The Santa Clara Weekly has invited candidates running for Santa Clara City Council and City Clerk to speak directly to the voters via our pages and website. What is the primary role of the City Clerk? The Office of the Clerk acts like a secretary to the city, recording meetings, contracts, ordinances, resolutions as well … Read more
The Santa Clara Weekly has invited candidates running for Santa Clara City Council and City Clerk to speak directly to the voters via our pages and website. What is the primary role of the City Clerk? A. The City Clerk is elected to office by the voters of the City of Santa Clara and is … Read more
By being involved in the marketing of Levi’s Stadium, the Santa Clara Stadium Authority Board hopes to avoid scheduling non-NFL events that lose money. The topic came up during a financial report of stadium operations Tuesday night. In a press release issued Monday, Mayor Lisa Gillmor bemoaned that, on average, stadium events only generate $55,000 … Read more
In 2005, a CNN article called Related lobbyist Jude Barry one of five political consultants to watch and likened him to Karl Rove, the political strategist famous for his plan to achieve a permanent party majority in government by sowing division, systematic gerrymandering and framing the debate by planting messages in the news media. A … Read more
Is the City of Santa Clara election already decided? If you believe the polls, Mayor Lisa Gillmor could win in a landslide. After all, whoever heard of her challenger, Anthony Becker? Gillmor is a known commodity throughout the City. Becker is known publicly by members from our Planning Commission and a few people from his … Read more
City staff made a presentation to Planning Commissioners at a study session on Sept. 26 regarding the status of the Tasman East Specific Plan. The Plan calls for a residential and mixed-use district in a currently industrial 45-acre area bounded by Tasman Drive, the Guadalupe River, the Santa Clara golf course and Lafayette Street. Eight … Read more
Santa Clara Swim Club has fired Head Coach John Bitter and now a police investigation is underway. The club sent out a letter to its membership on Saturday that announced Bitter’s termination. The website Swim Swam received a copy of the letter sent to membership by Board of Directors member Niko Meadors. It read in … Read more
Of all elected official calendars available through Ordinance No. 1950, only Police Chief Mike Sellers and Acting City Clerk Jennifer Yamaguma had their August schedule up for viewing prior to the Sept. 10 deadline. Every other calendar, less City Manager Deanna Santana and City Attorney Brian Doyle, was up exactly one week after the deadline, … Read more
A visit to California’s Great America on a spine-chilling evening will reap screams of terror at the amusement park’s Halloween Haunt. Halloween Haunt opened on Sept. 21 and will run through Oct. 28 on select dates and times shared on the amusement park’s website. Certainly, Halloween Haunt is living up to its motto, “Fear is … Read more
The Santa Clara Weekly has invited local candidates running for office to speak directly to the voters via our pages and website. We asked candidates for Santa Clara Unified School District and to tell voters, in a short essay, about the challenges and opportunities in their jurisdictions and their ideas for addressing problems and leveraging … Read more