Last week San Jose Silicon Valley Ballet said it might have to close if it didn’t raise $1.2 million. So the company applied to the San Jose city council for emergency funding. In the meantime, the company raised the money from other sources, so despite pleas from the company’s director that the city money was the “linchpin” to the company’s fundraising efforts, the city council turned down the dance company’s request for a $100,000 emergency grant.