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Voice seeks community input on election coverage
The November general election is just over two months away and the Voice is preparing to produce substantial coverage of various local races, including four seats on the Mountain View City Council and three on the Mountain View Whisman school board.
Voice reporters are planning to interview and profile candidates, send questionnaires to candidates so voters can compare them side-by-side on the issues, and report on campaign fundraising totals.
As part of these preparations, the Voice is always open to hearing reader input on questions you want us to ask or issues you want us to cover.
Emily Margaretten will be covering the City Council race, as well as the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 5 and El Camino Healthcare District contests. She will also be covering the city’s property transfer tax measure. Margaretten can be reached at emargaretten@mv-voice.com.
Zoe Morgan will be covering local education elections, including for the Mountain View Whisman School District board, Mountain View Los Altos High School District board and Santa Clara County Board of Education Trustee Area 1 seat. She will also be covering Mountain View Whisman’s parcel tax measure and the Los Altos School District’s bond measure. Morgan can be reached at zmorgan@mv-voice.com.
For other races or to share general feedback, contact editor Kevin Forestieri at editor@mv-voice.com.
Annual Harvest History Festival is coming up
The city of Mountain View and Kiwanis Club of Mountain View are slated to co-host the 6th annual Harvest History Festival on Saturday, Sept. 21.
The yearly, family-friendly event celebrates the city’s agricultural past and is hosted at Heritage Park, 771 Rengstorff Ave. It will include a tour of the historic Immigrant House, garden demonstrations, live music from The Stragglyrs, and children’s activities, including a puppet show, face painting, caricatures and bubble entertainment.
The event is free and is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to noon.
For more information and to sign up, visit the festival’s eventbrite page.
City seeks applications for advisory bodies
The city of Mountain View is seeking applicants to serve on a variety of advisory bodies.
These boards, commissions and committees hold meetings that are open to the public and provide advice to the City Council. Advisory body members are volunteers and are appointed by the City Council.
The bodies accepting applications are:
- Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee
- Board of Library Trustees
- Downtown Committee
- Environmental Planning Commission
- Human Relations Commission
- Parks and Recreation Commission
- Performing Arts Committee
- Public Safety Advisory Board
- Senior Advisory Committee
- Visual Arts Committee
Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Friday, November 8 and are available in the city clerk’s office and online.
For more information and to find applications for each body, visit the city’s website.
