Dovetailing with my Oct. 19 letter to the editor, it is significant that Bohannon donated $1,000 to Fields’ campaign. It represents a clear conflict of interest, particularly, in light of recently passed Senate Bill 1439, wherein councilmembers will be subject to conflict of interest rules involving campaign contributions. This new law could require candidates to recuse themselves from certain decisions. Given next year there will be major, long-term final decisions on zoning, heights and density, developers have literally millions riding on those council seats. So far, Newsom, Diaz Nash, Linhares, Zygmunt have committed to not taking donations from developers, to avoid conflict of interest, not to mention running afoul of legislation designed to prevent this exact scenario from playing out. Fields and Loraine have not (Atkeson is not taking donations).
The residents of San Mateo deserve to know the truth about their candidates and rely on our journalists to do the necessary forensics to reveal the true nature and intentions of candidates and penetrate crafty facades of moderation and transparency. Fields is a candidate carefully manufactured by special interests. She is an extreme, big developer-backed candidate who will not represent District 3, or San Mateo. To wit, she has done zero personal outreach in D3, net of “walks” with her big machine supporters like Kevin Mullin, or the San Mateo County Central Labor Council. This is not outreach, these are parades. Meanwhile, Newsom has been having intimate coffees and meet-ups with residents (and their dogs!), knocking on doors and actually listening to people. That speaks volumes.
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