Comments on: Questions of Conflicts of Interest Loom Over Santa Clara County Redistricting

By: My_Opinion

My_Opinion — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 20:45:47 +0000

Except for the fact Chavez is running to be Mayor of San Jose.

By: M.T. GUNN

M.T. GUNN — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 23:14:07 +0000

The Communist’s that run this valley have a lock on power here in the peoples utopia, why would they let one last hold out area survive absolute destruction? Soon the last of the tycoons of innovation will have left for Texas, and your house will flood with 3rd world migrants and others looking for a free ride.
Keep voting that one party system to death and soon you will be living the Chicago dream!

By: Fed Up South County Resident

Fed Up South County Resident — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:52:53 +0000

So Rossi, Constantine and their supporters Ellenberg and Chavez are so scared of Johnny Khamis winning that their labor unions try to gerrymander him out of the election? This is shameful and exposes what cowards they are. Hopefully Chavez and Ellenberg lose their next elections because of this.

By: HB

HB — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 10:48:51 +0000

Progressives want power, period! They don’t care about appearances because they are supported by a Leftist media who will cover for them.

Every time I read about the BoS, I feel like I need a shower. ?

By: not him

not him — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 22:32:09 +0000

Single Party State

Single Party Politics

Enjoy your Heaven on Earth

By: The Engineer

The Engineer — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 04:52:11 +0000

The point is VV, Chavez voted on a map by prepared by and submitted by Working Partnerships USA, an organization she founded and led for several years. This is about the most basic and simplistic conflict of interest that can happen. It’s stunning that she didn’t think it through and recuse herself. This was nothing short of a progressive power grab, even though the BOS has voted mostly the same way on literally everything. Voters are sick of this now.

By: The engineer

The engineer — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 04:45:42 +0000

In the case of conflict of interest, they are still suppose to recuse themselves, period. There is no exception.

By: Ellen Rosen

Ellen Rosen — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 03:53:02 +0000

This shameful scheming by Ellenberg and Chavez goes beyond dirty tricks and political shenanigans. There are serious legal and ethical concerns surrounding this attempt to–let’s call it what it is–deny Khamis’ and Rennie’s Rights to Candidacy. For a pair of progressives that hypocritically robe themselves in language of suffrage and inclusion, there is a shocking amount of suppression,,segregation, and exclusion in their wardrobe. County residents should not let Ellenberg and Chavez glide away from this misbehavior: they are unfurling their true intentions, and there’s more than a whiff of Woke tyranny about it.

By: Vacancy Vaquero

Vacancy Vaquero — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 19:17:06 +0000

So the BoS gets to vote on boundaries of supervisorial districts. They have the authority. Is it a conflict that a sitting supervisor wants to get re-elected? (If only retiring supervisors were able to decide, there might not even be a quorum.) Why is it a conflict for electeds to promote their agenda by helping supporters and discouraging opponents? Is the argument that they should cede that authority to some sort of citizen’s commission, as at the state level?

Same goes for city council districts and school board trustee districts, etc.

By: The Engineer

The Engineer — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 18:38:33 +0000

The mere appearance of a conflict of interest is an absolutely serious charge, especially when its an obvious conflict of interest, especially when both Cindy and Susan already voted last week to include the so-called “Unity Map” (Yellow Map) for final consideration, and not recuse themselves from THAT vote. The law-breaking damage has already been done. For Cindy, being the founder and former leader of Working Partnerships this is an especially egregious lapse of judgment. The absolute arrogance of the coalition group that prepared and submitted the so-called “Unity Map” in an effort to dilute many areas of the county, and was done under the guise of “Unity”, is disturbingly appalling, and clearly demonstrates an attempted power grab.