Author: Carolyn Schuk
Schools
Without Increased State Revenues, SCUSD Schools Face More Cuts
September 5, 2012
Do the subtraction. If neither of the two tax increases on the November ballot – Propositions 30 and 38 –...
Opinion
Invasion of the Velvetizers
August 29, 2012
Some of my readers may know that I’m a collector of mid-century women’s magazines. An accompanying interest is brand name...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk: Aug. 29, 2012
August 29, 2012
RDA Shutdown Goes On..and On At the current pace of operation, it feels like unwinding the state’s RDA program will...
City Politics
CalPERS: Where the Benefits Come From
August 22, 2012
About a year ago, California Governor Jerry Brown proposed changes to California’s 80 year-old public employee pension plan. One provision...
Community
Honoring Santa Clara’s Native Son John Vasconcellos
August 22, 2012
Nobody really cared Saturday afternoon that Willie Brown was a no-show at the Santa Clara County Democratic Club’s John Vasconcellos...
City Politics
100 Years Later El Camino Real Still a Public Policy Challenge
August 15, 2012
History buffs may have noted that 2012 is the 100-year anniversary of the first paving of the California State Highway...
City Politics
Emails Point to RDA Successor Agency Oversight Board Bias
August 15, 2012
Members of the Santa Clara RDA successor agency oversight board weren’t just disinterested executors of state law when they voted...
Opinion
Welcome to Choice-i-stan
August 15, 2012
I think it’s time to retire the word “choice” from public policy discussions – at least the one concerning medical...
Community
Brotherness Not Otherness at MCA’s Annual Ramadan Open House
August 8, 2012
Santa Clara has many traditions – its citywide July 4th picnic, the city Christmas tree lighting the first Friday in...
City Politics
RDA Backstory Complex
August 8, 2012
As with so many issues in California state finance, following the trail of RDA history leads back to Proposition 13....