Leland Yee's campaign has a mailer stating $250,000 of Mike Nevin's campaign funding comes from "real estate interests, developers, and construction trades." I believe that estimate may be low because special interests have become very clever at hiding contribution sources. In 2004, for example, the Bay Meadows racetrack developer gave Nevin's campaign $6,400. We made that contribution public so the developer, Terrence Fancher, made only a $200 contribution to Nevin's campaign this time around. However, the developer's wife, who lists her occupation as "housewife," gave $6,600 to Nevin's campaign. This appears to be an attempt to skirt campaign finance disclosure laws and should absolutely not be allowed.
Donna Bischoff
Member, Save Bay Meadows Citizens Group
Donna Bischoff
Member, Save Bay Meadows Citizens Group
- Written by savebaymeadows
The idea that Leland Yee is somehow a clean oracle when it comes to special interests is a joke. The guy is laden with baggage. He's no friend of San Mateo County in the slightest. Mike Nevin is not a saint by any means. But at least he's one of ours. Yee is a creature of dysfunctional San Francisco politics through and through.
Posted by: | May 31, 2006 at 12:56 AM
Mike Nevin is far less than "no saint". He has scrwed San Mateo County so many times to advance his own careers it's not even funny. Just lift the veil from the BART disaster that we are laden with, the Caltrain debt that has never been repaid, the new ferry service that will suckeven more resources. He has sold us out time and time again. He even voted to close the Broadway Avenue station and voted to preserve the stop in Santa Clara that is essentailly a boutique service for Bellerman Prep.
If Mike nevin were elected you can count on him forgetting quickly about any deep concern for San Mateo County.
The guy ran for Sheriff in SF while he was an SF cop, and lost because it was revealed that he was voting in SF while living in Daly City. Two indicments later, he was out of the running. He only fled to San Mateo County because he had to hide out for a while so folks could forget about his malfeasance.
Posted by: | May 31, 2006 at 01:37 AM
No pun intended when Donna wrote that the developer's wife appeared to be skirting the campaign finance laws, right? :-)
Posted by: Mary | May 31, 2006 at 08:21 PM