Mirroring the growth of an energized national socialist movement in the U.S., the South Bay chapter of the...
Ryan: Outside spending isn’t new to Santa Clara — judge the candidates, not the noise
In 2007, I helped found Santa Clara Plays Fair, the grassroots group that organized against a public subsidy for a 49ers stadium, a fight that became Measure J in 2010. We were outspent roughly 160 to 1: more than $4 million from the team against our roughly $25,000. We lost. I have no illusions about what this team is willing to spend to promote its positions and its preferred candidates in Santa Clara. I also know that outside spending in this city did not start with the 49ers. For years, the Santa Clara Police Officers Association and development interests were...
