Minimum Wage Increase Won’t Hurt Goodwill; It Is Goodwill
Why don’t members of our business community understand simple macroeconomics? Why are they the first to justify outrageous salaries for CEOs and the first to oppose an increase in the minimum wage?...
View ArticleYouth Employment and Life Lessons
I remember making minimum wage, $3.35 per hour, when I worked at Burger King during high school. Most of my coworkers were high school students, college students and very few were adults. Prior to my...
View ArticleCity Council Meetings at Night Would Allow Greater Civic Participation
If you are like the majority of San Jose residents, you probably work during the day and/or are involved in a child’s education at school/home. Your ability to attend a daytime San Jose City Council...
View ArticleDevelopment Rekindles Small Town Feel
The new, privately developed Willow Glen Town Square held its grand opening party Saturday. The event was well attended by happy residents, eager business owners, loyal patrons, and other local...
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Chavez Steps down as Labor Council’s CEO, Remains with Working Partnerships
Cindy Chavez is out as CEO of the South Bay Labor Council. End of an era? Not quite. Chavez, who joined the SBLC in 2009 after an unsuccessful mayoral run and two terms on the San Jose City Council,...
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How to Make, Change Laws in San Jose
New laws pass almost every week in San Jose, often several of them at a single City Council meeting in the form of an ordinance that revises municipal code, enacts a ban, raises fees or changes policy....
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Measure D: Add It to the Tab
The new minimum wage law, Measure D, will take effect March 11, 2013. The increase in pay to $10 per hour represents a 38 percent increase, when including employer matching payroll taxes. Back in...
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Endorsements: Yes on Palo Alto Measures B, C, D
Yes on Measure D Voters in Palo Alto are being asked to strike a balance between the merits of democracy and government efficiency. This one isn’t a difficult call. Palo Alto has long had a bloated...
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Regional Minimum Wage Plan Gains Support, Could Include Controversial Exemptions
Juan Salcedo spends more than third of his life at Jack in the Box or Wal-Mart. Thirty hours a week goes to the fast-food franchise, where he makes a minimum wage of $10.30 an hour, and another 30...
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San Jose’s Minimum Wage to Bump Up to $12 Starting July 1
In less than a week, San Jose’s minimum-wage workers can expect a pay bump. A wage increase to $12 an hour is set to go into effect July 1, increasing the lowest hourly salary from $10.50. This...
View ArticleMeasure D Could Cost SJ Downtown Cinemas
Dennis Skaggs is the co-founder of Camera Cinemas which operates theaters in San Jose, Campbell and Los Gatos.—Editor Supporters of the minimum wage increase to San Jose businesses fail to consider the...
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Regional Minimum Wage Plan Gains Support, Could Include Controversial Exemptions
Juan Salcedo spends more than third of his life at Jack in the Box or Wal-Mart. Thirty hours a week goes to the fast-food franchise, where he makes a minimum wage of $10.30 an hour, and another 30...
View ArticleMeasure D Could Cost SJ Downtown Cinemas
Supporters of the minimum wage increase to San Jose businesses fail to consider the impacts of the small business owner trying to do business in this city. The South Bay is predominately suburban...
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