UPDATE: Memo madness.
Two more memos were added to Tuesday’s San Jose City Council agenda, in an attempt to pull the reins on Mayor-elect Liccardo’s rush to appoint an ally on the dais.
While nevertheless expressing his great respect for likely appointee Margie Matthews, Councilman Don Rocha called for a longer application process with the Council taking up the option to appoint a temporary replacement in District 4 on January 13th, when everyone is back from the holiday break.
Councilmember Ash Kalra seconded that with his own missive reminding his colleagues of an earlier discussion on the subject where “The end result was to wait for a new elected representative and drop any recommendation for appointment…”
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In a memo out late today, Mayor-elect Sam Liccardo made clear he will nominate former District 4 Council Member Margie Matthews (she was Margie Fernandez while in office from 1993-2000) to the interim post until voters decide April 7th who will fill the rest of the council term through 2016. Matthews and David Hernandez were the only two names submitted to the City Clerk’s office by the noon deadline today. The announcement for the appointment only went out yesterday, so it didn’t give prospective temps much time. In fact, no one actually knew it was open for consideration.
City Council will vote on the appointment Tuesday, December 16th which is expected to be approved.
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