With six weeks left before the March 6 run-off election for the District Six seat on the San Jose City Council, both Steve Tedesco and Pierluigi Oliverio still seem to be on the moral high road. But if you prefer an ethical and high-brow political debate, there may reason for concern.

This weekend’s “Internal Affairs” section of the SJ Mercury News challenged Oliverio’s campaign brochures, suggesting pictures with an unidentified woman and some children portray him as a family man:

Take a gander at recent mailers from San Jose City Council candidate Pierluigi Oliverio, and you’d conclude he’s a family guy. … Here’s the interesting part: Oliverio’s not married, nor is he a dad.

So what? Was the Merc was stretching to say something about the race, given the lack of news coming out of it? In fairness, the paper also noted a minor discrepancy on Tedesco’s part, where his website quotes the Mercury’s October editorial: “Tedesco would be a good addition to the council,” even though the rest of the editorial was endorsing Oliverio.

And while we’re keeping it friendly, it would be OK if Pierluigi removed the words from his website that quantify his opponent’s narrow victory in the November election: “… [I had] 2046 more votes then my run-off competitor who only had a 49 vote difference than the third place candidate.” The numbers don’t lie, but he’d better be careful … 69% of ballots were still cast for someone other than Oliverio.