[BurningFrog]

The failure of giant Google to influence zoning in it's tiny home town shows that money does not control politics as much as some think.

[MicroBerto]

NIMBY is a powerful force. You go against them as a council person, your political career is as good as over.

[samfisher83]

You also have a lot of rich people in Mountain View. They have NIMBY attitude and money to do something about it.

[sjg007]

True but there are now more renters than owners in the city so things will change.

[BurningFrog]

You're not implying the MV home owners have more money than Google?

They DO have more votes than Google.