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What’s the one thing keeping you from being the free-spending, high-living, totally obnoxious rich person you were meant to be? Simple! You don’t have any money. Well, you do have some money, but even if you were to cash in your “English Patient” action figures, it’s still not enough to put you in the 1 … Read more
The annual quest for thoughtful, imaginative holiday gifts can make you feel like your brain is roasting on that perennial open fire. We at the Weekly are here to help. As we have for several years now, we present our annual holiday gift guide retrieved from the Internet’s twilight zone to make the holidays unforgettable … Read more
You know who you are. When you stand up to speak in a meeting, people listen. When you say jump, people jump. You’re magnetic. You’ve got energy. Panache. Power. In a word, you’re charismatic. Or you will be, after you finish reading this column. Consider, if you will, my sad story. No one ever paid … Read more
In the spring of 1969 I started thinking about the draft. Many of my schoolmates from Buchser High School were getting a “Greetings” notice, which meant that they were to report for Military services. The Vietnam War had started five years earlier. Many lives were being lost; the list of classmates not returning had grown … Read more
You could compare candidate for Mayor Anthony Becker’s online campaign to the new TV season. And you could call that of his opponent, Sitting Mayor Lisa Gillmor, reruns from the 2016 season. A professional videographer, mayoral candidate Becker hasn’t been shy in attacking opponent Lisa Gillmor’s record on Twitter, Facebook and his YouTube channel. Becker … Read more
Only days before Election Day and in Sunnyvale we still don’t know whether we will have a legal City Council election. The City still has not acknowledged it received a notice advising that Sunnyvale’s system for electing its Council is illegal under the California Voting Rights Act (“CVRA”). That notice, sent on October 2 by … Read more
The Santa Clara City Manager issued three letters that are intentionally false and misleading, at taxpayer expense to destroy the reputations of Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce and the Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce PAC. City Manager Deanna Santana who in the past has been accused of leaving out important facts and misleading the reader … Read more
In 2017, the City of Santa Clara, through our *Santa Clara Convention & Visitors Bureau (SCCVB) team, bid to host the September 4 – 9, 2020, North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA) event. Unnecessarily, Santa Clara lost the 2020 bid due to the June 2018 City Council ruling to eliminate Santa Clara’s 45 year … Read more
We would like to clarify the intent of our Aug. 30 editorial concerning candidate forums and campaign ethics enforcement. We apologize to Acting City Clerk Jennifer Yamaguma for giving the impression that she has been anything less than professional in carrying out the many responsibilities of her office during a challenging time. Her qualifications are … Read more
Since Santa Clara lost its Chief Democracy Officer — former City Clerk Rod Diridon Jr. — it seems to have also lost interest in its award-winning voter engagement and Vote Ethics programs. Santa Clara Citizens Advisory Committee Member Sudhanshu Jain recently emailed Acting City Clerk Jennifer Yamaguma asking if the City would provide support for this … Read more