It has been a tough week for Mayor Chuck Reed. An enterprising investigative reporter, Jenna Susko, from KNTV News challenged the mayor’s veracity of the “fiscal crisis” and exposed his administration’s exaggeration of the unfunded liability facing San Jose. The mayor’s opponents were quick to jump on the news and quickly filed an ethics complaint. A complaint which, ironically, is justified under Reed’s own ethic reforms, which state that public officials shouldn’t lie. But the regulation—like many Reed Reforms—is unenforceable. A lawyer for the ethics commission advised the body not to investigate as they have no jurisdiction over the matter. That is lawyer-speak for you can’t do anything even if he did lie.
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City Council to Discuss Pot Clubs, Priorities
If recommendations from the Rules and Open Government Committee are accepted, the City Council will repeal its medical marijuana ordinance at Tuesday’s meeting. If not, the council will prepare the matter to go before voters on June 5. Other matters include an audit of Team San Jose and a list of the city’s top priorities for the fiscal year.
Occupy Movement Should Rethink Strategy
The quixotic Occupy movement needs some real leadership now. While most of us share the concerns of the movement and have marveled at their ability to highlight issues that have really caused our economic pain, the immature and needless violence against people and property is hurting their cause and is ineffective in creating the change they seek.
Coto, Cedillo Dismissed from Minutemen Lawsuit
A U.S. District Court judge dismissed two state legislators, Assemblyman Joe Coto (D) of San Jose and Senator Gilbert Cedillo (D) of Los Angeles, from a lawsuit filed by the Minutemen, an anti-illegal immigrant group, which claims that its First Amendment rights have been violated. The legislators had petitioned Caltrans to revoke the group’s Adopt-a-Highway program and remove a sign bearing the group’s name.
