12 responses to “Supervisor Race – Bruce Balshone’s Take”

1. pat giorni

   March 20, 2011

   You missed it yesterday…
   Contact:
   Barbara Arietta
   President – Pacifica Democrats
   415-246-0775
   On Saturday morning, March 19th, the Pacifica Democrats and the Coastside Democrats from Half Moon Bay will co-sponsor a Spring Supervisorial Candidate’s Forum. All six candidates competing to be the next Supervisor from San Mateo County’s Supervisorial District One, will be on hand to present their individual platforms and to answer questions from the public. The candidates are: Richard Holober, Board President- San Mateo Community College District/Consumer Advocate;Terry Nagel, Mayor of Burlingame/Nonprofit Manager; Demetrios Nikas, Retired; Gina Papan, Deputy Attorney General/Millbrae Councilwoman; Dave Pine, San Mateo Union High School District Trustee/businessman and Michael Stogner, businessman.
   The Forum will be held in the rear banquet room of the Sharp Park Golf Course Restaurant, Highway One and Sharp Park Road, in Pacifica.
   Maybe if you contact the President, you might find a link to video if it was recorded.

2. Joe

   March 20, 2011

   Thanks…was in the air winging back from the U.K. Let’s hope there is one on the populated side of the County! Would be nice to have it sponsored by a non-partisan group too–or is that too much to ask in SMC? 🙂

3. pat giorni

   March 20, 2011

   Where is the League of Women Voters, or even the Burlingame Enlightened Women now that we need them??
   So while in London did you get a gander at the Crown Jewels? Seems like a king’s ransom is being spent on this election!

4. Joe

   March 20, 2011

   I hear the Enlightened Women have three of the six presenting to them soon, but that is not a public event since the whole organization is by invitation only.
   The FPPC 460’s will be available soon–the reporting period closed yesterday, so we will see who is spending real money and who is not.

5. Joe

   March 21, 2011

   Here’s a bit of the race coverage from the Daily Journal–not much of substance on the HSR topic–only Stogner appears to understand this is a total Boondoggle that should just be abandoned!
   http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=154935&title=Supervisor%20hopefuls%20tackle%20transportation

6. dtn

   March 21, 2011

   This is the standard nonsense Nagel spouts all the time
   The biggest gift the supervisors have is helping to lead a constructive, impartial process
   This is how she gets out of making hard votes. Process process process to death. She WASTES so much time on BS its amazing the city gets anything done

7. Joe

   March 22, 2011

   The first glossy brochure arrived yesterday from Holober. What a disappointment. Nothing but union endorsements and a photo and quote from Boxer about “fairness”. Not a word about budget deficits, County services, pension liabilities, or high-cost rail. Right into the recycling bin.
   Here is an excerpt from today’s Dan Walters column in the SacBee:
   Brown is being pressured by unions and other liberal interests not to deal on pension, budget and business-regulation reforms.
   Schwarzenegger believed that his celebrity, centrist politics and independence would allow him to succeed where other governors had failed. Brown told voters that his age, experience and lack of ambition beyond the governorship would allow him to do what needed to be done in Sacramento.
   Schwarzenegger learned otherwise, and Brown appears to have even less maneuvering room, given the debt he owes unions for his election financing and the hegemony they and other liberal groups wield in the Legislature.
   Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/03/22/3493805/dan-walters-jerry-brown-is-popular#ixzz1HKjpcHFs
   Let’s hope we get better in San Mateo County.

8. alittlebird

   March 22, 2011

   Maybe, just maybe the voters will get this one right, and leave Nagel in the dust.

9. Two Cents

   March 24, 2011

   Why is Terry Nagel posting her signs in abandoned car washes, gas stations and empty weed filled lots up and down the peninsula? I can’t imagine she contacted the owners of these lots for permission.
   How tacky.

10. Joe

    March 25, 2011

    It appears we missed another debate due to poor publicity. The Mercury Times is reporting on a debate at the Alliance for Non-profits of San Mateo County. I’ve never heard of that organization. I’m ready for a debate hosted by some taxpayer organization! Read the report here:
    http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county/ci_17695316

11. alittlebird

    March 26, 2011

    If I see one more Nagel sign placed illegally I am going to scream. Have a little class, Terry. These signs are so telling of your inability to win this race. Also telling of your lack of experience and confidence. Yuck on all fronts.

12. pat giorni

    March 31, 2011

    Another debate not publized until after the fact?http://burlingame.patch.com/articles/for-special-supervisors-election-candidates-say-forum-is-crucial