Last Tuesday, June 3, 2008, was a strongly anticipated day for politically active Filipinos. The Honorable Christopher Cabaldon, a gentleman that has been elected to be West Sacramento Mayor five times, ran for the California State Assembly District 8 seat. He also happens to be Filipino American. Historically, there has not been one Filipino American in that high of a political office in California. AsianWeek published an article in April entitled, "Filipino Americans on the Rise in Calif. Politics" at
http://www.asianweek.com/2008/04/21/filipino-americans-on-the-rise-in-calif-politics/.
The article, however, effectively points out that there is a glass ceiling that we have run into when it comes to getting that first Filipino American into office.
Cabaldon is a progressive individual, and a strong candidate. Yet the result at the end of the evening did not change the status quo. What is it going to take so that Filipinos can be politically empowered?
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