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By Lisa Vorderbrueggen
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 02/20/2010 05:33:00 PM PST
Antioch Realtor Bob Brooks has burst into his challenge of Contra Costa Assessor Gus Kramer with both guns blazing.
At the Concord Hilton on Thursday night, Brooks assembled a cast of endorsements from vocal Kramer critics including:
Former Assessor John Biasotti, the man who campaigned for a dead guy rather than see Kramer elected. Biasotti unsuccessfully urged voters to elect Daniel Hallisey, Kramer's first opponent in 1994, who died before the election. One of Biasotti's longtime deputies, Joe Swicegood, also signed onto Brooks' list.
Bernice Peoples, the woman who worked for Kramer for 23 years and sued him for retaliation after she filed a racial discrimination and sexual harassment complaint against him. The county settled with Peoples for $1 million.
Steve and Erica Kramer, Gus' estranged son and daughter-in-law, have offered to put Brooks' campaign signs on their lawn and business windows. Erica refers to her father-in-law as the "snake in the Garden of Eden" who raised her property tax assessment as payback when they barred him from seeing his three grandchildren.
more at link: http://www.contracostatimes.com/lisa-vorderbrueggen/ci_14437448?nclick_check=1
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 02/20/2010 05:33:00 PM PST
Antioch Realtor Bob Brooks has burst into his challenge of Contra Costa Assessor Gus Kramer with both guns blazing.
At the Concord Hilton on Thursday night, Brooks assembled a cast of endorsements from vocal Kramer critics including:
Former Assessor John Biasotti, the man who campaigned for a dead guy rather than see Kramer elected. Biasotti unsuccessfully urged voters to elect Daniel Hallisey, Kramer's first opponent in 1994, who died before the election. One of Biasotti's longtime deputies, Joe Swicegood, also signed onto Brooks' list.
Bernice Peoples, the woman who worked for Kramer for 23 years and sued him for retaliation after she filed a racial discrimination and sexual harassment complaint against him. The county settled with Peoples for $1 million.
Steve and Erica Kramer, Gus' estranged son and daughter-in-law, have offered to put Brooks' campaign signs on their lawn and business windows. Erica refers to her father-in-law as the "snake in the Garden of Eden" who raised her property tax assessment as payback when they barred him from seeing his three grandchildren.
more at link: http://www.contracostatimes.com/lisa-vorderbrueggen/ci_14437448?nclick_check=1