2011 Chat Archives
2009 & 2010 Chat Archives
2008 Chat Archives
| Dec. 2011 |
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| 19 | Occupy Protesters, Tam Truong, 2010 & 2011 (download podcast) |
| 12 | Team San Jose (download podcast) |
| 5 | Pensions (download podcast) |
| Nov. 2011 | |
| 28 | Pension Reform (download podcast) |
| 7 | High-Speed Rail & Medical Marijuana (download podcast) |
| Oct. 2011 | |
| 31 | Marijuana (download podcast) |
| 24 | Repertory Theatre Loan & Polycom (download podcast) |
| 17 | Ballpark Land (download podcast) |
| 3 | Pensions and Skate Park (download podcast) |
| Sept. 2011 | |
| 26 | Alcohol Sales & Oakridge Crime (download podcast) |
| 19 | Castillo Arrest and A's to San Jose (download podcast) |
| 12 | Social Media and Medical Marijuana (download podcast) |
| August 2011 | |
| 29 | New Ordinances and Doggie Bags (download podcast) |
| 22 | Bail Bonds and Pension Reform (download podcast) |
| 8 | Federal Debt Rating, Medical Marijuana (download podcast) |
| 1 | Budget, Debt Deal (download podcast) |
| July 2011 | |
| 25 | Budget (download podcast) |
| June 2011 | |
| 27 | Layoffs (download podcast) |
| 20 | Wong Letter & Parking Rates (download podcast) |
| 13 | Budget (download podcast) |
| 6 | City Salaries and Crime (download podcast) |
| May 2011 | |
| 23 | Fiscal Emergency (download podcast) |
| 16 | Fiscal Emergency (download podcast) |
| 9 | Kalra Arrest and Police Auditor's Report (download podcast) |
| 2 | Osama Bin Laden's Death (download podcast) |
| Apr. 2011 | |
| 25 | Diridon Station and Census (download podcast) |
| 18 | Medical Marijuana and Airport Police (download podcast) |
| 11 | Medical Marijuana and Convention Center (download podcast) |
| 4 | Redevelopment Agency and Pay Raises (download podcast) |
| Mar. 2011 | |
| 28 | Fuel Cell (download podcast) |
| 21 | City Budget and Firefighter Concessions (download podcast) |
| 14 | City Budget and Layoffs (download podcast) |
| 7 | Firefighter's Agreement (download podcast) |
| FEB. 2011 | |
| 28 | Police Cuts and Pot Tax (download podcast) |
| 14 | Budget Hearings (download podcast) |
| 7 | Budget Survey (download podcast) |
| JAN. 2011 | |
| 31 | Redevelopment Agency and Police Staffing (download podcast) |
| 25 | Violence and Measure W (download podcast) |
| 10 | State Budget and Governor Brown (download podcast) |
| 3 | Police Chief Search and 2011 (download podcast) |
2009 & 2010 Chat Archives
| Date | Topic |
| Jan. 2009 |
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| 5 | Goals for 2009, Population & Budget, Labor Agreements & City Projects, Retirement Fund Losses (download podcast) |
| 12 | State of the City Address, Car Sales, Federal Bailout, Advice for incoming Councilmembers (download podcast) |
| 26 | New Obama Administration, California Budget Impact on San Jose, East Side Union High School District Land Lease for Library, EHC Lifebuilders Bailout, Mayor's Summit (download podcast) |
| Feb. 2009 |
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| 2 | Super Bowl, Drunk Arrests Task Force, Vic Ajlouny, City Council Attention (download podcast) |
| 9 | Nguyen Recall Replacement, Night Club Tax, Arts Stabilization Fund, Community Budget Survey (download podcast) |
| 23 | City Hall Falcons, Oakland A's, Plastic Bags (download podcast) |
| Mar. 2009 |
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| 9 | Trip to Washington, DC, Growing Budget Deficit, Sidewalk Cafes (download podcast) |
| 16 | San Jose Budget Message, Landscaping (download podcast) |
| 23 | Tax-paying process, Police bias report, Proposed budget (download podcast) |
| 30 | High-speed rail controversy, downtown survey of services, Oakland A's baseball stadium in San Jose (download podcast) |
| Apr. 2009 |
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| 6 | Bringing A's to San Jose, Mercury News article on drunk in public arrests, Foreclosure Mitigation (download podcast) |
| 13 | Reflections on telecommunications attack, foreclosures in San Jose, city's vacation pay policy, porn filters in libraries (download podcast) |
| May 2009 |
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| 04 | Swine flu, Mayor Reed's thoughts on Nora Campos and her involvement in the McEnery controversy (download podcast) |
| 11 | Garbage rates, budget compromises (download podcast) |
| June 2009 |
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| 01 | City subsidy on downtown developers (download podcast) |
| 08 | San Jose's budget cuts (download podcast) |
| 15 | San Jose installing red light cameras (download podcast) |
| 22 | Vote on the new A's stadium (download podcast) |
| 29 | Public art at Mineta (download podcast) |
| July 2009 |
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| 06 | City Council Vacation in July (download podcast) |
| 27 | State budget cuts bite into San Jose's budget (download podcast) |
| Aug. 2009 |
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| 03 | Barry Swenson's library project (download podcast) |
| 10 | Flouridation (download podcast) |
| 24 | Programmable signs in San Jose (download podcast) |
| 31 | Population growth in San Jose (download podcast) |
| Sept. 2009 |
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| 14 | Bail bonds businesses (download podcast) |
| 21 | Plastic bag ban (download podcast) |
| 28 | The Census and Reed's D.C. lobbying trip (download podcast) |
| Oct. 2009 |
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| 05 | Audit of San Jose Auditor's Office (download podcast) |
| 19 | Card Club regulation (download podcast) |
| 26 | Police Beating Video, Animal Care Services, Downtown NIght Life (download podcast) |
| Nov. 2009 |
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| 09 | Downtown medical center, plastic bag ban (download podcast) |
| 16 | Police Chief Rob Davis, bicycling plan (download podcast) |
| 23 | Controvery over Police Chief Rob Davis (download podcast) |
| 30 | Signs in San Jose (download podcast) |
| Dec. 2009 |
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| 07 | Council preview this week (download podcast) |
| 14 | Ethics reform vote tomorrow (download podcast) |
| 21 | A's Stadium in San Jose (download podcast) |
| Jan. 2010 |
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| 04 | Gang violence reduction (download podcast) |
| 11 | A's to Fremont (download podcast) |
| 25 | Weekend toddler tragedy, and trees (download podcast) |
| Feb. 2010 |
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| 02 | More fallout from tree tragedy (download podcast) |
| 08 | Budget cuts (download podcast) |
| 22 | Pay Cuts for City Workers Sales Tax Hike (download podcast) |
| Mar. 2010 | |
| 1 | Card Room Tax and Fire Chief Recruitment (download podcast) |
| 8 | Reaction to D.A's Decision and Park Fees (download podcast) |
| 15 | Budget Message (download podcast) |
| 22 | Taxes, Police Complaints, Budget (download podcast) |
| 29 | Solar Panels and Pot Regulations (download podcast) |
| Apr. 2010 | |
| 5 | Aquatic Cuts and Event Fees (download podcast) |
| 12 | Mexican Heritage Plaza and Street Repairs (download podcast) |
| 19 | City Pay Cuts and layoffs. Proposition 16 (download podcast) |
| 26 | Sharks, Salary Cuts and Land Purchases (download podcast) |
| May 2010 | |
| 3 | Performance Grade and Job Cuts (download podcast) |
| 10 | Business Tax License and Vacant Lots (download podcast) |
| 17 | Carrasco Mailer, City Budget and Airport (download podcast) |
| 24 | Sharks Bet, Carrasco Mailer, Election (download podcast) |
| June 2010 | |
| 7 | Election, City Budget, Supermarket Closing (download podcast) |
| 14 | City Budget (download podcast) |
| 21 | Budget and Medical Marijuana (download podcast) |
| 28 | Budget, Police and Fire Layoffs (download podcast) |
| JULY 2010 | |
| 19 | City Council Hiatus and Streetlights (download podcast) |
| 26 | Ballpark Measure, Binding Arbitration (download podcast) |
| AUGUST 2010 | |
| 2 | City Council Agenda, Laid Off Firefighters (download podcast) |
| 9 | Pegram Endorsement, Ballot Measures(download podcast) |
| 16 | Jazz Festival, Hathaway Park Stop Signs (download podcast) |
| 23 | Ambulance Contract, Housing Fees (download podcast) |
| 30 | Firefighting Staffing and Binding Arbitration (download podcast) |
| SEPT. 2010 | |
| 13 | PG&E Lines and Firefighters Residency (download podcast) |
| 20 | Gang Suppression and PG&E Pipelines (download podcast) |
| 27 | Washington, DC Trip and Measures V & W (download podcast) |
| OCT. 2010 | |
| 4 | Redev. Agency Budget & Energy Fuel (download podcast) |
| 18 | Police Auditor Report & Team San Jose (download podcast) |
| 25 | Election & Measures V & W (download podcast) |
| NOV. 2010 | |
| 1 | Election, Measures V & W, World Series (download podcast) |
| 8 | Measures V & W, Hard Liquor Advertising (download podcast) |
| 15 | Tobacco Licenses, Budget, Pension Talks (download podcast) |
| 22 | Safe City, San Francisco Toll, Garden City (download podcast) |
| DEC. 2010 | |
| 6 | Baseball Meetings & Team San Jose (download podcast) |
| 13 | Marijuana Dispensaries and Plastic Bags (download podcast) |
| 20 | Payday Loans, Public Art (download podcast) |
2008 Chat Archives
| Date | Topic |
| February | |
| 25 | Latest developments in the Little Saigon controversy, cleantech trip to Washington, D.C. (download podcast) |
| March | |
| 03 | Run-up to the week's Little Saigon vote, recap from cleantech trip to Washington, D.C. (download podcast) |
| 10 | $22 million dollars in budget cuts in San Jose, hunger striker Le Tong, new soccer stadium, impact of newspaper layoffs (download podcast) |
| 17 | Little Saigon follow-up, former San Jose Medical Center site, Mexican Heritage Plaza, Falcons (download podcast) |
| 24 | New women's prison in east San Jose, political campaign disclosures, Little Saigon signage on Story Road (download podcast) |
| April | |
| 07 | Comments on airport renovations, gang prevention "town hall" meetings, Nora Campos' anti-gang proposal (download podcast) |
| 14 | New $350,000 public relations contract, Reed's solar installation challenge, volunteer litter pickup (download podcast) |
| 21 | Earth Day events in San Jose, 'Denim Day' at City Hall, Council vote on donated shampoo, Coyota Valley report (download podcast) |
| 28 | Criticism of recall petition effort against city council member Madison Nguyen, changes to downtown San Jose (download podcast) |
| May | |
| 05 | Mayor Reed's first grandchild, San Jose's push to plant 100,000 trees, comments on the city's planned budget cuts (download podcast) |
| 12 | City events for Bike to Work Week, Bad debt collection efforts, Biologist checking up on falcon chicks (download podcast) |
| 19 | Local unemployment figures, adding cleantech jobs to the economy, San Jose's budget deficit, potential janitors strike (download podcast) |
| June | |
| 02 | City Council election this week, 01 Arts Festival in downtown San Jose, changes to city policies on night club promoters (download podcast) |
| 09 | Fallout from Little Saigon, unusual election in San Jose District 2, revised annual budget outlook, city salaries (download podcast) |
| 16 | San Jose's budget vote, diagreements over the city's $22 million deficit, controversial art at Happy Hollow, bottled water (download podcast) |
| 23 | Silicon Valley's top priorities for the next president, San Jose deals with the threat of wildfire, San Jose Stage Company (download podcast) |
| 30 | New Bluetooth law, Mayor Reed's new hybrid car, problems with free downtown concerts, keeping kids out of gangs (download podcast) |
| July | |
| 14 | Woodall investigation, Downtown concerts, City employee contracts, Libraries (download podcast) |
| 21 | SCUSD vs Developers, Same Sex Marriage, BART Tax (download podcast) |
| August | |
| 4 | Santa Clara Unified School District & Developers, City Council salaries, cab fares, San Jose Jazz Festival (download podcast) |
| 11 | City Hall water main break, Public commentator problem, Ballot measure rebuttals, News racks, Tesla Motors (download podcast) |
| 18 | New Grandchild, Councilmember Maternity Leave, Sate Budget Impact, SJC Airline Rents, Fast Food Ban |
| 25 | BART to San Jose, NVision '08, Calories on Menus, Bond Measures (download podcast) |
| September | |
| 15 | Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, Post Office Renaming, State Budget Impact (download podcast) |
| 22 | Library Management, Measure A (download podcast) |
| 29 | Tesla Motors, Measure B, Armando Gomez (download podcast) |
| October | |
| 6 | Chicago Trip with Chamber, Green Building Policy, Measure B for BART funding (download podcast) |
| 20 | Public Drunkeness Policies, Measures J & K, Joey Chestnut (download podcast) |
| 27 | Measures B, J & K, Living Wage at SJC, Earthquakes Soccer Stadium (download podcast) |
| November | |
| 3 | Election Day, Measure B, Local Measures, Police Auditor (download podcast) |
| 10 | Measure B, Affordable Housing (download podcast) |
| 17 | Bailout Request, Measure B, Drunk Arrests (download podcast) |
| Decmenber | |
| 1 | Real Estate, Vice Mayor, Second Hand Smoke, First Fest (download podcast) |
| 8 | Holiday Spending, Crime Statistics, San Pedro Square, AMTSJ (download podcast) |
| 15 | Proposed A's Stadium, Police Auditor Report, Shopping Locally (download podcast) |
