On November 3, 2009, Cupertino residents will have a chance to select 3 council members. The candidates are current mayor Orin Mahoney, incumbent Mark Santaro, Marty Miller, Barry Chang, Mahesh Nihalani, Darcy Paul and Daniel Nguyen. They all seem to do something good for the city of Cupertino. They want to revitalize Cupertino Square, but have no idea how. This mall has been dead for a long long time. Even with the AMC theaters, there's nothing much to attract customers. They support main street, but when will this become a reality? Check Cupertino Square as an example. They want to keep business in Cupertino, but they don't have any solution. So how are we going to select only 3 of them?
We can see that there are alliances formed. One alliance is the triumvirate Mahoney, Nihalani and Paul. The latter two are hoping that the the current mayor will bring them onboard. This is the bet that they're going to win just by being associated with Mahoney, who takes for granted his reelection.
The other alliance consists of Santaro, Miller and Chang. Although Santaro had a sensitivity issue when he said "No Chinese no dog," he realized that it was a misunderstanding. So he's campaigning hard for his seat now. Miller and Chang are trying for the second time. Maybe it's a charm.
Daniel Nguyen is left in the cold by himself although he's campaigning very hard. He's still young. He will have his chance next time.
Let's face reality. Without the Chinese votes, nobody is going to be elected. So by looking at these 2 alliances, there's a good chance that the Chinese votes will go to the Santoro, Miller and Chang coalition because Santoro's wife is Chinese and Chang is Chinese.
So vote for Santoro, Miller and Chang. They will listen to us as Santoro said that it's the government for the people and by the people. Let's hope that Miller will work hard to get main street a reality. Chang will make sure that we will breath clean and safe air.
