Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
$154,000 is the Answer, But What’s the Question?
July 20, 2011
The above statistic is: The result you get if you divide Santa Clara’s employee compensation/benefits ($142,341,810) by the number of...
City Politics
49ers Stadium Marketing and Concessionaire Agreements Inked
July 13, 2011
The 49ers stadium project continues to advance. At its July 5 meeting, the Stadium Authority (which is one and the...
City Politics
City Desk
July 13, 2011
Pot – Not At last week’s City Council meeting, what was expected to be a routine motion to renew Santa...
Opinion
Extremely Couponed
July 13, 2011
With the end of the Jersey Shore season, it was only a matter of time before my reality TV fixation...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk
July 6, 2011
An RDA By Any Other Name… Tuesday night as the California legislature – or at least, the Democrats in it...
Sports
Today’s Roller Derby Leaves Stereotypes Behind
June 29, 2011
Say “roller derby” and chances are you’ll think of 1970s sexploitation flicks – say, “Unholy Rollers” and its drive-in diva...
Public Safety
New Ambulance Service With a Familiar Face
June 29, 2011
When Santa Clara’s red and white ambulances give way to blue and Rural/Metro Corp’s (www.ruralmetro.com) blue and gold on July...
City Politics
Filing Lawsuits Under Law They Wrote
June 22, 2011
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (LCCR) legal director Robert Rubin claims that the City of Santa Clara is violating California’s...
Community
Techmart Continues Maintenance Assessment Dispute into a Third Year
June 22, 2011
A two-year running dispute between Equity Office, the owner of Techmart, and the City of Santa Clara over the property’s...
City Politics
Past and Future Deficits Haunt Santa Clara’s Operating Budget
June 15, 2011
Santa Clara has a balanced budget this year. But the City has no choice. Since 2000, reserves were used six...