In her Oct. 22 letter to the Mercury News, Christine Koltermann characterizes advertisements warning against voting for Chris Stampolis for the SCUSD Board as “bullying.” Dictionary.com defines “bully” as “a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.” How on point. I have personally witnessed Mr. Stampolis address District staff in a manner that could easily fit this definition. He also tried to bully our College District Chancellor (he failed because our Chancellor would have none of it) and I have heard directly from fellow board members that he tried to bully them. This conduct is unproductive and unacceptable. I have not donated to the committee trying to save SCUSD, but for the record I am going to today. Standing up publicly to bad behavior from elected officials when one has direct experience with such behavior is a duty I will not shrink from.
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The developer, Lamb Partners (Randy Lamb – Atherton Planning Commissioner) started to purchase the two single family homes along Monroe, 906 Monroe St. and 930 Monroe St. in Feb 2019 and Sep 2019 respectively. This was just after the Santa Clara Downtown Community Task Force (DCTF) was formed by the City Council in December 2018. Lamb Partners
Santa Clara is the ONLY city in the entire State of California to have an elected Chief of Police. I contend that Santa Clarans don’t actually have a choice in selecting their Chief of Police. The current Chief of Police, Pat Nikolai, ran unopposed in his last two elections March 2020 and November 2020. Mike
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) states that racial discrimination in employment is illegal, as provided for under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The law forbids employers from discriminating against employees or applicants based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The provision also prohibits employers from creating or
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