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For Monte Sereno to take a position on baseball territorial rights makes about as much sense as Major League Baseball taking a position on a Daves Avenue resident's request for a site development permit. Yet, there it is, right on the agenda. …
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They give regional groups like the air board more of a say in allocating dollars to cities and counties based on, for example, how well they coordinate housing development with transportation, a factor in reducing automobile use. …
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The man has an insatiable ego. So you'd think he would swoop in and claim an affinity with this noble bird and his eyasses. Instead, he is making an eyas of himself. Mayor Chuck Reed is a Colbert fan, but he shouldn't tolerate ingratitude. …
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Setting things right has cost taxpayers upward of $50000 for the investigation, an amount that could have saved the job of a library clerk in the coming city layoffs. Rules in place to prevent abuse of this system have failed. They must be changed. …
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Mayor Chuck Reed and his administration botched the appointment of the independent police auditor — but not to the point of starting from scratch, as five council members are suggesting. The city spent five months and $30000 on consultants. …
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Councilman Pete Constant's 18-month campaign to place pornography filters on library computers has been moderated to the point that even Jane Light, San Jose's head librarian and chief guardian against censorship, says it's not a problem. …
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Proposals that include well thought out spending plans, specify the uses for the money and provide clear citizen oversight will have our support. We offer it now to the two neighboring districts trying to pass their first parcel taxes: Measure A, …
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The amount for 2008-09 so far is $8.58 million, about 30 percent of the city library budget. Mayors and council members in the past have approved the union contracts granting this benefit. Today's elected officials have to do the reality check. …
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But opposition since has grown on the Peninsula, where the image of swift, clean travel is giving way to that of fast trains zooming past backyards. It's as if folks are saying: Wait. You mean it's coming here? Yes, it is. And that is a very good thing …
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Reed, a lifelong resident of Los Gatos and an active member of the community, died on March 30, and an entire community mourns his passing. He was only 61 years old, but Reed Graham packed a lifetime into those 61 years. sports, first at St. Mary's …