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Political committees pump cash into Assembly campaigns
Original post made on May 24, 2016
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, May 23, 2016, 10:19 PM
Comments
Posted by Mrs Mac
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on May 24, 2016 at 12:32 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on May 24, 2016 at 12:32 pm
We have the best politicians money can buy!
Even with that in mind, there is a significant difference in candidates supported by business interests vs candidates supported by working people.
ie.. nurses or a woman's empowerment group vs real estate interests - we can see what unfettered commercial real estate interests can do to a neighborhood or town.
Posted by Destinee
a resident of another community
on May 24, 2016 at 2:07 pm
a resident of another community
on May 24, 2016 at 2:07 pm
The number one negative when I choose a candidate is big money from development and real estate interests. So Mark Berman and Barry Chang are eliminated by default.
I am much less upset about donations from teachers and nurses organizations. Of the two Democrats with any chance of winning, Veenker and Berman, Veenker is clearly the better choice.
Chang is the most corrupt, but fortunately he has little chance of winning. He's been shopping for a higher position for a decade, running for a seat in the 28th Assembly District (where he actually lives), running for Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, and now pretending to live in the 24th District and running for Assembly again. While his work against Lehigh is admirable, he tries to turn every issue into a Lehigh issue. He even harassed Steve Jobs about the Apple Campus 2 and Lehigh.
