San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed declared the “Legloland” of solar panels on his rooftop good, especially since it cost him (initially) $1,500 for enough juice to keep the air-conditioning going.
During an economic meltdown, it’s good to be the top dog. The El Camino Hospital Board of Directors handed out raises of (nearly) 5% to the top dozen administrators. CEO Ken Graham will now bring home more than $600,000. In an (un)related note, you may have noticed that a national discussion is happening on healthcare...
Federal stimulus dollars continue to find their way to Silicon Valley. This time the Santa Clara Valley Water District helps to bring in $44 million for bridges, recycling and flood protection. Good thing the money was allocated before someone in the Federal government read Herhold's piece earlier this week...
Saratoga’s Planning Commission is making dreams come true (according to the Merc.): Rosalba Sokhanvari will open a Spanish Language immersion school in the heart of the Village while Muhammad Hussain gets his dream home.
With roughly $7 million set aside for economic uncertainty or rainy days, Los Gatos officials aren’t worried about the Guvernator’s (possibly) illegal money grab. Mayor Mike Wasserman says the Guvernator and Legislature are grabbing because “they screwed up” and “what they’re doin' is not right.” Neighboring Saratoga is “ecstatic” the Gov is taking only $660,000.
Los Altos City Council hears (for a second time) Pilgrim’s Haven request for expansion. Facing well orchestrated NIMBY opposition, Mayor Megan Satterlee said “every piece of information provided is reviewed and considered.” This includes the mega dose of anti-Haven lawn signs along Los Altos Avenue.
“Hunger doesn’t take a vacation,” and Community Services Agency Associate Director Maureen Wadiak issues a call for support. The need is up 14% while available food is down 17%.
Animal cruelty hits a new low with a bunny killer on the loose in San Jose. Seriously, a monster is killing bunnies living near San Jose’s Easterbrook School. Dr. Lily Lee and PAWS are working with the School District to address the growing bunny population while the Moreland Woods bunny killer is being hunted. (For those who read Watch Dog San Mateo, animal cruelty is usually relegated to the County to the north... We also learned this morning that Phillip Bump is also doing his part to fight animal cruelty -- more on that later.)
San Jose’s blogwars made the big time -- an actual newspaper. Not once but twice. Scott Herhold assesses the likelihood of Phillip Bump as the author of San Jose Revealed. Like a (literary) forensic examiner, Herhold studies language and cadence. We will wait to see how the next episode of CSI: San Jose handles the evidence.
Herhold's piece got the blogosphere buzzing...
- Phillip Bump thanked Scott Herhold for the web-traffic...
- In an (un?)related update, San Jose Revealed remains on hiatus waiting for San Jose’s City Council to return.
- San Jose Metblogger Matt Bruensteiner regurgitates the Mission City Lantern Reveals Revealed story. We have our own San Jose-centric echo-chamber happening here...
- Mission City Lantern can't help himself from posting regularly (hourly?) about the blogwar and opens his blog up to some of the suspects to clear their good names... (James is very busy - the Stadium EIR was released in Santa Clara.)
4 comments:
Watch Dog, when you razz another blogger for "regurgitating" stories I forget if that's technically irony, or if there's another name for it.
Irony.
Matt Bruensteiner called Watch Dog's post ironic. Watch Dog agreed.
You're in good company by regurgitating news, everyone is doing and according to Pulcrano, consistency makes it okay! ;-)
We love you any way Watch Dog. Have a great weekend~
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