Daily Journal columnist Mark Simon was on the scene at a campaign event for Supe-wannabe Emily Beach when U.S. Rep Anna Eshoo finally stepped up to take current Supe David Canepa to task for his personal attack on fellow Supe Ray Mueller. Simon notes
In the first comments of their kind by any San Mateo County elected official, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo has sharply criticized the Board of Supervisors, in particular, Supervisor David Canepa, for the harsh and personal rhetoric that colored a debate six weeks ago over a proposal to end county cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
“It is really shameful,” Eshoo said, adding that the board suffered “a total meltdown” characterized by “ad hominem attacks” and “name-calling. No citizen of San Mateo County should find that acceptable,” Eshoo said. “It was disgusting, and it was painful, and that has never happened before.” Contacted later, Eshoo confirmed she was referring specifically to remarks by Canepa, who launched a personal attack on Supervisor Ray Mueller. He had proposed an amendment allowing county cooperation with ICE in instances of persons convicted of serious and violent felonies.
Good for Eshoo, as far as she went. She also criticized the other three Supes for sitting it out. Canepa's comments like
“Where you (meaning Mueller) live in Menlo Park, it’s the Latino communities, it’s all these other communities, that make your kale salad. When it comes to the white linen tablecloths where you eat, they’re preparing your food, or picking your produce.
“You come up here and you use your privilege and you use it for an amendment that never should have happened,” Canepa continued. “I’m disappointed in you as a person, I’ve lost respect for you. … You’re dividing the Latino community. … You’ve misled people, you’ve lied to people. … I’m disappointed in you. I am disturbed by you that you would use communities by dividing them.”
What a steaming pile of BS Canepa is spouting. The real issue, which no one wants to talk about, is whether the Sheriff's department should be working with ICE to deport convicted rapists and child molesters who are in the country illegally. Does Canepa–and the other three head-in-the-sand Supes–think the Latino community supports rape and child molestation? No way. Who exactly are they representing? There's definitely a racist in this spat but it's not Ray Mueller.
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