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Guess which South Bay city is about to have its workers strike?  Sunnyvale.  It’s hard to believe given the wealth of the city that the non-public safety employees in Sunnyvale have not received a pay increase in five years, despite the fact that they agreed to generous givebacks during the recession.  Negotiations, which have dragged out for almost two years,…

After losing her bid for San Jose Mayor in 2014 and her bid for State Assembly in 2016, Madison Nguyen isn’t giving up on elected office. This time she has her eye on County Supervisor Dave Cortese’s seat.  Cortese isn’t termed out until 2020, but Nguyen is wasting no time campaigning.  She’s already making the rounds and asking for support. …

Listening to the Gorsuch confirmation hearings makes me wonder whether the judiciary has become the least honest branch of government.  We have been through this tedious kabuki theater again and again: asked their positions on seminal cases, like Roe v. Wade, judicial nominees respond reflexively that they cannot answer because the same question might come before them on the bench,…

  San Jose Council Member Don Rocha is terming out of his District 9 seat in 2018, and names of possible candidates are already being floated. The three individuals rumored to be interested in replacing Rocha all sit on local schoolboards. The first is Pam Foley, Board President of the San Jose Unified School District, whose term expires in 2020.…

The 2016 election cycle seems to have carved out a new path for candidates who don’t like the outcome of their races: they sue.  Both former Council Member Mahn Nguyen and his political ally, recently defeated Council candidate Jimmy Nguyen, say they are moving forward with lawsuits against the Registrar of Voters after losing their election bids. Strangely, Jimmy Nguyen…