Letters to the Editor
Letter From Jay Day
Milestones is very entertaining, very informative. thank you… I’m a war baby. I’m schooled through college, went into the service USAF for 42 years, worked for the state of California for 40 years and have...
Letter From James Rowen
A city’s charter review committee is a blue ribbon establishment of the city’s best and brightest. The City Council made an excellent decision last Tuesday by appointing good and smart people who were candidates and...
Letter From Karen Yee & Ann Heile
We were shocked to learn about Steve Kelly’s most recent conflict of interest on the Santa Clara Planning Commission. As Chair of the Santa Clara Planning Commission, Steve approves his own real estate rezoning deals....
Letter From James Rowen
Is the current method for electing council members in Santa Clara, which is identical to the system in Sunnyvale, designed to keep minorities from being elected? Santa Clara has a Hispanic Mayor, and a very...
Letter From Steve Chessin
Among the recommendations that the 2011 Charter Review Committee (CRC) made to the City Council was that they consider implementing a proportional representation (PR) voting system by 2014. Had the City done so, it wouldn’t...
Letter From James Daugherty
To the people of Santa Clara: I’m replying to the article on the Cross removal at Martin and Lafayette. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, FFRF, has been doing these protests against Religion and government, saying...
Letter From Bonnie Lott
Dismayed that you gave so little attention to the episode on March 9th when a Santa Clara Police Officer shot and killed a young man? You reported on the episode of the SJPD opening fire...
Letter From Kirk Vartan
How do we create great places in our cities that make our quality of life better? Santa Clara has engaged Project for Public Spaces on how the city can do just that. I see many...
Letter From Pat Alves
In all the references made regarding the needed housing is the word, “affordable”. I think this is a new word to describe the listing of something costly. In none of the articles is a number...
Letter From James Rowen
The Award winning Santa Clara Ethics Program lays stalemated by the incompetence of Ethics Committee Chair Debi Davis who has breeched the ideals of the Late Alydth Parle through her desire to lie and ruin...