Vietnamese American Voters Alliance

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Peter Schiff on Healthcare Reform

The inclusion of this video does not mean approval/disapproval of the message.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Food Bank

One afternoon at the San Diego Food Bank

January 23, 2010

Saturday, January 23, 2010

The burden of government

NOTORIETIES

California Dreaming

California has the 3rd highest state income tax in the nation.

California has the highest state sales tax rate in the nation by far at 8.25%.

California corporate income tax rate is 3rd highest in the nation with a rate of 8.84%.

California ranks 13th in property taxes. For those home-owners with Mello Roos Taxes and other local special assessments, California ranks top.

California has the 4th highest capital gains tax 9.55%.

California has the highest gasoline tax, averaging 65 cents/gallon.

California has one of the highest state vehicle license car taxes.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

San Diego : Drowning in the sea of red ink

Pick your choice :

1. To maintain the current pension obligation, San Diego city would have to fork out $232 million this year, which means reducing vital public services: street repairs, police etc...

2. or to declare bankruptcy, and pay $200+ millions for attorney fees, which means even more draconian cuts on all vital public services.

Supreme Court Overturns Campaign Limits

Supreme Court on Thursday January 21, 2010 ruled that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections.

“If the First Amendment has any force,” Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority, “it prohibits Congress from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens, for simply engaging in political speech.”

"The 1st Amendment does not permit Congress to make these categorical distinctions based on the corporate identity of the speaker and the content of the political speech."

Negative implication

Does it mean now multi-national corporations

( with enormous resources and infinite legal lifespan )

have the same freedom of speech as individual citizens

( with limited resources and biological lifespan ) ?

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Citizens Redistricting Commission

You can apply for this Commission

Hội Đồng Tái Phân Định Khu Vực

Sau khi thông qua Đạo Luật Voters FIRST Act (Cử Tri trước hết), Tiểu Bang California thành lập những hội đồng giữ một vai trò trong tiến trình vẽ các khu vực lập háp mười năm một lần.

Hội đồng Tiểu Bang California sẽ gồm có 14 thành viên – năm thành viên thuộc Đảng ân Chủ, năm thành viên thuộc Đảng Cộng Hòa và bốn thành viên không thuộc bất cứ đảng nào trên đây - sẽ lược chọn qua tiến trình nộp đơn/chọn ngẫu nhiên.

Tài liệu tiếng Việt :

http://www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/redistricting_commissions-vietnamese.pdf

Giải đám thắc mắc tiếng Việt

http://www.wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/top_10_questions-vietnamese.pdf

Đơn xin : https://application.wedrawthelines.ca.gov/phase1/new

Watch live streaming video from wedrawthelines at livestream.com

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Haiti Relief Fundraising

Thursday, January 7, 2010

San Diego FREE H1N1 Vaccine

The Health and Human Services Agency is holding vaccination clinics that will be open to the public based on vaccine availability. These clinics will be located throughout the county. If your medical provider does not have vaccine for H1N1 flu, or if you do not have a regular medical provider, you may obtain your vaccine at one of these sites. The following mass vaccination clinics have been scheduled:

Friday, Jan. 8
2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Qualcomm Stadium
9449 Friars Road, San Diego, 92108

Saturday, Jan. 9
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
East Valley Community Center
2245 East Valley Parkway, Escondido, 92027

Friday, Jan. 15
3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Ronald Reagan Community Center
195 East Douglas Avenue, El Cajon, 92020

Saturday, Jan. 16
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Kimball Senior Center
121 D Avenue, National City, 91950

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Westfield Plaza Camino Real
2525 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, 92008