Something new in Jack Wu
(Obligatory confession: Jack is a friend of mine.)
Last night I attended a fundraiser for Jack’s campaign for Newport Beach City Council. Newport Beach –for those unaware –has a potentially earthshattering election coming up in November, one that will see six out of its seven city council seats on the ballot. Four of the current councilmembers were appointed to their positions by colleagues or former colleagues. Loads of moneyare expected to be spent on the campaigns. And Newport’s elections are odd, requiring the prospective councilmember to live inthe geographic district for the seat they’re seekingwhile the voting is at-large (meaning any one of the roughly sixty thousand registered voters within the boundaries of the City of Newport Beach can vote for any candidate, regardless of the district).
Jack is a terrificimage ofCalifornia’s next generation of political leaders. He surfs with his local congressman (Rohrabacher), takes an interest in his community (I know he wouldn’t want… Read More