Author: Carolyn Schuk
Community
The Santa Clara Veterans’ Memorial: Honoring Veterans Past and Present
November 14, 2018
There’s decades of history in the names and notes engraved on the paving bricks in the Santa Clara Veterans’ Memorial....
City Politics
County Supervisor Race Comes to Santa Clara in Mailer Featuring Phony Check and Imaginary Committee
November 5, 2018
On Saturday, Santa Clara voters received a hit piece from a gray money PAC endorsing Don Rocha and falsely accusing...
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Social Media Campaign 2018: Becker’s New Show vs. Gillmor’s Reruns
November 5, 2018
You could compare candidate for Mayor Anthony Becker’s online campaign to the new TV season. And you could call that...
City Politics
Follow the Money 2018: Developers, Real Estate Industry and Building Trade Unions Bet Big on Gillmor and Biagini
November 3, 2018
As of Friday, $231,000 has poured into Santa Clara’s 2018 City election in direct donations and PAC spending. Here are...
City Politics
Santa Clara Election 2018 Follow the Money Update: PACs and Related Execs Jump In
November 1, 2018
Campaign donations have accelerated since the September campaign finance reports, with plenty of treats from real estate and union interests...
City Politics
The Gang’s All Here: Police PAC’s 2018 Gray Money Haul from Developer Donors
October 31, 2018
The Santa Clara Police Officer (POA) Association PAC has revved up the developer gray money machine it pioneered in Santa...
City Politics
Lawsuit Alleges Mayor Broke Public Disclosure Laws, Didn’t Report Income
October 26, 2018
On Wednesday Santa Clara Law University School student Brian Exline filed a lawsuit against Mayor Lisa Gillmor alleging that Gillmor...
Arts & Entertainment
SCU Pianist Hans Boepple: He Wants Every Note to Be “Perfect”
October 25, 2018
Pianist Hans Boepple isn’t the kind of person to make a spectacle of himself, even on stage. No one could...
City Politics
Sunnyvale 2018 Money Trail: $300,000 and Counting
October 25, 2018
The September Sunnyvale City Council campaign reports show almost $300,000 already poured into next month’s election when independent expenditure money...
City Politics
Voting Rights Lawsuit Appeal Filed Prior to Council Approval
October 25, 2018
Some in Santa Clara are saying that the attorneys representing the City in the now-appealed voting rights lawsuit overstepped their...