Mercury News editorial: Liccardo for mayor, Harris for judge and other election musts

Mercury News Editorial

San Jose picks a new mayor every eight years when term limits sideline an incumbent, and this is the year. Santa Clara County rarely has an incumbent judge who needs to be removed, but it does now.

Voters, this is no year to sit out a primary election.

SAN JOSE MAYOR

Sam Liccardo is the best candidate to succeed Chuck Reed. On this and the opposite page, there are arguments for each of the five qualified candidates for mayor, and longer versions appear online. Pay special attention to the former police chiefs’ argument for Dave Cortese and then the former mayors’ argument for Liccardo. Missing from the chiefs’ eloquent prose is how to pay for their ideal.

City unions are campaigning hard for Cortese, who will be beholden to them. If Liccardo wins, he’ll work with unions and neighborhoods — and protect taxpayers’ interests.

You can read the full article online here.

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