BY TONY CHEONG: Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen has finally made official what we all knew was coming: the 35 year old, who has served as mayor for about a year, is running for the Congressional seat for the 46th District.
The seat is open because longtime incumbent Loretta Sanchez is running for U.S. Senate.
Politicians.
They’ve always got their eyes on a higher prize.
BY TONY CHEONG: Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen has finally made official what we all knew was coming: the 35 year old, who has served as mayor for about a year, is running for the Congressional seat for the 46th District.
The seat is open because longtime incumbent Loretta Sanchez is running for U.S. Senate.
Politicians.
They’ve always got their eyes on a higher prize.
On the positive side, imagine if they both — gasp! — win. We’d have Garden Grovers not just in Congress but in the Senate. And Garden Grove native Bree Morse is Miss California! And the Garden Grove High football team has won two CIF titles in the past four years.
And, who knows? We might be able to finally say, “Steve who?” That would be Garden Grove’s most famous son, comedian and actor Steve Martin who, by the by, wants nothing to do with Garden Grove now that he’s rich and famous.
If the effervescent Sanchez wins, she’ll join 114-year-old Dianne Feinstein as one of two U.S. Senators representing one of the largest and most impactful states in the union (I was kidding; Feinstein isn’t 114 years old, it just seems she’s been fossilized in that position since the early 1900s).
If Nguyen wins, he would become one of the youngest members of Congress and — maybe, just maybe — go on to even bigger things.
At any rate, Nguyen’s announcement prompts some intriguing scenarios, not least of which is: Who will replace him if he’s elected to represent the 46th District, which also covers Anaheim, Santa Ana and Orange?
How about Bree Morse? I mean, you can only hold the Miss California title for so long, but in our system, you can make a career out of politics. Besides, she’s gorgeous, smart and talented. Just a thought…
Speaking of thoughts, a couple of devotees had some after reading my last column, in which I listed my five scariest movies to rent during Halloween season.
Bill F. was astonished that I did not include “Poltergeist.”
“There’s so much going on at once,” he said. “You’re being attacked from all directions, and you don’t even understand who the enemy is.”
Lucy S. nominated the little-known “When a Stranger Calls,” which she had seen in high school.
She was on a first date and chewed her fingernails until they ached, she said.
Both good calls. “Poltergeist” was too supernatural, too far-fetched, to coax me into true terror, but it was super entertaining, I must say. “When a Stranger Calls” moved slowly but I’ll never forget the words the police said to the babysitter: “He’s calling from inside the house!”
Chilling.
Even a cell phone wouldn’t have done much good, which prompts a thought: When are they going to create a smartphone that zaps bad guys?
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