Brian Doyle - The Silicon Valley Voice

Prior to the November 2020 election Mayor Lisa Gillmor rarely — if ever — seconded motions. She never had to. With political allies Kathy Watanabe, Debi Davis and Teresa...

Milestones

Milestones – To Change, You Have to Change! – Opinion

Miles H Barber, PublisherMarch 22, 2022

How do you run a city without a city manager or even a city attorney? Based on observation, for the moment, the...

Milestones

Milestones – Climate Change in Santa Clara? – Opinion

Miles H Barber, PublisherMarch 16, 2022

The weather in Santa Clara has a different outlook these days. The catastrophic cumulous clouds of doom and gloom hovering over the...

Milestones

Milestones – Is It The End? – Opinion

Miles H Barber, PublisherMarch 9, 2022

Certainly you cannot ignore the calamity, devastation, and destruction forced upon the world by a mentally deranged dictator. While the world has...

City Politics

Stadium Noise Monitoring Contract Disputed

David AlexanderMarch 9, 2022

There was a lot of ground covered at Tuesday night’s Santa Clara City Council meeting. Council members talked about extending a contract...

City Politics

Meeting Efficiency Policy Saves Two Minutes

David AlexanderMarch 3, 2022

Efficiency is a buzzword. It gets bandied about in all walks of life. Whether it is road construction or public outreach for...

Milestones

Milestones – Unraveling the Maze! – Opinion

Miles H Barber, PublisherMarch 1, 2022March 1, 2022

Reality as opposed to perception is most often a Grand Canyon of disparity. This is true with politics in Santa Clara. The...

Milestones

Milestones – What is the Cost? – Opinion

Miles H Barber, PublisherFebruary 23, 2022

Making decisions is part and parcel to being alive. It doesn’t matter what junction you have arrived at in life, your next...

City Politics

City Wants To Host 2026 FIFA World Cup

David AlexanderFebruary 23, 2022

Santa Clara supported hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup at Levi’s Stadium. The Council passed a resolution essentially waving a flag saying...

City Politics

Dire Financial Forecast for Santa Clara

Carolyn SchukFebruary 15, 2022

You could say the Santa Clara City Council’s 2022 priority-setting session was consistent with established precedent: the Council continued much of the...

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Mayor’s Propensity Toward Seconding Motions Out Of Step With Past Practice, Robert’s Rules Of Order

Milestones – To Change, You Have to Change! – Opinion

Milestones – Climate Change in Santa Clara? – Opinion

Milestones – Is It The End? – Opinion

Stadium Noise Monitoring Contract Disputed

Meeting Efficiency Policy Saves Two Minutes

Milestones – Unraveling the Maze! – Opinion

Milestones – What is the Cost? – Opinion

City Wants To Host 2026 FIFA World Cup

Dire Financial Forecast for Santa Clara

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