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 Election News – No Surprises in our “Pay to Play” City San Mateo Mayor Jack Mathews and San Mateo City Councilman John Lee’s re-election campaigns are being heavily funded by special interests. Big Labor, which has vested interests in the Bay Meadows development, is heavily funding these two campaigns. Expensive direct mail pieces and nearly daily phone calls from labor unions show just how badly special interests want the two incumbents to stay in power. The newest mailing for Mathews and Lee comes from “San Mateo Together” – an innocuous sounding group made up of special interests, and their spokespeople, who support the development of Bay Meadows:
Campaign contributions for Mathews and Lee are coming from the same groups supporting them in the past. Just in the past two weeks, thousands of dollars from special interests have poured into Mathews and Lee’s coffers. We can expect the dollars to continue to flood in as the election nears. Check back just before the election to get up-to-date information. Campaign Contributions (as of 11/2/07) The appeal of the court decision to exclude 95
signatures from the Friends of Bay Meadows’ referendum will
be heard in San Francisco’s First District Court of Appeal
on September 19th. If the court rules that 81 or more of those signatures
are valid, Friends of Bay Meadows has said they will put the issue
on the ballot so San Mateo voters can decide whether the historic
racetrack will be kept or, instead, razed for high-density office
space and condominiums. Go to www.examiner.com and under “SHORTCUT”
on the Examiner home page, type in Bay Meadows for a complete series
of articles about the racetrack. http://www.examiner.com/topic-Bay_Meadows.html?cid=SFshortcut-
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The Save Bay Meadows Citizens Group is a grassroots organization started by San Mateo residents who believe a change of use for the 83 acre Bay Meadows land to a dense commercial development will not only result in the loss of yet another social/recreational resource and open space, but will severely impact the quality of life in San Mateo and surrounding communities. We wish to preserve San Mateo’s suburban character and diversity consistent with the principles of Measure H - a 'grass roots' initiative authored and adopted by the citizens of San Mateo in the early 1990s to prevent the over-development of our city and to preserve the quality of life and character of our city for future generations. |
info@savebaymeadows.org