Two businessmen are working to take over management of one of San Jose’s most beloved parks—but concerns are mounting behind the scenes about how the pair will wrangle power over a popular public space. Dan Pulcrano—owner of the Weeklys media group which publishes a dozen newspapers including Metro Silicon Valley—has partnered with PR guru Dan Orloff to form a nonprofit organization called the Plaza Conservancy to manage Plaza de Cesar Chavez. The idea of a private group overseeing San Jose’s premier public space has sparked concerns about transparency, power and access. Pulcrano said the conservancy was started because there’s been…
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