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Pierluigi Oliverio Will Run for Mayor [of San Jose] in 2014
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| Contributor | Hikikomori Blitzkrieg! |
| Last Edited | Hikikomori Blitzkrieg! Mar 29, 2013 11:57am |
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| Category | News |
| Author | "The Fly" |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The 2014 mayor’s race in San Jose won’t officially start until later this year, but a new contender has emerged in what’s expected to be a massive field. Pierluigi Oliverio, a councilman for the Willow Glen/Rose Garden districts (and SJI columnist), tells Fly that he will indeed join the race to replace Mr. Burns—ahem, we mean Mayor Chuck Reed. Oliverio is one of three Sicilians expected to join the race, as labor-aligned Supervisor Dave Cortese—so eloquent his words seem to be laced with Ambien—and business darling Sam Liccardo, who reps the downtown council district with an iron bike helmet, have yet to throw their names in the anello. But Oliverio—who’ll also do battle with Madison Nguyen, the vice mayor who announced her candidacy last year with the fanfare of a tree falling in the woods—can throw a little shade at his Italiano counterparts considering he’s the only first-generation paesano and actually speaks the language fluently. He also has the uncanny ability to sport a 5 o’clock shadow as soon as he rinses out the razor. Jokes aside, Oliverio makes for a formidable candidate considering his district, in which he was overwhelmingly re-elected to represent last summer, turns out the votes better than Liccardo or Nguyen’s districts. And he has developed a reputation as a rogue vote that balances fiscal conservatism with social liberalism. |
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