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Monday, Santa Clara businesses received a communication soliciting donations that contained this persuasive piece of copy: “Place our decal in your window” — i.e. donate — “and we will direct our ‘Friendly’s’ to support you.” Tony Soprano couldn’t say it any better. This wasn’t a communication from Tony Soprano, however. It was from the Santa … Read more
When it comes to the voting rights lawsuit Santa Clara lost again last month, the proverbial cat seems to have City Hall’s tongue. You’d think that Santa Clara didn’t lose a reckless appeal of a voting rights judgment a month ago. You’d think that the plaintiffs in that lawsuit hadn’t made a settlement offer to the … Read more
Dear Editor, We speak for numerous parents and staff in this response to your 12/18/20 article in The Silicon Valley Voice, regarding the 12/17/20 Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) board meeting and the trustees. In particular, we would like to offer insight into the person of a well-esteemed trustee, Vickie Fairchild. As an educator … Read more
Home for the Holidays is one of the warmest images of Christmas. But “quarantined at home for the holidays” isn’t among them. But here we are in Christmas 2020. However, there’s a bright side to all the cookies we won’t be making, all the parties we won’t be going to, all the entertaining we won’t … Read more
My dear Santa Clara, I write this on the eve of the most consequential vote in recent history. Little did I know when I ran 2 years ago for City Clerk would I have been the Chief Elections Officer of one of the most divisive, money-infused, propaganda-driven elections ever at both the national and local … Read more
Groups want to influence elections. They seek to do it for a variety of reasons – developers want to get projects approved, unions want candidates to approve pay raises and benefit increases. It’s only natural to want more. However, influencing elections can also have another purpose. To block candidates, no matter how qualified they might … Read more
Since 2018, when I got elected to Santa Clara’s City Council, our council majority has made decisions which have hurt residents and cost taxpayers millions of dollars – these irresponsible measures have been consistently, and vigorously, backed by Councilmembers Watanabe, O’Neill, Davis, and Mayor Gillmor. Ignoring facts and putting politics ahead of residents’ interests has … Read more
In a recent clinical trial for an immune cell therapy for lymphoma, 62% of patients experienced complete cancer clearance – in spite of the fact that some of them were on their 5th line of treatment. Stem cell therapies have the potential to enact more of these paradigm-shifting treatments. Proposition 14 will continue to advance … Read more
On Oct. 9, 2020, the Nextdoor account of Harbir Bhatia was disabled in the “Rivermark” Nextdoor community in Santa Clara. I am writing to request that her account be reinstated. Harbir is a highly regarded member of our community. She is very well known for her volunteer work and service to the community. Currently, she … Read more
On Dec. 10 the City Council voted 4-3 to eliminate the Architectural Review Committee. I give kudos to the minority vote on Council (Vice Mayor Patty Mahan and Councilmembers Karen Hardy and Raj Chahal) for standing their ground and refusing to dismantle the ARC. To the majority including Mayor Gillmor, it is disappointing you are … Read more