Private Ryan (Gonzales Roommate Could Fill Terry Gregory's San Jose City Council Seat)

Fly's well-connected sources predict former mayoral roommate RYAN HUBRIS is a reasonable bet to become the first Vietnamese member of the San Jose City Council if beleaguered Councilmember TERRY GREGORY resigns or is removed from office. A pal of RON GONZALES, Hubris roomed with Gonzo in 2002 in Hubris' downtown condo while Gonzo was between marriages. There are rumblings about Hubris buying real estate in District 7, even though no transactions have appeared on the rolls at the county recorder's office. It sometimes takes a few weeks for sales to show up on the public rolls, however. And the cagey Hubris dodged our phone calls. Until recently, Hubris was a senior executive with Bridgecreek Group, a real estate firm involved in the development of Orange County's Little Saigon district that manages 10 buildings containing 2 million square feet of commercial space. He came from Vietnam at age 8, following the fall of Saigon. In the early 1990s, he ran a federally funded drug abuse prevention program at the Asian Americans for Community Involvement social services agency. AACI's longtime director, DR. ALLAN SEID, made the mistake of firing Hubris, who organized demonstrations and a pressure campaign that eventually forced Seid from his job. Hubris' recent reappearance on the scene may have been a contributing factor in Gonzales' about-face on Gregory, one theory goes. While Gonzales originally opposed censure hearings, he reversed himself and held the Dec. 17 session, citing a wrongful termination claim by Gregory's former chief of staff as the reason. Having an ally ready to step into Gregory's seat may have been a happy coincidence for the mayor, who these days needs all the votes he can get. Hubris has at least one thing going for him. Having worked for a property management firm that leases to more than 1,000 small businesses, he may be less likely to screw up future deals related to the Tropicana Shopping Center, a quagmire less real estate-savvy city officials have been sucked into.

Hmmmm? Thanks for posting this,, Interesting.

The City of San Jose could certainly use someone who could more readily connect to the varied ethnicities in that district which do include a lot of fellow asian immigrants , amongst others.

The fact he has properties expertise would be a good fit as well as the city continues to pump money hand over fist into the downtown area, which includes the district that Gregory was supposed to be representing and not shaking down.

The fact that he is an acquaintance of Taj Gonzales may be overlooked for now, as he would have to stand election fairly soon anyway. And Gonzales is on his legs anyway, imo.

Taj has become a millstone around the local city operations anyway and has too much baggage to hang around much longer anyway.

Maybe, Chuck Reed will be the one to break in the new City Hall Mayor suite if things fell in place. at Dando is anging it up after many years so I think Chuck would be a good candidate.

Risk, you think Chuck would be interested is the other question? He has done a fine job for the district he represents and that I live in, coincidentally.

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