Ciardella's unethical campaign material

Not the same as a professional County politco using the city email for campaigning. Try a real issue.

Sorry, WA, an inadvertent email post, dismissed by the city's attorney as inconsequential, is nothing compared to a blatant and deliberate violation of very specific and explicit campaign laws. If Rick had done it once, we might explain it as the misstep of a novice, but multiple incursions suggest that he is either not very smart or is trying hard to mislead the voters. Neither makes me think he would make a satisfactory member of the council.

I would not be surprised if Monday's mail included one of those faux mailers stating that the Democratic party has endorsed him. His cronies used this Nixon-invented tactic in 2006, and I'm sure confused a number of voters.

I don't think Rick is a bad guy, but he hangs out with the wrong crowd and he hasn't shown any evidence that he's got much going for him, other than a willingness to run for council.

Add in the fact that Ciardella signed an ethics oath as a council candidate, agreeing to follow the rules.

I am Rick Ciardella's Campaign Manager. We did in fact make a mistake with our "rushed" mailer and "post it" sticker for The Almanac. In truth, we thought we had included our FPPC number, before the electronic sending of the proof, but for some reason it was inadvertently left off the final proof. We are still trying to determine why this happened. We are very sorry for the oversight. Both of these advertisements were paid for, and designed by the campaign. There will not be a "Monday mailing including one of those faux mailers....", this was not a "Nixon-invented tactic", and Rick is a good guy that hangs out with the right crowd, one of them being me. We have strived, very purposefully, to run this campaign as a very positive campaign. This was a very honest mistake, and I'll take full responsibility for it. If you still have concerns with this issue, please email me thru our website: voteforrick.org Thanks.

I agree Rick is a nice guy and that honest mistakes can happen BUT you still don't seem to have it right. Read the FPPC rules. The way I read it, the mailing must include an address. So even if the FPPC number was supposed to have printed, it still didn't comply.

I'm glad to hear that there will not be any faux mailers or hit pieces from Ciardella's campaign. So far I haven't seen any from Cohen or Fergusson and hope that will be the case. Is it possible that finally Menlo Park has candidates who are grown up enough that campaigns can be positive? Hooray!

Now if only the supporters of each candidate would refrain from making up stories filled with innuendo and throwing around dirt.