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Browsing Tag »fire station«

→  August 19, 2008

The Fire Station 6/37 debate – which needs a snappy nickname if you ask WGx – migrates in a less dramatic direction this week, with the publication of a City Council memo signed by Pierluigi Oliverio, Judy Chirco, and Mayor Chuck Reed. Oliverio distributed the memo to community stakeholders late last week, and it will be [...]

→  August 4, 2008

Another of those “only in San Jose” political dramas is unfolding before your eyes this week, with Councilmember Oliverio recently asking the Council to reconsider it’s earlier vote putting proposed Fire Station #37 on the November ballot. It’s not quite Little Saigon, but … Consider This: WG residents along with the Willow Glen Neighborhood [...]

→  June 18, 2008

The famous WG Hose Wagon will soon be history. Whether or not the firefighting relic was worth it, this morning’s SJ Mercury bills this aging piece of fire-fighting equipment as the primary reason that Pierluigi Oliverio was the lone dissenting vote as the rest of the City Council approved of the City Budget last night: The only [...]

→  June 17, 2008

Amidst all of the Budget Circus playing out this week at San Jose City Hall, fire station sare on the minds of a lot of WG neighbors. For those of you keeping score at home, the Station 6 Hose Wagon is likely to be discussed this afternoon at the Council’s 2:00 session. In what amounts [...]