{"id":10117,"date":"2018-04-16T13:30:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T17:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=10117"},"modified":"2018-04-16T11:35:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T15:35:19","slug":"leggett-endorses-dang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=10117","title":{"rendered":"Leggett Endorses Dang"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Adam Pagnucco.<\/em><\/p>\n

County Executive Ike Leggett has endorsed Council At-Large candidate Hoan Dang.\u00a0 This is a nice boost for Dang as we have not heard of Leggett endorsing anyone other than incumbent Hans Riemer and his Recreation Director, Gabe Albornoz.\u00a0 We reprint Dang’s press release below.<\/p>\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n

April 16, 2018<\/p>\n

MEDIA CONTACT<\/p>\n

Jonathon Rowland<\/p>\n

Email: jonathon@votedang.com<\/a><\/p>\n

County Executive Isiah \u201cIke\u201d Leggett Endorses Hoan Dang for Montgomery County Council At-Large<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Silver Spring MD — Today, County Executive Isiah \u201cIke\u201d Leggett endorsed candidate Hoan Dang for Montgomery County Council At-Large.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had the privilege of working with Hoan Dang for many years. We collaborated in the beginning as fellow board members of IMPACT Silver Spring. Since then, I\u2019ve appointed him to serve on the County Executive\u2019s Asian Pacific American Advisory Group and the Washington Suburban Transit Commission,\u201d said County Executive Ike Leggett. \u201cHoan\u2019s extensive work serving Montgomery County residents shows that he\u2019s a selfless public servant. This is demonstrated by his work to close the achievement gap as a board member of the George B. Thomas, Sr. Learning Academy and his previous efforts to eliminate health disparities for our diverse community as co-founder of the Montgomery County Asian American Health Initiative. Hoan is a tireless advocate and attentive to the needs of the community throughout the County. As a County Executive, that is the exact sort of Councilmember I want to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leggett continued, \u201cAs a budget expert, former refugee and community leader, I believe Hoan possesses the breadth and depth of experience needed to serve on the County Council from day one, and that\u2019s why I am proud to endorse and support his campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am honored and humbled to have the endorsement of County Executive Ike Leggett. Ike is not only a widely respected voice in our county but at the state level as well. His tireless efforts make Montgomery County a more equitable, safe and welcoming place for all people,\u201d said County Council At-Large candidate, Hoan Dang. \u201cIke was the first African American Councilmember and also the first African American Montgomery County Executive. I hope to be the first Asian American County Councilmember, and I am honored to have the support and endorsement of this trail blazing leader.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoan Dang has also been endorsed by: Delegate Henry \u201cHank\u201d Heller (D19, ret), Darrell Anderson (Mayor of Washington Grove, ret), Reggie Felton (Board of Education, ret), Henry Lee (Board of Education, ret), Madaleine Sigel (Woman\u2019s Democratic Club, ret), Michael Lin, (Organization of Chinese Americans, ret), Jae Shin (League of Korean Americans-Montgomery County, ret), Montgomery County Public Schools Retirees Association, and The Progressive Vietnamese American Organization.<\/p>\n

For more information on Hoan Dang and about his candidacy, visit www.votedang.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Ike Leggett has endorsed Council At-Large candidate Hoan Dang.\u00a0 This is a nice boost for Dang as we have not heard of Leggett endorsing anyone other than incumbent Hans Riemer and his Recreation Director, Gabe Albornoz.\u00a0 We reprint Dang’s press release below. ***** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2018 MEDIA … Continue reading Leggett Endorses Dang<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[262,167],"tags":[1587,1549],"class_list":["post-10117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hoan-dang","category-ike-leggett","tag-hoan-dang","tag-ike-leggett"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-2Db","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10117"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10120,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10117\/revisions\/10120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}