SHOUTING MATCHES AT a flag raising ceremony and a cease-and-desist letter. Those are the latest salvos in a growing fight in the Vietnamese community over San Jose’s mayoral election.
Tensions are rising in Vietnamese political circles as two factions stake out support for their chosen candidates — Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez or San Jose Councilmember Matt Mahan. It started with a cease-and-desist letter sent by Chavez’s campaign last week to East Side Union High School District board member Bryan Do. In the letter, an attorney for the campaign said Do falsely accused Chavez of being “a communist and a member of radical left-wing communist organizations” and ordered him to stop.
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