Public Eye A Manny Splendored Thing F or most Santa Clara County Democrats, election night begins with a visit to the Labor Temple, where candidates pay their respects to union bosses. People certainly don't come for the hors d'oeuvres, which this year included such workingman's finger-foods as rolled slices of salami filled with spicy nacho cheese.
Genuflection is required, of course, because of the cash and foot soldiers labor provides.
City Council wannabe Ken Yeager and supervisorial aspirant Dolly Sandoval cruised into their respective November runoffs. But labor's most impressive feat of the season had to be rescuing its chosen Manny of the Year, Manny Diaz. Before the results came in, one labor apparatchik couldn't help but grumble about Diaz's campaign consultant, Larry Tramutola , and the campaign's lame mailers. Labor leaders were far from confident. Diaz and his entourage finished the evening over at the GI Forum, where Diaz did a jig to mariachi music and chomped on chips and salsa.