Letters to the Editor
Letter From Joe Rooney
Re: Anti-development crusade not new in Santa Clara Carolyn Schuk wrote the subject article with no reference to VTA involvement and planning for mass transit (Buses, Diridon’s money burner light rail, etc.) nor reference to...
Letter From James Rowen
There is nothing wrong with repeated participation by Santa Clara business owners and residents at City Council meetings. I can understand the passion and activism of some of our “regulars.” However, there are times when...
Letter From ArLyne Diamond
I’d like to suggest that we need both “affordable housing” and housing that is affordable. We tend to lump them together but they are actually two different concepts. We use the term affordable housing when...
Letter From John Azevedo
The idea the Santa Clara City Council should be elected by district rather than at large is racism disguised as political correctness. To vote for a candidate simply because you identify with their ethnicity, gender,...
Letter From James Rowen
An article appeared in last week’s Weekly that observed Mayor Lisa Gillmor seemed confused about coverage of her votes of Mission Town Center. I wrote a letter to the editor which I implied there were...
Letter From Rufino & Mary Vargas
On Friday May 12 at 7:45 I was driving with my wife in the diamond lane, on E San Tomas Expressway between Cabrillo and Monroe St. in Santa Clara. My car developed mechanical problems and...
Letter From James Rowen
What are the alternatives to Santa Clara’s council seat method, approved by the voters forty five years ago that led to the election of our current Hispanic Mayor? The commitment to increasing voter participation championed...
Letter From Ed Garcia
I think it is time to do away with the annual cleanup. I can’t believe the pile of junk in front of some homes. There was a mattress dumped on my sidewalk the other night...
Letter From James Rowen
The Ethics Committee seeks to ban “dark money” from Santa Clara City elections which is a laudable goal though impossible to achieve as long as Citizens United is allowed to stand as unchallenged. As horrific...
Letter From Ann Reynolds
I could not agree more with the opinions expressed in your 4/12/17 editorial regarding our city council’s decision to raise the minimum wage. For the record I am not in business for myself nor am...