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Council ignores billboard
considerations of constituents
Appears nearly all of members of the San Jose Metropolis Council may care much less what their constituents say or need. Final week, overriding quite a few objections and suggestions from the Airport Fee, the council voted to put in two digital billboards close to San Jose Airport (“San Jose approves 2 digital billboards,” Web page A1, Feb. 17). Solely two council members dissented. Maybe they are going to be our greatest guess for a future mayor. As soon as candidate from Willow Glen simply misplaced my vote. Apparently, she is aware of higher than residents and members of the Airport Fee. Matt Mahan seems to have listened to the Fee’s recommendation and heard residents’ objections.
Unsure how others really feel, however I’m insulted to suppose the council feels they know greatest thus disregarding our needs, all for cash. Are they prepared to take duty for the adversarial penalties of those billboards? Most likely not. Appears in right now’s world instant options have extra consideration and clout than long-range penalties.
Maureen Lennon
San Jose
No motive for county
to purchase Cupertino quarry
Why would Joe Simitian recommend taxpayers, by park bonds, put up tens of hundreds of thousands of dollars to purchase a quarry that has 10 years left earlier than its proprietor is required to stop operations and restore it? (“Quarry and cement plant could also be purchased and closed,” Web page B1, Feb. 11) Do the NIMBY’s in Cupertino understand the foundations their houses sit on got here from that quarry? Do environmentalists understand the cement that builds this valley must come from a extra distant supply?
I can perceive why the homeowners are desirous about promoting, however not why we might purchase one thing that will likely be ours free of charge in 10 years. To all these upset with the mud: The quarry was there in 1939, lengthy earlier than most houses had been constructed. Nobody was complaining when their driveways had been getting poured.
Steven Allen
Saratoga
Cody deserves kudos
for COVID insurance policies
Kudos to Dr. Sara Cody and the Santa Clara County Public Well being officers for having the braveness, foresight and integrity to increase the masks mandate in our county.
It's nice that new case charges have been declining shortly, however in absolute numbers they're nonetheless alarmingly excessive. Hopefully, new case charges will proceed to drop in order that it is going to be extra affordable to rethink the masks mandate in a few weeks.
If we had been at conflict with an exterior enemy, most residents would anticipate conscription and sacrifices. We at the moment are battling a virus enemy that has killed extra Individuals than all of our wars in the final 150 years mixed. We are able to pay the worth of sporting our masks a bit longer to win this horrible conflict.
Jonathan Starr
Santa Clara
College students study greatest
outdoors consolation zone
It's heartwarming to see dad and mom taking a powerful curiosity of their kids’s schooling. But, I worry that many dad and mom demanding a change at school insurance policies with regard to the masks mandate are lacking the purpose.
If dad and mom actually cared in regards to the high quality of schooling their kids are receiving, they need to be attacking the insurance policies infringing on the rights of academics to show the reality. An instance could be the invoice to ban classes making White college students really feel discomfort that has an inexpensive likelihood to grow to be legislation in Florida.
Typically studying includes going out of our consolation zone. How else can we study from our previous errors and forge a greater future? Shielding our kids from harsh actuality has by no means been a formulation for fulfillment, so why are we proposing to begin now? Assist your kids and assist their schooling, however please do it in the fitting means.
Myokyaw Myint
San Jose
Kumar would carry
new blood to Congress
Rishi Kumar could be one of the best candidate to interchange Anna Eshoo in District 18.
Rishi is the Saratoga Metropolis Council member who has completed a lot in getting residents engaged within the political workings of our metropolis and state in our 45 years residing within the Bay Space.
Rishi fought San Jose Water Firm’s outrageous water fee will increase and was profitable in defeating many tried fee will increase. Grassroots efforts and his management had been a strong power.
To cease Sacramento’s dangerous housing payments that give management to grasping builders somewhat than elected native metropolis representatives, Rishi is main the cost organizing signature gatherers for a 2022 statewide initiative. Rishi can also be pushing efforts to save lots of photo voltaic in California from the CPUC’s proposed “photo voltaic tax.”
Rishi refuses to take PAC cash and can characterize California’s 18th District freely and pretty.
Daniel Rhoads
Saratoga
Republicans now not
tote conservative banner
A peculiar maneuver by Alan Heimlich attributing GOP inaction and ineffectiveness to the Democrats (“Democrats deal in denial, not actuality,” Web page A6, Feb. 15).
Instance: Trump promised “lovely well being care plans” in 2016; we’re nonetheless ready to listen to about them. Apparently, Retrumplicans’ well being care plans haven’t obtained past injecting bleach, munching on horse de-wormer, undoubtedly not sporting masks and “my physique, my alternative” for everybody besides America’s ladies.
If Republicans cared one jot about bettering the lives of their fellow Individuals they might have had a platform of achievable coverage proposals in 2020. They didn’t then; they don’t now.
What America wants is a contemporary conservative social gathering capable of compete toe-to-toe on coverage with Democrats, not a celebration of sore-losing whiners.
Howard Thomas
Los Gatos