Letters to the Editor
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...
Letter From Jay Day
Milestones is very entertaining, very informative. thank you… I’m a war baby. I’m schooled through college, went into the service USAF for 42 years, worked for the state of California for 40 years and have...
Letter From James Rowen
A city’s charter review committee is a blue ribbon establishment of the city’s best and brightest. The City Council made an excellent decision last Tuesday by appointing good and smart people who were candidates and...
Letter From Karen Yee & Ann Heile
We were shocked to learn about Steve Kelly’s most recent conflict of interest on the Santa Clara Planning Commission. As Chair of the Santa Clara Planning Commission, Steve approves his own real estate rezoning deals....
Letter From James Rowen
Is the current method for electing council members in Santa Clara, which is identical to the system in Sunnyvale, designed to keep minorities from being elected? Santa Clara has a Hispanic Mayor, and a very...
Letter From Steve Chessin
Among the recommendations that the 2011 Charter Review Committee (CRC) made to the City Council was that they consider implementing a proportional representation (PR) voting system by 2014. Had the City done so, it wouldn’t...
Letter From James Daugherty
To the people of Santa Clara: I’m replying to the article on the Cross removal at Martin and Lafayette. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, FFRF, has been doing these protests against Religion and government, saying...