Wesley Mukoyama

Santa Clara’s Safe Space for Bigots – Opinion

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Our Editorial Board questions why Santa Clara's Mayor Gillmor uses her professional capacity to share blog posts filled with bigotry and hatred.

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

Santa Clara’s Real Challenge Isn’t Drawing Districts — It’s Discrimination

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Discrimination

Since Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle found Santa Clara had violated the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA), the public conversation has been dominated by alternative districting maps, election sequencing, the extent of judicial power over charter cities and a fast track schedule for implementing a new by-district representation system in time for November’s election. But … Read more