September
9th
Face-to-Face with Tom Ammiano: SF Mayoral
Candidate, State Senate Candidate
(district 20) Ash Bhatt, and Dr. Badi Badiozamani: Recall
Candidate for Governor
EVENT
REPORT
IACC's September 9th event was held at Lavash Bistro in San
Francisco - SF
Mayoral Candidate Tom Ammiano, State Senate Candidate
(district 20) Ash Bhatt, and Dr. Badi Badiozamani, the first
Iranian
Candidate to run for Governor of California all addressed
a crowd of
over seventy members and guests.
This was the second IACC sponsored event to reach out
to the Iranian community before the November election in
an effort
to get
them to hear first hand from the candidates and their
issues.
The Chamber recognizes the necessity of getting the community
informed
about politics
in San Francisco, the candidates, as well as
their
platforms.
Other Iranian-American
Bay Area organizations co-sponsored the event included National
Iranian American Council, Society
of Iranian Professionals, American Iranian Council, Bay Area
Iranian American
Voter Association,
Payvand, and Persian Center.
Supervisor Tom Ammiano
spoke about his plans for San Francisco, the schools, the
homeless problem, and other issues important
to San Francisco voters. Mr. Ammiano sees three major challenges
for San Francisco.
Rescuing San Francisco's troubled schools, reviving the local
economy,
and establishing a clean, professional government
in City Hall.
He also talked
about his experience as an Italian American
and his first hand
knowledge of the immigrant issues.
Mr. Ash Bhatt who is running for the State
Senate from District 20, spoke about his background, his
accomplishments and plans for the community. He also stressed
how our communities
should get
together
and support each others candidates as we are facing
many of the
same issues as recent immigrants to this great country
of ours. The
final guest, Dr. Badi who is the first Iranian - American
to run for
the Governors seat, impressed members of the audience
by his positions on issues, from rescinding DMV registration
fee,
to saving
schools by bringing back those laid-off due to
budget cuts, bringing
businesses back to a business-friendly California, creating
jobs, saving
California from bankruptcy, and finally bringing honesty & integrity
to California government.
IACC wrapped up this informative, fun and dynamic
evening by announcing the next event planned for October.
Please
check the website for the location and the venue.
The
next event is planned for September and we hope to invite
Iranians from all over the Bay Area to visit the wonderful
region of Marin on our next stop around the Bay!
Each
meeting will be focused on regional area of important Iranain
business activity or a concentration of Iranians. If you
would like to arrange for an IACC event to be held in your
community, please contact
us immediately.
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