City Politics
Mayor’s Propensity Toward Seconding Motions Out Of Step With Past Practice, Robert’s Rules Of Order
April 4, 2022
Prior to the November 2020 election Mayor Lisa Gillmor rarely — if ever — seconded motions. She never had to....
Milestones
Milestones – To Change, You Have to Change! – Opinion
March 22, 2022
How do you run a city without a city manager or even a city attorney? Based on observation, for the...
Milestones
Milestones – Climate Change in Santa Clara? – Opinion
March 16, 2022
The weather in Santa Clara has a different outlook these days. The catastrophic cumulous clouds of doom and gloom hovering...
Milestones
Milestones – Is It The End? – Opinion
March 9, 2022
Certainly you cannot ignore the calamity, devastation, and destruction forced upon the world by a mentally deranged dictator. While the...
City Politics
Stadium Noise Monitoring Contract Disputed
March 9, 2022
There was a lot of ground covered at Tuesday night’s Santa Clara City Council meeting. Council members talked about extending...
City Politics
Meeting Efficiency Policy Saves Two Minutes
March 3, 2022
Efficiency is a buzzword. It gets bandied about in all walks of life. Whether it is road construction or public...
Milestones
Milestones – Unraveling the Maze! – Opinion
March 1, 2022
Reality as opposed to perception is most often a Grand Canyon of disparity. This is true with politics in Santa...
Milestones
Milestones – What is the Cost? – Opinion
February 23, 2022
Making decisions is part and parcel to being alive. It doesn’t matter what junction you have arrived at in life,...
City Politics
City Wants To Host 2026 FIFA World Cup
February 23, 2022
Santa Clara supported hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup at Levi’s Stadium. The Council passed a resolution essentially waving a...
City Politics
Dire Financial Forecast for Santa Clara
February 15, 2022
You could say the Santa Clara City Council’s 2022 priority-setting session was consistent with established precedent: the Council continued much...