n this photo from Feb. 28, 2022, San Jose City Hall is illuminated in the colors of the Ukrainian flag in support of Ukraine in downtown San Jose, Calif.. - Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group/TNS
SAN JOSE, Calif. — After getting blasted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week for maintaining ties with a Russian city that manufactures war rockets, a San Jose City Council member wants the city to reconsider its stance. But Mayor Sam Liccardo said he has no second thoughts. “I don’t work for Mr. Zelenskyy,‘’ Liccardo said when asked whether the city should revisit its previous position. He then pointed to a statement in which he said the council’s “anger must be directed against the Russian government, and not against the Russian people.” During a Friday address at the annual...
