San Jose mayor (D), budget aide arrested

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/14878781.htm

By Deborah Lohse and Sean Webby
Mercury News

San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales and his top budget aide Joe Guerra were arrested and released by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's department this morning, according to Deputy Sheriff Serg Palanov.

Although the grounds for arrest were not immediately known, it came amid a civil grand jury investigation related to the two men's behind-the-scenes actions from 2000 to 2005 to help Norcal Waste Systems get an $11.25 million contract amendment after it underbid the labor component of its winning bid to collect trash for 155,000 San Jose residents.

... Since January, a Santa Clara County grand jury and the County District Attorney's Office have reviewed piles of subpoenaed documents and interviewed witnesses. The grand jury's one-year term ends next week, so a report from that panel is expected to land soon.

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and I've never liked Gonzales. The Norcal situation was a disgrace.

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