Letters to the Editor
Letter From Clysta Seney
The City Desk article in the 7/2 Weekly reported on the City Council’s new development fee ordinance for parks. Two thirds of our neighborhood parks were created prior to 1980 and citizens spoke out on...
Letter From Neighbors on Sullivan
To the Mayor and council members of Santa Clara, We are writing to implore you to not convert Jenny Strand Park into a soccer facility. This local park is important to our neighborhood and to...
Letter From Jim Curylo
Levi’s Stadium exists. The voters of the City of Santa Clara approved its construction via Proposition J. I voted yes. To see what we approved, the Stadium Authority and the 49ers should have an open...
Letter From Bobbie Fuller
The city wants to bulldoze our parks and build soccer fields to supplement the soccer park next to the stadium. I thought the 49ers were supposed to help fund the extra fields? Why is the...
Letter From Spencer Hinkle
I recently read with horror Carolyn Schuk’s education article in the June 4th Santa Clara Weekly. Citizens who live within the boundaries of the Santa Clara Unified School District, are you paying attention? School Board...
Letter From Y. Xiang
I am an expecting mom who lives near Jenny Strand Park. I love this park and enjoy my evening time every day in it. I am also happily imagining how my son is going to...
Letter From Kathryn Limprecht
I beg to differ with your article regarding the Montague Park/soccer field issue. I realize the official report from the city said that people favor using Montague Park for a soccer park 2.5 times more...
Letter From Mary M. Kennedy
I propose a novel solution to the Santa Clara soccer field location dilemma. The City of Santa Clara and the 49ers could join together to create a structure next to the stadium – on the...
Letter From Mike Daniels
Santa Clara Mayor Council: Somebody screwed up and now you want my neighbors and I to pay for it. Using Jenny Strand Park in the Westwood Oaks neighborhood to build a competitive soccer field is...
Letter From Christina Gorokhovsky
The stadium parking saga continues, now the city is looking to develop our only open space or, alternatively, neighborhood parks. Tragically, the City has a history of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut or...