Posted by Henry, a resident of another community, on Feb 1, 2012 at 2:22 pm

Update:

King dropped out yesterday (Jan. 31) and there are three other challengers - Jay Cabrera, Barry Chang, and Kris Wang.

I hope someone beats Simitian.

Posted by vfree, a resident of the Waverly Park neighborhood, on Feb 1, 2012 at 2:30 pm

I agree with Henry. Anyone is better than Old Joe.

Posted by kman, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood, on Feb 1, 2012 at 4:52 pm

Rather then having a contest for "there ought to be a law", he should make one that says "what laws should be removed".

Posted by GDM, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood, on Feb 2, 2012 at 9:42 am

I will not be voting for Smitian. I generally agree with his positions, but I don't like career politicians. They should go back to private life and let someone else have a chance.

Posted by Mavis, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood, on Feb 2, 2012 at 10:49 am

In his "There ought to be a law" competition, Simitian also asks people for laws that should be taken off the books -- and I think several have been over the years.

Posted by John, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood, on Feb 3, 2012 at 7:15 pm

Career politicians like Joe are bought and paid for by developers, business and unions.

No one represents the taxpaying middle class.

Now Mountain View has a new apartment developer on the scene, Prometheus, and has political "friends" that will be beholden to its contributions.

Democracy is dead