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By Khalida Sarwari Cupertino’s elected officials have put on hold a controversial proposal for an employee “head tax” on Apple and other businesses just weeks after Seattle repealed a similar plan in the face of fierce opposition from Amazon, Starbucks and other large employers. The city council’s 3-1 vote Tuesday to wait until at least next year before putting a plan before voters leaves Mountain View as the only Silicon Valley city still proceeding with Read More …

By Khalida Sarwari Cupertino elected officials have scrapped a controversial plan — for now — to impose an employee tax on Apple and other businesses in the city, saying they don’t want to move forward in haste and will instead ask voters to weigh in during a special election in 2019. Though the city council intended only to discuss the plan Tuesday night, after impassioned public comment during which several people spoke out against the Read More …

By Khalida Sarwari Sunnyvale police say a radio system glitch recently compromised their ability to effectively do their job and want the city to make sure it doesn’t happen again. The glitch apparently occurred between June 5 and 7, according to Officer David Meinhardt, who says he experienced it first-hand during the 48-hour period. He became aware of the problem when he started receiving texts on June 6 from several colleagues. “They were basically texting Read More …