Maybe the Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce has gone union. How else can we explain the chamber's candidate for mayor, Henry T. Perea, in line to get $750,000 from a labor political action committee? Read The Bee's story here. Not surprisingly, this endorsement has caused a huge rift among Chamber of Commerce leaders. But those in charge are solidly for Perea.
As things sit now, Perea is the business candidate and the labor candidate. We haven't quite figured out how he can sit on both sides of the negotiating table. But the chamber leaders can explain it to you. Call them at (559) 495-4800.
The interesting thing is Perea says in today's Bee that he had no idea that the union PAC was going to spend that much money on him. Seems a bit disingenuous, or maybe he's just out of touch with his own campaign. Everybody else in town knows about it. Here's the last paragraph of today's story:
Perea, who is now on the Fresno City Council, declined to comment on the PAC report because he hasn't seen it. "I don't know anything about it," he said.
I think that this is being played as something it isn't. The SOL program is a voter registration program aimed at increasing the envolvement of latino surnamed non-registered people. I'm sure that while the people who are working in the SOL program are signing up new voters they are sharing information about the upcoming elections, to insure that we have an educated electorate participating in the exercise of their constitutionally guaranteed right to vote.
If there is a problem with this, please someone share it with me.
I believe no pac or special interest group money should go to any politician running for office. Wouldn't that stop all the controversy? How about only private contributors with for a limited amount?
Of course Henry T. doesn't have any answers, shouldn't we be asking his daddy what's going on?
Is it really called S.O.L.?That will be the new acronym for Fresno's taxpayers if the Unions end up running the city like they already run the state.