Reprint San Francisco Chronicle: Lance Williams, Ron Kroichick Aug. 27, 2021Updated: Aug. 27, 2021 7:49 p.m. Three Santa Clara City Council members, who were elected last year after 49ers Chief Executive Officer Jed York spent $2.9 million in that campaign, made a request Friday for a closed-door meeting to discuss firing an unidentified city employee. Mayor Lisa Gillmor told The […]
The San Francisco 49ers Team owner Jed York has spent an astounding $3 million into the 2020 Santa Clara City Council election. He wants to put Anthony Becker, Harbir Bhatia, Suds Jain and Kevin Park on the City Council. You can track the election spending on the City Clerk’s website. Jed is funding The Citizens for Efficient Government […]
By Robert Haugh from Santa Clara News The City warned residents in January about “dark money” efforts in Santa Clara for the 2020 elections. That’s an expenditure that tries to influence Mission City voters but the funder tries to do it anonymously. That’s a big no-no. Now, it looks like that January warning may have […]
This month, the City of Santa Clara uncovered a possible “dark money” scheme by the San Francisco 49ers. The team is spending over $300,000 to buy a Santa Clara city election — and they tried to do it anonymously. They hid the money until the City Clerk caught them. They’re opposing Measure C because they […]
Here’s an update on Wednesday’s Dark Money political attack on Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor by McManis Faulkner, Brian Exline SCU Law Student @bxline18, Patricia Mahan. Santa Clarans saw through your BS, and are smart enough to see this was simply a nasty politically charged hit on Mayor Gillmor just like the BluPac attacks on […]
Yesterday, a law firm with connections to the 49ers filed a frivolous lawsuit against Mayor Lisa Gillmor about how she files her economic interest forms. Months ago, the firm was told by the District Attorney that there was no merit to their complaint. Here’s what Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen wrote: “The Public […]
By Robert Haugh, Santa Clara News We’re not following the Mayor’s race closely. Sorry, but we just don’t think it’ll be a close race. Mayor Lisa Gillmor will cruise to victory. She’s done some great things to turn Santa Clara around. Mission City voters will reward her for it. Her campaign doesn’t need much help. […]