November 15, 2008
Mayor Reed Goes to Washington…
SJ Mayor Chuck Reed announced today that he will seek $14 billion from the Federal bailout for rapid transit expansion and to attract clean-tech businesses. He will join with other cities to seek this request.
Meanwhile, the good folks in San Mateo County — and dozens of other local government agencies — look at the Mayor of San Jose and ask, “what took you so long?” They did the same thing about a month ago…check it out — here is the write up from our sister blog: Watch Dog San Mateo.
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As a side note — why make an announcement like this on a Friday afternoon? Friday afternoons are usually reserved for stories you want to bury. Why does the Mayor want to bury this story?