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Rent control measures split council candidatesSome issues unite all eight candidates vying for a spot on the Mountain View City Council this November. Everyone agrees...
Original post made on Sep. 1, 2016Last comment by MV Condo Owner, on Sep 7, 2016 at 10:18 am | 29 comments | 11335 Views
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Two vie for open seat on LASD boardTwo parents will be facing off this November for a seat on the Los Altos School District board of trustees to replace board...
Original post made on Sep. 2, 2016Last comment by Advocacy, on Sep 6, 2016 at 12:48 pm | 9 comments | 5382 Views
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Big turnover for Mountain View school boardFour candidates will be facing off this November for seats on the Mountain View Whisman School District's board of trustees,...
Original post made on Aug. 26, 2016Last comment by Eileen Peña, on Aug 29, 2016 at 9:12 am | 4 comments | 4058 Views
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Landlords rattled by specter of rent controlWith favorable polling and two separate rent stabilization measures going before voters this November, the possibility that...
Original post made on Aug. 19, 2016Last comment by Not so awesome , on Aug 26, 2016 at 6:39 am | 55 comments | 15711 Views
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Brock Turner judge recuses himself from child-porn caseEmbattled Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky, who is currently facing a recall campaign for his controversial sentencing...
Original post made on Aug. 24, 2016Last comment by Anonymous, on Aug 24, 2016 at 6:30 pm | 6 comments | 4560 Views
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State Supreme Court upholds California teacher tenure lawThe California Supreme Court on Monday upheld the state's laws on public-school teacher tenure after a lower court found...
Original post made on Aug. 23, 2016Last comment by No decision at all, on Aug 24, 2016 at 9:34 am | 8 comments | 4940 Views
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School board member to run for council seatA late addition to the pool of City Council candidates, Greg Coladonato announced he is running, despite being only halfway...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2016Last comment by School board watcher, on Aug 23, 2016 at 3:33 pm | 20 comments | 7877 Views
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Letter to the editor<B>What's really behind rent measure? Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/print/story/2016/08/19/letter-to-the-editor...
Original post made on Aug. 19, 2016Last comment by True, on Aug 21, 2016 at 11:28 pm | 8 comments | 3572 Views
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Foothill-De Anza board faces contested raceThe Foothill-De Anza Community College District's board of trustees often sits out during the November general election,...
Original post made on Aug. 6, 2016Last comment by Paula Noonan, on Aug 18, 2016 at 3:31 pm | 4 comments | 10964 Views
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Guest opinion: Here's how rent stabilization can backfireThe majority of Mountain View City Council members have the insight to not favor rent stabilization measures because of the...
Original post made on Aug. 12, 2016Last comment by Linda Curtis, on Aug 16, 2016 at 10:02 pm | 11 comments | 5066 Views
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Postcard from the Democratic National ConventionAs the old saw goes, all politics is local – and that's true even when it comes to this week's Democratic National Convention...
Original post made on Jul. 27, 2016Last comment by Ken Kacey Carpenter, on Aug 12, 2016 at 10:23 am | 8 comments | 2982 Views
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Deal reached for rent-control measure deadlineThe Mountain View Tenants Coalition and city officials have reached an agreement over when thousands of signatures must be...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2016Last comment by Kevin, on Aug 9, 2016 at 4:54 pm | 21 comments | 6619 Views
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Local Gold Star mom speaks out against Trump commentsHearing Khizr Khan speak movingly at last week's Democratic National Convention about his son, who was killed by a suicide...
Original post made on Aug. 2, 2016Last comment by MyOpinion, on Aug 9, 2016 at 3:16 pm | 37 comments | 9523 Views
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November election: who will run?The local election season is officially kicking off this week. The filing period for candidates to run in the Nov. 8 election...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2016Last comment by Oak Parent, on Aug 7, 2016 at 5:52 pm | 23 comments | 8507 Views
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Political rookies prove powerful in council racePolitical newcomers in the Mountain View City Council race are dominating the early battle for campaign donations, according...
Original post made on Aug. 3, 2016Last comment by MV Resident, on Aug 6, 2016 at 10:38 pm | 15 comments | 8352 Views
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Rent stabilization measure: Situation demands a charter amendmentMayor Showalter and other City Council members have expressed dismay that the rent stabilization measure proposed by the...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2016Last comment by Linda Curtis, on Aug 3, 2016 at 7:11 pm | 4 comments | 3461 Views
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PSA: Robo-calls polling Rent controlCalls with caller ID of 800 888 4555 have called my home 3 times a day for about a week. Various "whose calling" sites...
Original post made by Joel Z on Jul. 31, 2016Last comment by Push Poll, on Aug 2, 2016 at 4:18 pm | 6 comments | 2017 Views
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Letter to the editor<B>Voting advice Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/print/story/2016/07/29/letter-to-the-editor posted Friday,...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2016Last comment by Re-elect None of them, on Jul 29, 2016 at 8:34 am | 1 comment | 3209 Views
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Uber driver arrested for alleged sexual assaultEast Palo Alto police have arrested an Uber driver for sexually allegedly assaulting his passenger after an incident that...
Original post made on Jul. 25, 2016Last comment by Stew Pidassil, on Jul 26, 2016 at 1:25 pm | 2 comments | 5689 Views
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Landlords hid big election spendingA landlord advocacy group effectively hid from voters big expenditures in Mountain View's November City Council election,...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2015Last comment by Agreed, on Jul 25, 2016 at 10:04 am | 58 comments | 7514 Views
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