Tag: mike wasserman
Measure A asks voters to increase county sales tax
An eighth-cent sales tax increase would make Santa Clara County a more expensive place to shop if voters OK a proposed tax hike on the Nov. 6 ballot. But it’s also the only way the county would get funds directly from local sales tax revenue, which currently goes straight to state coffers.
2 letters: So many problems with Islamic Center proposal for San...
Facts make it clear, the Islamic Center proposal is getting special treatment
The Old Red Barn just ain’t what she used to be...
With the warmer days, a walk at Christmas Hill Park is always welcome and standing there near where the Gilroy dog park should be, refusing to give in to being imprisoned and ignored, is the grand old Red Barn. It’s an iconic nod to the past, home to roosting pigeons, stray cats, and a symbol for government inaction. Wouldn’t it be cool if the city, the historical society and the Garlic Festival worked together on a plan to restore it? Summer movies in the barn for kids, home to the Gigantic Garlic Mercantile during the fest, composting demonstrations ... I don’t know what could go on there – children’s plays, a revived barn dance? What I do know is that putting a chain link fence around the place and doing nothing for years, makes a whole lot of no sense.
Here comes the Sunset Garden Apartments
After a year of remodeling, Sunset Garden Apartments, the 74-unit complex for seniors and people with disabilities, will reopen Tuesday.
