Author: Miles H Barber, Publisher
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Milestones: You Have a Right!
March 14, 2019
Is the Santa Clara Weekly just another local newspaper with a grudge? There are comments that we are continually taking...
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Milestones: Whose wrong?
March 7, 2019
Frankly, it is never fun to admit you’re wrong. I was wrong. Last week I wrote in this column the...
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Milestones: “Another Audit?”
February 28, 2019
It’s time Santa Clara did another audit. No, not the San Francisco 49ers or the Chamber of Commerce and Convention...
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Milestones: Why Read Opinion
February 21, 2019
Is there any good reason you should read an opinion column? Especially this one? After all, it is just this...
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Milestones: When In Trouble…Deflect!
February 14, 2019
When faced with uncomfortable facts, how do you save face? Distort the truth with contrary statements, distortion and redirection. Our...
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Milestones: Common Sense vs No Sense
January 31, 2019
The application of common sense is a gift. The absence of common sense is painful. It is amazing how little...
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Milestones: Really…Who Cares?
January 24, 2019
When it comes to government, citizens have the feeling of non-importance. There are only three public services that make residents...
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Milestones: And Now, It Begins
January 17, 2019
How do you pay a City Manager a $700,000 financial package along with 11 assistants, several making over $300,000? One...
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Milestones: The Big Game
January 10, 2019
The “Big Game” was just that. Filling the stands at Levi’s is the primary objective of StadCo, the 49ers stadium...
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Milestones: Darn… The Harm
January 3, 2019
Do no harm. This is the basic rule to all elected leaders. If only they would follow that rule. From...