Vote for the candidate who has done far more in the interests of the community and is not endorsed by any prominent corrupt politicians, lobbyists, or corporations: Raul Peralez.

Have you met Matt Mahan in person? Is he your councilmember? Have you gone to a meet and greet to ask him your toughest question in person? Are you familiar at all with his character? Do you vote based on who you think a candidates “connections” are? Interesting. My bar is higher than that.

I’m voting for Matt Mahan for Mayor because he has represented me extremely well as my council member. He is well versed on almost any subject thrown at him at a moments notice and without preparation. He does not think San Jose is doomed but instead is going to raise his family here and wants to see them thrive and so is putting his incredible talents to great use to improve what he sees as a city with problems but also with incredible potential. I’ll take that against your doomed any day.

You should run David Wall. You are an extremely smart man. But you are not on the ballot and Matt is. We are not doomed unless you and those like you just give up. I’m a proud Matt Mahan supporter and will talk to anyone, anytime about why.

The 49ers spent $3 million on getting *their* candidates elected in the city of Santa Clara for City council. The Santa Clara City Council, aside from 2 members, vote in lockstep with the 49ers wishes as they have demonstrated over and over again. The candidates that the 49ers bought are all over their heads. They are inept and feckless. At the 49ers bidding, the “49er 5” have left the city without a City Manager AND City Attorney as nobody qualified for those positions wants to work for the city due to the reputation of the city council.

San Jose, for the future of your city do not vote anybody into office who is endorsed and paid for by the 49ers. Just take a look at the dysfunctional and sleazy organization that is the 49ers and Jed York. If ever a murky, and possibly criminal situation, called for a grand jury investigation, the history between the City of Santa Clara council members, who make up the “49er 5” and the 49ers, deserves the DA’s consideration.

San Jose Inside, please put your best investigative journalists on the incestuous relationship between the 49ers political donations and those who they endorse, the meetings between the 49er 5 and the 49ers, some of which were off the record and not documented as required by law, and the back room dealings that have gone on. Please keep the heat on.

And you, Mr. Mahan are also running on your ‘connections’.

No matter who the ‘Voters’ choose…San Jose is doomed.

David S. Wall