Letters to the Editor
Letter From Nick Dellaporta
During Santa Clara’s annual “Spring Cleaning” I see piles of recyclable and salvageable items on the street. There is no good rationale for dumping anything on the curb for someone else to take away. Most...
Letter From Cary W. Tucker
When I heard that the Triton Free Friday events were largely sponsored by the 49ers, I was glad to see that some money from the incoming football team was going towards local culture and not...
Letter From Dana Masuda
Dear Lost Soul who stole my daughter’s backpack: Maybe your parent’s didn’t love you enough. Maybe they loved you too much. Maybe they didn’t love you the way you wanted or needed to be loved...
Letter From Vilma Kennedy Pallette
If ever a governing board had an indelible experience with an impassioned community, it certainly happened at the SC Council meeting on Tuesday, April 21. The topic of course was the hot issue Soccer Park...
Letter from Marty Sammon
Does anyone see the irony in Measure A “to save the Santa Clara unified school district?” We are so flush that we can build a $ 1.5 billion dollar stadium for the 49ers, (my estimate,...
Letter From Rozane Bey McCurdy
Santa Clara Weekly is privy to the details for a very last minute April 6th PR release from the 49ers alluding to a ‘proposal’ and interviews with Mayor Matthews, Council Member Caserta and SCUSD Sallings?...
Letter From Vickie Fairchild
I voted for Santa Clara Mayor Jamie Matthews. My children don’t play soccer. I don’t live near the stadium. And I have strong feelings about the 49er/soccer park proposal. It’s not a win–win solution. The...
Letter From Todd Dickson
The 49ers’ persistent demands for the Youth Soccer Park to become their parking lot say a lot about the organization, the city management, and their values. 1. They should have told us this in the...
Letter From Craig Larsen
Youth Soccer Park Relocation – 49ers pay Although the 49ers have reneged on their spoken and written commitments to provide replacements for stadium event displaced soccer fields, there is one contractual commitment in place. As...
Letter From Rufino Vargas
Recently pharmacists joined doctors and anesthesiologists, refusing to participate in executions of human beings. The vast majority of nations in the world do not accept or employ the capital punishment. It is a shame that...