Posted by Arroyo, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Sep 11, 2010 at 11:34 am

I think Jerry might just have waited too long. If he had answered a couple of my faxes regarding his positions on pending legislation, or been here to debate his position on the Health Care legislation, I might have voted for him. It's too late now....!!

Posted by SpeakUpJerry!, a resident of the Castlewood neighborhood, on Sep 11, 2010 at 11:44 am

I sent him a carrier pigeon, two smoke signal communiques and stood on my roof sending semaphore signals, but never got a response. Why didn't I think faxing, like Arroyo did? D'oh!

Posted by Patriot, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Sep 11, 2010 at 5:39 pm

To "Arroyo",

He answered my emails about cracking down on companies that were off-shoring jobs and that we speculating on with our tax dollars using derivatives. I'm with you on the health care vote, though. That was the bill that needed more time and bipartisanship. Unfortunately, we didn't get it. On the balance, I'll take McNerney over Harmer.

Posted by Arroyo, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Sep 11, 2010 at 8:53 pm

Yeah, I forgot about the carrier pigeon I sent. I just figured some marksman wanted a squab dinner and Jerry never got my message.

Posted by Patriot, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Sep 11, 2010 at 9:00 pm

Have any of you tried email?

Posted by John, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood, on Sep 11, 2010 at 9:26 pm

Patriot

He does not answer email either. Or maybe not the ones from Pleasanton.

Posted by voter, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Sep 12, 2010 at 12:00 am

Is he funded by unions? That's the main thing.

Posted by SpeakUpJerry!, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Sep 12, 2010 at 8:23 am

Dear Voter,

McNerney's largest contributors are the Labor Unions. Note Labor below is $213,000.

Here is a breakdown of his campaign contributions (PAC money) in 2009-10 thus far...

(source: Web Link)

Agribusiness $28,000

Communications/Electronics $56,500

Construction $5,500

Defense $5,000

Energy & Natural Resources $31,500

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate $14,500

Health $94,927

Lawyers & Lobbyists $23,500

Transportation $12,500

Misc Business $20,254

Labor $213,000

Ideological/Single-Issue $128,350

Here is a breakdown of his Labor Union contributions...

Building Trade Unions $69,000

Industrial Unions $23,000

Transportation Unions $44,500

Public Sector Unions $52,500

Misc Unions $24,000

Further breakdown...

Building Trade Unions

AFL-CIO Bldg/Construction Trades Dept $1,000

Asbestos Workers Union $2,000

Bricklayers Union $2,500

Carpenters & Joiners Union $10,000

Ironworkers Union $10,000

Laborers Union $7,500

National Elevator Constructors Union $1,000

Operating Engineers Union $10,000

Painters & Allied Trades Union $10,000

Plumbers/Pipefitters Union $10,000

Sheet Metal Workers Union $5,000

Industrial Unions

Boilermakers Union $1,000

Communications Workers of America $5,000

Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $10,000

Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union $5,000

United Auto Workers $2,000

Transportation Unions

Air Line Pilots Assn $3,500

Amalgamated Transit Union $3,000

American Maritime Officers $1,500

Intl Longshoremen's/Warehousemen's Union $3,500

Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn/Dist 1 $4,000

Masters, Mates & Pilots Union $2,500

National Air Traffic Controllers Assn $10,000

Seafarers International Union $4,500

Teamsters Union $10,000

Transport Workers Union $2,000

Public Sector Unions

American Federation of Govt Employees $3,500

American Federation of Teachers $10,000

American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees $10,000

American Postal Workers Union $5,500

International Assn of Fire Fighters $10,000

National Assn of Letter Carriers $5,000

National Assn of Postal Supervisors $3,000

National Assn of Postmasters $2,000

National Education Assn $1,500

National Rural Letter Carriers Assn $1,000

National Treasury Employees Union $1,000

Misc Unions

AFL-CIO $1,000

Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Workers $1,000

Office & Professional Employees Union $4,500

Service Employees International Union $5,000

UNITE HERE $2,500

United Food & Commercial Workers Union $10,000

Based on Federal Election Commission data available electronically on Sunday, August 22, 2010.

McNERNEY MUST BE STOPPED!!!

Posted by Really?, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Sep 12, 2010 at 12:14 pm

SpeakupJerry must work for Harmer. Why dont you share his funders? The ones who are against the equal rights of our local citizens?

Posted by Chet, a resident of San Ramon, on Sep 12, 2010 at 12:34 pm

Our fine Congressman Jerry McNerney has done a fantastic job for all of us in District 11. Jerry has written bills, lead the fight to get them passed and signed into law that greatly benefit all of us in the district. We need to keep Jerry working for us in Washington, DC and he more than deserves our votes and support this November. We can't ever be fooled again and return to the failed policies of the GOP. They had their chance and it led to the Great Bush/GOP recession.

Posted by Nurse Shark, a resident of the Canyon Creek neighborhood, on Sep 12, 2010 at 12:46 pm

No way would he share Harmer's source of funding. So Jerry is funded by the working people, huh? I guess that's a bad thing. Better to elect someone in the pocket of out of state interests and corporate fatcats, huh?

Posted by SteveP, a resident of the Parkside neighborhood, on Sep 13, 2010 at 9:04 am
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There must have been a Kool Aid stand set up this weekend near chet and his friend nursing shark. How do union kickbacks equate to funding by 'working people'? And the blame Bush mantra is really getting old....what has Jerry done to improve the economy? Or Obama, for that matter.......nada.....zilch...nothing. If you want Calif. to continue circling the drain, by all means vote for Jerry.

After all, look at how well 50 years of Dem majorities have turned out for our state.