Author Archives : The Left Hook

San Jose’s newest PAC, the Business San Jose Chamber PAC, just sent their first mailer, and the PAC is already embroiled in controversy. San Jose Chamber PAC, which broke off from the Silicon Valley Organization PAC (which confusingly enough is run by the real Chamber of Commerce), sent a mailer that features a quote implying that Sacred Heart Executive Officer…

Robert Varich, Republican candidate for Campbell Union High School has, for years, been promoting racist and hateful messages via his social media. Varich posted on his Facebook what appears to be a letter to the editor likening individuals who receive food assistance to animals who, if fed, will not learn to take care of themselves. The post is captioned, “Enough…

Carl Guardino, head of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, is putting his campaign committee, Innovation for Everyone, to use.  So far in the general election, Guardino has spent more than $40,000 on his candidate for Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg.  Most recently, Innovation for Everyone sent out a mailer attacking her opponent Don Rocha for being backed by special…

Last week, the Silicon Valley Organization (SVO), formerly the Chamber of Commerce, came under fire when its PAC sent out a mailer with an image that had been manipulated to appear as though San Jose Council candidate Kalen Gallagher was flipping off the camera, instead of pointing to the “I voted” sticker that they had removed from the altered photo.…

A mailer paid for by the Silicon Valley Organization’s PAC attacking San Jose City Council candidate Kalen Gallagher is getting attention, and not because of the accusations it made against the candidate. The SVO photo shopped an image of Gallagher taken from his Instagram account. The original photo is a selfie of Gallagher pointing to his “I voted” sticker. The…