In case you missed it. Please check out Watch Dog's post yesterday pointing out how the San Francisco Giants are trying to meddle in San Jose politics... Survey Says!
Assemblymember Jim Beall is a patient man. Heck, anyone who can sit on the San Jose City Council, then the Board of Supervisors, and then the State Assembly must be willing to wait, and wait, and wait... and so Beall must wait some more regarding his plan to implement a per-alcoholic-drink fee to pay for some criminal justice and health costs in the State. Hang in there Assemblymember Beall... someday.
*A new technology could be making its way into California politics for signature gathering. The cleverly named "Verafirma" is co-founded by San Jose's own Jude Barry and will make it possible to collect signatures for ballot initiatives via smart phones. While technologists and political operatives may be drooling over the idea, some elections officials are not quite sure. Nonetheless, it seems some political organizations are signing up to use the technology.
Here's something the Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce can promote: There's a place to smoke cigars in downtown Morgan Hill. One closed cigar shop has been replaced by another. Smoke 'em if you got 'em...
But this might be something the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce may not want to promote... the owners of the 65,000 acre Sargent Ranch just south of Gilroy filed for bankruptcy in San Diego. Expect interesting times in the future with the big piece of land which already has an interesting 'planning' history that includes Gilroy, the County, and the Amah Mutsun tribe. Gilroy A's anyone?
And to the blogs...
*Protect San Jose gives props to Scott Herhold and the Merc. Seriously...
Joseph DiSalvo sets forth his ideas about Charter Schools in Santa Clara County with his post on San Jose Inside...
*Mission City Lantern points readers to the Santa Clarans for Economic Progress (pro-49er's) website. James calls the SCEP site "smashing"...
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