It’s not even election time and the arrows of accusation are flying with fury, ragging on the Santa Clara Council. Well, most of the Council.
This “Not So Grand Jury” has been called on again to produce a pro-Gillmor, anti-Council epistle.
This callous core of caustic community comrades is castigating the Santa Clara Council for collaboration, collusion and inconsideration. This includes all of the Council with, of course, the exception of Mayor Lisa Gillmor and her sole supporter Kathy Watanabe, who, according to the report, appear to walk on water.
If you have attended a council meeting or watched on the web and then … read the Grand Jury report, you would not believe they were describing Santa Clara. From their description of the Council majority action and interaction, you would think they recorded their “facts” right out of a list of Grimm’s fairytale villains.
Frankly, you have to do a reality check. Mayor Gillmor is losing her iron-handed grip. In an attempt to regain the leash, she blows the dog whistle for her political friends on the Grand Jury.
But wait! There is a problem. The analysis of what is happening at Santa Clara Council and what the Grand Jury reports is happening don’t match up.
This, folks, is a conundrum. Translated into English that simply means the facts don’t support the Grand Jury report. Which, in turn, makes you want to look a bit deeper.
Fact One: This current Council majority has done more for Santa Clara since the days of Mayor Patty Mahan.
Fact Two: The new City Manager and City Attorney, in cooperation with the Council majority, resolved the 49ers litigation that Gillmor has been using as her election whip for years.
Fact Three: When Gillmor became mayor, she inherited a multi-million-dollar surplus. The years under her leadership saw much of the surplus spent and annual multi-million-dollar deficits.
And just for clarification, some members of the Grand Jury are friends and/or supporters of Gillmor.
So, this “report” is about as factual as Russian disinformation.
Any questions? If so, just watch a Council meeting.
