The Lighter Side of Mercury News Emails
Turning the page on 2012, it’s also time to close out the final chapter on emails between politicos and Barbara Marshman, the opinionated opinion editor of the Mercury News. Marshman apparently got in...
View ArticleCouncil to Discuss Bumping, Police Chief
The topic of bumping takes center stage at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, the first of 2013. An audit focusing on the last 10 years of city staff reductions—a report former District 10 Councilmember...
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San Jose Parks Foundation: An Introduction
Since this is my first column for San Jose Inside, I’ll begin by framing my current endeavor, the San Jose Parks Foundation. Some of you may know of my past, as San Jose Rep Founder, San Jose Arts...
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Braunstein Keeps Fighting with ABV News
Nobody likes to lose an election, but it seems Robert Braunstein—TV sports host and vanquished candidate in San Jose’s District 10 City Council race—has yet to call it quits. Observers in and around...
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San Jose Parks Foundation: Part 2
San Jose Parks Foundation, as I mentioned in my first column, was born out of an enlightened look into the future by three key sectors: Parks Commissioners (led by Helen Chapman), neighborhood...
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Show Me the Money: City Employee Salaries for 2012
San Jose released its annual list of city salaries late last week, reminding us once again where the bulk of the municipal budget goes. Like most municipalities, payroll accounts for the city’s single...
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District 3 City Council Race Shaping Up
An intellectual property attorney became the latest candidate to throw his name into the running to replace downtown San Jose Councilman Sam Liccardo. Don Gagliardi plans to throw a campaign kickoff...
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A Look at Who’s Funding San Jose Council Races, Local Measures
Political donors have spent more than $1.6 million on three San Jose ballot measures and another $822,000 on three City Council contests, according to the latest round of campaign finance reports....
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Pat Dando, Former Vice Mayor of San Jose, Remembered for Her Straight Talk,...
Pat Dando, the former vice mayor of San Jose and CEO of the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce, died of lung cancer Sunday. She was 71. Dando served the South Bay in a variety of roles, and...
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Local Labor Escaped Reckoning for Earlier Racist Campaigns
Racist campaign hits are not new in San Jose politics, and it’s good to see that the Silicon Valley Organization PAC’s blatantly racist use of photograph was quickly condemned by fellow business...
View ArticlePyle’s Audit Request Denied at Rules
In one of her final requests as a San Jose councilmember, Nancy Pyle asked the Rules committee on Wednesday to let the council discuss an audit regarding staffing levels and employee bumping to...
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