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March 9, 2007
| Budget issues top priority list |
Reed delivers inaugural State of the City address
San Jose not yet a great city, but best days are ahead, claims Reed
By Ali Abdollahi
Staff Writer
Mayor Chuck Reed gave his first State of the City address at the McEnery Convention Center on March 7 to a sold-out crowd who paid $20 each to attend the breakfast. “San Jose is a good city with great people,” Reed said. “But it’s not yet a great city.”
Reed made only passing references to the ethics scandal that plagued his predecessor’s term in office. He spoke briefly of the “Reed Reforms,” which he called, “a series of measures to help instill honesty, fiscal Read more...
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| Large turnout for Lake Cunningham skate park groundbreaking
By Carol Rosen
Staff Writer
Old faces and new joined the group waiting to break ground for Lake Cunningham’s new regional skate park on Saturday, March 3. Many of them were ready to try it out that day, but will have to wait until the spring of 2008 when the project is expected to be complete.
The groundbreaking site was just below what eventually will be stairs climbing a hill to the actual park itself, which is south of the lake and Raging Waters. Other than the designs, it was difficult for most there to depict Read
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