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Santa Clara County, CA November 6, 2007 Election
Smart Voter Additional Endorsements for Dean J. Chu

Candidate for
Council Member; City of Sunnyvale; Seat 4

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I am pleased to announce that I have received the endorsement of the San Jose Mercury News on Monday, October 29, 2007 and the Sunnyvale Sun on Wednesday, October 10, 2007. In the Sunnyvale Sun endorsement editorial, the Sun criticizes certain individuals for "printing out so called "fact sheets" attacking incumbents with misinformation and half-truths." The fliers "were created for challengers to distribute." Read the editorial for yourself at <http://www.community-newspapers.com/sunnyvale/letters_opinions1.shtml> (10/10/2007 edition) Unfortunately, this means that there is a lot of misinformation being distributed out on the Street.

I have received endorsements from organizations representing a broad spectrum of business, labor, social and environmental interests serving Sunnyvale. I believe that these endorsements demonstrate an understanding of a broad range of issues affecting Sunnyvale and its residents.

I was the ONLY candidate running for Sunnyvale City Council in 2003 to have received all of the following major endorsements and I am happy to report that, again, I am the ONLY candidate in 2007 to receive all of these same endorsements:

A more complete list of endorsements follows...

Endorsements (partial list)

Organizations

San Jose Mercury News (10/29/2007)
Sunnyvale Sun (10/10/2007)

SUNPAC

Sunnyvale Employees Association
Sunnyvale Public Safety Officers Association
South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council

Silicon Valley Association of Realtors Political Action Committee
Santa Clara County Association of Realtors
Tri-County Apartment Association

Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter
California League of Conservation Voters
Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee
Silicon Valley Asian Pacific American Democratic Club
Silicon Valley Moorpark Democratic Club

Individuals

Hon. Michael Honda-- Congressman, 15th Congressional District
Hon. Anna Eshoo-- Congresswoman, 14th Congressional District
Hon. Elaine Alquist-- State Senator, 13th District
Hon. Joe Simitian-- State Senator, 11th District
Hon. Sally Leiber-- Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore
Hon. Jom Beall-- Assemblymember, 24th District
Hon. John Laird-- Assemblymember, 27th District

Hon. John Chiang-- California State Controller
Hon. Betty Yee-- Member, State Board of Equalization
Hon. Judy Chu-- Member, State Board of Equalization

Hon. Larry Stone-- Santa Clara County Assessor, Former Sunnyvale Mayor
Hon. Don Gage-- Santa Clara County Supervisor, District 1
Hon. Pete McHugh-- Santa Clara County Supervisor, District 3
Hon. Ken Yeager-- Santa Clara County Supervisor, District 4
Hon. Liz Kniss-- Santa Clara County Supervisor, District 5
Hon. Dianne McKenna-- Former Santa Clara County Supervisor, Former Sunnyvale Mayor
Hon. Rod Dirodon-- Santa Clara County Supervisor (retired)

Hon. Pat Castillo-- Former Sunnyvale Mayor
Hon. Pat Vorrieter-- Former Sunnyvale Mayor
Hon. Manny Valerio-- Former Sunnyvale Mayor
Hon. Jack Walker-- Former Sunnyvale Mayor

Hon. Otto Lee-- Sunnyvale Mayor
Hon. Tony Spitilari-- Sunnyvale Vice Mayor
Hon. John Howe-- Sunnyvale Councilmember and former Mayor
Hon. Ron Swegles-- Sunnyvale Councilmember and former Mayor
Hon. Melinda Hamilton-- Sunnyvale Councilmember

Hon. Michael Chang-- Former Cupertino Mayor
Hon. Patrick Kwok-- Former Cupertino Mayor
Hon. Kris Wang-- Cupertino Mayor
Hon. Dolly Sandoval-- Cupertino Vice Mayor
Hon. Laura Macias-- Mountain View Mayor
Hon. Nick Galiotto-- Mountain View Councilmember and former Mayor
Hon. Margaret Abe-Koga-- Mountain View Councilmember
Hon. Nora Campos-- San Jose Councilmember
Hon. Nancy Pyle-- San Jose Councilmember
Hon. Kansen Chu-- San Jose Councilmember
Hon. Patricia Mahan-- Santa Clara Mayor
Hon. Dave DeLozier-- Former Santa Clara Vice Mayor
Hon. Dominic J. Caserta-- Santa Clara Councilmember
Hon. Rod Diridon, Jr-- Santa Clara City Clerk
Hon. Aldyth Parle-- Former Santa Clara Councilmember
Hon. Phyllis Fowler-- Sunnyvale School District Trustee
Hon. Nancy Newkirk-- Sunnyvale School District Trustee

Hon. Pearl Cheng-- Cupertino Union School District Trustee
Hon. Gary McCue-- Cupertino Union School District Trustee
Hon. Jo Lucey-- Cupertino Union School District Trustee

Hon. Paul Fong-- Foothill-De Anza Community College District Trustee
Hon. Betsy Bechtel-- Foothill-De Anza Community College District Trustee
Hon. Bruce Swenson-- Foothill-De Anza Community College District Trustee
Hon. Laura Casas-Frier-- Foothill-De Anza Community College District Trustee
Hon. Frank Foehr-- Former Eastside Union School District Trustee

Mark O'Conner-- El Camino Hospital Board Trustee
Richard Santos-- Santa Clara Valley Water District Trustee
Patrick Kwok-- Santa Clara Valley Water District Trustee

Laura Babcock-- Sunnyvale Planning Commissioner
Harriet Rowe-- Sunnyvale Planning Commissioner
Bo Chang-- Sunnyvale Planning Commissioner

Howard Chuck-- Sunnyvale Parks and Recreation Commissioner
Thom Mayer-- Sunnyvale Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Committee member
Andrea Stawitcke-- Sunnyvale Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Committee member
Jim Griffith-- Sunnyvale Board of Library Trustees
Jeanine Stanek-- Sunnyvale Heritage Preservation Commissioner
Ted Faravelli-- Board of Building Code Appeals member

Alice Freund-- Former Sunnyvale Arts Commissioner
Robert Lawson-- Former Sunnyvale Parks and Recreation Commissioner
Robert Locke-- Former Sunnyvale Parks and Recreation Commissioner

Taghi Saadati-- Cupertino Planning Commissioner
Gilbert Wong-- Cupertino Planning Commissioner

Community Leaders:

Scott Hubbard-- Stanford Professor of Aeronautics and

former Director, NASA Ames Research Center

Adam Simms-- Chair, Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce
Arley Marley III-- Former Chair, Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce

Carlos Castillo
Carlotta Castillo
Judson Chu
May Chu
Fred Hill
Gloria Hom
Alice Hu
Sidney Hu
Glen LaBarber
Margaret Lawson
Elliot Lepler, M.D.
Holly Lofgren
Daisy Nishigawa
Althea Parks
Kathryn Riley, D.C.
Regis McKenna
Ben Picard
Charles Shoemaker
Dick Smith
Donna Smith
Fritz Stawitcke
Carmen Stone
Andrea Wald
Grace Witt
Carl Yanari

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