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		<title>Immigrants Built America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Guardino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just two generations ago, my grandmother passed through New York Harbor, seeing the Statue of Liberty as she emigrated from Sicily to become an American. A teenager crossing the Atlantic Ocean, by boat, for a better way of life. She raised seven children in a one-bedroom home on North 12th Street in San José. Fast &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Riding Safely this Bike to Work Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Guardino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s food for thought … Is your life worth 30 seconds? I love May. Summer is almost here. In Silicon Valley, almost every day brings beautiful weather, and as a bike commuter who rides nearly 10,000 miles a year, the morning and afternoon rides to and from work are almost always in perfect conditions. May &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Four-story office complex will not impact the Town of Los Gatos&#8217; downtown character</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 20:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Guardino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Location.  Location.  Location. That’s the familiar mantra we hear when discussing how to value real estate.  The same can be applied to a land use debate currently underway in the Town of  Los Gatos. The issue:  On an existing, mostly empty and outmoded office park at the edge of the Town, a local developer is &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Blessed are the Peacemakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Guardino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Senate President Darrell Steinberg may not be a household name in Silicon Valley, but the work that he does and the leadership he provides impacts every household in California. His work has led to meaningful workers compensation reform, the curtailment of frivolous lawsuits against small businesses and a host of other legislative successes. He &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>What happened to &#8220;Civil&#8221; in &#8220;Civil Discourse&#8221;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Guardino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Last week, the San Jose City Council  voted 10 to 1 to move forward with an $82 million investment in Mineta San Jose International Airport, supporting Signature Flight Support&#8217;s winning proposal to enhance private jet service from globally-leading companies like Google. In a Democracy, it is both common and appropriate to have differing points &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Character Counts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Guardino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I was asked to speak on business ethics to a community organization here in Silicon Valley. As always, I learn more by preparing for a speech than by hearing a speech. Here were my take-aways on ethical business practices: * First, character counts: As Chrysalis Software CEO Debbie Diersch says, &#8220;In all you think, &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>An answer of &#8220;No&#8221; is better than &#8220;No Answer&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Guardino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed has the patience of Job. He has reached out, yet again, to Major League Baseball Commissioner and professional Hermit Bud Selig &#8211; the same Bud Selig who appointed a &#8220;Blue Ribbon Task Force&#8221; 4 years and one month ago to explore the proposed move of the A&#8217;s to downtown San &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>San Jose&#8217;s Samsung Partnership is Smart Public Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Guardino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s Food for Thought . . . San Jose&#8217;s Samsung partnership is smart public policy. For the past two weeks,headlines have read that San Jose was preparing to give Samsung Semiconductor $7 million to expand its Research and Development facilities on North First Street. The incentive package was not in cash, but rather, in reduced &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Turning Red Tape to Red Carpet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Guardino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s Food for Thought…  “Turning red tape to red carpet.” The phrase coined by my friend and colleague Lucy Dunn, my counterpart at the Orange County Business Council, could not be more appropriate in describing the leadership of Assembly Speaker John Perez and his Assembly colleagues. The Assembly unanimously passed Speaker Perez&#8217;s Assembly Bill 113 &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area Bid for Super Bowl</title>
		<link>http://svlg.org/ceo_blog/?p=348</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Guardino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s food for thought . . . Bringing the Super Bowl to the Bay Area would be &#8211; well &#8211; super! Last fall, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee asked me to serve on the bay area Super Bowl Bid Committee, to bring the championship game to the 49ers new Santa Clara stadium in 2016 or &#8230;]]></description>
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