No disrespect to the Assistant City Manager, Mrs. McCarthy, but her statement in last week’s “Letters to the Editor” was untrue. We donated $5000 to the city of Santa Clara’s Fourth of July fireworks display in 2010. This was within the first year that we opened and this $5000 donation was still higher than two percent of our gross. The city returned the $5000 donation to us stating that the city of Santa Clara would not accept any donations from Angel’s Care. I can prove these facts. In addition to this correction, I would also like to add that Angel’s Care has paid some of the fines from the city. A couple of months after we opened, the city started fining us $1000 a day. Then it went to $1000 a week. We were paying all fines until it increased from $1000 a week to $2000 a week (as it still is) when we put up a sign. At the city’s request we had the sign removed. Then they started fining us for the banners on our building that had been in place since we opened. This amount is much more than two percent. These fines are exorbitant and we cannot afford them; however, we have made several payments on these fines.
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The developer, Lamb Partners (Randy Lamb – Atherton Planning Commissioner) started to purchase the two single family homes along Monroe, 906 Monroe St. and 930 Monroe St. in Feb 2019 and Sep 2019 respectively. This was just after the Santa Clara Downtown Community Task Force (DCTF) was formed by the City Council in December 2018. Lamb Partners
Santa Clara is the ONLY city in the entire State of California to have an elected Chief of Police. I contend that Santa Clarans don’t actually have a choice in selecting their Chief of Police. The current Chief of Police, Pat Nikolai, ran unopposed in his last two elections March 2020 and November 2020. Mike
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) states that racial discrimination in employment is illegal, as provided for under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The law forbids employers from discriminating against employees or applicants based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The provision also prohibits employers from creating or
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Some may have badges, elected roles or fancy titles with authority but they surely don’t automatically come with ethics. Ethics is not a “factory setting”. Councilmember Karen Hardy said it best, “you either have ethics or you don’t” and clearly there are those in this city and county that do not have any. More importantly ... Read more
Roger KintAre you listening, Jude Barry? Based on what was described in court, you track every word the Santa Clara Weekly/Silicon Valley Voice pushes out about Santa Clara. So I’m sure this will reach you—if not directly, then through Mayor Gillmor or one of the many disciples of what people in town openly call the “Gillmor mafia.” This ... Read more
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