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January 15, 2009
| State of the City address |
Reed focuses on accomplishments, but doesn’t spare bad news
By Carol Rosen
Editor
Mayor Chuck Reed presented the State of the City at the Jan. 14 Community Breakfast and didn’t spare the bad news.
Beginning with a list of accomplishments, he noted that the “best days of San Jose and Silicon Valley are ahead of us…but we still have some big problems ahead of us.” Among these could be layoffs.
“It is highly unlikely that we can close the [budget] gap without layoffs and significant service cuts. I am sorry to say that, but it is reality,” he told a packed Convention Center audience.
Most of those problems Read more...
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AVCA hopes to complete Bay Area Ridge Trail
By Lorraine Gabbert
Staff Writer
The joys of hiking along the peaceful trails through the Bay area spread through the audience at the recent Almaden Valley Community Association (AVCA) meeting.
Kitty Monahan, a member of the Citizen’s Advisory Committee for the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority, and Bern Smith, trail director of the Bay Area Ridge Trails Council, shared their knowledge of the history of local trails and open spaces. Central in their focus was land-purchasing efforts to complete the Bay Area Ridge Trail. Read more...
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