The San Jose Mercury News
By Jean Bedord, Columnist, Silicon Valley Community Newspapers
after the Nov. 6 elections, councilmembers will still be
dealing with the continuing controversy over what to
do with the Vallco mall property.
(File photo by Jacqueline Ramseyer)
Eight candidates, including incumbents Savita Vaidhyanathan and Darcy Paul, are competing for three seats on the Cupertino City Council.
One new council member will be seated, as Barry Chang terms out this year.
The city of Cupertino provides candidates overview with a photo, bio, candidate statement and video for each competitor on the city’s website at https://bit.ly/2QvJ8jb. The site also hosts a composite video of all the candidates, followed by a video of the Sept. 24 League of Women Voters candidate forum.
The same site features links to video of the LWV for Cupertino’s two major school district governing board candidates, as well as links to candidate financial disclosure reports.
Here, meanwhile is a basic overview of Cupertino’s eight city council candidates.
Liang-Fang (“Liang”) Chao, age 54
Experience: Board member, Cupertino Union School District (term ends in 2020), co-founder of Better Cupertino political action group, software engineer
Website: https://www.liang4cupertinocouncil.com
Tim Gorsulowsky, age 57
Experience: President of a Silicon Valley business security services company for 20 years
Website: None known
Orrin Mahoney, age 72
Experience: Former mayor in 2009 and 2103, two prior terms on city council, co-chairman of the De Anza Commission Board; current member and past chairman, Goodwill Industries of Santa Clara County; retired high tech manager
Website: https://www.mahoney4council.com
Darcy Paul, age 42
Experience: Incumbent councilmember; 2018 mayor; past President, Cupertino Chamber of Commerce; former chairman, Cupertino Parks & Recreation Commission; attorney-at-law in private practice.
Website: https://www.darcypaul.org
Tara Sreekrishnan, age 25
Experience: Board member, Friends of Deer Hollow Park; former legislative adviser, City of Berkeley; local piano teacher
Website: https://www.tara4cupertino.com
Savita Vaidhyanathan, age 54
Experience: Incumbent councilmember, 2017 mayor, VTA Board West Valley representative, De Anza College commissioner, Advisory Board member for West Valley Community Services, program coordinator for Center to Develop Women Entrepreneurs
Website: http://www.savita4cupertino.com
Hung Wei, age 62
Experience: Board member, Fremont Union High School District (finishing second term in 2018); board member and past president, Northwest YMCA; board member, Asian American Parent Association; community volunteer
Website: https://www.hungwei.org
Jon Willey, age 60
Experience: Mechanical engineer, principal in the Friends of Better Cupertino organization
Website: https://www.jon4democracy.com
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/19/eight-candidates-vye-for-three-seats-on-cupertino-city-council/