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Concerns are rising surrounding Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmore and her perceived conflict of interest. 

“It wouldn’t be unusual for the public to ask questions about, was there some sort of a deal made here between the mayor and the developer?” Pelissero said. “What the mayor may be doing could be entirely above board with the best interest of the public at heart, but the public may look at this situation and say, this just doesn’t look right.”

John Pelissero, senior scholar in government ethics, quoted by the California Political Review.