Politics

Wearing trendy blue jeans and a smart floral print top, Diana Clinton, 54, looks every inch the urban professional as she taps away on a laptop in the office of the Gilroy Compassion Center on Monterey Road. The only hint she may be a client is the deeply tanned skin she’s earned living outside in Gilroy for almost five years – the low point in a steady quality-of-life decline since she was laid off from IBM in 1988.

The City Council's plans to pursue a two-tier city employee

On Dec. 14, city officials opened an online forum asking

Eight years later, and the contamination of drinking water in

Daniel Harney, 40, was appointed by six City Council members on Jan. 25 to fill the vacancy left when Mayor Don Gage retired and Councilman Perry Woodward filled his seat. He was chosen over seven highly qualified applicants to serve for 10 months. Harney thinks he will run for election to the office for the following four years. He was sworn in and started to serve immediately after being appointed.

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Fire Division Chief Phil King, who alongside former Fire Division Chief Edward Bozzo sued the City of Gilroy for what they alleged was unpaid overtime and agreed to drop the lawsuit last month if the City paid some of their court costs, has retired from the ranks of the Gilroy Fire Department.