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Council Watch
Clairvoyant councilmen forecast the year 2000 in Willow Glen
Predictions include spherical City Hall, rousing Council race
By Jessica Lyons
Our crystal ball is out of commission--it wasn't Y2K compliant--so, to make predictions for the millennium, the Resident turned to higher powers: Willow Glen Councilmen John Diquisto and Frank Fiscalini. After long hours of consulting tarot cards, tea leaves and their respective staff members, these two sages came up with some year 2000 predictions for the neighborhood.
Here, in the wise words of District 9's John Diquisto, is what to expect in the new millennium:
* Joe Guerra will top District 9's list of the 10 best-dressed people in the mayoral and council offices;
* The Coyote Valley will be opened to housing;
* The city will finally pay off the Camden Lifetime Activities Center debt;
* The Sharks will go to the playoffs;
* San Jose's tulip-tree problem will be resolved with Diquisto's Three-Year Tree Removal Program;
* San Jose will be named the City of the Year by the National Palm Tree Growers Association;
* BART will expand into San Jose with a line down the middle of Lincoln Avenue;
* The Guadalupe River will be placed on the Wild & Scenic Rivers list and noted for its annual salmon run;
* The new City Hall will be shaped like a sphere, not a boomerang;
* San Jose will be called the "Sign Capital" of the nation and will rival Newark, N.J., in two years;
Not to be outdone by his colleague, District 6's Frank Fiscalini consulted his own medium and weighed in on WGY2K:
* The 2000 Census will discover that strollers have become the most common form of transportation in Willow Glen;
* Willow Glen residents and business owners will get off to an early start in January to put together an even bigger and better Founders' Day parade;
* Overwhelmed by letters of support from Willow Glen neighbors, grants will pour in for the Los Gatos Creek Trail link to downtown San Jose, and ground will be broken before the end of the year 2000;
* Willow Glen residents will find themselves able to wallpaper even the largest of their monster houses with campaign brochures and pamphlets as the District 6 City Council race heats up.
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Willow Glen, California Since 1992
