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We need to make changes in the systemic racism of the Santa Clara City Council. Not one of the candidates that our mayor supports is a person of color. She is also wasting our taxpayers money by appealing the 6 District decision of the California Civil Rights Act Court Action in 2018 which defeated the At Large Voting in Santa Clara City. Even after the City Council tried to pass a referendum Measure A of 2 Districts in 2018, it was defeated and this past February, Measure C of 3 Districts was also defeated by a 2 to 1 margin. The status quo members of the City Council, Kathy Watanabe, District 1 and Teresa O'Neill, District 4 as well as Mayor Lisa Gillmor have wasted millions of dollars to preserve this racist system and the status quo. Remember, there had not been a person of color on the city council

Wesley Mukoyama

Dear Superintendent Kemp & Board of Trustees, "I did not teach for 34 years to die in my 35th year of teaching." These words were spoken by a highly respected teacher in our district who is high-risk for COVID should she return to campus. Yet she, like many other teachers in the district whom I have personally communicated with, feel that the district is strong-arming them into a return despite the risks to their health and overall well-being. I am writing to express profound disappointment and disillusionment with the district regarding the handling of reopening plans for elementary schools in Santa Clara Unified. It is clear that the district is doing everything within its power to skew survey results, both from staff and parents, toward hybrid and in-person learning. The district is then using biased results to justify a return to in-person learning despite the inherent risks to students and

Jane Gilmore

At the April 22 Cupertino City Council meeting, the Cupertino Council took decisive action to protect the residents of Cupertino when they passed (by a vote of 4 - 1) an ordinance requiring residents to wear face masks. It’s a shame our fine city has not taken such action. All we had were a few Saturdays when various members of Council and some commissioners and children handed out masks. (The first time, they ignored County and CDC health directives on maintaining social distancing as well). That was a hollow gesture at best. And the numbers show the results of this inaction. Was the reason for this because Mayor Gillmor was waiting for the highly paid PR firm, Singer Associates, to tell her it would be a good thing do to and then of course, issue a hefty bill for that advice? Look at the numbers from the Santa Clara County Public

David Cohen

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