Rail station design doesn’t make the grade
City officials this week were given a clearer picture of what a
Open Government Commission quashes appeal
The Open Government Commission—tasked with ensuring that citizens are provided with greater access to information—quashed the Gilroy Dispatch’s appeal of a denied records request for the names of the City’s disabled public safety retirees.
City’s third quarter sales tax update shows uptick in business activity
Gilroy is a regional destination “capturing” sales tax in excess of what residents alone typically spend, according to the City of Gilroy’s third quarter sales tax update.
Editorial: Can We Trust Perry Woodward?
The bizarre events of December 2015 will be long etched in Gilroy’s political history. Mayor Don Gage stunned the city by resigning without warning a year before his term ended, effectively handing the reins to his political ally, Perry Woodward. The handoff allowed Woodward to run as an incumbent—but not before the duo pushed through approval of a massive farmland annexation that would have, along with other planned developments, made Gilroy one of the Bay Area’s biggest cities—a sprawling urban mass of 120,000 residents, more than double the city’s population today.
Gilroy Economic Development Corporation adopts new Action Plan
The Gilroy Economic Development Corporation formally adopted a new Action Plan at its board meeting Wednesday. The plan will focus on three core objectives for Gilroy: Business attraction, business expansion/retention and partner development.
Council committee to seek in-house attorney
City Council voted to form a committee to look for an in-house attorney Feb. 24 - a sea change from its position since the early 1990s of using the City’s contracted legal firm, San Jose-based Berliner Cohen.
