Sam Yoon later served as the executive director for the Council of Korean Americans in Washington, DC.
24 Facts About Sam Yoon
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Sam Yoon was the first Asian American to hold elected office in Boston.
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Sam Yoon is a member of the United States Democratic Party.
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Sam Yoon earned a degree from the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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Sam Yoon later worked at the Community Builders, the nation's largest non-profit developer.
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Sam Yoon spent time working for Abt Associates, a public policy think tank, before becoming the Housing Director for the Asian Community Development Corporation.
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Sam Yoon won despite having lived in the city only for one year prior to his run.
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Sam Yoon's election was hailed by the local media as an important sign of the emergence of "New Boston", in which the city's traditional insider politics are becoming less important than before.
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Sam Yoon's victory made have been aided by the fact that 2005 was the first election in which bilingual ballots were permitted, including ballots that used Chinese and English.
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Sam Yoon voted in favor of a salary increase for government employees, which he said would make positions more desirable for qualified candidates.
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Sam Yoon took up the issue of government transparency on the Boston City Council.
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Sam Yoon requested the City Council minutes utilize "plain English" in order to make their contents more understandable to the general public.
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Sam Yoon requested for the city government's website to list the phone numbers for city commissions.
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Sam Yoon called for the website to list as the names, duties, and length of term of the members of city commissions and boards.
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Sam Yoon chose not to run for reelection in 2009 in order to run for mayor of Boston.
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Sam Yoon is a co-founder of the Asian Political Leadership Fund, a federally designated 527 group whose purpose is to promote political leadership from within the Asian-American community.
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On February 8,2009, Sam Yoon announced he would be running for Mayor of Boston.
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Sam Yoon ran on a platform that advocated transparency and accountability at City Hall.
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Sam Yoon proposed eliminating the Boston Redevelopment Authority, an organization responsible for planning and development in Boston, and replacing it with community-focused development agency.
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Sam Yoon proposed overhauling Boston's transportation infrastructure, advocating a plan that would increase bike accessibility and would promote rapid transit.
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Sam Yoon's consultants included Jim Spencer, of the Campaign Network, a direct mail specialist who was the chief strategist on Sam Yoon's city council runs; Jeff Hewitt, a media specialist who was his lead fundraising consultant; Joe Trippi, a social networking specialist who was the former campaign manager for Howard Dean's Presidential Campaign.
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Sam Yoon's pollster was Tom Kiley, who previously worked for Deval Patrick and Joe Kennedy.
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Sam Yoon announced his decision to leave Boston for Washington, DC on June 29,2010.
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Sam Yoon was previously executive director of NACEDA, and was appointed in 2012 as the first full-time Executive Director of the Council of Korean Americans.