Haven't we had enough of left wing loonism with the Hippy Mayor? Cook-Kallio is even more left than the Hippy Mayor! Even though the Mayor's office is supposed to be non-partisan, all of those listed that endorse her are left wing loons. Pleasanton desperately needs a change in direction -- the city is stressed financially, the council and mayor do not stand up to the municipal employees labor unions, they are beholden to unions for campaign contributions (hence the Wal-Mart fiasco), they are beholden to developers for campaign contributions (hence the Lin Family fiasco), the city is continually getting sued because of actions taken by the mayor and the council, and Livermore is supplanting Pleasanton as the "the place to be" in the Tri-Valley because the mayor has had no vision. Cook-Callio would be the Hippy Mayor on steroids. Cook-Callio also has "higher office" ambitions just like the Hippy Mayor, so we once again would have a Mayor more interested in loonism at the National or State level, than being Mayor of Pleasanton. We need someone that's not a left wing loon as Mayor; so would somebody else please run so we don't have one of the The Three Stooges replacing another of The Three Stooges?

Jeb doesn't mention that Pleasanton fire fighters were parking cars at this event. Hello, the fire fighter's contract is currently under negotiation with the City Council. This seems to be a huge lapse in judgement. For someone running on I'm for good government, I'd hate to see what bad government is. . .

At least Cheryl is up front that she has a real close working relationship with the public employee unions, specifically the fire union here, and will pay back their help when it comes time to negotiate union contract updates. Don't ever expect Cheryl to side with the taxpayers.

When she says "The city has to be financially sustainable. This means that we all work together to make sure that we maintain needed city services and continue to maintain a safe community." that means that she supports every tax increase possible since she will never ask for any concessions from the unions.

To tell you how out of touch she is, she said "As mayor, I will have a unique insight to the issues facing our city, including locating property and funding for the 10th elementary school when needed," not realizing that the district already has the property for the 10th elementary school; Neal Elementary School on Vineyard Avenue that the district purchased some time ago.

She also says "As a member of the joint city-school Liaison committee, she works closely with the school district to find ways both government agencies can cooperate to strengthen the quality of public education in Pleasanton." I guess we can blame her for the mess the school district is currently in with capital, facility, and communication problems (that were not there before Cheryl was on the council).

Same old right wing complaining. The City and the world are changing. If things are so difficult for you to handle here in Pleasanton, run for office yourself. Perhaps its because constructive solutions are needed and "righties" have no real solutions, just complaints.

Well who else is running? I don't see all those who complain on these boards lining up to submit their papers to run for mayor. I'm certainly not voting for Steve B. Maybe Arkin will throw his hat in the ring.

Yes - very disturbing that the firefighters were parking the cars for her event. However, had they not been spotted doing so, we wouldn't know about the political influence peddling going on.

What the PW Forum shows is that theirs a vast groundswelling of grass, bush, and tree root support for many of the posters here. Like steven from Stonehendge, or Nomad, or Stacey or Kathrin Reuggsigar or Arroyo or Unclllehomer or Arnold or Jimfo1 or Ethyl's Mom or Tracey or Casanova Frankenstein. If we all voted it would be a slam dunk and we'd censor the trolloons on the Forum and chase the rest of the lib socialist affirmative action supporters over to Livermore.

Funny, no mention of firefighters supporting Jerry Thorne in his two elections for Council but they did with manpower and $$$. "Yes Been There" Jerry benefitted by firefighter and other employee support and since you are most likely a Jerry"s "Kid" it figures. "Clementine" you are just plain full of "it". The city is just fine financially with a whole ton of money in reserves but you complain about the employee that keeps your water on, poop flowing down hill your parks nice or the people who protect you. It is OK to spend $10 million on a 250 seat Fire House Arts Center, or gobs of money on a golf course or tons of consultants who were former or retired employees now making the big bucks because the city wants the perception broadcasted that they got expertise when the expertise is in-house. The thing that get's me is it is city management employees who get the "big retirement bucks", not the gardner, policeman or firefighter. Check out the outragous retirements of the Livermore and San Ramon City Managers, the San Ramon Fire Protection District Fire Chief, etc. When our City Manager he will be another big buck Management Retiree who Jerry, Cheryl or whoever is Mayor will award.

Does anyone really believe promoting a public employee union member to the position of mayor will help solve the issues related to public employee unions?

Cook-Kallio is part of the problem. Expecting her to be a part of the solution is ridiculous. The woman opposed what little pension reform the city addopted. We just can't continue to allow the public employee unions to negotiate contracts with other public employee union members. Does that make sense?

Let me restate without the hypocrisy. Does anyone expect a employer in the private sector help to solve the issues related to development, minimal tax revenue intake, and exploitation of employers? Of course they are part of the problem. They will attempt to treat public employees as if they are nonunionized workers in the private sector -- you know, overworked, underpaid, insecure, without rights -- and will not be effective. Yes, either I or above are indeed as idiotic as we seem.

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