I would hope he would change his mind and run for city council again.

We have some very young and very inexperienced people running for city council this cycle who are not experienced at all, to be in charge of the direction of the city, fiscal decisions and to represent everyone equally in our city.

Our city has been drifting in the wrong direction.

Kasperzak and another former council member John Inks just ran in 2016 for state assembly and lost. They must like running. Maybe this time Kasperzak will get his earlier wish of running unopposed. It is his only chance.

I voted for him in the past, but after his shameful work pushing Measure W and filming misleading videos for the Measure V repeal, I'll never vote for Mr. Kasperzak again. Seems to me that he cares only about himself and lining the pockets of his donors.

@Losing

"...it is his only chance..."

that's an exceptionally mean thing to say. you can disagree with someone's political views without calling them a loser. while I don't agree with Mike on everything, he's certainly a decent human being who has done a lot of good work for Mountain View.

Is Mike going to be bringing Chinese startups to our healthcare system if elected?

"On March 27, the same day that the Menlo Park City Council held a study session on the largest proposed development in the city's history -- Facebook's "Willow Village" -- Menlo Park Councilwoman Kirsten Keith was in China. There, she attended a "signing ceremony" that may have solidified a business deal for former Mountain View council member Mike Kasperzak, CEO of HIM Holdings, and the Chengdu Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone."

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My vote is for John Inks for City Council!
A man of integrity and principles!

John Inks is the another losing Assembly candidate who pushed fraudulent Measure W and the landlords' current fraudulent petition to repeal Measure V. But at least Inks did not go the China, did he? Instead of running for office here, Kasperzak and Inks could form a partnership and move to Moscow, Russia. In Russia, fraud and profiteering is a way of life.

Notice how the Voice and freebiers constantly deride John Inks for thoroughness?

John Inks is a principled, disciplined engineer who analyzes the public policy issues in depth, and makes sound decisions based on ethics. You may disagree on his decision not to provide subsidizes at someone else's expense but he listens to you and is honest.

I whole heartedly support John Inks!

El Camino is a 501c3 non profit and as such does not pay taxes and is required by law to provide community benefits to enhance public health

the article says that Mr Kasperzak believes that the tax district he is interested in representing "should not divert tax revenue to charity or philanthropy"


I think the community benefits of El Camino do a lot of good in the community

I look forward to him saying more on this issue

The problem with the grants is they provide the district with political leverage; grant recipients who want future grants are beholden to the district.

While likely not intentional, there can be no question these grants create corruption. That corruption is eliminated if the money is used for capital projects at the hospital, which was the original intent of the tax.

Maybe it's time to discuss an orderly dissolution of this HealthCare special tax district. After all, maybe we'd get more community benefits if we simply collected rent and taxes on a hospital already run as a quasi-private corporation?

Career politicians such as Kasperzak make me sick. But then the hospital makes money from whatever makes us sick!