Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
City Finances Nudge Into the Black, But Property Tax Revenues Continue to Drop
April 6, 2011
Santa Clara Finance Director Gary Ameling voiced cautious optimism about city finances at the March 29 City Council meeting. At...
Community
Shared Religious Roots Focus of MCA’s Current “Inside Islam” Series
April 6, 2011
Would the historical Moses recognize himself as a “Jew?” Or the historical Jesus recognize himself as a “Christian?” The fact...
Community
Around Town
March 30, 2011
Advance Design Consultants – Go-To Folks for High-Tech Facilities When Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs such as Sun Microsystems founder Andy...
City Politics
Santa Clara’s RDA Money Gambits May Undermine Future Funding for Core Services
March 30, 2011
Santa Clara’s hide-the-redevelopment-money maneuvers could come back to haunt the city in the form of cuts in core services such...
Schools
Santa Clara Teacher Salaries Moderate, Average for California
March 23, 2011
Since the mid-1980s, there has been an increasing howl of complaint that public school teachers “make too much money” –...
City Politics
Hard Data About RDA’s Benefits Lacking
March 23, 2011
In 2009 State Controller John Chiang launched an audit of 18 California RDAs – Santa Clara wasn’t on that list,...
City Politics
Santa Clara Stadium Authority’s Dash to Stash Redevelopment Cash
March 23, 2011
At an emergency meeting Monday, the Santa Clara Redevelopment Agency (RDA) and Stadium Authority (SA) voted to transfer $4.5 million...
City Politics
California Public Payrolls Now Online
March 16, 2011
Thanks to California’s State Controller John Chiang, Californians (at least, computer-literate ones) can, for the first time, easily find out...
Public Safety
Santa Clara Man’s Civil Rights Lawsuit Will Be a Legal Landmark
March 16, 2011
Long after all of us are gone, Yasir Afifi’s fourth amendment lawsuit will be studied by law students and invoked...
BusinessCommunity
CA Brown Act Ensures Public Decision-Making is Public
March 9, 2011
Named for California state assemblyman Ralph M. Brown and enacted in 1953, the Brown Act mandates that public agencies conduct...


