Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Santa Clara Candidate Aims to Prove Grassroots Campaigns Work
September 19, 2012
In our media saturated age, some people still believe that grassroots campaigning can elect candidates. One of them is Santa...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk: Sept. 19, 2012
September 19, 2012
Federal Grants Fund $1.8 Million in City Streets’ Safety and Improvement Santa Clara is moving forward with two projects to...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk: Sept. 12, 2012
September 12, 2012
Santa Clara Teacher Helps Advance Science, Technology and Math Education St. Lawrence Academy high school math and computer teacher Natalie...
Schools
Without Increased State Revenues, SCUSD Schools Face More Cuts
September 5, 2012
Do the subtraction. If neither of the two tax increases on the November ballot – Propositions 30 and 38 –...
Opinion
Invasion of the Velvetizers
August 29, 2012
Some of my readers may know that I’m a collector of mid-century women’s magazines. An accompanying interest is brand name...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk: Aug. 29, 2012
August 29, 2012
RDA Shutdown Goes On..and On At the current pace of operation, it feels like unwinding the state’s RDA program will...
City Politics
CalPERS: Where the Benefits Come From
August 22, 2012
About a year ago, California Governor Jerry Brown proposed changes to California’s 80 year-old public employee pension plan. One provision...
Community
Honoring Santa Clara’s Native Son John Vasconcellos
August 22, 2012
Nobody really cared Saturday afternoon that Willie Brown was a no-show at the Santa Clara County Democratic Club’s John Vasconcellos...
City Politics
100 Years Later El Camino Real Still a Public Policy Challenge
August 15, 2012
History buffs may have noted that 2012 is the 100-year anniversary of the first paving of the California State Highway...
City Politics
Emails Point to RDA Successor Agency Oversight Board Bias
August 15, 2012
Members of the Santa Clara RDA successor agency oversight board weren’t just disinterested executors of state law when they voted...







