From these guys
https://www.couragescore.org/people/steve-glazer/
Looks like we're not the only ones thinking this guy is on the take.
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When you can’t get endorsed for office by your own party, you know something’s wrong. This is the case for Sen. Steve Glazer, who went to the California Democratic convention in November seeking an endorsement and came home with a whole lotta nothing.
Throughout his career, Glazer has been writing the Democratic “D” next to his name even though, in practice, he’s anything but — like a lovestruck teen who hopes that if they sign their last name as DiCaprio in cursive enough times, someday they’ll really be married to Leo.
Glazer repeatedly votes against Democratic proposals, siding with Republicans to fight progressive reform. He comes from a quintessential middle-of-the-road district (21st of 40 in our Progressive District Ratings). Yet his Courage Score, once again, is the lowest of any Dem in the Senate, a pitiful 22 — F-minus, with a bullet.
And why shouldn’t Dems give up on Glazer? In 2018, he refused to support Rebecca Bauer-Kahan in her challenge against Hall-of-Shame Republican Catherine Baker. Before that, he said that public workers, like those who work for low wages in tough conditions on BART trains, shouldn’t even have the right to strike.
Glazer’s votes aren’t just bad, they’re clearly against the will of his district. The people of SD-7 — an East Bay area including places like San Ramon, Orinda and Concord — supported environmental protections when it backed Prop 67 (2016, 56%). But when Glazer is offered a chance to protect our environment, he trashes it. He failed to support to bills to reduce lead-acid battery pollution (SB142) and increase accountability for the care of abandoned oil wells (SB551). To put a cherry on the pollution sundae, he actually authored a bill to repeal critical environmental provisions to pave the way for real estate development (SB25).
In 2016, SD-7 also voted with a firm majority to overturn Citizens United and get money out of politics (Prop 59, 55%). Yet, their guy Glazer blocked a measure to set contribution limits in local elections (AB2523, 2015) — becoming the only Senate Dem to do so.
Speaking of money, let’s take a look at Glazer’s campaign dollars, shall we? In 2016 alone, he received over $6.2 million — with nearly two thirds of that sum, almost 4 million bucks, from just three sources:
$2M+ from Bill Bloomfield, an uber-wealthy George W. Bush supporter who donates money to politicians he thinks he can get to support for-profit charter schools
$1M+ from EdVoice Expenditure, a big-money PAC that has spent tens of millions trying to deregulate the charter school industry
$800,000+ from California Charter Schools Association Advocates, which exists solely to give money to politicians who support — you guessed it — for-profit charter schools.
Nearly $4,000,000 in a single campaign from the billionaire-driven for-profit charter school lobby. Hmm…we’ll give you one guess how Steve Glazer votes when given the chance to rein in for-profit charters, and keep them from gutting public education funding. NO on AB1507, to give local districts more control over charter applications and NO on SB756, which would have capped the number of charters in California and put a 2-year freeze on new applications.
Total coincidence, right?
In addition, Glazer has taken hundreds of thousands in donations from Independent Women’s Voice — a part of the dark money network steered by the Koch Brothers, right-wing ideologues who oppose everything a Democrat should stand for.
Campaign money from the Koch Brothers? Is this what Steve Glazer’s voters wanted when they voted to get money out of politics?
Steve Glazer’s votes are an affront to the voters of SD-7 and an embarrassment to Democratic principles. His constituents — and all Californians — deserve better.
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Obviously there are some agenda issues between us but looking into Glazer's finances will prove difficult. If he's taking 4million from PAC's trying to find the odd dinner with Celeste will be tough...
