Hi all, My first two months of serving on City Council again have been full of briefings with most of the Cities’ departments. I’ve been so impressed by how City staff has flexed to meet community needs during the pandemic. Truly, that’s the story in each of our personal lives as well. We have all been challenged to continue as …
Continue readingFriends, I want to tell you about the strategic planning process that the City is embarking on beginning this Saturday, February 6th as part of the Council Retreat. The meeting starts at 8:30, but the item on strategic planning starts at about 11 a.m. in conjunction with a City Council retreat. The process this time is fundamentally different from the …
Continue readingWelcome to the first Councilmember Pat Showalter newsletter. We expect to put these out about once a month with occasional ones on special topics. We will also be putting some useful information and links on the PatShowalter.com webpage. Suggestions are welcome. The Mountain View Community Center is opening for vaccines! You can sign up at www.sccfreevax.org. This is a collaboration …
Continue readingSAN JOSE (CBS SF) — The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters announced Thursday that there were no changes in either outcomes of the Los Altos Hills and Mountain View city council races last month after completing automatic recounts.
Continue readingA Santa Clara County recount policy in place since May of 2016 is now playing out in two of the County’s cities – Mountain View and Los Altos Hills. According to county law, recounts are required for races where the margin of victory is less than either 0.25% of ballots cast or 25 votes.
Continue readingRe: 9.1 Initiate Recruitment Process for Upcoming Rental Housing Committee Openings and Vacant Alternate Seat Dear Mayor Abe-Koga, Vice Mayor Kamei and Councilmembers Clark, Hicks, Matichak, McAlister and Ramirez: The Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning (MVCSP) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the proposed recruitment process for upcoming Rental Housing Committee (RHC) openings and the vacant alternate seat …
Continue readingThe two incumbent Mountain View City Council candidates outraised all seven other challengers vying for this race’s four open seats on the council. Mayor and Councilwoman Margaret Abe-Koga leads the pack of candidates with fellow incumbent Lisa Matichak and former mayor and councilwoman Pat Showalter following closely behind.
Continue readingState election officials launched an investigation Thursday into the Mountain View Fire Fighters Political Action Committee (PAC) following a complaint that the organization has been on a spending spree supporting City Council candidates in violation of campaign finance laws.
Continue readingReferendum seeks to uphold City Council’s ban on RVs, ‘oversized vehicles’ on most city streets.
Continue readingMoney from Realtors and unions is flowing in the Mountain View City Council election. The National Association of Realtors set up an independent expenditure committee on Wednesday (Oct. 7) and is spending $29,070 to support Councilwoman Lisa Matichak. The committee has already spent $13,787 on polling and $14,599 on a mailer and online ads. Unions are also playing a role …
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