{"id":8330,"date":"2022-03-03T13:13:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T20:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8330"},"modified":"2022-03-02T17:22:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T00:22:42","slug":"santa-claras-string-of-scandals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8330","title":{"rendered":"Santa Clara&#8217;s String of Scandals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by T. Logan Dayne<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A stream of scandals in Santa Clara County have slowly been coming to light. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first of which comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosespotlight.com\/san-jose-valley-water-politician-gary-kremen-accused-of-sharing-nude-photos\/\">a San Jose tech entrepreneur turned politician who is being accused of sharing nude photos online. Gary Kremen,<\/a> creator of Match.com and the first registrant of Sex.com, is being accused by a former staffer of uploading many nude photos to a dropbox. Kremen currently serves on the Valley Water Board. The staffer describes allegedly being upset and even vomiting after seeing the photos. When confronted about it Gary Kremen at first joked but then became upset and refused to remove the photos. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe made it really uncomfortable, made jokes about it, laughed at me being uncomfortable and offered no solutions,\u201d the staffer claims. \u201cHe made me feel like maybe he did this intentionally. Or he did it unintentionally and enjoyed that he had done this.\u201d Kremen claims that more than 20,000 photos had been uploaded and that they weren\u2019t checked to see if any intimate ones were included. The staffer goes on to claim that other instances of sexualized conversations and touching took place at parties stating that Kremen, \u201c was always talking about the times he was so drugged out with all these women, and that he can get whatever he wants.\u201d Kremen denies these allegations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2022\/02\/26\/jury-transcripts-shed-light-on-santa-clara-county-sheriff-corruption-accusations\/\">Santa Clara County\u00a0 Sheriff Laurie Smith is the subject of an upcoming corruption trial alleging that she had been issuing concealed-carry licenses (CCW)\u00a0 to friends and donors.<\/a>\u00a0 An investigation found that between late 2015 and 2019 new CCW applicants had a 14.5% approval rate but of donors, 9 out of 10 were approved, a 90% approval rate. New testimony emerging claims that Laurie Smith \u201cdoesn\u2019t like to have a lot of guns there on the streets.\u201d Going on to say that CCW permits were not given unless need was demonstrated. However, a known campaign donor testified that he had no safety reason for applying and even did as little to leave the \u201ccause\u201d field on the application blank and still was issued a permit. Former public information officer Rich Glennon testified that Smith would keep applications pending indefinitely, so the \u201claw was on her side\u201d so long as she never rendered a decision on the applicant. \u201cSo that was her explanation to you, personally, of why she could just keep applications pending indefinitely?\u201d the prosecutor asked, to which Glennon responded, \u201cThat\u2019s correct.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the city of Santa Clara,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sports\/49ers\/article\/Santa-Clara-City-Council-votes-to-fire-city-16945988.php\"> the City Council has voted in a closed session to remove the fire city manager over a dispute with the 49ers.<\/a> According to the council, they voted to fire City Manager Deanna Santana due to a \u201clack of confidence\u201d. Mayor Lisa Gillmor said the removal of Santana by the council \u201chas clearly put themselves and the city of Santa Clara in a precarious situation.\u201d Gillmor believes that the 49er\u2019s wanted Santana removed due to suggestions that team President Al Guido has a conflict of interest involving the 49er\u2019s World Cup Bid. The vote won 4-2 with the four City Council members known for regularly supporting 49er\u2019s interest. Santana previously expressed to the council that she believed Guido may have an illegal conflict of interests to bring the World Cup to the stadium in 2026. The next day the closed session meeting was formally requested.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Cred: San Jose Spotlight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by T. Logan Dayne A stream of scandals in Santa Clara County have slowly been coming to light. The first of which comes from a San Jose tech entrepreneur turned politician who is being accused of sharing nude photos online. 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