https://www.sanjoseinside.com/opinion/9_10_12_ash_kalra_democratic_national_convention/ A look inside San Jose politics and culture Mon, 24 Feb 2014 23:20:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.12 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/opinion/9_10_12_ash_kalra_democratic_national_convention/#comment-808091 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 06:29:10 +0000 http://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/entries/9_10_12_ash_kalra_democratic_national_convention/#comment-808091 It is wonderful that San Jose was represented by delegates.  I am curious as to who pays for these delegates and their tagalongs to go to the DNC?  Mr Kalra was an actual delegate but Councilman Campos was just a tagalong with his sister.  Do delegates pay out of their own pocket and take time off without pay or use vacation time to attend these functions?  With the city resources so tight it would be poor management if they used city funds to go to a designated convention like that when their jobs are non-partisan council members.

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