The libertarian bots are beside themselves, head over heals in love with Johnny Khamis. That alone should be the kiss of death for the County Supervisor District 1 contender. Note how they have skipped over the second choice of the Power Poll crowd–Claudia Rossi–and juxtaposed Sylvia Arenas with Khamis. Econoclast strongly suggests readers take a closer look at Rossi, a candidate steeped in the fields of health and education–both of which are core County responsibilities–and grounded in community-level work for decades (https://www.sccoe.org/countyboard/Pages/Claudia-Rossi.aspx; https://www.voteclaudiarossi.com/).

We have every intention of voting for Khamis because of what we have watched what he has done and tried to do for ALL of San Joseans.

As noted in an earlier comment, the people included in the Power Poll are almost exclusively drawn from elites in the local economic hierarchy, a propertied and privileged minority (https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/inaugural-san-jose-power-poll-shows-opposition-to-increasing-housing-density/#comment-1706485). High net-worth people almost exclusively socialize with each other, live in the same zip codes, send their children to the same private schools and flock together in the same luxury consumption and leisure venues. They don’t want government at any level that threatens the lopsided concentration of economic, social and political power that they wield vis-a-vis the vast majority.

As a servant of an insufferable status quo, Johnny Khamis is as good–or as disastrous–as the next neoliberal politician maneuvering to heap favors on the wealthy at public expense while blabbing about fiscal responsibility. For some details on Mr. Khamis’ San Jose City Council record in the past few years, and on his current gig shilling for realtors, see: https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-city-council-whopping-break-for-high-rise-developers/#comment-21711; https://sanjosespotlight.com/bloom-energy-sues-santa-clara-over-permits-for-a-second-time/#comment-61273; https://sanjosespotlight.com/former-san-jose-lawmaker-has-a-new-gig-in-real-estate/#comment-39936; https://www.sanjoseinside.com/opinion/opinion-why-does-housing-take-so-long-to-build/#comment-1706527.)

If he sticks to any of his conservative principles and voices them, they will go after him just like they go after Sheriff Smith. I hope that he derides them when they behave like silly wankers. While they have no shame and cannot be embarrassed by their idiocy, they should be publically mocked at every oportunity. They are not serious people. They are not serious about solving problems. They are only serious about getting elected to higher office and pushing the same old tired Marxist rhetoric.

Unfortunately, there is really no other option if you want to see even a small shift in the makeup of the Board of Supervisors.