Letters To The Editor
Letters To The Editor
Letter From Rick Rafey
Letter from Rick Rafey on November 23, 2016
I appreciate your detailed coverage of local politics, and take your articles into account when I’m forming my opinions on local races. It was especially interesting to read your article...
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Letter From Milt Kostner
Letter from Milt Kostner on November 16, 2016
Coming from the Westwood Oaks integrated neighborhood, I pondered two questions. First, could District Council elections benefit the City? Second, could District elections damage the City? I could see benefits...
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Letter From James Rowen
Letter from James Rowen on November 16, 2016
Perhaps I have some standing with regards to my late mother’s landmark Brown Act case. She always maintained it was about the process of selection of Gary Gillmor, the Happy...
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Letter From John Azevedo
Letter from John Azevedo on November 9, 2016
The ugliness of politics that can be seen and heard every day in the current presidential campaign has found its way into our own beautiful city’s politics. James Rowen, in...
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Letter From Usha Srinivasan
Letter from Usha Srinivasan on November 9, 2016
I first met Rod Diridon when I was interviewing for the post of Cultural Commissioner. His love for the City of Santa Clara and commitment to serving the community was...
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Letter From Steve Lodge
Letter from Steve Lodge on November 9, 2016
Unions were created to protect workers from oppressive and unlawful practices by employers. I was a POA member for much of my career. But sometimes, under the guise of supporting...
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Letter From Phil Kleinheinz
Letter from Phil Kleinheinz on November 9, 2016
We are now only days away from one of the most interesting elections that I can ever recall. Our own Police Chief race features two very different candidates. One candidate...
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Letter From William Kirkpatrick
Letter from William Kirkpatrick on November 9, 2016
Mayor Lisa Gillmor, in her recent advertisement sponsored by the “Santa Clara POA PAC,” urged me to “re-elect” Kathy Watanabe to the City Council. Ms. Watanabe was appointed to the...
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Letter From Ronald B. Johnstone
Letter from Ronald B. Johnstone on November 9, 2016
Ro Khanna seems to be less than accurate with the statements in his mailings. He lists himself as an “Adjunct Professor” at Santa Clara law school, but a call to...
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Letter From Kate Grant
Letter from Kate Grant on November 9, 2016
Recently I spent my Sunday doing something I dread –knocking on doors of strangers on the streets near my house, introducing myself and encouraging them to vote for Suds Jain...