A recent letter signed by some former San Mateo mayors who have disagreements with Mayor Amourence Lee regarding the future of housing in San Mateo made the claim that, “Actions by both Lee and a planning commissioner have been forwarded to the district attorney for investigation.” I would be curious to hear what they have in mind. The only thing I have heard of being referred to the DA recently was the question of whether the faction that opposes Lee on City Council engaged in a possibly-corrupt vote-trading scheme. It takes some chutzpah to call this a referral of Ms. Lee.
And the only recent allegation about a Planning Commission member that I’ve heard is the spurious attack on Commissioner Adam Nugent, because he moved some campaign signs from an illegal placement on public property, to a legal location. The situation resulted in some unhinged accusations by people willing to stoop to badly Photoshopped “evidence,” but the district attorney evidently concluded there was no conduct that should be charged.
If there are not other specific allegations to ground this claim, I am surprised the Journal allowed such an inflammatory statement to go to print. And I am both surprised and disappointed to see the names of several men and women I respect attached to such a statement.
I'm surprised the Journal printed the former mayors' letter as fact without couching it as maneuver by a group of politically powerful establishment insiders with an axe to grind. Allegations are merely allegations and innuendo until journalists are able to get at the truth.
Sounds like we have a local version of a Russian Collusion Delusion, except we have Democrats vs. Democrats this time... As the San Mateo World Turns...
Auros, wait, there’s more! A Planning Commissioner went around City Council to report to the state that the Housing Element the Council was about to approve was lacking and the state should reject it. This is a flagrant breach of ethics, and it was even brought up by Councilmember Newsom at Saturday’s Blue Sky meeting. I know it’s easy to be confused because there’s so much bad behavior that needs to stop. You can learn more at recallamolee.com.
If in fact the Housing Element is deficient, and the City was warned in advance during the process of drafting it that this was the case, then there’s nothing unethical at all about reiterating those same concerns to HCD. In fact the unethical thing would be for the city to try to slip it by HCD and hope they’re too busy to notice the cheating.
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The writer is 'surprised" the Journal printed the former mayors' letter. i'm surprised it wasn't one the front page.
I'm surprised the Journal printed the former mayors' letter as fact without couching it as maneuver by a group of politically powerful establishment insiders with an axe to grind. Allegations are merely allegations and innuendo until journalists are able to get at the truth.
Sounds like we have a local version of a Russian Collusion Delusion, except we have Democrats vs. Democrats this time... As the San Mateo World Turns...
Auros, wait, there’s more! A Planning Commissioner went around City Council to report to the state that the Housing Element the Council was about to approve was lacking and the state should reject it. This is a flagrant breach of ethics, and it was even brought up by Councilmember Newsom at Saturday’s Blue Sky meeting. I know it’s easy to be confused because there’s so much bad behavior that needs to stop. You can learn more at recallamolee.com.
If in fact the Housing Element is deficient, and the City was warned in advance during the process of drafting it that this was the case, then there’s nothing unethical at all about reiterating those same concerns to HCD. In fact the unethical thing would be for the city to try to slip it by HCD and hope they’re too busy to notice the cheating.
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