Letters to the Editor
Do not support the Ethics Commission
Dear Governance and Ethics Commission members Jain, Chahal and Park. Do not support implementing an ethics commission. This is yet once again a ploy by Mayor Gillmor to use against all of you or others...
Remembering Eric Kleemeyer killed by Santa Clara police 21 years ago – Letter to the Editor
“It happened this week years ago — but Eric is still Santa Clara’s long lost, forgotten son.” Twenty one years ago this week, my nephew Eric A. Kleemeyer was killed in Santa Clara. He was...
Letter to the Editor: City of Santa Clara Public Records Request and Gillmor-Watanabe Cry Wolf over Stadium
Dear Editor, On November 6th, 2025, following a city council meeting, I filed a public records request with the City of Santa Clara to get records in relation to the statements that Mayor Gillmor made...
Letter to the Editor: The Gillmor Network
Mayor Gillmor maintains an extensive and well-organized network of resources, including a reliable cadre of “useful idiots” who advance her agenda. At its core, Gillmor’s politics are about power—acquiring it, retaining it, and preserving the...
Councilmember Suds Jain Recall? No. Mayor Lisa Gillmor Recall? Absolutely.
Councilmember Suds Jain is now staring down a potential recall effort from his 2024 opponent, David Kertes — a guy who has quickly become the willing instrument of Mayor Lisa Gillmor’s political machine and mafia....
Letter to the Editor: We Don’t Need No Stinking Ethics
Some may have badges, elected roles or fancy titles with authority but they surely don’t automatically come with ethics. Ethics is not a “factory setting”. Councilmember Karen Hardy said it best, “you either have ethics...
Letter to the Editor: Hey Jude, Are You Listening?
Are you listening, Jude Barry? Based on what was described in court, you track every word the Santa Clara Weekly/Silicon Valley Voice pushes out about Santa Clara. So I’m sure this will reach you—if not directly, then...
Letter to the Editor: David Kertes Recall Effort of SC Council Member Jain
Dear Editor, I am writing to express my strong concern regarding David Kertes ongoing push for a special election, which I view as simply a call for a “redo” of his previous lost race against...
Letter to the Editor: Demand Accountability and Truth
Dear Editor, Three years ago, Mayor Lisa Gillmor raised serious concerns about the influence of the 2022 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report, Unsportsmanlike Conduct—and later the 2024 reports Irreconcilable Differences and Outplayed—on local elections and city governance....
Letter to the Editor: The Unmasking of the Gillmor Empire
For decades, Santa Clara has been a city divided between its sunny façade of safe neighborhoods and civic pride, and a darker, entrenched world of political manipulation dominated by one family: the Gillmor’s. Readers have...