Los Altos City Council members discussed Planning Commissioner Kate Disney’s alleged violations of city norms and rules at last week’s council meeting, though whether any punitive action will be taken
By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer - Dr. Flojaune Cofer's people-powered run for Sacramento mayor is being threatened by a political consultant for corporate interests, who is demanding that she return excess contributions and end her campaign immediately.
Every politician has a mentor, a sounding board, a guiding presence. Nelson Mandela had Walter Sisulu, Winston Churchill had Bourke Cockran, and John F. Kennedy had Ted Sorensen. When wondering about councilman George Weiss, only one name comes to mind: Yosemite Sam. Yes, the proud cartoon cowboy, the mean-spirited and aggressive gunslinger with the hair-trigger temper and an intense hatred of rabbits - whose “shoot first” efforts always seemed to backfire. Substitute common sense for rabbits, and we have our doppelganger.