Vote!!! (for Otto Lee)

This week I will be talking about the campaign I am working on. The Candidate is Otto Lee, who has a unique story for someone running for office as an Asian American immigrant.

Here is Otto with his two younger daughters, Hillary and Stella.
Otto spent his childhood in Hong Kong, however at the age of 15, his family was forced to make the hard decision to immigrate to California due to rising political upheaval. Like many immigrant families, his parents made massive career changes in order to provide for the family. While his father was an attorney in Hong Kong, he became a restaurant owner in America. Due in large part to those sacrifices, Otto was able to attend and graduate from University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. in Chemical and Nuclear Engineering. After graduating UC Berkeley and the ROTC program, Otto was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy.  He first served active duty during the Gulf War on board a Guided-missile Cruiser as the Ship’s Treasurer and Disbursing Officer.  He then spent two decades in the Navy Reserves. While in the reserves he served on the Sunnyvale Planning Commission and was then elected to serve on the Sunnyvale City Council from 2003 to 2011, including one term as Mayor. He was a leader on environmental causes, passing the city’s single-use plastic bag ban, and installing solar panels on city buildings. However in the middle of his term on the council, in 2008, Otto received orders for a deployment to Baghdad. There he served as Chief of Drawdown Logistics Policy at the Multi-National Forces Iraq Headquarters, where he helped plan and execute the largest drawdown of troops since the Vietnam War, bringing over 150,000 troops safely home and closing over 200 bases.For his leadership in this year long service, he was awarded the Bronze Star.

Otto is running for Supervisor to continue his lifelong dedication to public service, in hopes he can use his experience to improve Santa Clara County for everyone. As Supervisor, he will take real action to solve the problems that harm our community, including extreme cost of housing, increase in homelessness, and quality of life issues like public safety and traffic congestion. Otto is ready to use his experience to protect our children’s future and improve our community for all of us.

So with that in mind: VOTE FOR OTTO

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