Reality as opposed to perception is most often a Grand Canyon of disparity. This is true with politics in Santa Clara. The new era members of the Santa Clara City Council have reviewed the issues, past personnel appointments, outrageous salary awards, costly and horrendous legal decisions. These previous actions endorsed by Mayor Lisa Gillmor and … Read more
Making decisions is part and parcel to being alive. It doesn’t matter what junction you have arrived at in life, your next decision determines what train you ride on to the next station. In the case of City Council representatives, they have been elected to make prudent decisions on behalf of those whom they represent … Read more
You may have noticed the current and ongoing controversy about how bad guns are and they should be banned. After all, with the rash of senseless shootings and folks getting shot, wounded and killed you might think we are returning to the Wild West. The only difference that comes to mind is that when law … Read more
Positioning herself to run Santa Clara for another four years is Mayor Lisa Gillmor. The only measuring device appropriate to measure her success for the past six years would be a Richter scale. She has shaken the foundations of the City to the point of devastation. Virtually everything she and her former Council allies touched … Read more
Now that the Big Game has been decided, absent the 49ers, we can get back to work on other issues of our times. Congratulations to the entire team and management on an impressive season and taking it to the league championship. As we direct your attention from football to the absence of a critical component … Read more
If you haven’t heard, read, or watched the feats of the fabulous 49ers, you have been on a different planet. Their victory Saturday night over perennial rival Green Bay in zero-degree weather didn’t stop the red-hot 49er defense. This 49er team has reflected the spirit and dedication, will, sacrifice, and tenacity of the champions they … Read more
By the time you were in the first grade, you had already learned that there were “rules.” Your parents had rules, your teachers had rules, your school had rules and violation of those rules often had consequences. Martin Luther King Jr. brought attention to a world where there were “rules for me and not for … Read more
At first look you might think with 32 teams in the NFL, the odds would be 31-1 you could pick the winning team. Not the case. When you consider little things like fumbles, injuries, interceptions, great plays and big mistakes, the variables are endless. You might remember it was only two years ago and the … Read more
It was just a bit more than a decade ago, former Santa Clara Mayor Patty Mahan met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell at Great America. It was a meeting that changed the landscape and dynamic of Santa Clara. The Niners had searched the Bay Area for a suitable site to build a new stadium without … Read more
All of us at The Santa Clara Weekly and The Silicon Valley Voice send our thanks, gratitude and appreciation to a very special group of hard-working individuals. These are the City employees of Santa Clara who keep the power on, the streetlights working and our city operations functioning. Without their diligence, determination, and downright drive, … Read more