Democratic Party and Labor Council Unite to Form Political Venture Fund

Nov 03, 2006, by John McEnery IV Comments (47)

New Laborcratic Entity Delivers Fatwa: Buy All Elections

After raising several million dollars to cover independent expenditures for the Chavez for Mayor campaign, the Santa Clara County Democratic Party and the South Bay Labor Council have decided to unite, forming a venture capital leviathan known as the Laborcratic Superfund.

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The Trojan Horse Worm Proposition

Nov 02, 2006, by Jack Van Zandt Comments (27)

Probably like most of you, I have one of the popular antivirus programs on my computer. Every once in a while when I am online, I get a message that the antivirus has stopped a Trojan horse worm from secretly infiltrating my computer and killing off my data, leaving nothing but itself. If only we had a similar program to detect and foil political Trojan horse worms from squeaking through the vote and becoming law. One such worm, a classic of bait-and-switch techniques, is Proposition 90.

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Tom McEnery on KGO

Nov 01, 2006, by The Editor Comments (11)

Tom McEnery will be discussing the San Jose mayor’s race on the Ronn Owens Show on KGO AM 810 radio this morning, Thursday, November 2, from 10-11a.m.

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Office for Sale

Nov 01, 2006, by Tom McEnery Comments (109)

There was a time when a small clique of special interest developers trying to buy the mayor’s office would elicit outrage and indignation.  Perhaps that time has passed because it is happening right now and nothing is being said about it.  In recent days, we have seen the few interests who own properties in the Coyote Valley make one of the most brazen attempts at a land grab since the Oklahoma land rush. They—billionaires, Republicans, and out-of-town companies and law firms—have poured donations in $25,000 increments and higher into the local Democratic Party political apparatus.  Some of these individuals still write in Herbert Hoover for President, so ardent are their conservative leanings, but here they stand shoulder to shoulder with the most aggressive proponents of a very ambitious labor agenda. It is obvious that this “unholy alliance” of greed and hubris is trying to buy the office of mayor.  If Cindy Chavez disagrees with such tactics, she has not shown it and her silence speaks very loudly.

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Single Gal and Is Manny Diaz For Real?

Oct 31, 2006, by Single Gal Comments (54)

Without wanting to beat a dead horse, I just cannot seem to fathom some of the tactics that Manny Diaz uses in order to get elected to the city council.  His latest doozy is to actually have a press conference, in front of an elementary school no less, promoting supposed links of Sam Liccardo’s MySpace page to pornography.  He was handing out nude photos to passersby and claiming that Liccardo was linked to these photos.  There are so many things wrong with that, I really don’t even know where to start.  Yeah, Manny, it makes perfect sense that a district attorney who spends his time prosecuting child molesters and pedophiles would be linked to porn sites.  It would almost make me sick if it wasn’t so laughable.

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Problems With Mailing List

Oct 30, 2006, by The Editor Comments (3)

We are experiencing problems with our daily email notification to certain addresses. The webmaster is working to correct the problem by upgrading our software and we hope to have it cleared up in a few days. In the meantine, thank you for your patience.

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