There’s a new blog in town, so I’d like to officially welcome Willow Glen Extra to the neighborhood. As Irene Kew writes in the Willow Glen Resident, there’s a Willow Glen resident who’s been blogging for a few months.
As you can see from our links page, his is only one of a few San Jose blogs out there. If you have a San Jose blog and want to exchange links, drop me a note and we’ll get your link on our page.
Also using the internet out in Willow Glen is the Neighborhood Association, which is encouraging people to e-mail airlines with their noise complaints, as another story by Irene Kew details.
In the Mercury News Sheila Himmel writes about etiquette when eating in the workplace. That got me thinking about what people might eat at the new city hall. They’ll be lucky enough to have a Lee’s Sandwiches right across the street.
Even before they move into the new building, the City Council has enough on its plate. HongDao Nguyen reports that at this week’s meeting they formed a new task force to study Evergreen, even though it seems like they just dissolved the old one.
Janice Rombeck writes about the public comments on the cuts the city will have to make in order to balance its budget. Also dealing with financial difficulties is the Mexcan Heritage Plaza, as April Lynch reports.
Rodney Foo reports on the impact on District 7 of being without a City Councilmember since Terry Gregory resigned. Remember, the special election is just weeks away. Anyone have an idea of how to handicap this race?
“They’ll be lucky enough to have a Lee’s Sandwiches right across the street.”
Warning! Warning! Danger Will Robinson!
Novice, no kidding! Lee’s is a serious rip-off. If that little hole-in-the-wall was still there at 5th & Santa Clara, that would be another story entirely. Now those people knew how to make a Banh Mi. Gotta drive out to Tully & King to get a decent one now.
Our city leaders will be fine. Seems Gonzo’s Kool-Aid is all they need.
Re: airport noise, having grown up across The Alameda from the College Park neighborhood just around the corner from airport noise foes Janet & Ken Hayes, I have plenty of experience with airport noise. My mom still lives there and since the new runway on the western side of the airport was constructed, the small and mid-sized planes are buzzing low over her house like it’s the late 60’s all over again. These aren’t big passenger jets so they’re not considered a problem but visitors to my mom’s who aren’t used to it find it rather alarming. With all of the noise abatement measures, things have only gotten worse for this neighborhood instead of better.
As for the military planes, out on the Los Gatos border where I live, the inbound Moffett traffic pattern is just to the west of me. There have been many times where these big planes, in pefectly clear weather, seem to be changing course and making a diagonal correction from heading into SJC instead of Moffett. The Willow Glen incident is just another case of these military planes not seeming to know where they’re going. Moffett field is pretty hard to miss with Hangar One and its smaller counterparts. Who is flying these things?
SPEAKING OF RESTAURANTS, ISN’T IT ABOUT TIME TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS IN DOWNTOWN. THEY DID IT WITH NAIL PARLORS IN SOME CITIES WHY NOT RESTAURANTS. IT IS HARD ENOUGH FOR A RESTAURANT TO STAY IN BUSINESS WITHOUT ADDING SO MANY NEW ONES. LETS MAKE A CITY ORDINANCE STOPPING NEW RESTAURANTS UNLESS THEY ARE REPLACING ONE THAT EXISTS NOW.
Sure. While we’re at it, let’s see what other laws we can suggest to ensure the economy goes no where but down!
Perhaps teaching the basic therories of economics is a thing of the past. Even high school students of economics 101 are taught within the first semester the basics of the free market system, basic supply & demand, and market equilibrium. Competition is good for business, good for the economy, and most importantly, good for the consumers. Not to mention that it is this free market system that makes our country one of the most prosperous in the world.
They are also taught soon after that increasing taxation and regulation on business (small businesses, like restaurants, in particular) is a sure-fire way to drive a sluggish economy in a downward direction.
Surely HJ has a pulse on the area’s economy and knows that is what we need right now, another force pushing us in the wrong direction.
What we need is an entire blog thread on the economic blunders of the city
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That thread would be a mile long. Would probably overload the server!
In this time of budget review, this could be very interesting.