The Daily Fetch

San Jose’s District 9 gets the write up today after Districts 1/3, 5, and 7 got some ink earlier in the week. Don Rocha – the handsome one, Jim Cogan – the Constant one, Larry Pegram – the right wing whacko one, Robert Cortese – the karaoki one, and Cueva, Greer, and Trout – the ones also running… Perhaps with all the City Council races going in, Terry Christensen gets his City Council Districts mixed up with this quote: “This is a lower-key and less-engaged district than some…” Of course, based on the amount of research Watch Dog does, which is very little, it seems more people vote in District 9 than in almost any other City Council District, but why let facts get in the way of a good quote Mr. Christensen…

Speaking of City Council races, the San Jose District 7 race gets a big write up in the Metro/San Jose Inside with Minh Duong as the central antagonist… Madison better watch out, Duong has a District map with push-pins in it…

Speaking of local races with a write up in the Metro, we also learn that Jeff Rosen and Dolores Carr can’t even look at each other in the eye… and no, that isn’t a short joke Mr. Rosen…

The Governor was in town yesterday for a Laurie Smith fundraiser… remember when it was a big deal with the Governor came to town?

We all know that the Governor’s boyfriend Abel Maldonado is now the Lt. Governor… and that the Governor wants Maldo’s seat filled with two special elections, one in June and one in August, but a new lawsuit may hold up those elections…

If Carly Fiorina hadn’t already alienated every single in the Bay Area, she appears to be appealing to the most far-right of right… because Sarah Palin endorsed her. Well, from one unqualified candidate to another… It’s like getting the old McCain band back together again… (There are many, many jokes to tell…)

Santa Clara’s power plant on Robert Avenue is up and running again after being under Cal-OSHA’s watchful eye for the past couple of months. Here is the exact right thing to say after you’ve been under investigation and closed down for several months by Cal-OSHA, “Our interactions with OSHA were positive and constructive.” That’s from Larry Owens from Silicon Valley Power. As if someone would say that their interactions with OSHA were negative and unconstructive…

While we’re on utilities, the Merc’s Editorial Board thought the Water District was righting its governance ship… but then the redistricting came out and now the Ed Board says that they “must reject gerrymandering“… the City of Gilroy agrees…

The City of Campbell has a plan to right its financial ship… and it includes cuts and “revenue enhancements” which are not nearly as robust as other kinds of enhancements…

Anti-High-Speed Rail folks have a new picture for the center of their dart board as a new CEO was named… Roelof van Ark… who will make $375,000, which seems low considering all the NIMBY meetings this guy is going to have to sit through up and down the Peninsula…

Mr. van Ark is coming on just in time for a new lawsuit from the duel NIMBY capitals of the Bay Area, Atherton and Menlo Park…

From fast trains to very, very slow trains… VTA is looking to make some lightrail trains express to drive ridership. Sounds like a pretty good idea to us, since we once beat a VTA train in a race and we were on foot.