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Oct 10, 2008 9:15 pm US/Pacific

SJ's First Vietnamese Council Member Facing Recall

SAN JOSE (AP) ― What started as a dispute over what to name a retail district in San Jose may end up getting a city councilwoman removed from office.

The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters has certified the signatures gathered to try to recall Councilwoman Madison Nguyen.

Nguyen—San Jose's first-ever Vietnamese council member—enraged some of the city's Vietnamese-American residents over support of the name "Saigon Business District" instead of "Little Saigon" for an area of Vietnamese-owned stores and restaurants.

Assistant City Clerk Dennis Hawkins says the City Council is scheduled to certify the petition on Oct. 21.

(© 2008 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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