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9/20/2011 Council Preview

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Jim Griffith

Looks pretty light tonight. Sorry for the delay in getting this out. Election time is rather insane – even when you’re not the one up for re-election.

We start the evening with a closed session involving anticipated litigation. And I have no idea what it’s about (not that I could tell you if I did). But it’s only a half hour, so I’m not sure what to make of that. We’ll see. We then go on to the meeting, which starts with the swearing in of our two newest commissioners. Then it’s on to business, with a consent calendar that mostly includes second readings of ordinances. There are a couple of budget modifications, a contract approval, and a tract map approval. Then it’s on to business.

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9/13/2011 Council Summary

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Jim Griffith

Wow, a long night, indeed.

We started the evening by presenting a Certificate of Congratulations to Anjini Karthik. She was this year’s grand prize winner in Synopsis’ Science and Technology Championship, for a project that none of us could really understand (it had something to do with biofuel production, that much I got).

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9/13/2011 Council Preview

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Jim Griffith

I’m pretty sure this is the longest agenda I’ve seen Sunnyvale’s council take on.

Thankfully, no study sessions and no closed sessions to start out the evening. We do have a special order of the day, to recognize Anjini Karthik as the Synopsys Science and Technology Champion.

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Sunnyvale Fire Stations Mark Patriot Day

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Jim Griffith

Reposting a public announcement from the City of Sunnyvale:

SUNNYVALE FIRE STATIONS MARK PATRIOT DAY

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – In September 2002, President Bush proclaimed September 11 as
Patriot Day in memory of the nearly 3,000 who died in the September 11, 2001, attacks,
and directed the American flag be flown at half-staff on that day.

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South-side Residential Burglary Spree

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Jim Griffith

Forwarding a message from DPS about a spate of robberies in southern Sunnyvale:

Hi,

My name is Jose Marines and I’m a Detective with the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. This e-mail is to inform you that in the last few days there has been quite a few residential burglaries in the south side of the city. Several witnesses have described seeing a black 4 door Lincoln Town car (94-96 model) with large chrome rims having red paper plates. On another attempted residential burglary the resident saw a black Ford sport truck with a sticker on the back window that read “ARMORY.” If you see any of these vehicles in your neighborhood or any others that seem suspicious please call the police. Thanks for your help.

Jose Marines