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Jet-Propelled Special Council Meeting Gives 49ers Exclusive to Sell Stadium Naming Rights
April 13, 2011
Cyril Northcote Parkinson observed in his book, The Parkinson Principle, that “The time spent on any item of the agenda...
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City Finances Nudge Into the Black, But Property Tax Revenues Continue to Drop
April 6, 2011
Santa Clara Finance Director Gary Ameling voiced cautious optimism about city finances at the March 29 City Council meeting. At...
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July 4 Fireworks Get the Red Pencil
April 6, 2011
A tight budget means that no “rockets’ red glare” will light up the Santa Clara sky at this year’s July...
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Santa Clara’s RDA Money Gambits May Undermine Future Funding for Core Services
March 30, 2011
Santa Clara’s hide-the-redevelopment-money maneuvers could come back to haunt the city in the form of cuts in core services such...
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City Council Roundup
March 23, 2011
Roll Call All Council Members were present. Approval of Minutes The minutes from the City Council meeting of February 8...
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Hard Data About RDA’s Benefits Lacking
March 23, 2011
In 2009 State Controller John Chiang launched an audit of 18 California RDAs – Santa Clara wasn’t on that list,...
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Santa Clara Stadium Authority’s Dash to Stash Redevelopment Cash
March 23, 2011
At an emergency meeting Monday, the Santa Clara Redevelopment Agency (RDA) and Stadium Authority (SA) voted to transfer $4.5 million...
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California Public Payrolls Now Online
March 16, 2011
Thanks to California’s State Controller John Chiang, Californians (at least, computer-literate ones) can, for the first time, easily find out...
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City Council Goal Setting Program Status Report
March 9, 2011
On Saturday, March 12, the City Council will hold a Goal Setting Program at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001...
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Josephine Rowen, 1926-2011, Championed Government Openness and Accountabiity
March 9, 2011
In the more than seven decades that she lived in Santa Clara, there were few public questions that Santa Clara...