Phil Bump Reappears
A familiar name showed up out of the blue today, in a New York Times article looking back at the trial of the 85-year-old Anthony Marshall, who was found guilty this week of defrauding his mother, the...
View ArticleMeasure B Goes to Court Again
The legal battle everyone expected over Measure B’s passage began Wednesday, as the city filed for a federal judicial review (a.k.a. “declatory relief”) and attorneys representing police and...
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San Jose’s Next Mayor Can Lead on Education
There is a dangerous shortsightedness about constricting the role of mayor in San Jose and the campaign to only things that he/she can influence. Doing so makes San Jose seem small minded and...
View ArticleMayor’s Race Gets an Education Forum
On Wednesday, the county Board of Education agreed to participate in a mayoral candidate forum on education. Educate Our State invited the Board be a partner, and the data show a thoughtful discussion...
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Watch Councilman Oliverio’s District 6 Candidate Forum
So, I helped moderate a candidate forum this week for the District 6 City Council race in San Jose. The event was put on by Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio, and it actually went pretty smooth! Below is a...
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Lenient Sentencing in Stanford Rape Case Sparks Outrage at Judge, Mercury...
Brock Allen Turner, a 20-year-old Stanford University dropout who raped an unconscious woman behind a dumpster, will spend no more than a few months in jail for the crime. Citing the defendant’s age...
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Honda Campaign a Sinking Ship after Losing Primary, Key Staff
Rep. Mike Honda’s primary election defeat to Ro Khanna almost certainly spells deuces for the eight-term South Bay congressman. Consider that Khanna announced a huge fundraising advantage with $1.5...
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Op-Ed: Revisiting Silicon Valley’s Best, Worst Political Decisions
A recent column in the Mercury News listed what Scott Herhold considers to be the best and worst local decisions in the last 50 years. One might quibble with his priorities, but it was hard to argue...
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Mercury News Changes Editorial Strategy as Columnists Depart
Last month’s retirement by longtime Mercury News metro columnist Scott Herhold marked yet another departure for the South Bay’s daily paper of record, which has recently seen quite a few of its...
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SCCOE Board Candidate Gino Borgioli Touted Fake Endorsement From Sunnyvale’s...
Gino Borgioli, a Morgan Hill Unified School District trustee who’s running against Santa Clara County Board of Education incumbent Claudia Rossi, alarmed local Dems and progressives by proclaiming...
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