Letters to the Editor
Letter from Shannon Loucks
The Recall Persky campaign is not about one bad decision. The Brock Turner case may have been a tipping point, but Persky has a history of treating sexual violence dismissively. Consider the Robert Chain case....
Letter from Belinda Stow
I keep hearing anti-recallers say that just because people didn’t like the Brock Turner decision, that isn’t enough reason to recall Judge Persky. This isn’t what recalls are for, the argument goes. First of all,...
Letter from Natalia Lima
Judge Persky’s recall isn’t just about the Stanford swimmer sexual assault case. He has a history special treatment towards privileged men, particularly athletes, convicted of sex crimes. Since August 2016: Robert Chain was convicted of...
Letter from Shivani Gupta
Hi, I am currently a high school student with an expanding interest towards journalism. Getting experience in working with people in this field and learning those communication skills with people in person and with those...
Letter from Kelly Flores
Hi There! I run communications at Saint Lawrence School in Santa Clara, and was wondering if we could establish a relationship with the paper! I have lots of stories I would love to start publishing...
Letter from Karen Schuler
Missing in discussions about the Persky recall and “judicial independence” is the evidence of his leniency towards privileged and/or athletic defendants. It is not just Brock Turner. Other examples of favorable treatment include two defendants...
Letter from Lezli Logan
Once again Judge Persky’s representatives condescendingly dismiss valid grievances as “all that emotion” when referring to the motivations of the recall. They continually dismiss concerns of survivors and our advocates, as if our understanding based...
Letter from Doris Modesitt
I was unable to register at the comment sign in. Too many people have forgotten that Lisa is not an elected Mayor, but an appointed when Mathews quit. They have also forgotten what she has...
Letter from Nicole Hemenway
We need our elected officials to represent the voters in this county and what we value. Judge Persky has proven time and again that he is not fit for that task. In Santa Clara County,...
Letter from Jennie Richardson
Volunteers working to keep Judge Persky on the bench have now sunk to a new low: blaming Brock Turner’s behavior on alcohol and minimizing his actions as a brief boys-will-be-boys mistake committed by a naive...