Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor by James Rowen
City Hall Zola wrote that “when truth is buried underground [it comes out with an explosion].” France had long submerged its hatred of Jews until the Dreyfus affair exploded. The same can be said for...
Letter to the Editor by James Rowen
Lisa Gillmor With the confirmation of Lisa Gillmor as an elected Mayor, we see a happy ending to Santa Clara’s version of Lear as Lisa like Cordelia does demonstrate her true love for the...
Letter to the Editor by James Rowen
Teresa ONeill The tragedy of fictional characters such Ernst Janning, Colonel Nicholson, and the Earl of Gloucester (Leat), was that they really were characters of high morality, but they sacrificed their sense of ethics for...
Letter to the Editor by James Rowen
Ravel Anne Ravel’s partisan attack on Lisa Gillmor is not surprising. Ravel left the Federal Elections Commission under a cloud, as she frequently went off on tangents and personal vendettas. Check every major news source....
Letter to the Editor by David Baldwin
The Santa Clara Weekly has published three news stories concerning the lawsuit filed against Mayor Gillmor that claims inadequate financial disclosure on her part. None of the three has identified who is paying the plaintiff’s lawyers,...
Letter to the Editor by Gary Wesley
Wilcox football I go way back. Wilcox has often been very good in football. But I do not remember an undefeated team – not even when the Wilcox Chargers were the Wilcox Warriers in...
Letter to the Editor by Sylvia Venechanos
I just had the pleasure of going to Santa Clara’s Chamber of Commerce for the first time (sadly, long overdue considering we’ve lived in the City for 40 years). The young lady who attended me,...
Letter to the Editor by James Rowen
Pomeroy The residents of Pomeroy Avenue won a major victory this week due to the diligent research of Council Member Kathy Watanabe and earnest efforts by Pat Mahan, Debi Davis, and Mayor Gillmor to maintain...
Letter to the Editor by James Rowen
After the Election The Thirty Years War was one of bloodiest and most savage wars in human history. Peter Wilson wrote that the tragic thing about our times is that the same attitudes that caused...
Letter to the Editor by Diana Cuevas
Land and Water Conservation Fund Renewal Dear Editor: America’s most successful conservation and recreation program expired on September 30. The Land and Water Conservation Fund was first passed in 1965 and has always enjoyed bipartisan...