Mar 14, 2014
Mayor Chuck Reed has suspended efforts to qualify a statewide ballot initiative to attack the retirement security of public workers in California. The measure would have changed the California Constitution to eliminate the constitutional protections for public workers, who have a vested right to their pensions. Tweet
Mar 13, 2014
The Santa Clara County Deputy Sheriffs Association could be on its way into some hot water after having failed to file campaign contribution report for two years, and possibly longer. According to a complaint filed with the Fair Political Practices Commission, the DSA has not filed form 460 reports for contributions made to political candidates from 2010 through the end…
Mar 10, 2014
On March 4th, 2014, Billionaire Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings delivered the keynote speech to the California Charter School Association’s annual conference. In that keynote speech, Mr. Hastings made a shocking statement: Democratically elected school board members are the problem with education, and they must be replaced by privately held corporations in the next 20-30 years. Tweet
Mar 3, 2014
As city employee unions quietly work with city leaders to fix Mayor Reed’s illegal pension measure, which is driving away police, some city council members are playing political games with public safety. Tuesday, Council Member Pierluigi Oliverio will bring this recommendation (item 3.6 on the agenda) to the Council, to set aside 40% of the City General Fund for police…
Feb 27, 2014
Despite aggressive campaigning by his billionaire financed Democratic and Republican opponents, Congressman Mike Honda continues to hold double-digit leads in both primary and general election polling for his CA-17 race and 61% of CA-17 voters polled approve of the way Rep. Honda is handling his job as their Congressman. (results below) The recent polling conducted by Public Policy Polling on behalf of…
Feb 24, 2014
It’s not surprising to see Dave Cortese leading in a new poll surveying those San Jose residents most likely to vote in June in the San Jose Mayor’s race. The results show that San Jose voters are no dummies. In the upcoming primary election, it will take only about 23% of the vote to advance to the general election, and…
Feb 17, 2014
From Encyclopaedia Britannica Presidents’ Day, officially Washington’s Birthday, in the United States, holiday (third Monday in February) popularly recognized as honouring George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The day is sometimes understood as a celebration of the birthdays and lives of all U.S. presidents. The origin of Presidents’ Day lies in the 1880s, when the birthday of Washington—commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and…
Feb 14, 2014
San Jose Mayoral candidate Sam Liccardo is perhaps learning a few lessons from Chris Chrisitie’s BridgeGate and admitting he was wrong. That’s great. But how much more is there to admit? As The Left Hook reported last week it appears Liccardo started his campaign fundraising at least three weeks before local election law allows. One of Liccardo’s lobbiests, Alex Tourk,…
Feb 6, 2014
UPDATE: Dear Readers, It looks like Sam Liccardo’s campaign took down the questionable campaign event information from their website which th is post refers to. Look! Is that the behavior of someone who’s doing things on the straight and narrow? For those of you who have been wondering how mayoral candidate Sam Liccardo raised $512,000 in December, while Dave…
Feb 5, 2014
Santa Clara County leaders have had enough excuses from the City of San Jose on why emergency medical response times seem to be “dragging”, to put it mildly. The Fire Department has missed it’s contracted “on-time” response for almost the last year and a half (14 consecutive months). What does the county have to do to get some accountability around…