Opinion Opinion: Tonight, Mayor Tran has 2 choices At tonight’s City Council meeting, Council will decide whether or not to move forward on rotating out Vice Mayor... Read More
Community Opinion: It’s time for Milpitas’ elected officials to receive competitive salaries In December, 2018, Milpitas’ Mayor Rich Tran announced his run for county supervisor. Then in June, 2019, he announced... Read More
Milpitas Unified School District Opinion: The MUSD issue: an opportunity to learn & be better When Mr. Bobay left for Texas, we knew that the school board would be challenged to fill his shoes.... Read More
Opinion Opinion: News Organizations Should Delay Releasing Mass Shooters’ Names Systems get gamed. That’s what happens. When a given system becomes predictable enough, exploitative parties swoop in and game... Read More
Letters to the Editor Letter to the editor: A Response to Eric Shapiro’s Opinion Piece on Trump While I agree with Eric Shapiro’s opinion piece in the Beat’s that Donald Trump acts like a crime boss,... Read More
Government Opinion: “We can’t allow ourselves to become numb to the pain.” We can’t allow ourselves to become numb to the pain. It’s not just another shooting, whether it happens in... Read More
Opinion Opinion: Time for Celebration, and for Continued Advocacy: Council Has Recognized the Affordability Problem But Not Solved It In April and May the Milpitas City Council was asked to at least establish an emergency ordinance to protect... Read More
Mental Health Opinion & Testimonials: Student Stories on Mental Illness As the world keeps changing, humans are forced to adapt to new cultures and experiences that may not have... Read More
Milpitas Unified School District Opinion: Shout-out to MUSD Classified Staff As we’ve reached the end of the school year, I want to give a shout-out to the many classified... Read More
Non-Local Opinion: The One Tactic Required to Defeat Trump in 2020 OK, enough fooling around: How do we beat this freakin’ guy? I’ll assess this tactically, not politically. Politically, the... Read More
Milpitas Unified School District Opinion: Randall Shines But More Needs to be Done I’m a teacher who came back to Randall Elementary from another school after four years. What I’ve learned from... Read More
Business Opinion: The Future Comes at the Expense of the Past Toward the end of last month, on Wednesday, April 24, the Milpitas Planning Commission arrived unanimously at a historical... Read More
Children Opinion: Let’s Inspire our Kids In March, I had the honor and pleasure of hosting the 6th Annual STEAM showcase. We had over 240... Read More
Milpitas Unified School District Opinion: Let’s Honor and Support our Teachers Did you know that this week (May 5-11) is National Teachers Appreciation Week? If you have younger kids, you’ve... Read More
Opinion Opinion: Suggestions for Milpitas’ Budget Planning After attending the March 28 Community Meeting on the Budget at which attendees were invited to contribute ideas, I... Read More
Community Opinion: No More Milpitas Drama When I joined the United States Military with the Air National Guard, I was sent to the Air Force... Read More
Opinion Opinion: Can we ever get rid of the Odor Issues in Milpitas? As we move toward spring, I’m looking forward to the warmer weather, sunny days, and the light breezes of... Read More
Non-Local Opinion: Why Louis C.K. is Funny In the #metoo landscape, Louis C.K.’s behavior has been something of a Rorschach test. The comedian was outed for... Read More
Animals Opinion: Milpitas Needs a Dog Park. A Good One. I, like some of you reading this article, am a dog owner. I’m the proud (and for... Read More
Opinion Opinion: On Cannabis, The People Have Spoken (but not all of them…) Let’s be clear about a few things: The Milpitas City Council did not vote Tuesday night on... Read More
Children Opinion: Will We Answer The Call To Action? Twelve victims’ lives in Thousand Oaks, California… Two victims’ lives in Tallahassee, Florida… Two victims’ lives in Springfield, Missouri…... Read More
Opinion Opinion: In Support of Selling Cannabis in Milpitas It won’t come as a surprise to anyone reading this opinion piece that much has changed in the City... Read More