Letters to the Editor
Letter from Jennie Richardson
Dear Editor, I am disturbed those claiming judicial independence in their defense of Judge Persky. Persky showed poor judgement in the Brock Turner Stanford sexual assault case and several cases of violence against women and...
Letter from Dawn Bussey
Dear Editor, My name is Dawn Bussey and I represent the Junior League of San Jose. On Tuesday April 17th, 2018 we will be hosting our 49th Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon at Villa Ragusa in...
Letter from Rob Jerdonek
Doris Modesitt’s letter (April 4) shows a misunderstanding about Proportional Voting (Ranked Choice Voting), which is on the June 2018 ballot as Measure A. Under Measure A, our city will have two districts. We will...
Letter from Dane Bratz
I graduated from Stanford in 2013, where I was an active leader in Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and Stanford Greek life more broadly. As such, I’m intimately familiar with the cycle of recklessness and impunity...
Letter from Doris Modesitt
Thanks to Steve Chessin (3/28) we now know that we should vote against this Proportional voting. ie. Trump gives Clinton the extra votes that he doesn’t need.Then both could be President. If I understand this...
Letter from Ed Richards
The citizens of Santa Clara need to pay attention what is happening in our City rather than vote by name reognition. We need some new faces on the council not the same people over &...
Letter from Paul Bickmore
On my commute through the north side, I pass RVs parked among the offices where people priced out of apartments live, sometimes raising their children there. I see my friends, born and bred in the...
Letter from Katherine Evard
I continue to hear that “Judge (Aaron) Persky was just following the probation officer’s recommendation, and acted lawfully” when he gave former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner a slap-on-the-wrist six month sentence, of which he only...
Letter from Kate Evard
I continue to hear that “Judge (Aaron) Persky was just following the probation officer’s recommendation, and acted lawfully” when he gave former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner a slap-on-the-wrist six month sentence, of which he only...
Letter from Sita Stukes
Judge Persky’s defenders keep justifying Persky’s lenient sentence for Brock Turner on the grounds that both Turner and his victim were both “highly intoxicated.” Really? Try this scenario: you have too much to drink at...