Gray’s editorial follows a recent announcement by local environmental groups including Save the Bay, Committee for Green Foothills and Friends of Redwood City of a signature gathering effort to place a measure on the Redwood City ballot to protect the Bay-front property now occupied by salt manufacturers Cargill from being lost to commercial and residential development now under consideration.
In an article appearing in the San Mateo Daily News, Save the Bay director David Lewis stated "This is a response to the assault on parks and open space in our area. The important thing is to not lose any more open space without a vote of the public."
But the issue for Gray was not so much the specific battle in Redwood City but the posture of three local candidates running for the State Assembly in the June 3, 2008 Democratic Primary election. Only one of those candidates, according to Gray, has accepted nearly $6,000 dollars from Cargill and its development partner, DMB Associates of Arizona – that being Jerry Hill.
The other candidates, Millbrae Mayor Gina Papan and San Mateo County Community College District Trustee Richard Holober, have taken no funds from Cargill or DMB.
Gray warns “environmentally minded” voters to beware an environmental wolf in sheep’s clothing.
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