Politics

Q and A with Mayor Perry Woodward

March 22, 2016

No one could argue that serving on a city council isn’t a grinding activity, requiring one to parse and analyze dense, technical and unfamiliar material, then comment as though one were an expert and to always without fail, make the right decision.

Gilroy Chief to Retire

October 5, 2016

Over and out

330-room Holiday Inn planned near Outlets

May 11, 2012

The planning commission voted unanimously May 3 to approve a hotel project for a Holiday Inn and a Holiday Inn Extended Stay on the corner of Leavesley Road and Forest Street near the Premium Outlets, under the condition that the developer further negotiates with the city before presenting the plan to City Council.

Seventeen teens vie for six open seats on Youth Commission

September 25, 2014

Seventeen local teens are vying for six open seats on the city's all-volunteer Youth Commission, and on Sept. 22, the city council interviewed the first batch of candidates.

PG&E-backed Proposition 16 leading in early returns

June 8, 2010

Proposition 16, the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.-backed measure

Top candidate for city attorney rejects offer

February 3, 2015

The Garlic Capital’s search for an in-house city attorney has come to a screeching halt.

City drafts response to Grand Jury’s findings about puffed-up public employee benefits

August 3, 2012

Mayor Al Pinheiro has written a response to the June 13 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report that highlighted seven recommendations to reduce Gilroy’s public employee benefits, noting that the City “shares the Grand Jury’s concerns.”