The San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce has been getting a lot of heat for its mudslinging against District 8 candidate Joshua Barousse. Last week, Pat Waite, another contender for the District 8 seat, found the hits on Barousse so petty and overinflated that in a letter published in the Evergreen Times he stated, “I have returned the contribution that the Chamber made to my campaign, and will no longer use their endorsement in my materials.”
Earlier this week, the Silicon Valley Young Democrats, along with two former Presidents of the California Young Democrats sent an open letter to Matt Mahood, CEO and President of the Chamber. The letter called on Mahood to immediately stop the personal attacks, citing that at a time when voter turnout is at an all-time low, the ads only serve to “further disillusion young people to the realities of community service.”
Council Member Raul Peralez has also spoken out against the Chamber’s focus on attacking candidates on “minor traffic infractions.”
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