I think this falls on Mark Church's shoulders. There is a qualifying date for all applicants to have their paperwork and monies in and once you have met all of those requirements Mark Church deems you qualified.

It is expensive to get on the ballot $1,161.00 plus about $4,000 for 200 word candidate statement.

This does not look well for San Mateo County.

Rediculous comment, sir. If he didn't pay the filing fee on time, how does this fall on anyone's shoulders other than his own?

I think Mr. Stogner's point is that it shouldn't be so expensive for someone to run for office.

It's just another impediment to getting good people to run for office.

The filing fee is not a barrier. Woods could have also collected signatures (at $0.25 per signature) to get the fee down to $0. If the filing fee were only $50, we could have 30 or more people showinng up on the ballot. Having the ability to balance one's checkbook properly, or having thousands of supporters are both valid barriers to entry.

Stoner makes a valid point. The candidates should not have qualified until the fees are paid and the checks have cleared.

I think since he was qualified by Mark Church several weeks ago his name should stay on the ballot. I understand this is unusual but I am sure that some acceptable payment plan could have been worked out for the unpaid balance, it's only $911 and for sure get paid in full before investing $4,000 for the printing of the 200 word candidate statement.

Why would he have to pay $4000, if he doesn't write a candidate statement?

Anne asks? "Why would he have to pay $4000, if he doesn't write a candidate statement?"

He wouldn't but also he would have been the only candidate to not have a candidate statement, which for a lot of our elder residents means a lot.

Even if the County were allowed to disregard election laws and deadlines, the public still has a right to know about the bounced checks. This reflects on one's ability to balance priorities and manage a complex budget.

We now have six viable candidates that will not win. One will go on to the November election, and one will come in dead last in June.

One check written with insufficient funds in the account--oops, benefit of the doubt. Second check written, AFTER paying $250 cash to mitigate the amount the check was for, and it bounces too; sorry, not only not a viable candidate for my vote for a trusted public office, but not a person who I would trust at all. ALso, going back to Mr. Stogner's original post.; according to the Post article, they tried to work with the guy to make it right--their reward, a second bogus check. Satisfied?

My point was they already qualified him, which means they should have already accepted payment which they did. They didn't process the check before he was qualified. Now it should just be a matter of making the check good which they have tried once.

My word! You want a supervisor who goes around bouncing checks!!

With Keith raking in big bucks as a candidate being backed by David Bohanon and his crowd, what chnce does he have. I wonder what Bohanon has in mind with putting up capital to promote her. He must have his eyes on some County project and needs a vote.

Looking says "My word! You want a supervisor who goes around bouncing checks!!

I never said that or suggested that, what I've been saying is he should have never been qualified but since he was let him stay on.

It will make ZERO difference in the outcome anyway.

Bill Nack and Shelly Kessler have already have already decided for San Mateo County.

Sorry for the extra ....have already

Is it true that he wrote checks that bounced? Let's be thankful that he's not balancing our county funds. This conduct has nothing to do with the cost of the filing fee, but the irresponsible way he handled this situation. He should resign from public office and the San Mateo County District Attorney should consider charging him with fraud and larceny. Not one check, but two? Looks like intent to commit a crime to me.

Looking on suggests that Bohannon and his crowd have kicked in big bucks, and the next 460 will reveal if this is so, but the limit is $1000 per person. Mailing the county costs about $50K, so Bohannon will need lots of friends to make an impact. We've also heard that Keith may self-fund her own campaign, including additional billboards. Getting her picture on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, for a story about the pending Facebook IPO, will create far more name recognition that Masur or Slocum can buy, sorry.

Eslinger reported that Ken Fisher's family and employees kicked in $15K for Masur. Not enough for a single mailer, but he must have some interest in the County.

Bill Nack and Shelly Kessler have already decided for San Mateo County. They have told their 70,000 members plus spouses who they want for Supervisor.

Spending $50,000 for a mailing to the at-large county not likely to make impact.

To Get real...
Maybe Bohannon doesn't have that many "real" friends to canalize campaign donations through the. But he sure has a lot of minnions. When he bankrolled the Gateway Project campaign, he even got the local church to work for him by giving away hamburgers and sodas.

Jackie Speier has endorsed Carlos Romero. He doesn't have the kind of rich friends the leading candidate has, but principled candidates often have to run on a shoestring.
Let Bohannon spend his money trying to rig the system. I'm cinfident the electorate will be able to steer away from candidates that will answer to a few privileg citizens.

Memo is doing a better job broadcasting that he is the one endorsed by Jackie Speier:
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Memo is endorsed by Sheriff Greg Munks