>> Sam Yoon Receives Backing of Mayor Sukhee Kang
>> David Le Fired From D.C. Summer Jobs
>> Senate approves Koh nomination
>> 5FF Comedy Marathon at Purple Onion
>> 3rd Annual Prohibition Poker
>> Goh Nakamura and Jane Lui perform together
Compiled by Beleza Chan
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Sam Yoon Receives Backing of Mayor Sukhee Kang
Boston – Boston City Councilor-at-Large and mayoral candidate Sam Yoon received the endorsement today of Sukhee Kang, the Korean-American Mayor of Irvine, California.
Kang, who was elected mayor in 2008 with the strong support of the Korean community, urged fellow Korean and Asian Americans to help Yoon in his bid for mayor of Boston this year. Yoon became the first Asian American to hold elected office in Boston when he won a citywide seat on the Boston City Council in 2005. If elected mayor, he would become one of the highest-ranking Asian-American elected officials in the United States.
Yoon said he was inspired by Kang’s victory in Irvine and is proud to receive the endorsement. The endorsement comes just days after Jun Choi, a Korean American, narrowly lost his bid for re-election as mayor of Edison, New Jersey. Kang says the timing makes it all the more important for Asian Americans to rally behind Yoon.
”I was elected as Mayor of Irvine as the first Korean American because of strong support from the Korean community,” said Kang. “I hope my close friend Sam will also receive that kind of support from you and will be able to win this meaningful race in one of the largest cities in America.”
David Le Fired From D.C. Summer Jobs
Earlier this week, the Department of Employment Services (DOES) fired the David Hoffman Agency, one of the contracted firms helping DOES find jobs for the Summer Youth Employment Program participants. Apparently the Hoffman Agency was having trouble placing all of the youths, so it started sending them “to development and construction companies to see if they were complying with a city law to employ District residents.”
The David Hoffman Agency is owned by a fellow named “David Hoffman,” whose (relatively new) firm has now suffered a public blow to its reputation over allegations Hoffman deems untrue, or incomplete.
While one cannot be sure of Hoffman’s motives, one might conjecture that it was “brutal revenge against DOES” that led him to call the Washington Post and inform them of the Twitter activity of one David Le, a contractor for DOES who was helping to oversee the Summer Youth Employment Program.
DOES fired this David Le on Wednesday, for racist comments on Twitter. -NBC Washington
Senate approves Koh nomination
The Senate voted 62 to 35 recently to confirm former Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh for the position of legal adviser to the Department of State.
The vote ends an unexpectedly heated three-month confirmation battle in which some Republicans alleged Koh would subvert American sovereignty in favor of international law in his new position. This vote was split mostly along party lines, with five Republicans joining the Democratic majority in favor of Koh’s nomination.
Much of the criticism aimed at Koh centered on comments he allegedly made at a 2007 Yale alumni dinner indicating his support of the use of Shariah law in U.S. courts. Those at the event denied that Koh had made any such comments, but that did not stop the outpouring of criticism from conservative Republicans.
With his appointment now official, Koh will go on public service leave from his professorship, effective Friday.
-Yale Daily News
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5FF Comedy Marathon at Purple Onion
Event: Comedy Marathon
Description: NYC Friars Club Roaster Susan Alexander hosts 5 Funny Females, Friends, Filipinos & Frijoles and brings together a variety of stand-up comedians of various backgrounds with hilarious different points of view to San Francisco’s legendary Purple Onion. Featuring Susan Alexander (Host), Nancy Lee, Caitlin Gill, Sandy Stec, Samantha Chanse, Chris Burns.
Details: $20, June 26, 8 p.m., The Purple Onion, 140 Columbus, San Francisco
Contact: reservations@5funnyfemales.com
3rd Annual Prohibition Poker
Event: Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament: A Benefit for Kearny Street Workshop
Description: You can’t just walk in the door to this speakeasy, tough guy. You gotta have the password, see? And to get the password, you gotta bring the goods. The sugar, the scratch, the dough. But don’t worry, it’s going to a good cause. Your $40 donation to Kearny Street Workshop gets you a seat at our Prohibition Poker tournament. All guests are welcome-but to play, you’ve got to reserve your seat. In the back room, we have our blackjack lounge where smalltimers and guests can grab a beer and try their hands at blackjack.
Details: $40, June 26, 8 p.m. -12 a.m., PariSoma, 1436 Howard, San Francisco
Contact: http://www.kearnystreet.org/poker/
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Goh Nakamura and Jane Lui perform together
Event: Goh Nakamura and Jane Lui
Description: Critically hailed Bay Area favorite singer/songwriter Goh Nakamura will be playing a show with the totally super-rad Jane Lui. “I’ve been meaning to play a show with Jane Lui for awhile- you might remember seeing her sing “Surrogate Valentine” with me at my birthday show at cafe dunord in January, or at one of the Kollaboration contests, where she won the first place prize in the Acoustic, and 1st runner-up in the finals, or in one of her awesome YouTube vids!,” says Goh. So, come join them for a night of music, banter, and guitar sacrifice.
Details: $10, June 30, 7 p.m. – 11 p.m., Cafe Du Nord, 2174 Market Street, San Francisco
Contact: http://tiny.cc/WXWu0
