Nov 11, 2014
A number of blogs have called attention to the precinct map of San Jose from the Election for Mayor on November 4th. That visual presentation reveals a harsh reality better than any lengthy text. The image shows a city as divided as if a Berlin Wall had been constructed down its center. Almost all of the precincts in the whiter…
Nov 10, 2014
A statement from SJ Mayoral candidate Dave Cortese – First, thank you for the role you played in helping us mount a campaign where thousands came together, calling for a new culture at City Hall. Thanks to our efforts, I’m confident that you will see a more conciliatory approach by the City’s new leadership than we would have seen had our…
Nov 7, 2014
Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Shannon Bushey is asking the California Secretary of State for a post-election review of the Registrar’s “systems and processes”, according to this letter sent today. Tweet
Nov 5, 2014
San Jose is a city divided. And there is perhaps no better illustration of that than the Santa Clara County Registrar’s map which shows where mayoral candidates Dave Cortese and Sam Liccardo drew support. The East Side, made up of working class families and people of color, went largely to Cortese. The West Side, which is whiter and wealthier, voted…
Nov 4, 2014
There’s been a lot of confusion out there about Prop 45—and much of it has been the intended result of an extremely well-financed opposition. When you have a ton of money, you can effectively flood the airwaves, the internet and folks’ mailboxes with an ocean of misinformation. Proposition 45 is quite simple. Here’s the precise verbiage from the ballot as…
Nov 3, 2014
The Liccardo for Mayor Campaign is demanding Comcast Cable stop running an ad reminding voters of Council Member Sam Liccardo’s voting record on crime issues. The letter accuses the ad of making false and misleading statements in an attempt to mislead voters. The Left Hook researchers checked into this and found the documents that back up the ad’s statements. Tweet
Nov 1, 2014
The Liccardo for Mayor Campaign is scrambling to get its story straight about a variety of ethics violations filed against them. Campaign manager Ragan Henninger dismissed an ethics complaint filed last week as “baseless,” claiming that the donation of a contact list, made by Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen, is not an in-kind contribution, and therefore didn’t have to be…
Oct 24, 2014
The plot thickens in the ethics scandal involving Mayor Reed’s political strategist Victor Ajlouny, with a tacit admission from Ajlouny that he did in fact encourage former Officer Aaron Ettinger to lie about whether the head of the police union was telling cadets to quit the department. Tweet