Isikhumulo sezindiza saseSan José sihlonipha impilo kanye nefa likaNorman Mineta

UMqondisi Wesikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe eMineta San José, uJohn Aitken, ukhiphe isitatimende namuhla ehlonipha impilo nefa lalowo owayenguNobhala Wezokuthutha, u-Norman Y. Mineta. UMineta waba yiMeya yokuqala yase-Asia-American yaseSan José (nanoma yiliphi idolobha elikhulu lase-US) kusukela ngo-1971 kuya ku-1975. UMineta usebenze njengelungu leDemocratic Alliance kuphela leKhabhinethi likaMongameli uGeorge W. Bush njengoNobhala Wezokuthutha kusukela ngo-2001 kuya ku-2006, ephethe izindiza. umkhakha ngesikhathi nangemva kokuhlaselwa ngoSepthemba 11, 2001. UMineta uphinde wasebenza kuMongameli Bill Clinton's Administration njengoNobhala Wezohwebo, nakuCongress emele iSan José iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili ukusuka ku-1975 kuya ku-1995, Ngalesi sikhathi, wasungula futhi waba ngusihlalo weCongressional. I-Asia Pacific Caucus yaseMelika.

Umqondisi u-Aitken ukhiphe isitatimende esilandelayo:

“Siphatheke kabi kakhulu ngezindaba zokudlula emhlabeni kukaNobhala uMineta. UNorm wayengumpetha wezokundiza kusukela ngesikhathi sakhe ehola iDolobha laseSan José, kuya eminyakeni yakhe engama-20 emele iSilicon Valley eCongress, emsebenzini wakhe ezikhundleni zokuphatha zoMongameli ezimbili.

Yena, mhlawumbe, uzokhunjulwa kakhulu ngezenzo zakhe eziwujuqu njenge Unobhala Wezokuthutha lokho kwagcina iMelika iphephile ngoSepthemba 11, 2001 nangemuva kwayo. Kodwa ukuzibophezela kwakhe ekuthuthukiseni ingqalasizinda yezindiza yaseMelika - kanye nabantu abayenza isebenze - - kwaqala ngaphambi kwalolo suku olubi, futhi saqhubeka kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.

Ngonyaka odlule nje, uNobhala uMineta uchithe usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa e-Zoom neqembu labasebenzi bethu basesikhumulweni sezindiza ukuze baxoxe ngolwazi lwakhe njengesizukulwane sokuqala saseMelika saseMelika phakathi neMpi Yezwe II nokuthi kwalolongeka kanjani ukuzibophezela kwakhe emsebenzini wokusebenzela umphakathi.

UNobhala uMineta wayevame ukwenza ihlaya ethi akakuqondi ukuthi abazali bakhe bamqambe ngesikhumulo sezindiza. Iqiniso liwukuthi usikhuthaze ngokungaphezu nje kwegama lakhe, futhi siyaziqhenya ngokuphathiswa ifa lakhe.”

ISan José City Council igunyaze ukuguqula igama lesikhumulo sezindiza ukuze libe “I-Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport” ngokuhlonipha lowo owayeyiMeya kanye noKhongolose osenesikhathi eside ngo-2001.