundred
thousand dollars final cost is 1
2 Million to build the park and hoping some day we
can visit the park on Black April to remember our suffering sorrow and thank you to
America saving our lives So this PARK IS NOW PARTIALLY BELONG TO OUR
VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY to use on the most important day of this park
Mayor Rice please help us to get the fairness to our community
Janet how much money did you contribute to build the park
Have you ever lived in City of Westminster
And now you want to take advantage of the loop hole in City of Westminster that
allowing anyone to reserve and use the park in any day of the year especially our sacred
April 30
the Lost of Saigon day
Janet get lost let our Community Leader handle the ceremony and you will be invite as
the guest speaker of OC Supervisor as you
re usually done so in the past of many years
We prepare for JANET NGUYEN IMPEACHMENT letter on April 30 2010 to fight for our
freedom and democracy that we have in this country
To fellow Vietnamese please join us at the event on on April 30 weekend to show your
support and to FIGHT the RIGHT for the Freedom Park in the City of Westminster by
signing IMPEACH JANET NOW form
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Roberts Robin
From
Tuan Nguyen thnguyen999 @gmail
com
Sent
Monday April 19 2010 2
40 PM
To
Rice Margie Fry Frank Quach Andy Ta Tri tdiep @westminster
gov
ca
janetnguyen @janetnguyen
comBiII
Campbell@ocgov
com district2@ocgov
com
PatBates @ocgov
com Fourth
District @ocgov
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chi TriAnh Ly
April 30 Black April
Cc
Subject
Hi
I not sure why this is such a problem Since Supervisor Nguyen was already granted the permit I think the
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City of Westminster should let her keep the permit and move on with the event As we all know there are
about 40 different organizations that are involved and help out with this event I feel that going forward if any
other group is interested in organizing this event they should inquire about the permit more in advance
Since Supervisor Nguyen has had this permit for some time a lot of time and effort has been put into organizing
it and collaborating with all the different 40 organizations involved You got my vote for Supervisor Nguyen to
keep the permit Together we will build tomorrow Thank you
Best Regards
Tuan Nguyen
TNCV
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com
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Susi Johanna
From
Tuan Nguyen thnguyen999 @gmail
com
Monday April 19 2010 3
52 PM
Sent
To
Rice Margie Fry Frank Quach Andy Ta Tri tdiep @ci
gov
ca
westminster
janetnguyen @janetnguyen
comBill
Campbell@ocgov
com district2 @ocgov
com
PatBates @ocgov
com Fourth
District @ocgov
com
Re April 30 Black April
Subject
Hi
m not sure why this is such a problem Since Supervisor Nguyen was already granted the permit I think the
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City of Westminster should let her keep the permit and move on with the event As we all know there are
about 40 different organizations that are involved and help out with this event I feel that going forward if any
other group is interested in organizing this event they should inquire about the permit more in advance
Since Supervisor Nguyen has had this permit for some time a lot of time and effort has been put into organizing
it and collaborating with all the different 40 organizations involved You got my vote for Supervisor Nguyen to
keep the permit Together we will build tomorrow Thank you
Best Regards
Tuan Nguyen
Forwarded message
From anthony nguyen dtttnx1938nvahoo
com
Date 2010
18
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Subject Fw Re
Organizations Associations Societies and Political Parties in the Vietnamese Community
join
to commemorate the
Westminster
Mourning
Black
April Day 4
1975 4
2010
At 5
00 pm on Sunday March 28 2010 a first meeting of more than 40
organizations including Political Parties Religious Military Youth and Friendly Associations
has
happened
at
the
Orange County
First
sCommunity Service Center Magnolia
District
Mc
Fadden The members of these organizations will discuss how to prepare everything to
commemorate the
Mourning Day
4
30
solemnly
and
significantly
after
35 year of the Fall of
Saigon
At the beginning of the meeting some have asked about the Permit to organize this celebration
The answer is that the office of Janet Nguyen O
C First District has got this Permit in order to
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City Mgr
have an opportunity for all organizations and associations in the Vietnamese Community in
Orange County
Southern California
to join together in commemorating the Mourning Day
4 solemnly and significantly This is an opportunity to unify equally all Political Parties
30
Religious Military Youth and Friendly Associations in equality in the Community ofall
Vietnamese Refugees overseas regardless of its large or small number of members This is not
only to represent the spirit of solidarity mutual affection and mutual interest in order to express
deeply the meaning ofthe Mourning Day 30
4 but to praise also the Vietnamese overseas
spirit to fight against the Vietcongs for freedom of religion and the human rights in Vietnam
The office of Supervisor Janet Nguyen O
C First District will try to do its best to support the
anniversary solemnly and successfully The commemoration will mark the important period in
35 mourning years of the Fall of Saigon and will remind the Nationalists to remember all the
fallen RVNAF
soldiers or USAF
sG
s or Allied Forces or RVN
I
s civilians in the war for us
to live now or the losers in their way for freedom They sacrificed their lives in the Vietnam war
to protect the freedom of RVN
speople in South Vietnam
The commemoration will recall the Vietnamese overseas to have the duty to struggle for a free
Vietnam
All members of these organizations and associations agree to name the celebration
Commemoration of Mourning Day 304
This celebration will be held at the Vietnam War
Memorial from 5 to 9
00 pm on April 30 2010
The meeting lasts about 2 hours long and all works in the commemorative day are distributed to
every participant to be achieved completely In the future days the responsible organizations
and associations in turns will broadcast the commemorative information continuously to the
Vietnamese
community
in
Orange County
Southern California
through media
The Committee to handle the Commemoration of Mourning Day 30
4 has been
established including
Committee Head Col Pham Van Thuan
Forces of Civillians
Militaries of RVN
Committee Assistant Col Le Khac Ly AsianAmerican Elderly Assn
Committee Assistant Mr Phan Thanh Chau Vietnam Nationalist Party
Coordinator Pharm Nguyen Dinh Thuc Hung Su Viet Club
Members
Mr Tran Dai Nghia Great Viet
Vietnam Nationalist Party
Mrs Nguyen Minh Nguyet Vietnamese Community in Southern California
Mr Le Ngoc Diep Democratic Alliance of Vietnam
Mr Le Cong Tam Esq Office of O
C Supervisor
Mr Nguyen Van Thanh Former Vietnamese Political Prisoners Assn in S
C
Mr Nguyen Vinh Quang RVNAF Special Forces
Mr Le Tu Ha Struggle Front for Religious Freedom
Humasn Rights in Vietnam
Mr Le Xuan Trach Committee to Salute the Flags at Vietnam War Memorial
Mrs
Nguyen Phuc Group of Yellow Flag Youth
Mr Ngai Vinh Group of Pho Duc Chinh Youths
Following is the list of all Political Parties Religious Military Youth and Friendly
Organizations Associations and Societies in Orange County to participate in commemorating
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the
4
Mourning Day 30
in
35 year of the Fall of Saigon at Vietnam War Memorial on April
30 2010
Forces of Civillians
Militaries of RVN
Vietnam Nationalist Party
Great Viet
Vietnam Nationalist Party
Vietnamese Community in Southern California
Former Vietnamese Political Prisoners Assn in Southern California
Former Vietnamese Political Prisoners Assn in Los Angeles
Central Hoa Hao Buddhist Congregation
Democratic Alliance of Vietnam
Airborne 81 Special Forces Assn
Friendly Assn of RVN Special Forces
Solidarity Assembly of the Nationalist Vietnamese Assn
Friendly Assn of RVNAF Ordinance
Group of Yellow Flag Youths
Group of Pho Duc Chinh Youths
Group of Hung Viet Youths
Group of Melinh Women
Friendly Assn of Long Xuyen An Giang
Struggle Front for Religious Freedom
Human Rights in Vietnam
AsianAmerican Elderly Assn
Elderly People Assn in O
C Diocese
Friendly Assn of Lawyers in S C
Friendly Assn of Refugee Students in 1954
Friendly Assn of Teachers in South West of the U
A
S
Friendly Assn of Officials in the Department Open Arms of RVN
Friendly Assn of Hai Duong province
Bach Dang Giang Radio Program
Vietnam Forum
Female Ritual Group of Vietnamese Community in Southern California
Them cac To Chirc Hoi loan m
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Bloc of Vietnamese People in the common standpoints 1
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Thanks America Assn H
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Forces of Vietnamese People overseas Luc Luong Quoc Dan VN
Assn ofFormer Students ofNational Administration Institute Hoi CSV Quoc Gia Hanh
Chanh
Tay Son Binh Dinh Assn Hoi Tay San Binh Dinh
Lai Giang Family Assn Hqi Gia Dinh Lai Giang
Bloc of 8406 in Southern California
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Monday April 19 2010 4
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com
PatBates @ocgov
com Fourth
District @ocgov
com
Black April Program
Hello all
From what I know the office of Supervisor Janet Nguyen has already been granted the permit to conduct the
Black April Commemoration ceremony I believe that it is fair to give the permit to the person who shows up
first to ask for it In this case Janet should be the one in charge and that it is unnecessarily to hold another
hearing to discuss this matter If you haven
t already known there are about 40 different organizations that are
supporting the office of Janet Nguyen in this event A tremendous amount of hard work and time has been put
forward to make this Black April event a memorable one It will sadden me as a member of the community to
see the hard work of these organizations be wasted Please rethink this issues again and just let the office of
Janet Nguyen keep the permit to organize the event I hope you understand that this Black April event means so
much to us
Thank You
Kristy Nguyen
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Roberts Robin
From
Anh Ly ngocphuongnam @gmail
com
Sent
Monday April 19 2010 4
25 PM
To
mrice @ci
causffry@ci
westminster
causaquach @ci
westminster
usTa Tri
ca
westminster
tdiep @westminster
govjanetnguyen @janetnguyen
ca
com BiII
Campbell @ocgov
com
district2 @ocgov
com PatBates @ocgov
com Fourth
District@ocgov
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To Whom It May Concerns
Organizations Associations Societies and Political Parties in the
Vietnamese Community join to commemorate the Mourning Black April Day 4
1975 4
2010
Subject
To whom it may concern
From what I know the office of Supervisor Janet Nguyen has already been granted the permit to conduct the
Black April Commemoration ceremony I believe that it is fair to give the permit to the person who shows up first
to ask for it In this case Janet should be the one in charge and that it is unnecessarily to hold another hearing to
discuss this matter If you haven
talready known there are about 36 different organizations that are supporting
the office of Janet Nguyen in this event A tremendous amount of hard work and time has been put forward to
make this Black April event a memorable one It will sadden me as a member of the community to see the hard
work of these organizations be wasted Please rethink this issues again and just let the office of Janet Nguyen
keep the permit to organize the event I hope you understand that this Black April event means so much to us
Thank You
Anh L
Can call me at
714 728 6161
Organizations Associations Societies and Political Parties in the Vietnamese Community
join to commemorate the Mourning Black April Day 4
1975 4
2010
At 5
00 pm on Sunday March 28 2010 a first meeting of more than 40
organizations including Political Parties Religious Military Youth and Friendly Associations
Westminster
M
s Community Service Center Magnolia
happened at the Orange County First District
Fadden The members of these organizations will discuss how to prepare everything to
commemorate the Mourning Day 30
4 solemnly and significantly after 35 year of the Fall of
Saigon
has
At the beginning ofthe meeting some have asked about the Permit to organize this celebration
The answer is that the office of Janet Nguyen O
C First District has got this Permit in order to
have an opportunity for all organizations and associations in the Vietnamese Community in
Orange County Southern California to join together in commemorating the Mourning Day
4 solemnly and significantly This is an opportunity to unify equally all Political Parties
30
Religious Military Youth and Friendly Associations in equality in the Community of all
Vietnamese Refugees overseas regardless of its large or small number of members This is not
only to represent the spirit of solidarity mutual affection and mutual interest in order to express
deeply the meaning of the Mourning Day 30
4 but to praise also the Vietnamese overseas
spirit to fight against the Vietcongs for freedom of religion and the human rights in Vietnam
The office of Supervisor Janet Nguyen O
C First District will try to do its best to support the
anniversary solemnly and successfully The commemoration will mark the important period in
35 mourning years of the Fall of Saigon and will remind the Nationalists to remember all the
fallen RVNAF
soldiers or USAF
sG
s or Allied Forces or RVN
I
s civilians in the war for us
to live now or the losers in their way for freedom They sacrificed their lives in the Vietnam war
to protect the freedom of RVN
s people in South Vietnam
The commemoration will recall the Vietnamese overseas to have the duty to struggle for a free
Vietnam
All members of these organizations and associations agree to name the celebration
Commemoration of Mourning Day 30 4
This celebration will be held at the Vietnam War
Memorial from 5 to 9
00 pm on April 30 2010
The meeting lasts about 2 hours long and all works in the commemorative day are distributed to
every participant to be achieved completely In the future days the responsible organizations
and associations in turns will broadcast the commemorative information continuously to the
Vietnamese
community
in
Orange County
Southern California through media
The Committee to handle the Commemoration of Mourning Day 30
4has been
established including
Committee Head Col Pham Van Thuan
Forces of Civillians
Militaries of RVN
Committee Assistant Col Le Khac Ly AsianAmerican Elderly Assn
Committee Assistant Mr Phan Thanh Chau
Vietnam Nationalist Party
Coordinator Pharm Nguyen Dinh Thuc Hung Su Viet Club
Members
Mr Tran Dai Nghia Great VietVietnam Nationalist Party
Mrs Nguyen Minh Nguyet Vietnamese Community of Southern California
Mr Le Ngoc Diep Alliance For Democracy in Vietnam
Mr Le Cong Tam Office of O
C Supervisor
Mr Nguyen Van Thanh Former Vietnamese Political Prisoners Assn in S
C
Mr Nguyen Vinh Quang RVNAF Special Forces
Mr Le Tu Ha Struggle Front for Religious Freedom
Humasn Rights in Vietnam
Mr Le Xuan Trach Committee to Salute the Flags at Vietnam War Memorial
Mrs Nguyen Phuc Group of Thanh Nien Co Vang
Mr Ngai Vinh Group of Pho Duc Chinh Youths
Following is the list of all Political Parties Religious Military Youth and Friendly
Organizations Associations and Societies in Orange County to participate in commemorating
the Mourning Day 30
4 in 35 year of the Fall of Saigon at Vietnam War Memorial on April
30 2010
Forces of Civillians
Militaries of RVN
2
Vietnam Nationalist Party
Great VietVietnam Nationalist Party
Vietnamese Community in Southern California
Former Vietnamese Political Prisoners Assn in Southern California
Former Vietnamese Political Prisoners Assn in Los Angeles
Central Hoa Hao Buddhist Congregation
Democratic Alliance of Vietnam
Airborne 81 Special Forces Assn
Friendly Assn of RVN Special Forces
Solidarity Assembly of the Nationalist Vietnamese Assn
Friendly Assn of RVNAF Ordinance
Group of Thanh Nien Co Vang
Group of Pho Duc Chinh Youths
Group of Hung Viet Youths
Group of Melinh Women
Friendly Assn of Long Xuyen An Giang
Struggle Front for Religious Freedom
Human Rights in Vietnam
Asian American Elderly Assn
Elderly People Assn in O
C Diocese
Friendly Assn of Lawyers in S C
Friendly Assn of Refugee Students in 1954
Friendly Assn of Teachers in South West of the U
A
S
Friendly Assn of Officials in the Department Open Arms of RVN
Friendly Assn of Hai Duong province
Bach Dang Giang Radio Program
Vietnam Forum
Female Ritual Group of Vietnamese Community in Southern California
Bloc of Vietnamese People in the common standpoints 1
116i Lap Truang Chung
Thanks America Assn Hoi Tri An My Quoc
Forces of Vietnamese People overseas Luc Lugng Quoc Dan VN
Assn of Former Students of National Administration Institute Hoi CSV Quoc Gia Hanh
Chanh
Tay Son Binh Dinh Assn Hoi Tay Son Binh Dinh
Lai Giang Family Assn Hoi Gia Dinh Lai Giang
Khoi 8406 Nam Cali
California Uy Ban Doan Ka Chong Cong Cali
Bloc of 8406 in Southern California
3
Unified Committee To Oppose Communism in
Have a good day
TNCV http www
com
thanhniencovang
5
Roberts Robin
From
Sent
Anh Ly ngocphuongnam gmail
com
Tuesday April 20 2010 12
13 AM
To
Rice Margie
Cc
Fry Frank Quach Andy
To Whom It May Concerns
Organizations Associations Societies and Political Parties in the
Vietnamese Community join to commemorate the Mourning Black April Day 4
1975 4
2010
Subject
To whom it may concern
From what I know the office of Supervisor Janet Nguyen has already been granted the permit to conduct the
Black April Commemoration ceremony I believe that it is fair to give the permit to the person who shows up first
to ask for it In this case Janet should be the one in charge and that it is unnecessarily to hold another hearing to
discuss this matter If you haven
talready known there are about 36 different organizations that are supporting
the office of Janet Nguyen in this event A tremendous amount of hard work and time has been put forward to
make this Black April event a memorable one It will sadden me as a member of the community to see the hard
work of these organizations be wasted Please rethink this issues again and just let the office of Janet Nguyen
keep the permit to organize the event I hope you understand that this Black April event means so much to us
Thank You
Anh Ly
Can call me at
714 728 6161
Organizations Associations Societies and Political Parties in the Vietnamese Community
join
to commemorate the
Mourning
Black
1975 4
2010
April Day 4
At 5
00 pm on Sunday March 2g 2010 a first meeting of more than 40
Westminster
organizations including Political Parties Religious Military Youth and Friendly Associations
has
happened
at
the Orange
County
First District
sCommunity Service Center
Magnolia
M
Fadden The members of these organizations will discuss how to prepare everything to
commemorate
the
4 solemnly
Mourning Day 30
and
significantly after 35 year of the Fall of
Saigon
At the beginning of the meeting some have asked about the Permit to organize this celebration
The answer is that the office of Janet Nguyen O
C First District has got this Permit in order to
have an opportunity for all organizations and associations in the Vietnamese Community in
Orange County Southern California to join together in commemorating the Mourning Day
4 solemnly and significantly This is an opportunity to unify equally all Political Parties
30
Religious Military Youth and Friendly Associations in equality in the Community of all
1
Vietnamese Refugees overseas regardless of its large or small number ofmembers This is not
only to represent the spirit of solidarity mutual affection and mutual interest in order to express
deeply the meaning of the Mourning Day 30
4 but to praise also the Vietnamese overseas
spirit to fight against the Vietcongs for freedom of religion and the human rights in Vietnam
The office of Supervisor Janet Nguyen O
C First District will try to do its best to support the
anniversary solemnly and successfully The commemoration will mark the important period in
35 mourning years of the Fall of Saigon and will remind the Nationalists to remember all the
fallen RVNAF
soldiers or USAF
sG
s or Allied Forces or RVN
I
s civilians in the war for us
to live now or the losers in their way for freedom They sacrificed their lives in the Vietnam war
to protect the freedom of RVN
s people in South Vietnam
The commemoration will recall the Vietnamese overseas to have the duty to struggle for a free
Vietnam
All members of these organizations and associations agree to name the celebration
Commemoration of Mourning Day 30 4
This celebration will be held at the Vietnam War
Memorial from 5 to 9
00 pm on April 30 2010
The meeting lasts about 2 hours long and all works in the commemorative day are distributed to
every participant to be achieved completely In the future days the responsible organizations
and associations in turns will broadcast the commemorative information continuously to the
Vietnamese community in Orange County Southern California through media
The Committee to handle the Commemoration of Mourning Day 30
4has been
established including
Committee Head Col Pham Van Thman
Forces of Civillians
Militaries of RVN
Committee Assistant Col Le Khac Ly AsianAmerican Elderly Assn
Committee Assistant Mr Phan Thanh Chau Vietnam Nationalist Party
Coordinator Pharm Nguyen Dinh Thuc Hung Su Viet Club
Members
Mr Tran Dai Nghia Great VietVietnam Nationalist Party
Mrs Nguyen Minh Nguyet Vietnamese Community of Southern California
Mr Le Ngoc Diep Alliance For Democracy in Vietnam
Mr Le Cong Tam Office of O
C Supervisor
Mr Nguyen Van Thanh Former Vietnamese Political Prisoners Assn in S
C
Mr Nguyen Vinh Quang RVNAF Special Forces
Mr Le Tu Ha
Struggle Front for Religious Freedom
Humasn Rights in Vietnam
Mr Le Xuan Trach Committee to Salute the Flags at Vietnam War Memorial
Mrs Nguyen Phuc Group of Thanh Nien Co Vang
Mr Ngai Vinh Group of Pho Duc Chinh Youths
Following is the list of all Political Parties Religious Military Youth and Friendly
Organizations Associations and Societies in Orange County to participate in commemorating
the
4 in 35 year of the Fall of Saigon at Vietnam War Memorial on April
Mourning Day 30
30 2010
Forces of Civillians
Militaries of RVN
Vietnam Nationalist Party
2
Great Viet
Vietnam Nationalist Party
Vietnamese Community in Southern California
Former Vietnamese Political Prisoners Assn in Southern California
Former Vietnamese Political Prisoners Assn in Los Angeles
Central Hoa Hao Buddhist Congregation
Democratic Alliance of Vietnam
Airborne 81 Special Forces Assn
Friendly Assn of RVN Special Forces
Solidarity Assembly of the Nationalist Vietnamese Assn
Friendly Assn of RVNAF Ordinance
Group of Thanh Nien Co Vang
Group of Pho Duc Chinh Youths
Group of Hung Viet Youths
Group of Melinh Women
Friendly Assn of Long Xuyen An Giang
Human Rights in Vietnam
Struggle Front for Religious Freedom
Asian American Elderly Assn
Elderly People Assn in O
C Diocese
Friendly Assn of Lawyers in S
C
Friendly Assn of Refugee Students in 1954
Friendly Assn of Teachers in South West of the U
A
S
Friendly Assn of Officials in the Department Open Arms of RVN
Friendly Assn of Hai Duong province
Bach Dang Giang Radio Program
Vietnam Forum
Female Ritual Group of Vietnamese Community in Southern California
Bloc of Vietnamese People in the common standpoints Khoi Lap Truong Chung
Thanks America Assn Hoi Tri An My Quoc
Forces of Vietnamese People overseas Ltrc Luting Quoc Dan VN
Assn of Former Students ofNational Administration Institute H
5i CSV Quoc Gia Hanh
Chanh
Tay Son Binh Dinh Assn Hoi Tay Son Binh Dinh
Lai Giang Family Assn I
10i Gia Dinh Lai Giang
Bloc of 8406 in Southern California
Khi
8406 Nam Cali
California Uy Ban Doan Ket Chong Cong Cali
3
Unified Committee To Oppose Communism in
Have a good day
TNCV http www
com
thanhniencovang
Have a good day
TNCV http www
com
thanhniencovang
5
Roberts Robin
From
Ly Le Khac lekhacly@gmail
com
Tuesday April 20 2010 1
14 AM
Rice Margie Fry Frank aquach@ci
ucTa Tri Diep Tyler
ca
westminster
janetnguyen @janetnguyen
com bill
campbell @ocgov
com patbates@ocgov
com
district @gov
fourth
com district2 @ocgov
com
Vietnamese Black April Commemorative Day Event
Sent
To
Cc
Subject
April 19 2010
Honorable
Honorable
Honorable
Honorable
Honorable
Margie Rice Mayor City of Westminster
Frank Fry Mayor Pro Tempore City of Westminster
Andy Quach Council Member City of Westminster
Tri Ta Council Member City of Westminster
Tyler Diep Council Member City of Westminster
Dear Madam Mayor
Dear Council Members
I am Mr Leslie K Le a
k Le Khac Ly a former Colonel of the Republic ofVietNam Armed
Forces Advisor to the Asian American Senior Citizens Association AASCA Chairman of the
Organizing Committee of King HUNG Commemorative Day would like to express my opinion on
the issue of Vietnamese Black April Commemorative Day April 30th Event The AASCA is
located within the City of Westminster
The reason for the Vietnamese Americans to do the said event yearly is well known by all of you as
well as of all of us Every Vietnamese American has reasons to submit an application to the city of
Westminster requesting a gathering somewhere within the city for the event It happens that the
office of the Chair of OC Board of Supervisor Sup Janet Nguyen did submit the application
for the said event at the right and significant location which is the War Memorial in Freedom Park
on All American Way It is a joyful news to all Vietnamese who want to have a right place to do a
ceremony commemorating the sad day of April 30th The reason for the joy of having an approved
place for the event is very simple Every body has equal right to do that Now Supervisor Janet
Nguyen has done that for them meaning a phase of the plan for the Commemorative Day has been
completed It is time for them to do what needs to done next That is why they the Vietnamese
Americans should feel pleased and thankful for what Supervisor Janet Nguyen has done for them
Talking about community I think we need to look into the scope of the issue The so called
Community A or Community B is just the name of a corporation which is merely an
organization a single one within the community It is NOT an entire community It definitely has
NO authority to represent the whole community In addition there are nearly 40 organizations and
associations gathering behind the approved permit to do the event at the War Memorial which was
initiated by the office of Supervisor Nguyen They are part of the community They see the fact
that someone has done something ahead of time for them applying for the permit is a time saving
factor for them as a group of major social political organizations and parties within the community
1
As all of you have clearly known that the Vietnamese community is not a united entity But we do
not use this issue directly or indirectly as a bargaining tool to pressure any of you The election
which is coming this year or in the future has nothing to do with the issue we are talking about
today
With all of the above my organization the AASCA and I are confirming our support for the group
who are working to develop the plan for the Commemorative Day of April 30th as applied by the
Office of Supervisor Nguyen and as approved by the city ofWestminster There is nothing that
needs to be changed
Sincerely yours
Mr Leslie K Le
714 867 4647
2
Susi Johanna
From
To
Andrew Do andrew@andrewdolaw
com
Monday April 19 2010 11
13 PM
hung nguyen phuc
Cc
Rice Margie Waller Mitch
Subject
re Black April Event
Sent
Anh Hung
I just got back from Korea and am finally available to deal with the issues revolving around this year
s
Black April Commemoration I have seen the email sent by anh Nguu to Chief Mitch Waller wherein anh
Nguu claimed that an agreement was reached with our group to recognize your group to be the official
organizing committee I have also heard about Nguyen Xuan Nghia
sstatements about Supervisor Janet
Nguyen
sbetraying
the Community and the need for her to apologize These statements were made by Nghia
even though the compromises that we reached as a group on April 2 were proposed by Nghia himself
Remember that it was your group that rejected the arrangement that we all you I Nghia and others spent over
5 hours to hash out Needless to say I am troubled by these misstatements
Be that as it may Supervisor Nguyen has always put the interest of the community first Therefore given the
little time left for planning and wishing to help our Community put on the best Black April Commemoration
possible Supervisor Nguyen is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice and offers the followings As my email
will be dissected and possibly be quoted out of context I am reiterating that these sacrifices that are proposed
by Supervisor Nguyen do not constitute in any way as conceeding to any legitimacy or accuracy regarding any
claims made by your group
1 Supervisor Nguyen has agreed that she will not deliver the welcoming remarks She will speak when elected
officials are asked to speak per normal protocol
2 The 2010 Black April Commemoration will be a joint event between the 40 plus community associations
and organizations led by Col Pham Van Thuan and the community groups led by Mr Phan TanNguu
3 Mr Pham and Mr Phan will be coChairs and will come on stage to welcome guests at the same time
however Mr Pham by virtue of his rank which is higher than Mr Phan
s will be the first to deliver the
welcoming remarks
4 There will be no joint Organizing Committee Both sides will invite guests and community members under
their own names The 10 people 5 from each side that were involved in the April 2 negotiation will work out
the logistics of the event as well as prepare a list of honored guests to be recognized
5 Both sides will have the same amount of speakers and shall share equally in all stages of the proceedings
and
6 Since Black April is a time to commemorate not a time to celebrate there shall be no introducing of
members of any officers boards members community organizations interfaith associations etc
As you can see I have cc
ed Mayor Rice and Police Chief Waller on this email I would appreciate a response
from your group as to the offer being made above by Supervisor Janet Nguyen I would like to emphasize that
this is not an invitation to further negotiate The response as to whether to accept or reject this offer shall be
made in writing by reply to this email Thank you
Andrew
Andrew H Do Esq
BriggsAlexander
558 S Harbor Blvd
Anaheim CA 92805
Council
1
City Mgr
714 520 9250
FAX 866 303 9026
2