Letters to the Editor
Making Use of Your Lemons in Times of Stress
While the coronavirus “shelter in place” situation has everyone running to stock up on supplies and food for the next month or two, it’s refreshing to take a step back and look at the bright...
Picking up a needle and thread in this time of stress – Letter to the Editor
In this tense time when many of us are confined in our homes with little to do, I would encourage anyone to take a look at their closet for anything that could use a little...
Santa Clara Deserves Better – Letter to the Editor
So fortunately Measure C has failed. Gillmor and Associates were not able to get residents to commit to 3 districts and to lowering the chances of outsiders and minorities getting elected. She and her people try to...
Division – Letter to the Editor
Well this was exciting, 4 council members, the City Attorney & the City clerk gang up on 2 council members and tear them up. The Mayor was very upset as was member Davis, Watanabe, and...
Doyle the Trump – Letter to the Editor
Our nation has a president who tweets too much, Santa Clara has a city attorney who speaks on his time too much. Doyle is one of the most irresponsible city attorneys in the nation. He...
Rusty Screw found in Food (In and Out burger) – Letter to the Editor
Dear editor, I wanted to bring to your attention my horrifying experience of finding a screw in my French fries this afternoon at an In and Out burger joint. My friends and I were getting...
Time to Rebuild Sunnyvale – Letter to the Editor
Hello Fellow Citizens of Sunnyvale: Sunnyvale’s Measure B has been one of the most contested and debated measures in recent memory. This is the time to reconcile and work together. We should not let the...
Letters to the Editor Guidelines – Letter to the Editor
The Weekly’s Letter from Anthony Becker amounted to a free political ad. Not only did this set a precedent for all candidates but more than doubled your own 150 word limit. This is not about...
Racism In Silicon Valley: How the City of Santa Clara Fights to Uphold Its Disgrace – OP-ED
After a one-week court trial concluding July 24, 2018, the City of Santa Clara was found to have violated the California Voting Rights Act (“CVRA”) by racially discriminating, through the City’s Charter, against Asian Americans....
Letter to the Editor
Gillmor, O’Neill, and Hagagg are an embarrassment. Listening them is like listening to Southern segregationists try to defend their Jim Crow system. They don’t want minority votes to have influence, plain and simple. And they have convinced...