Santa Clara Plays Fair in the News
Santa Clara City Council Meeting Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008
- Michele Ryan compares the 49ers relationship with Santa Clara to an engagement gone bad.
- Mary Emerson outlines why any ballot measure should be binding and detailed.
- Au Nguyen describes why the 49ers stadium issue is far more than a land use decision.
- Bill Bailey discusses why the ballot measure and Guiding Principles should be binding.
- Erlinda Estrada speaks about how a binding ballot measure is a matter of fair play.
Santa Clara City Council Meeting Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008:
- Au Nguyen shows the $0 return to Santa Clara's General Fund from NFL events.
- Mary Emerson reveals the $111 net loss to Santa Clara's General fund should the stadium be built.
- Brian Darby quotes Congressional testimony on stadium subsidies.
- Erlinda Estrada details why the stadium proposal is so flawed.
- Bill Bailey suggests an alternative to the City's stadium subsidy.
- Byron Fleck questions why the City is pursuing such a bad deal.
Press Conference:
Our first press conference was held on October 22, 2007, at Santa Clara Central Library.
Press Conference Videos:
Coverage by the media:
- ABC 7
- KRON
- San Jose Mercury News
- KTVU
- CBS 5
- NBC 11
- Green 960: John Scott, Progressive News podcast 10-22-07 Hour 1 (Interview last 1/5th of the show)
- El Observador
- Epoch Times
- Vietnam Daily (In Vietnamese)
- Worldjournal.com (in Chinese)
- Daily Kos (a progressive blog)
Santa Clara City Council Meeting Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007:
- Ketra Oberlander presents postcards to Council
- Erlinda Estrada compares $222M subsidy vs. return to City
- Mary Emerson discusses financial implications of poor investment
- Au Nguyen disputes "fuzzy math" accusations
- Brian Darby cautions Council about stadium project
- Byron Fleck questions City's "Guiding Principles"
- Michele Ryan discusses SC's "off the chart" stadium subsidy