January 27, 2016 County Funds Sales Tax Poll to Support Labor Council Agenda By The Fly Pollsters commissioned by Santa Clara County will gauge voters' willingness to pass a new sales tax. But this isn’t the survey’s first run. Read More 23
January 20, 2016 Mercury News Continues to Spin Darcie Green’s False Narrative By The Fly San Jose’s daily newspaper seems to have no intention of giving its readers the raw truth about state Assembly candidate Darcie Green and her husband. Read More 37
January 13, 2016 Councilman Manh Nguyen’s Odd Preference for Part-Time Staff By The Fly Something fishy is going on in the D4 Council office. Since Manh Nguyen took over the seat, he’s taken an unusual approach to filling out his staff. Read More 5
January 6, 2016 How Much Will Super Bowl 50 Cost Local Law Enforcement? By The Fly A month shy of Super Bowl 50, local police agencies are going all out. There’s just a couple questions: How much will it cost and who will pay for it? Read More 11
December 29, 2015 Darcie Green’s Husband Takes His New Bride’s Last Name By The Fly Name recognition is the name of the game when it comes to politics, but there’s more to the decision by one local elected's spouse to change his name. Read More 27
December 23, 2015 How to Crash a Santa Clara Council Committee Meeting By The Fly A recent trip to review records at Santa Clara’s City Hall led to Fly crashing a governance committee meeting. Read More 5
December 16, 2015 Ex-Xmas in the Park Vendors Allege Racial Discrimination By The Fly A decision by Christmas in the Park to ditch some longtime vendors has drawn charges of racism. Read More 11
December 9, 2015 Meet David Gerard, the Dumbest Person in Local Education By The Fly David Gerard, a first-year trustee on the Morgan Hill Unified School District, might want to think about submitting his own walking papers. Read More 11
December 2, 2015 Kathleen King’s Plan to Remain Politically Relevant Going Great By The Fly Kathleen King has remained politically relevant by keeping her nonprofits on the taxpayer dole. Now she plans to pivot that presence into a run for county supervisor—again. Read More 9
November 25, 2015 Assemblyman Kansen Chu Not Worried by Staff Turnover By The Fly Kansen Chu has run through quite a few staffers as a state assemblyman, a trend carried over from his days on San Jose's City Council. Read More 7
November 19, 2015 Water District Refuses to Release ‘Smoking Gun’ Email, So Here It Is By The Fly The Santa Clara Valley Water District plays by its own rules, which is especially easy when its rules were made to be broken. Read More 8
November 11, 2015 Nora Campos’ Continued Staff Turnover Is the Stuff of Legend By The Fly Months have passed since we gawked at the revolving door that is Assemblywoman Campos' office. Not to worry—things are just as dysfunctional as ever. Read More 3
November 4, 2015 Sans Quentin: Police Union Calls for Boycott of Tarantino Film By The Fly Quentin Tarantino’s new movie, The Hateful Eight, sounds like a Red Hat Society meetup compared to the number of people peeved at the pulpy auteur. Read More 2
October 28, 2015 Who Really Controls Alcohol Sales for 49ers Games? By The Fly Elected officials in Santa Clara can’t get on the same page over alcohol sales, mirroring the efforts of the city’s beleaguered football team. Read More 3
October 21, 2015 India Prime Minister Spurns San Jose on International Flight Deal By The Fly San Jose scored direct flights between here and Germany, but the city had the rug pulled out from under it on another international agreement. Read More 18
October 14, 2015 Taxi Op-Ed Sparks Contention between Mayor, Merc Reporter By The Fly The sausage-making process of political reporting is rarely clean and often requires unsatisfying, unreported compromises. Read More 9