Letters to the Editor
Letter from Larry Lee
As a small business owner in Santa Clara for many years, I would like to send my congratulations to the publisher of the Santa Clara Weekly. Finally someone in our community is realizing that special...
Letter from Sandy Krakowski
I wish to commend Associate Editor r and writer Carolyn Schuk for her fair and objective reporting of events in the Santa Clara Unified School District. I have been at many of the meetings (and...
Letter from Ray Gamma
“My eight year tenure as a member of the Santa Clara Parks and Rec. Commission ended on June 30, 2014. As a member, we all had to attend an Ethics Class and thereafter I decided...
Letter from Richard Evangelho
At the first Candidate Forum and at council meetings I have heard Mayor Matthews and Pat Kolstad inform the public that City Council and staff, employees cannot even accept a cup of coffee from anyone....
Letter from Vern Deto
Seat 5 in Santa Clara has become a hot bed of contention. One candidate has raised over 60,000 dollars mostly from developers and the 49ers. The other candidate has put up 20,000 dollars of her...
Letter from Christine Koltermann
Proposition 2 contains a poison pill preventing local school boards from planning for economic downturns. Tacked on to Proposition 2 is a budget trailer, limiting district reserves to 6% of their general fund budget –...
Letter from Kathy Watanabe
There are several races that people need to pay attention to in Santa Clara and much has been written in support of Muirhead, Sallings and Ratermann for Santa Clara Unified but there is one more...
Letter from Kansen Chu
Vote yes on Measure H for Santa Clara schools Voters in the Santa Clara Unified School District will have the opportunity to vote yes on Measure H on Nov. 4. Measure H is a $419 million...
Letters from Judy Tucker
Whether or not I agree with them, I always look forward to reading Miles Barber’s enthusiastic editorials. However I was disappointed to note that some worthy candidates weren’t even mentioned in his 10/7/14 editorial. I...
Letters from John K. Haggerty
When I attended the Santa Clara City Council and Mayoral Candidates’ Forum, co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters and our city’s Ethics and Values Program on October 9, 2014, I was greatly impressed by...