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Did K12 lobby Controller over audit?
K12 Inc. wasn’t pleased when it learned in June that California’s top education official had enlisted the state’s highest ranking accountant to conduct a sweeping audit of its profitab...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/internal-affairs/2016/09/02/k12-lobby-controller-audit/
Supreme Court swipes away Martins Beach opinion
A little-noticed decision by the California Supreme Court in a lawsuit involving Martins Beach could make life more difficult for the property owner, venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, in his...
Lake Tahoe, the President and Fredo
You no doubt read that President Barack Obama paid his first visit to Lake Tahoe to promote his environmental agenda last week. And it’s a pity that some of the best stuff didn’t make th...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/internal-affairs/2016/09/01/lake-tahoe-president-fredo/
How to spend $1 million
We Americans know democracy is a good thing. At least, our founders assured us, it’s better than the loopy monarch who lorded over our forbears back in colonial times. But democracy, as ...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/internal-affairs/2016/08/31/spend-1-million/
Cupertino parents angry at Wendy Gudalewicz seize on Sedgwick principal choking claim
In their fury at schools Superintendent Wendy Gudalewicz, some Cupertino Union School District parents are digging into the background of those associated with her. Their latest target is ...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/internal-affairs/2016/08/26/cupertino-critics-target-principal/
Santa Clara ex-mayor Patricia Mahan accused of lobbying law breach
Santa Clara city officials say they’ll hire an attorney to investigate claims that former mayor and City Council candidate Patty Mahan violated the city’s new lobbying ordinance. The co...
Stampolis elicits cheers
Chris Stampolis finally got some cheers from his opponents — colleagues, parents and employees he oversees as trustee of the Santa Clara Unified School District — for deciding not to r...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/internal-affairs/2016/08/19/stampolis-elicits-cheers/
San Jose councilman Pierluigi Oliverio running for another office
Two months after San Jose Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio lost his race for Congress, he’s filed papers to run for another office. Oliverio, the longtime Willow Glen councilman, is running f...
A San Jose connection in Alaska
We don’t spend a lot of time here at IA thinking about Alaskan politics. But the race for the state’s lone congressional seat has a significant local connection. Steve Lindbeck, the Demo...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/internal-affairs/2016/08/17/san-jose-connection-alaska/
Defeated San Jose councilman calls for investigation of elections office
Two weeks ago San Jose Councilman Manh Nguyen sued the man who beat him in the June election. Now he’s asking the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury to investigate the elections office...