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Sacred land is
no place for mine
Re. “Combined conclusions on mine proposal,” Web page A1, July 30:
Juristac is the guts of the Amah Mutsun conventional panorama, and a mine would destroy that coronary heart. As an individual of religion, I really feel it's essential that our county acknowledges the non secular human rights of the tribe and turns down this allow.
For the First Individuals inhabiting this space for 1000's of years, it's crucial that the integrity of Juristac be maintained. With a unanimous vote, the county Human Rights Fee beneficial that this allow be denied, recognizing that a mine would destroy essentially the most sacred ceremonial websites of Juristac, and add immeasurably to the historic trauma the Amah Mutsun have suffered by way of fixed disenfranchisement and destruction of their tradition.
Juristac isn't the place for a gravel mine. I want to see a extra complete article in The Mercury Information in regards to the impacts of the undertaking on the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band.
Colleen Cabot
San Jose
Relocating otters would
profit different species
“Might sea otters relocate to S.F. Bay?” (Web page A1, July 28) made no point out of how the lack of the ocean otter to this area has contributed to the devastating lack of big kelp forests on the West Coast.
Certainly, The Mercury Information article “Swarms of purple urchins are overwhelming the West Coast” (Oct. 24, 2019 ), reported that “90% of the large bull kelp forests have been devoured by purple urchins, inflicting different crucial species, together with abalone and pink urchins, to starve to dying.”
Otter relocation was pitted in opposition to “delicate financial points with business crab fisherman” who concern the otter shall be a competitor. However the northern sea otter eats urchins, snails, clams, abalone, mussels, crabs and different invertebrates. Additionally they eat fish.
All carnivores, crabs included, finally rely upon herbivores. As a substitute of viewing the ocean otter as a competitor, it needs to be welcomed as an ally in sustaining a wholesome ecosystem the place crabs, too, will thrive.
Roger Little
San Jose
Ceppos a powerful
journalist and good friend
I acquired to know Jerry Ceppos effectively whereas he was at Knight Ridder and I used to be Director of the Journalism Faculty at San Jose State College. I invited him to my graduate seminar. With Jerry within the room, college students watched TV in awe as he was interviewed on “Nightline.”
I employed him to show a category and that one class launched his second profession in academe. He was rapidly tabbed for the deanship at Nevada-Reno. After I went to CSU Fullerton as Dean and he moved to LSU, we labored collectively nationally on committees, having fun with dinners, wine and deep conversations. He was a powerful host in New Orleans and at LSU soccer video games. We messaged nearly weekly, usually dissecting the most recent college scandal someplace.
He liked his occupation, his college students, his household. He was a terrific advocate for journalism training and an excellent higher good friend. I’ll miss his byline in my inbox.
William Briggs
Morgan Hill
Don’t infringe on
Second Modification
As a Black and Brown member of the group. I extremely urge you to cease infringing on our Second Modification rights as all this does is make it more durable for my law-abiding Black and Brown group members to safe their households. If we are able to’t belief the police, then who is meant to actually shield our family members in an emergency, heat-of-the-moment scenario?
Taxing gun house owners is discrimination, and illegally infringing on our Second Modification solely makes it so criminals and the wealthy can have entry to a firearm. We now have too many unfair guidelines right here as it's. Go away us alone – much less authorities and extra freedom.
Eduardo Medina
San Jose
Letter ignores violent
intent of Trump’s phrases
In an Aug. 7 Letter to the Editor (“Media ignores coronary heart of Trump’s Jan. 6 speech,” Web page A12), Ronna Devincenzi claims 74 million folks heard Donald Trump say, “Everybody right here will quickly be marching over to the Capitol constructing to make your voices peacefully and patriotically heard.”
Did she miss the place Trump mentioned, “I don’t f*** care that they've weapons” earlier than he ordered them to “peacefully” march on the Capitol? Administration officers testified that as his mob assaulted, Trump sat in his eating room watching on TV and selecting to not cease it. Aides, veterans, navy leaders, loyal Republicans and Trump members of the family established that he willfully ignored pleas to reply. Chief of Employees Meadows mentioned, “He doesn’t need to do something.” Trump sat in his eating room alone, watching the violence on TV, for 3 hours and 7 minutes whereas rioters sacked the Capitol.
Trump’s lies to America whole 30,573 (Washington Publish). What would make Devincenzi dream that something he says is truthful?
Marilyn Weissberg
Brentwood