Dolores Carr – San Jose Inside https://www.sanjoseinside.com A look inside San Jose politics and culture Fri, 01 Mar 2024 23:01:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.12 Book Review: Life in the Fishbowl by Ron Gonzales and Guisselle Nuñez https://www.sanjoseinside.com/opinion/book-review-life-in-the-fishbowl-by-ron-gonzales-and-guisselle-nunez/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/opinion/book-review-life-in-the-fishbowl-by-ron-gonzales-and-guisselle-nunez/#comments Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:02:23 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201208562 Ostensibly a manual to help future candidates to elective office understand what’s in store for them, it’s a bid to rehabilitate his reputation 18 years after his controversial mayorship ended.

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Odd Bunch: Republican Sheriff Laurie Smith, Organized Labor https://www.sanjoseinside.com/the-fly/odd-bunch-republican-sheriff-laurie-smith-organized-labor/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/the-fly/odd-bunch-republican-sheriff-laurie-smith-organized-labor/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:30:35 +0000 http://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201011531 Politics can make for strange bedfellows, but there was something surreal about last week’s re-election kickoff party for Sheriff Laurie Smith.

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Karyn Sinunu-Towery Ends Career on Top https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/12_24_13_karyn_sinunu_towery_district_attorney_career/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/12_24_13_karyn_sinunu_towery_district_attorney_career/#respond Tue, 24 Dec 2013 17:37:11 +0000 http://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/entries/12_24_13_karyn_sinunu_towery_district_attorney_career/

Very few people go out on their own terms, but there’s no doubt that Karyn Sinunu-Towery finished on top. The prosecutor wrapped up a 30-year career in the District Attorney’s office by successfully sending former county supervisor George Shirakawa Jr. to jail in her final case, and she handed off what seems to be a strong case involving Shirakawa and political mail fraud. Last week, colleagues honored her accomplishments with a cash bar fiesta at the De Anza Hotel, where junior and senior attorneys clinked cocktails as equals for minutes at a time.

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Attorneys Union Meeting Reveals ‘Deep Division’ on Admin Leave, Union Leadership https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/investigative-reports/6_14_13_gaa_union_admin_leave_jeff_rosen_max_zarzana/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/investigative-reports/6_14_13_gaa_union_admin_leave_jeff_rosen_max_zarzana/#respond Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:32:34 +0000 http://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/entries/6_14_13_gaa_union_admin_leave_jeff_rosen_max_zarzana/ The Government Attorneys Association (GAA) held a special meeting Friday, and sources tells San Jose Inside that if the county attorneys agreed upon anything, it’s that a “deep division” exists amongst the membership. The big question is how can this be resolved when the union’s leadership continues to focus on scoring fleeting political points.

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Chavez Lobbied District Attorney Rosen to Not Prosecute Shirakawa https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/4_23_13_cindy_chavez_jeff_rosen_george_shirakawa/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/4_23_13_cindy_chavez_jeff_rosen_george_shirakawa/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:06:00 +0000 http://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/entries/4_23_13_cindy_chavez_jeff_rosen_george_shirakawa/

On January 22, five weeks before former Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr. was charged with 12 criminal counts, Cindy Chavez met District Attorney Jeff Rosen for lunch at P.F. Chang’s in downtown San Jose.  Not only did Chavez throw down the race card and lobby Rosen “not to do anything,” South Bay Labor Council’s new executive Ben Field also lunched with Rosen and echoed the message.

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Rosen Cries Foul at 3 Strikes Law https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/7_24_12_district_attorney_jeff_rosen_three_strikes_law/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/7_24_12_district_attorney_jeff_rosen_three_strikes_law/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:13:44 +0000 http://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/entries/7_24_12_district_attorney_jeff_rosen_three_strikes_law/ On Monday, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen announced that more than 60 people in Santa Clara County have been sentenced to too harsh of sentences under the Three Strikes law, and his office intends to scale back punishments or even free some of these individuals.

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Obama Changes Illegal Immigration Policy https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/6_15_12_president_obama_illegal_immigrants_jeff_rosen_district_attorney/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/6_15_12_president_obama_illegal_immigrants_jeff_rosen_district_attorney/#respond Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:07:42 +0000 http://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/entries/6_15_12_president_obama_illegal_immigrants_jeff_rosen_district_attorney/

District Attorney Jeff Rosen made a bold step last summer when he announced a new policy that would stop deporting as long as they aren’t considered a threat to public safety. Almost a year later, President Obama went a step further, announcing Friday that his administration would end the deportation of some illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children.

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What’s Funny About Measure B? https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/6_14_12_monday_night_live_nancy_pyle_city_council/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/6_14_12_monday_night_live_nancy_pyle_city_council/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:13:34 +0000 http://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/entries/6_14_12_monday_night_live_nancy_pyle_city_council/ San Jose Stage Company rolls out the red carpet Monday for the 19th annual Monday Night Live! fundraiser. The question is: Who will steal the show this year? A sketch comedy event in which local celebrities, politicians and business people satirize the issues Silicon Valley is facing, as well as themselves, MNL!-Nineteen will be guest hosted by Councilmember and style guru Nancy Pyle, of District 10.

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DA Office Completes MACSA Investigation https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/4_18_12_district_attorney_office_macsa_investigation_pension_xavier_campos/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/4_18_12_district_attorney_office_macsa_investigation_pension_xavier_campos/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:32:31 +0000 http://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/entries/4_18_12_district_attorney_office_macsa_investigation_pension_xavier_campos/ UPDATE: The District Attorney’s Office is charging former MACSA CEO Olivia Soza-Mendiola and CFO Benjamin Tan with grand theft for illegally diverting more than $1 million that should have gone to employee retirement accounts. Check back later in the day for a story about the charges.—Editor

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office plans to hold a press conference at 11am Thursday unveiling its findings from the investigation into the Mexican American Community Services Agency (MACSA). The announcement will come 28 months after former DA Dolores Carr was notified that MACSA, a nonprofit organization, stole $400,000 from employee pension funds from two of the schools it operated.

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DA Jeff Rosen Answers Readers’ Questions https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/1_20_12_district_attorney_jeff_rosen_answers_readers_questions/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/1_20_12_district_attorney_jeff_rosen_answers_readers_questions/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:35:23 +0000 http://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/entries/1_20_12_district_attorney_jeff_rosen_answers_readers_questions/

This week, District Attorney Jeff Rosen answered 10 questions selected by SJI staff out of dozens submitted by San Jose Inside commenters. The topics range from how he handled the DeAnza sex case, his hiring of a Mercury News reporter and the timeline for several high-profile cases.—Editor

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