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No On A: Fair Elections Demand Better
May 16, 2018
Measure A is an initiative to amend our city’s charter to change the process for electing our City Council. Measure...
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Three Myths About Advanced Placement (AP) Classes
May 2, 2018
“You have to take five AP classes a year if you want to go to a good college.” As a...
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Civics 101: An Equal Number of Senators Per State Is Undemocratic
April 18, 2018
As we began the unit on the Legislative Branch, “Mark” asked why California ranks in the bottom of receiving federal...
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Is it Illegal?
March 21, 2018
Santa Clara’s June 5 Special Election is asking that the Santa Clara electorate change its election method from one discriminatory,...
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We Need to Publicly Finance Campaigns
March 7, 2018
One of my favorite units to teach at Santa Clara High School is Elections and Campaigns. I start the lesson by...
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Mission City Voices: Fate
February 14, 2018
I met my future wife on January 23, 1954 at the Zenda Ballroom in Los Angeles. I was stationed in...
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Planning Commission Resignation Letter
February 7, 2018
Dear Madam Mayor and City Council, I hereby submit my formal resignation from the Planning Commission effective immediately. While I...
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We Must Return to Citizen Legislators Not Career Politicians – Impose Commons Sense Term Limits on Members of Congress
January 31, 2018
On my first day of teaching the Legislative Branch, we discussed the demographics of the current 115th Congress. Here are...
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Civics 101: We Must End Gerrymandering
January 3, 2018
Every year I think about how to teach redistricting and gerrymandering to my seniors at Santa Clara High School. It...
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Love, War and Miracles
December 27, 2017
I want to tell you a story about miracles, about war, and about love. My grandparents grew up in the...