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A week ago I received an unsolicited, spam-ish email from the campaign of Jim Shore for DA but, okay, politicians always exempt themselves from this kind of law and it did include a polite ‘this is a one-time only unless you opt-in’ at the end. Shore is running for District Attorney of Santa Clara County, where I live at the mostly-neglected northern end.
His website was less than sparkling when I explored it; for instance, the Issues page covered only one issue. Overall I didn’t find much out of the ordinary but I guess local pols rarely go far out and DA is supposed to be mostly apolitical.
However, Jim Shore is unlikely to get my vote because no response came from an email I sent in with three simple, area-focused questions. Here are the two interesting questions:
- What is your position on illegal immigration and the responsibility of local government to do something about it?
- What is your position on the disagreement between the county and San Jose over the county plan to develop a theatrical venue on the Fairgrounds? Similarly, what is your position on spending government money to provide a stadium for a privately-owned sports franchise (baseball, soccer)?