The Santa Clara Weekly team earned nearly a dozen awards at the recent California Journalism Awards, including top honors in editorial and health reporting. Five reporters on The Weekly team garnered recognition. Our own Carolyn Schuk took first place in Health Reporting at the California Journalism Awards after she revealed that a community nursing home … Read more
A week or so ago, the public was treated to the shameful spectacle of the mayor of Santa Clara browbeating a city employee until he said what she wanted him to say — something which was, as they say, lying with the truth. Watch this clip starting at 4:30:00 to judge for yourself. Mayor Lisa … Read more
Please do not commend Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor for her comments or her vote on Tuesday night in regard to the Santa Clara International Swim Center (ISC). They were disingenuous and another political game using an issue she cares little to nothing about. Under the glare of the local media lights and the watchful … Read more
Last weekend, someone pasted a sign on the St. Clare statue outside Santa Clara City Hall saying: “Mayor Gilmore [sic] Supports Genocide.” (Editorial advice: The correct spelling is G-i-l-l-m-o-r.) Although we cannot know for a fact the spelling-challenged defacer of public property’s reasons for this offensive screed, we’re guessing that it’s because the Mayor declined … Read more
What a difference a few years make. This week, Mayor Lisa Gillmor and Council Member Kathy Watanabe fell all over themselves to welcome Taylor Swift to Santa Clara, or as it is now known, Swiftie Clara. Yet it was only four years ago that the two couldn’t do enough to ensure that Taylor Swift was … Read more
Three years ago, retired Santa Clara police officers Brian Gilbert and Phil Cooke pled guilty to a criminal harassment campaign against the publishers of an e-business newsletter critical of Gilbert & Cooke’s post-retirement employer, online auction giant eBay. The two were creative and enthusiastic participants in this loathsome campaign, which featured deliveries of cockroaches and … Read more
Suppose next week you got a city bill for $750 as the premium for having Lisa Gillmor as your mayor for the last six years. We suspect that most people would be outraged and express that outrage at the next city council meeting. Since 2016, one way to evaluate Lisa Gillmor’s administration is to look … Read more
People of Santa Clara, it is time for concern. The City is being led by someone who believes she is above the law and above reprisal. On the surface, the Aug. 30 closed session of the City Council that resulted in a he said/she said involving the Council majority and the Council minority may seem … Read more
Yesterday, Tom Shanks burst into the spotlight with a Mercury News broadside attacking the ethics of Santa Clara City Council Members not named Lisa Gillmor or Kathy Watanabe. Mr. Shanks was a paid consultant to the City of Santa Clara until 2015, during which time we do not recall him customarily finding that the conduct … Read more
On June 7, 2022, Santa Clara voters approved Measure D without much fanfare. It’s a City Charter amendment that says the City will create six districts and elect one council member to represent each district. All Santa Clara voters will vote for the mayor. By most accounts, the passage of Measure D was a formality. … Read more