Author: Miles H Barber, Publisher
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Milestones: When In Trouble…Deflect!
February 14, 2019
When faced with uncomfortable facts, how do you save face? Distort the truth with contrary statements, distortion and redirection. Our...
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Milestones: Common Sense vs No Sense
January 31, 2019
The application of common sense is a gift. The absence of common sense is painful. It is amazing how little...
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Milestones: Really…Who Cares?
January 24, 2019
When it comes to government, citizens have the feeling of non-importance. There are only three public services that make residents...
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Milestones: And Now, It Begins
January 17, 2019
How do you pay a City Manager a $700,000 financial package along with 11 assistants, several making over $300,000? One...
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Milestones: The Big Game
January 10, 2019
The “Big Game” was just that. Filling the stands at Levi’s is the primary objective of StadCo, the 49ers stadium...
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Milestones: Darn… The Harm
January 3, 2019
Do no harm. This is the basic rule to all elected leaders. If only they would follow that rule. From...
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Milestones: Factual Fights Fake!
December 27, 2018
This newspaper has been a member of the California News Publishers Association for years. The thrust and intent of the...
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Milestones: Might Uses Spite?
December 20, 2018
As we approach Christmas, you might think the Holiday Spirit would be bursting out in our City. That may be...
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Milestones: Eminent Imminent?
December 13, 2018
Never in the history of Santa Clara has our City used “eminent domain” to acquire property. That is until now....
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Milestones: Reversal of Reason
December 6, 2018
What ever happened to Council Member Teresa O’Neill? You remember, that thoughtful lady who brilliantly asked good questions and was...









