The big news of the day is obviously that District Attorney Dolores Carr decided not to charge the San Jose Police Officers in the videotaped beating/Tasing of Phuong Ho. Watch Dog is not surprised... Scott Herhold at the Merc won't be surprised... the Merc Editorial Board is not surprised... but for the San Jose Police Officers' Association to be "not suprised" is a little suprising, at least in our minds. (Perhaps they knew about it before we did?) The POA's statement also says this about the Phuong Ho incident: "Even though our work is difficult, we do an excellent job protecting the people of San Jose. This case was no exception." We guess "the people of San Jose" don't include Vietnamese students studying abroad in San Jose...
So while Dolores Carr made her decision in one part of the County Building (which also was a big relief to her most prominent political backers...), on the other side of the County Building, some more news was being released... The Deputy Sheriffs Association is endorsing Jeff Rosen for District Attorney. How is that for political timing?
The Merc has dug up (been handed) a story about the Tech Museum that is likely to gain some attention today: Pete Friess, the CEO of the Tech Museum, makes lots and lots of money. His salary is up to $367,478, even as the staff of the Museum has gone from 150 to 60. The Tech Board President did not say, "He is such a great CEO that he is doing the work of 90 people he fired..." Ironically, San Jose Inside has a stat on the Tech from a recent post that says attendance was way down, all the way to about 390,000... perhaps Friess gets paid a dollar per visitor?
Apparently it is egg-laying season at San Jose City Hall... and we aren't talking about the decision to close the San Jose Family Camp either...
Palo Alto is getting a new Assistant City Manager... we guess the bar is being set lower and lower about what constitutes news that Watch Dog will re-report...
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