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Vice Mayor Answers Reader Questions
Dec 9, 2011 by San Jose Inside Politics, People Comments (49)
This week, San Jose Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen answered 10 questions selected by SJI staff out of dozens submitted by San Jose Inside commenters. The topics range from the Little Saigon controversy and Nguyen’s relationship with public safety unions to the city’s legal basis for the pension reform ballot measure.—Editor
Not the Man I Knew
Dec 1, 2011 by Rich Robinson People Comments (45)
Chris Shimek and I grew up in the same neighborhood. We played baseball together, attended the same neighborhood schools—but the thing we had most in common was we shared the same best friend. The Chris I knew was outgoing, friendly, cheerful, and abhorred violence against women and children. It is why he became a San Jose police officer. Something happened to the Chris I knew on Sunday, November 27, when he took the life of his soon to be ex-wife and himself.
A Very Bad Day in Cupertino
Oct 20, 2011 by Rich Robinson Politics, Business, People Comments (8)
Cupertino is a very small city that borders San Jose on the western edge of its larger neighbor. It is an elite community that prides itself on its excellent schools, ethnic diversity and its agrarian heritage. Its biggest claim to fame remains that it is the corporate headquarters to the wealthiest company in the world, Apple.
Shooting at Funeral for City-Employed Biker
Oct 17, 2011 by Silicon Valley Newsroom People, Culture Comments (18)
For the second time in a month, a local Hells Angels member was shot to death in public. Steve Tausan, 52, was attending a funeral Saturday for the late president of the motorcycle club’s San Jose chapter, Jeffrey Pettigrew, who was killed in September in a casino shooting in Sparks, Nev. Pettigrew also worked as a city of San Jose employee.
The Six Degrees of Michael Lewis
Oct 12, 2011 by The Fly Politics, People, Media, The Fly Comments (6)
Oddly enough, three of the biggest stories in San Jose right now all have one thing in common: the most famous nonfiction author in America, Michael Lewis. His current bestseller, Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, details how countries, states and municipalities are going bankrupt, and he uses San Jose as a model for implosion by pension.
Pose Questions to Police Chief Chris Moore
Sep 30, 2011 by Silicon Valley Newsroom Politics, People Comments (137)
This week, San Jose Police Chief Chris Moore has agreed to answer questions from San Jose Inside readers. He is the third public official to participate in this series. Questions are selected from online posts to this site.
Former Santa Clara Mayor Has Cancer
Sep 30, 2011 by Silicon Valley Newsroom Politics, People Comments (1)
Patricia Mahan, Santa Clara’s vice mayor after serving as mayor from 2002 through 2010, says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. While it is unclear if Mahan’s condition will require leave from her position, she reportedly is expected to fully recover with proper treatment.
Suspect Arrested in Killing of City of San Jose Employee, Hells Angels President
Sep 30, 2011 by Silicon Valley Newsroom People, Culture Comments (20)
Police have reportedly arrested the man accused of killing Jeffrey Pettigrew, a city employee who was also president of the San Jose chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang. Pettigrew, who worked for the city of San Jose within the Dept. of Transportation, was shot in the back four times last week at John Ascuaga’s Nugget casino in Sparks, Nevada.
Obama Slept Here
Sep 26, 2011 by The Fly Politics, People, The Fly Comments (21)
SJPD and Secret Service evict a screaming woman from the Fairmont.
On Sunday, President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president in a decade to overnight in San Jose. That may placate some of the people who have been complaining that this president bypasses a city that overwhelmingly supported him and only spends time with the wealthy gods of social media on the Peninsula, who dispense $35,800 checks like ATMs. Truth be told, the only reason Obama was in San Jose was because he needed a place to crash.
Charter Schools Receive Meg(a) Bucks
Sep 21, 2011 by The Fly Politics, People, Culture, The Fly Comments (13)
Meg Whitman has joined the philanthropically elite with her recent donations to charter schools. (Photo by Max Morse)
The Bay Area’s public school system sustained another groin kick of aggressive generosity Tuesday when politically ambitious billionaire Meg Whitman bestowed $2.5 million on South Bay and Peninsula charter school programs. Apparently, the maid-firing former eBay exec didn’t spend all her money losing last year’s race for governor to Jerry Brown.
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