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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Jersey City Gets Their First Elected Filipino-American Official
Amid a dismal 18 percent voter turnout, Rolando Lavarro Jr. was elected Jersey City’s council member-at-large. He will represent Ward A, a predominantly FilAm district.
Messages of congratulations essentially saying ‘We’re proud of you, kabayan’ streamed into Lavarro’s Facebook page. Long-time Jersey City resident Ledy Almadin told The FilAm she voted for Lavarro and was praying that he gets confirmed.
Read more here at FilAmStar.....
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