Apple or Pumpkin It’s Your Choice—But Don’t Forget To Thank
By Ruby Elbogen Thanksgiving, the day when the thoughts and aroma of roasting Turkey (or Tofurky)-and pumpkin pie fill the air, and almost overcome our senses. Add the relatives and friends to the mix...
View ArticleThe First Night Of Hanukkah Light A Candle For Freedom
By Ruby Elbogen This evening at sundown will mark the first night of Hanukkah—the first successful fight for religious freedom in the history of the world. In the year (approximately) 600 or so, BCE –...
View ArticleHocus Focus Slight Of Hand Apartmentino
By Ruby Elbogen If you are “City Hall” and you want to justify adding more housing in Cupertino—how do you get away with it? Focus Groups, or what I call Hocus Focus. You get some people...
View ArticleFLUXED AGAIN – FOCUSING ON VALLCO AREA 12/5 At 5:00 PM–CITY HALL-Be There Or...
by Ruby Elbogen So, Dear Readers – Here’s the skinny on the heavy: Keeping in mind the huge *#$@&* apartment project now going up on that narrow street—at the intersection of Stevens Creek &...
View ArticleCupertino Schools – Our City’s Sacred Cow, So To Speak — Are Not On My “Love...
By Ruby Elbogen When I hear folks talking about our Cupertino schools in rather hushed tones, as if the subject was/is prayerful or holy–being polite and reverent is not always my first impulse....
View ArticleWhy Me? Why Us? Why My Neighborhood? Focus Pocus—Or—Wait For It—Many More...
By Ruby Elbogen It doesn’t take a Monta Vista High School Senior math phoenom to understand that the more housing units we shove into Cupertino-equates to more people moving to Cupertino-and equates to...
View ArticleI Predict Measure F Will Be Measure Forgetabout “Normal” Housing
By Ruby Elbogen Well, Dear Readers, the one thing I came away from the (Hocus) Focus Exercise was that OUR city is sick and tired of more housing which brings more students to our excellent schools,...
View ArticleCupertino Schools—Our City’s Sacred Cow, So To Speak—Thank Those Who Made...
By Ruby Elbogen Looks like yet another Parcel Tax extension for our schools is, once again, front and center. Here’s my $2.00 worth, that’s 2 cents renegotiated by inflation. What some of us resent...
View ArticleCBWNG -The Cupertino Business Women’s Networking Group—Highlight’s Small...
By Ruby Elbogen CBWNG is the Cupertino Business Women’s Networking Group, and it is really needed in Cupertino, where big to enormous businesses reign supreme. While there are other business groups...
View ArticleSTOP APARTMENTINO Tell ABAG To Take A Hike
by Ruby Elbogen ABAG says we must have more housing. ABAG says we must have more offices in Cupertino. ABAG says if we have more offices, we need more residents. ABAG says jump and Cupertino jumps....
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