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Volume 159 No. 12 WWW.SJSUNEWS.COM/SPARTAN_DAILY
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Mayor candidates vie for votes
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San Jose mayoral candidates Matt Mahan and Cindy Chavez discuss their viewpoints on city policies at Tabard Theatre, four blocks from San Jose State, on Thursday night.
By Nick Zamora & Bojana Cvijic STAFF WRITER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR
San Jose opponents wrangle over city policies
San Jose mayoral candidates Matt Mahan and Cindy Chavez sparred in a verbal war of words at a public forum Thursday moderated by San Jose Spotlight at Tabard Theatre, where more than 125 people attended in person or remotely. The Mayoral Candidate Forum came after a runoff was declared with Chavez getting 39% of the vote and Mahan getting 32%, according to a June 8 CBS article. Attendees watched the candidates clash early in the debate as both took the opportunity to address accusations toward their respective campaigns and criticize their opponent. “Starting in the primary as our campaign around focus, transparency, accountability, starting to get traction, my opponents campaign started talking a lot about abortion
and guns and trying to twist my record on those issues,” Mahan said of Chavez’s campaign. Chavez responded with her own critique of how her campaign has been portrayed. “I think the most troubling thing has been to really again use Mayor Liccardo’s playbook of let’s place blame,” Chavez said. “And in the primary, I frankly didn’t talk about Mr. Mahan at all, and the reason is I was focused on my own campaign.” Each candidate was given three minutes to respond to the moderator’s question and one minute to respond to their opponent’s answers. The candidates talked about many hot-button issues throughout the entirety of the forum. Here is a breakdown of what they had to say and what their policies are toward public safety and housing. SAN JOSE | Page 2
IN BRIEF The mayoral candidate forum came after a runoff was declared with Chavez getting 39% of the vote and Mahan getting 32%. Chavez and Mahan debated policies about housing, public safety and policing at the forum, which was hosted and moderated by San Jose Spotlight with more than 125 people watching online and in person.
NEWS ANALYSIS
SJSU affiliates discuss Queen’s tainted legacies By Alessio Cavalca & Saumya Monga STAFF WRITER & ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Outside Buckingham Palace, dozens of royal guards marched toward the golden gates on Sept. 14. The sound of trumpets and drums was solemn and crowds of people gathered in front of the royal residence and waited for the procession of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen’s coffin, covered with the royal standard, was carried outside the palace surrounded
by royal guards. Members of the Royal Family followed the march. Finally, Big Ben’s bells resounded in the air. It was a last goodbye to the Queen who left Buckingham Palace for the last time. Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom (U.K.), passed away on Sept. 8 at the age of 96. Although the Queen’s authority went beyond the British borders including reaching foreign countries in the Commonwealth, her death
may have a significant effect on the Commonwealth countries and their independence from the monarchy. “Queen Elizabeth II was a constitutional monarch and had a ceremonial role in the maintenance of the British Empire, as it was, and the British Commonwealth, as it became,” said Mark Brady, a British economics professor at San Jose State. The Commonwealth Realm is a country that “has The Queen as its Monarch” and there are 14 Commonwealth Realms in
addition to the U.K., according to the Royal Family website. Brady said the Commonwealth was originally formed of the U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. However, former British colonies started joining the voluntary association, Brady said. “As former British colonies became independent, they almost all became members of the British Commonwealth,” he said. “Most member states, like India, are republics with a president as a head
of state and some member states, like Canada, are constitutional monarchies with the British monarch as the head of state.” C ommonwealth-member countries benefit from being part of “a mutually supportive community of independent and sovereign states,” according to the Commonwealth website. The association between the Commonwealth and Britain was supposed to continue, and for most
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