Category Archives: Politics
Khmer Lowell Protest
By Pin Samkhon On 29 March, over 300 people filled nearly every available space of the council chamber to urge the City to denounce Hun Manet’s visit and reject a gift of
A Cambodian-American became a rural Georgia Judge
January 15th, 2015 — Meng Lim of Tallapoosa became the first Cambodian-American elected Superior Court Judge in west Georgia. Judge Lim was born in Cambodia shortly before Khmer Rouge broke in 1975.
Selecting a New City Manager
by Richard P. Howe Jr. At noon on Monday, March 10, 2014, Bernie Lynch ended his seven years as City Manager of Lowell. City Clerk Michael Geary immediately took over as Acting
Vote 17 scores a victory in the Senate
By James Ostis With its storied history, Lowell is known as a city of firsts—and if the hard work of local teenage activists pays off, the city will be making history again
Lowell Politics in 2013
By Richard P. Howe Jr. The 2014 political year in Lowell started with the shocking announcement by City Manager Bernie Lynch that he would resign his office on March 10, 2014. The
City Manager Lynch to Resign
The new city council will not have to wait long for its first major decision. At the end of the January 6th council meeting, the first of the new term, City Manager
New Lowell City Council, Mayor Sworn In
On a cold and foggy Monday morning in January, the 2014-2015 Lowell City Council was sworn into office, ushering a new era in the Mill City. As is tradition, the first order
The “Cambodian vote” in the 2013 city election
This article originally was posted on richardhowe.com and appears in the December 7th edition of KhmerPostUSA Posted on November 8, 2013 by Richard Howe Hanging on a nearby wall is the framed
