Letters to the Editor
Letter From Nick Dellaporta
I have read about plans to demolish the Santa Clara Golf and Tennis Club and the BMX track and replace them with a retail/office/housing complex that is several times larger than Santana Row. Here we...
Letter From Rajeev Batra
I can’t express how touched I am by what you said about City staff in your “Milestones” column. Your assessment about City staff’s hard work behind the scenes is absolutely correct. They do deserve a...
Letter From Dave Kadlecek
Rex McIntosh’s July 26th op-ed claims that “a six-district single member election system was the only solution that was both practical and would protect the City from California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuits”. It is...
Letter From Rufino Vargas
Due to the mismanagement of the city house and rental policies, I and the entire neighborhood of El Captain and Sheraton Dr., in Santa Clara, were affected by the parking spill-over coming from nearby renters....
Letter From Karen Petersen
Just read your recent article about housing and the mention that the state has made granny units easier. Technically that may be true, but realistically the burdens still far outweigh the benefits. I have spent...
Letter From James Rowen
I hate long, tired comments about length of service especially from me. But it is important for my argument to state that I have appeared or corresponded with Santa Clara Commissions for 44 years, served...
Letter From James Rowen
What Shakespearean drama is Miles suggesting? David Tobkin limping into the Council Chamber and saying, “Now is the time of Santa Clara’s discontent, soon to made glorious by the Young York. I, during this piping...
Letter From ArLyne Diamond
Why aren’t we building more homes? The demand is greater than the supply. Today I spoke with a woman who was complaining about the price of housing locally. When I mentioned that we needed more...
Letter From Steve Chessin
Just because Robert Rubin thinks a two-district system of three City Council members each doesn’t provide a safe harbor from the CVRA doesn’t mean he’s correct. The plain language of the CVRA is in sections...
Letter From James Rowen
I am getting tired of the saga involving David’s Restaurant. For twenty years Ebhrami did everything that was expected of him and now he is just in the way and scheduled for the trash heap....