Former city council member and long-time active member of the Santa Clara community, Debi Davis, passed away over Easter weekend. Davis served on the Santa Clara City Council for eight years between 2012 and 2020 and had several projects that she was especially dedicated to. Teresa O’Neill, who served on the city council with Davis, called … Read more
On Aug. 30, The Weekly submitted the following questions to District 4 candidates — Kevin Park, the incumbent, and challenger Teresa O’Neill. Candidates had until Sept. 13 to reply. Below are the answers The Weekly received from Park. O’Neill, who Park unseated to get on the council, replied that she was “swamped with campaign requirements” … Read more
Update: A change has been made to the initial story said that Bob O’Keefe and Steve Kelly donated money to their campaigns. In fact, they loaned money to their campaigns, which means the money does not count toward the donation limit. The money race is on for the 2024 election in Santa Clara and it … Read more
Real estate lobbyist and political maven Jude Barry has emerged from the shadows, playing a possible role in the November election and in a local politician’s perjury trial. Barry attended a July 19, 7 p.m. meeting on a “Related Santa Clara update” on Mayor Lisa Gillmor’s calendar. Gillmor met with Barry and District 6 council … Read more
Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor’s messaging has been clear in the last several months, she doesn’t trust the 49ers, Santa Clara’s partner in Levi’s Stadium, and because of that, she doesn’t trust anything surrounding the FIFA World Cup. Gillmor said as much in a recent comment to the San Francisco Chronicle. “It’s no secret I … Read more
A recent complaint to the Santa Clara District Attorney has gotten the attention of the former chair of the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), who believes the filers are out of bounds in submitting the claim to the DA. Ann Ravel, former chair of the FPPC, has challenged a recent complaint that points fingers … Read more
What is to be made of Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor’s eruption of laughter at the end of the Dec. 14, 2021 Council meeting? No one was telling jokes. In case you missed it, Council Member Anthony Becker asked the Mayor to stop re-tweeting lies about her Council colleagues, under the imprimatur of her title … Read more
We don’t argue that Mayor Lisa Gillmor has the right to free speech — even on her City Twitter feed. But we would hope that she wouldn’t disgrace Santa Clara. Unfortunately, Mayor Lisa Gillmor is doing just that when she Tweets links to Santa Clara’s Safe Space for Bigots, fired Weekly employee and former 49ers … Read more