Pay attention now, This is Service League of San Mateo County telling you the voters how this County is really run and who controls it.

Service League Director is Mike Nevin X Supervisor of 12 years and Indicted for Voter fraud.

Mark Church, Rose Gibson, Adrienne Tissier, and Carole Groom are all members of this little non profit. These are the 4 who voted. again not Rich Gordon

They do not disclose on the County website that they are members of SL

You might remember that SL appointed Carole Groom against the wishes of almost everyone in the County.

If history repeats they will appoint again.

Welcome to San Mateo County

My Goodness. The Board of Supervisors rejected the recommendation of the Charter Review Committee? Too many of these board members were appointed to fill seats vacated by supervisors who moved on and quit early so an appointment could be made. Only Gordon actually won a seat. Groom even hired political consultant Ed McGovern to lobby the Board of Supervisors so it would appoint her.
Does anyone in the county actually believe that someone not in the powerful club can ever get on the Board? Former Sheriff Horsely should be defeated as he has been in this club for the past 25 years. April Vargas is our only hope. Vote April Vargas in November!

Business As Usual. Welcome to California! I URGE YOU ALL TO ACTUALLY ATTEND A BOARD OF STUPIDVISORS MEETING and see for yourselves how corrupt our county is. 90% of all San Mateo County residents never set foot in a board meeting. FYI: First they start off with the ll "back slapping", photo ops with youth and other organizations, receiving of "awards" and more photos, telling each other how wonderful they are, then the "already decided in the back room" decisions are voted upon while nodding off as concerned citizens speak on issues. I was shocked, appalled and disgusted with what I witnessed. The Stupidvisors kiss the behinds of special interest groups and those who will get them re-elected ONLY.

Good luck with democracy here!

Richard Gordon, who is leaving in November to attempt a fling as Assemblyman, is now behaving as if he gave a damn as to who gets the seat that endeared him to the filthy rich and had him ignore the rest of his district.
He and his motley crew are an example of why we need to elect perhaps a 100% or close, decision maker who doesn't get sore lips from kissing the rears of moneybags(picture that).They did not come worse than the grandstanding Gordon and he is all set to climb up a teensy ladder now that the world is in chaos. Good riddance, but do not think for a moment his concerns lie with you, the voters.

The 2008-2009 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury issued an advisory letter, listing reasons to look at district elections vs. countywide elections for the Board of Supervisors. We asked the Charter Review Committee to recommend to the Board of Supervisors to place an initiative on the ballot to change the way Supervisors are elected in San Mateo County.

Two citizens groups-- the Grand Jury and the Charter Review Committee-- support a ballot measure so that voters can decide how their Supervisors are elected. That process has now been shut down by the Board of Supervisors themselves, with the exception of Rich Gordon.

I shutter to think of the consequences, especially if there is a lawsuit looming, to which the Grand Jury's letter refers. In Madeira County, that lawsuit cost their County approximately $3MM-$4MM. Couple that with Mark Church's refusal to resign, thus, forcing a special election at a cost of approximately $1.6MM, San Mateo County may be looking at a bill (to be borne by San Mateo County taxpayers) of about $5MM-$6MM. Just a reminder that San Mateo County already has a $150MM structural deficit.

Link to the 2008-2009 Grand Jury advisory letter:
Web Link

Well it will be interesting to see how the method of filling vacant seats will get spelled out on the ballot. Let's see if it has any "teeth". It's up to us voters now to give them some direction!

To allow each little faction around the county to elect its own representative on the Board is to encourage the election of some way-out lunatic put up by some little "special interest" faction. To continue with the existing good system, whereby all Board members are elected at large, is the only truly democratic way. Supervisors will then continue to represent ALL of us, not just some little splinter group that will always be against the best interests of the whole. Look closely at the motivation for those who recommend otherwise and you will quickly see why.

Like it is.

"Look closely at the motivation for those who recommend otherwise and you will quickly see why."

Your talking about 19 citizens who served on the Grand Jury.

We all know that if you have served as a member of the Grand Jury, that your character is spotless and beyond reproach......NOT.