State law wisely requires district elections for city-council instead of citywide vote. Sunnyvale resisted this change for years; they could have put council district elections to a vote of the citizens but they did not. Instead they offer Measure B which sneaks in unrelated issues of directly electing a...
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The Sunnyvale City Council members have not been listening to the residents and now they want to create a new elected position...
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As a high school student in the Bay Area, I have seen many different reactions to this news item—I felt that it...
Good day Santa Clara, my name is Anthony Becker. I’m a lifelong Santa Claran, educated locally, currently the chair of the Santa...
Santa Clara had long been governed by consensus, by a clique. This had strong points and weak points. The ones who broke this were...
Letters To The Editor
Measure B Doesn’t Give Sunnyvale Voters a Choice in How Mayor is Selected – Letter to the Editor
Last year, the Sunnyvale City Council solicited input from residents as part of the move to district elections. One of the questions...
I read in both the San Jose Mercury News and The Weekly about the release of Santa Clara Councilmember Patricia Mahan’s medical...
On February 1, 2020 it will be an end of an era. After serving 25 years on the dais and as a...
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Re: City Manager Says Santa Clara’s Benefits Sub-Par, Compensation Data Doesn’t – Letter to the Editor
Raising the income of staff to offset the staff’s higher benefit costs will bankrupt the City of Santa Clara. This is due...
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I am thrilled to support my colleague and long time school board member, Jim Canova, in his bid for State Assembly. Jim...