Letters to the Editor
City of Santa Clara INSIDE – Letter to the Editor
“One would think that the SC City Manager with a $700,000+ salary and (3) staff each earning 6-figures could publish the quarterly City of Santa Clara INSIDE Newsletter sufficiently in advance of dates of events listed therein,...
Spare the Air Alert – Letter to the Editor
A Spare the Air Alert has been called for recently, but this isn’t the first time that the air becomes unhealthy for sensitive groups if the index rises past a certain level. A few months...
Wishing Everyone To Enjoy Silent Nights – Letter to the Editor
A friend of mine explained to me how lonely he was. This was especially the case during the pandemic. There are many people with broken minds and despaired hearts, who only feel silence and loneliness...
Comment Regarding Brian Exline – Letter to the Editor
I submitted a comment to Robert Haugh’s blog in response to his post about Brian Exline. Robert has told me for years that he doesn’t censor posts. Now I have proof that he does as...
The Old Guard Takes a Hit – Letter to the Editor
Finally, the disruptive, demonizing, and dishonest old guard represented by Mayor Gillmor and Councilmember Watanabe has taken a hit. There is no question that the City Attorney was pompous, rude, and particularly treated this new...
Don’t bug us, we are worshipping – Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, During this ongoing epidemic the churches are performing somewhere between unevenly and quite badly. Some of the earliest and worst spreader events were at regular or annual-type meetings held almost to spite authorities....
Why Are We Not Voting on Legislation Which Ends Single-family Zoning? – Letter to the Editor
According to census.gov, there are approximately 7 million single-family homes in California, and approximately 21 million people living in them (slightly more than 50% of the state’s population).. SB 9 and SB 10 are high-density...
Republic Metropolitan – Response to Silicon Valley Voice Article – Letter to the Editor
To the Editor, In regards to your article of July 15, 2021 regarding Republic Metropolitan’s proposal at 500 Benton Street in Santa Clara. Republic Metropolitan responded to every specification set forth in the ENA. This...
Council Weak on Oversight Responsibilities – Letter to the Editor
As a concerned Santa Clara citizen, it troubles me that members of our city council do not hold our highly paid civil servants (city staff) accountable. Specifically, in the form of overpaid City Manager Deanna...
Crowing without feathers – Letter to the Editor
Crowing without feathers (in one’s cap) Dear Editor, I get that most people don’t trust the government and most never learned much science in school. But our low national vaccination rate is the fault of...