March 15, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds The San Jose Redevelopment Agency Board (San Jose City Council) two weeks ago was told that “adjustments” were necessary to the Redevelopment Agency financing plan because of an anticipated reduction in Tax Increment (property taxes) revenues. The City of San Jose is running out of money to conduct its …
CITY HAS A BUDGET CRISIS, IT IS TIME TO REASSESS SAN JOSE’S PRIORITIES Read More »
MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO RENAME THE NEW SAN JOSE CONVENTION CENTER March 12, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds The Historic Landmarks Commission last Wednesday evening postponed making a recommendation for the renaming of the new San Jose Convention Center. They postponed the decision to the April 3rd meeting of the Commission in order to allow more …
February 12, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds A small group of friends of former Mayor McEnery have approached City Hall with a proposal to name the new San Jose Convention Cnter in his honor. Among those present at the Wednesday afternoon press conference were the former mayor’s chief of staff, Dean Munro, former aides, David Pandori …
February 8,1991 By Yolanda Reynolds District 5 Councilmember Blanca Alvarado who, under former Mayor Tom McEnery, served as Vice Mayor of the City; has recently been named the Vice Chair of the very powerful Redevelopment Agency, Chair of Community Services. She is also the Council liaison to the Fine Arts Commission and continues to serve …
BLANCA ALVARADO TAKES ON NEW RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CITY Read More »
COMMUNITY INPUT NEEDED TO DETERMINE BEST ROUTE February 5, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds The Santa Clara County Transit Agency has scheduled a series of community meetings to inform the public of the routes being considered for the extension of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to Santa Clara via downtown San Jose. The Agency says that …
January 29, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds The Mayor’s 1991 Unity Breakfast brought together community leaders, policy makers, business persons, educators and interested citizens at the San Jose Convention Center to hear the newly elected mayor present her plans for the city this coming year. Mayor Hammer’s remarks and the focus of Wednesday morning’s address stressed …
MAYOR’S UNITY SPEECH STRESSES NEIGHBORHOODS AND CITIZENS PARTICIPATION Read More »
January 15, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds San Jose’s Convention Center Ballroom was overflowing with a large congenial crowd of well wishers at the formal inauguration of the new San Jose Mayor, Susan Hammer, three new council members and two reelected council members. The new council representatives people are: Trixie Johnson, representing District 1 (formerly represented …
MAYOR SUSAN HAMMER FACES MAJOR CHALLENGES IN HER FIRST YEAR OF ADMINISTRATION Read More »
January 8, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds With the New Year, the recently elected San Jose City Council representatives took office. The sixth floor at the San Jose City Hall has new faces not only in the Mayor’s office but in the District 1, 3 and 7 Council offices. Last Friday, late in the afternoon, this …
January 4, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds The first year of the last decade of the 20th Century ended Tuesday evening. Last year, 1990, began with the plans to make an accurate people count by the Census Bureau of every man, woman and child residing in this nation. The census began in controversy and the controversy …
HISPANIC COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE VOICING ITS RIGHTS FOR IMPROVEMENT Read More »
December 28, 1990 By Yolanda Reynolds Through this toilsome world, alas! Once and only once I pass; If a kindness I may show, If a good deed I, may do To a suffering fellow man, Let me do it while I can. No delay, for it is plain I shall not pass this way again. …
H.D.C. FIRST GIFT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FOR NEEDY HISPANIC FAMILIES IS A SUCCESS Read More »