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June 17, 2005
| Shedding light on budget dilemmas |
Education-focused trip
District 8 residents take third annual bus trip to Sacramento
By Bea Baechle
Editor
A bleary-eyed, bipartisan group of Evergreen residents boarded a bus to Sacramento on May 23 with a distinct purpose in mind—to let their state legislators know how concerned they were about the education of California’s children.
By 7:30 a.m., Chris Corpus, principal of LeyVa Middle School from the Evergreen School District (ESD), and George Perez, Superintendent of the Mt. Pleasant School District, began briefing the participants with speaking Read
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| S.J. mayor, council to provide seven-day library service at all branches Seven firefighter jobs, two fire apparatus saved as more than $60 million cut to balance budget
By Sheila Sanchez
Staff Writer
The jobs of seven firefighters and two pieces of key firefighting apparatus were saved Tuesday afternoon as well as many other critical programs residents begged San Jose city officials to save.
San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales and members of the San Jose City Council listened Monday evening to impassioned residents at Read
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