Comments on: Check out Garrett Yee’s contributers

By: Gamo

Gamo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:02:55 +0000

Not happy that another candidate is bought and paid for by the Dutras. I cannot support someone that is in the hip pocket by the Dutras. Look at what the Dutras have done with all the development in Fremont WITHOUT an infrastructure to support it. Got burned once before supporting a Dutra backed candidate. Suzanne Chan are you listening?

By: Niles Baxter

Niles Baxter — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:19:57 +0000

There’s got to be more to it than the Ohlone connection – that’s a lot of coin for the Dutras to put down based only on attending the same college meetings. Who donates $20K (collectively) to any campaign without a pretty clear understanding about what they’re going to get in return?

By: Citizens To Improve Ohlone College

Citizens To Improve Ohlone College — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:05:09 +0000

Yee knows the Dutras through their mutual relationship with Ohlone College.

By: Relatively new to Fremont

Relatively new to Fremont — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:55:45 +0000

Ah I see from one of Artz’s latest blog entries about Livengood joining the Assembly race that Yee loaned himself $26k. so minus that and the Dutra family contributiion and you basically have a dead heat in fundraising between all participants. Not sure how much more the Dutra family can give Yee given contribution limits, we’ll see if Yee can continue to raise as much as the other candidates.

By: SMALLS

SMALLS — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:15:34 +0000

Is it true that Garrett knows the Dutra family?

By: Step-Child of FUSD

Step-Child of FUSD — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:14:38 +0000

This really weird, I have never heard of a Democrat exclusively raising money from small businesses and individuals all over $100. Not one liberal cause group! Some of these people are listed as “unemployed” and I cant figure out how they can afford such donations. Even weirder is Ted Lieu donated the maximum to Yee. Lieu is running against Torrico for AG. Also look at the surnames it is as if he got $100 from every Asian person in Fremont. Also when you take into account his $33,000 loan/bills he has only $70,000 cash on hand. This is very strange indeed.

By: Andrew Cavette - Former Intern

Andrew Cavette - Former Intern — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:58:31 +0000

More information:

Yee has been an Ohlone College Board member for many years. Archived video of the board meetings can be found here:

http://www.ohlone.edu/org/board/#archivedvideos

His book: “Greetings From Iraq” can be found at the Fremont Main Library and also here:

http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Yee,%20Garrett

By: Irvington

Irvington — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:02:40 +0000

Oops, Kyle – Yee’s running for State Assembly, not City Council.

By: Relatively new to Fremont

Relatively new to Fremont — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:12:54 +0000

Interesting stuff … While his $110k raised is a gaudy number, you look at how much the Dutras gave around $18,000 (added them in my head so i may be off) and you see that one family gave about roughly 10% of Mr. Yee’s contributions. I don’t know all the CBC honchos but I figure they gave around $10 K. So two groups gave a large percentage of Yee’s contributions. Will Yee be able to sustain such fundraising if his base is mainly from these two groups? And is Wieckowski’s contributions more reflective of the rank-and-file Democrats?

By: Bill_Spicer

Bill_Spicer — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:50:11 +0000

Matt,
Thank You, Thank You, This is a very important information.
This is a key part of investigating, who to vote for. Hopefully we will see all candidate contributers.
See what you have started Matt.