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	<title>Jim&#039;s Council Blog</title>
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	<description>Sunnyvale Council Member Jim Griffith</description>
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		<title>Sunnyvale Fire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may have seen this story in the Merc about a fire in the Ponderosa Park neighborhood, which destroyed a residence being rented by a 23-year-old woman and occupied by the woman and her two younger siblings.  Read the article to see what she&#8217;s gone through to keep her family together, only to have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dweeb.org/2010/09/08/sunnyvale-fire/</link>
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		<title>Otto Lee Merc Op-Ed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who didn&#8217;t see it, Sunnyvale Councilmember Otto Lee wrote an op-ed about US operations in Iraq, which appears in today&#8217;s issue of the Mercury News.  Check it out.
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		<link>http://www.dweeb.org/2010/09/03/otto-lee-merc-op-ed/</link>
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		<title>8/31 Council Summary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Relatively quick and surprisingly uneventful.
First up was a study session on the reuse of Onizuka.  I&#8217;m a little hesitant to characterize the meeting, since no votes were cast.  But the prevailing sentiment seemed to be that the idea of turning it into an auto mall is now a non-starter.  There was real opposition to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dweeb.org/2010/09/01/831-council-summary/</link>
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		<title>Text a Librarian!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting September 1st (Wednesday), the Sunnyvale Public Library will offer a new &#8220;Text a Librarian&#8221; messaging service.  You can text &#8220;asksun&#8221; to 66746 for instructions, then text your questions to a Sunnyvale librarian during normal hours of operation.
(As always, message and data rates may apply&#8230;)
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		<link>http://www.dweeb.org/2010/08/30/text-a-librarian/</link>
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		<title>8/31 Council Preview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is gonna be a fun one.
We start the evening with a study session to review the consultants&#8217; recommendations regarding reusing Onizuka as an auto mall.  This includes a 250-page study.  I imagine there will be some interesting public input.
No special orders, but we do have a special presentation on the 2010 Census, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dweeb.org/2010/08/29/831-council-preview/</link>
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		<title>Bell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The hot topic in municipal circles (and amongst electeds&#8217; constituents) is the criminal shenanigans in Bell, CA, and the almost daily disclosure of details outlining just how egregious the conduct really was.  I&#8217;ve gotten emails and had conversations with people about the Bell situation, and everyone is asking &#8220;could it happen here?&#8221;.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dweeb.org/2010/08/19/bell/</link>
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		<title>Postal Carrier Dog Bites Increase in Sunnyvale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a Merc/Sun article talking about a recent rash of postal carrier dog bites in Sunnyvale.  If you&#8217;ve got a dog (or even a very large cat&#8230;), give it a once-over.  Treating our postal carriers well would be a good thing, after all&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.dweeb.org/2010/08/13/postal-carrier-dog-bites-increase-in-sunnyvale/</link>
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		<title>8/10 Council Summary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Largely uneventful, but still with a couple of interesting moments.
We started with a proclamation recognizing Lakewood and Cherry Chase, which were designated California Distinguished Schools. It&#8217;s nice to see our schools being recognized for their accomplishments.
Then came the consent calendar.  A colleague pulled 1H from the calendar, and the rest was passed 7-0.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dweeb.org/2010/08/11/810-council-summary/</link>
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		<title>Medical Marijuana Outreach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The City will be deciding whether or not to allow medical marijuana dispensaries to operate in Sunnyvale, probably in December.  As part of the process, the City is conducting outreach, to gauge resident reactions and identify concerns.  There will be two outreach meetings this month to discuss the topic.  The first is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dweeb.org/2010/08/09/medical-marijuana-outreach/</link>
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		<title>8/10 Council Preview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry this is late.  But I was actually on vacation for a change, so deal with it.
  
We seem to have no closed session or study session this week, so we&#8217;re starting with the actual meeting for a change.  First up is a special order of the day, proclaiming Lakewood and Cherry Chase [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dweeb.org/2010/08/09/810-council-preview/</link>
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