Monthly Archives : November 2014

Another TKO for Measure B?


A new ruling is out requiring the City of San Jose to rescind Measure B.   An administrative law judge for the California Public Employment Relations Board, ruled  that the City violated the law when it failed to meet and confer in good faith with at least one city union (IFPTE Local 21) over placing Measure B on the June 2012…

A Tale of Two Cities


A number of blogs have called attention to the precinct map of San Jose from the Election for Mayor on November 4th.  That visual presentation reveals a harsh reality better than any lengthy text. The image shows a city as divided as if a Berlin Wall had been constructed down its center. Almost all of the precincts in the whiter…

Dave Cortese Concedes San Jose Mayoral Race


A statement from SJ Mayoral candidate Dave Cortese – First, thank you for the role you played in helping us mount a campaign where thousands came together, calling for a new culture at City Hall. Thanks to our efforts, I’m confident that you will see a more conciliatory approach by the City’s new leadership than we would have seen had our…

Policy Watch: Your weekly tip sheet for what’s going on in your community


San Jose   Police Department Operations and Performance On September 17, 2014, in response to Councilmember Rocha’s memo, the Rules Committee directed staff to prepare a written report on Police Department operations and performance.  Tuesday, the council will discuss: current staffing levels, as well as historical staffing levels, in the past five years, any projections as to future staffing the department…

Reuniting a City Divided


San Jose is a city divided.  And there is perhaps no better illustration of that than the Santa Clara County Registrar’s map which shows where mayoral candidates Dave Cortese and Sam Liccardo drew support. The East Side, made up of working class families and people of color, went largely to Cortese.   The West Side, which is whiter and wealthier, voted…

Hell Yes on Prop 45


There’s been a lot of confusion out there about Prop 45—and much of it has been the intended result of an extremely well-financed opposition. When you have a ton of money, you can effectively flood the airwaves, the internet and folks’ mailboxes with an ocean of misinformation. Proposition 45 is quite simple. Here’s the precise verbiage from the ballot as…

Liccardo Running From His Record


The Liccardo for Mayor Campaign is demanding Comcast Cable stop running an ad reminding voters of Council Member Sam Liccardo’s voting record on crime issues. The letter accuses the ad of making false and misleading statements in an attempt to mislead voters.  The Left Hook researchers checked into this and found the documents that back up the ad’s statements. Tweet

Liccardo Campaign: Bad Excuses for Ethics Violations


The Liccardo for Mayor Campaign is scrambling to get its story straight about a variety of ethics violations filed against them.   Campaign manager Ragan Henninger dismissed an ethics complaint filed last week as “baseless,” claiming that the donation of a contact list, made by Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen, is not an in-kind contribution, and therefore didn’t have to be…

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