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Yang and Chavez Trade Accusations. Watch Their Answers.
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By David Taub, Senior Reporter
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September 25, 2018

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Things are getting negative in the race for the Fresno City Council District 5 seat.
The two candidates vying to represent southeast Fresno are trading accusations impugning each other’s character.
GV Wire asked incumbent Luis Chavez and challenger Paula Yang to respond.

Yang Accuses Chavez of Destroying Signs


In a Facebook video, Yang accused Luis Chavez’s campaign of desecrating her campaign signs.
“Somebody, my opponent’s team, came out here and they vandalized my sign,” she said on camera, with her last name cut out of a giant sign on a street corner.
She reiterated the accusations during an interview with GV Wire.
“Right after the primary election, two days later, 50 of my signs were stolen. Who would have done it? Who would want 50 signs of Paula Yang” she asked.
Asked if she had any proof of Chavez’s involvement, Yang said she didn’t.
“People see it in the road. How would it look, you representing me as an individual? And you, go out there and put my name, Paula Yang, up. And, your team comes out and decapitates my name out. Who would have done it?” she said.
Yang said gender may be a motivator.
“I’m the only female. I know he ran his campaign in office for 10 years. He’s never attacked nobody. But, I’m a woman. Why?”
Chavez denied the accusations.
“I’ve never touched anybody’s signs. I wish I had spare time because I would spend it more wisely than touching people’s signs. I think that shows a lot about her inexperience and not having done this before,” Chavez said.

Yang’s Voting Record


Chavez raised has questions about Yang’s voting record.
According to the Fresno County election clerk’s office, Yang voted in Fresno in the general elections of 2006 and 2008, then not again until the 2016 presidential election.
Asked to explain the eight-year gap, she said, “I’m not too sure about the registering of that part.”
She mentioned that she lived back and forth between Fresno and Merced.
According to the Merced County elections office, Yang was registered there between 2009 and 2016 but did not cast a vote.
“I’m not an active voter. Like everybody else in District 5, we promote all the congressional leaders and offices … just discouraged about voting because we don’t believe that our district will ever get the attention that it needs,” Yang said.

Lawsuit Over Co-Signed Loan


Court records show Kings Credit Services filed a lawsuit against Yang and another plaintiff, Albert Robert Gaxiola, in 2005, seeking more than $4,000 in damages.
Yang said she co-signed a loan for a mother of one of her employees when she ran a real estate office.
“All these years, I don’t know what happened to it. Doing a good deed, you get stuck with some bad record on it. It is just helping another elderly lady. I went to trace it down, the lady has now passed away. The whole family is deceased, so I’m stuck with that,” Yang said.
She said that she is making arrangements to take care of it.
Yang did not know who Gaxiola is, saying he is from the lady’s family.
 
 

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David Taub,
Senior Reporter
Curiosity drives David Taub. The award-winning journalist might be shy, but feels mighty with a recorder in his hand. He doesn't see it his job to "hold public officials accountable," but does see it to provide readers (and voters) the information needed to make intelligent choices. Taub has been honored with several writing awards from the California News Publishers Association. He's just happy to have his stories read. Joining GV Wire in 2016, Taub covers politics, government and elections, mainly in the Fresno/Clovis area. He also writes columns about local eateries (Appetite for Fresno), pro wrestling (Off the Bottom Rope), and media (Media Man). Prior to joining the online news source, Taub worked as a radio producer for KMJ and PowerTalk 96.7 in Fresno. He also worked as an assignment editor for KCOY-TV in Santa Maria, California, and KSEE-TV in Fresno. He has also worked behind the scenes for several sports broadcasts, including the NCAA basketball tournament, and the Super Bowl. When not spending time with his family, Taub loves to officially score Fresno Grizzlies games. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Taub is a die-hard Giants and 49ers fan. He graduated from the University of Michigan with dual degrees in communications and political science. Go Blue! You can contact David at 559-492-4037 or at Send an Email

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