http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=9810&e=y

VTA officials deny campaign impropriety
Authority accused of working too closely with Measure B supporters

…The transportation authority was accused of working too closely with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG), which supports Measure B, by the campaign opposing the new tax. The “No on B” campaign filed a complaint with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) last week. The complaint refers to about 500 pages of e-mails between officials from the VTA and the SVLG, which were obtained by a Public Record Act request. While most of these detail little more than exchanges about transportation information, a few refer to a meeting between officials from the two groups to discuss media outreach…

…The e-mails cited by the campaign include exchanges between Yost and Loft, arranging a meeting to discuss which newspapers and reporters the “Yes on B” campaign should reach out to. The FPPC campaign cited these e-mails, as well as those detailing the VTA assisting the SVLG with maps and other presentation materials, as evidence of impropriety…

…”Public agencies are allowed to provide information that’s unbiased, as long as they’re not being partial to one side,” Okuzumi said after the complaint was filed. “The VTA crossed the line to actually collaborate with the campaign.”