Carolyn Schuk

Op-Ed: The Social Media Campaign 2018: Becker’s New Show vs. Gillmor’s Reruns

You could compare candidate for Mayor Anthony Becker’s online campaign to the new TV season. And you could call that…

November 5, 2018

Follow the Money 2018: Developers, Real Estate Industry and Building Trade Unions Bet Big on Gillmor and Biagini

As of Friday, $231,000 has poured into Santa Clara's 2018 City election in direct donations and PAC spending. Here are…

November 3, 2018
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Santa Clara Election 2018 Follow the Money Update: PACs and Related Execs Jump In

Campaign donations have accelerated since the September campaign finance reports, with plenty of treats from real estate and union interests…

November 1, 2018

The Gang’s All Here: Police PAC’s 2018 Gray Money Haul from Developer Donors

The Santa Clara Police Officer (POA) Association PAC has revved up the developer gray money machine it pioneered in Santa…

October 31, 2018

Lawsuit Alleges Mayor Broke Public Disclosure Laws, Didn’t Report Income

On Wednesday Santa Clara Law University School student Brian Exline filed a lawsuit against Mayor Lisa Gillmor alleging that Gillmor…

October 26, 2018

SCU Pianist Hans Boepple: He Wants Every Note to Be “Perfect”

Pianist Hans Boepple isn't the kind of person to make a spectacle of himself, even on stage. No one could…

October 25, 2018

Sunnyvale 2018 Money Trail: $300,000 and Counting

The September Sunnyvale City Council campaign reports show almost $300,000 already poured into next month's election when independent expenditure money…

October 25, 2018

Voting Rights Lawsuit Appeal Filed Prior to Council Approval

Some in Santa Clara are saying that the attorneys representing the City in the now-appealed voting rights lawsuit overstepped their…

October 25, 2018

Local Developers Invest Big to Defeat Rent Control Restriction Repeal (Prop 10)

Developers and landlords across California are pouring money by the boatload into the Californians For Responsible Housing PAC's campaign against…

October 25, 2018
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Santa Clara Campaign 2018 Money Update: AFL-CIO Invests $10K in Biagini Campaign, Gillmor Adds PAC Money to War Chest

The 2018 PAC spending race is off and running in Santa Clara, with the San José-based AFL-CIO Labor Council Committee…

October 24, 2018