BY CHRIS HAIRE/STAFF WRITER
Published: Feb. 11, 2015 Updated: 10:57 p.m.

“I don’t think it’s appropriate to tell another American city what to do,” mayor says
This is Bao Nguyen in 2014, spiffed up a bit in a suit and tie -- though it's not the bow tie he often sports -- but looking mighty spirited nonetheless. COURTESY OF BAO NGUYEN

After Tuesday’s City Council meeting, when the council majority decided to sign the letter, a group confronted Nguyen, he said, with one going so far as to blame his parents for his views – one of the worst insults in Vietnamese culture.

A few shouted, “Down with Bao Nguyen!” and called for a recall.

“He should remember his roots and why he was born in a refugee camp instead of Vietnam,” said Leslie Le, former president of the Vietnamese Community of Southern California and a longtime anti-Communist activist. “If he doesn’t, I feel sorry for him, and I don’t think he deserves the honor of being the mayor of Garden Grove.”

In March 2014, the Riverside City Council voted 4-3 to have the city enter into the sister city relationship.
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