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Actual property jargon
disguises greed
Concerning the redevelopment of Cambrian Plaza (“Cambrian Village challenge accepted,” Web page B1, Aug. 12), San Jose Metropolis Councilwoman Pam Foley stated, “It’s going to activate an area, an enormous piece of land that hasn’t been activated for a very long time. It actually must be freshened up dramatically.”
Who talks this manner? Solely folks in the actual property enterprise may “activate” and “clean up” land. Activate is actual estate-ese for “make us a pile of cash.” Activating land means throwing asphalt, concrete, metal, glass and many folks on it and strolling away with an over-stuffed checking account that can permit them to trip in someplace with much less activated land.
I’ve this radical notion that when you depart land in its pure state it someway prompts all by itself into crops, timber and animals. Spare us the lovable actual property lingo and provides us again our land, minus your activation.
Scott Duncan
Santa Clara
Asian-People should
respect native websites
As a Watsonville neighborhood member, that is my enchantment, particularly to numerous Asian American communities in Santa Clara County relating to Verne Freeman’s query in his article “Blended conclusions on mine proposal,” on the entrance web page July 30. “What’s the worth we now have to pay for all of that?”
I’m a local of Japan from Iwata Metropolis, which has been the Sister Metropolis of Mountain View for the reason that Seventies. My hometown has a number of thousand years of historical past with religious ceremonies and festivals just like these of many East Asian nations. Our ancestors didn’t commit horrible atrocities towards the indigenous folks right here in California as White folks and Mexicans did. However I consider that we now have a duty to respect the indigenous folks’s faith and help them to guard their sacred locations reminiscent of Juristac.
Let’s converse up on this essential challenge for all of us.
Takashi Mizuno
Watsonville
Governors have failed
to steer on water
Our Gov. Gavin Newsom is nice at speaking however does nothing in terms of our state’s have to retailer extra water in new reservoirs or in underground aquifers.
We residents handed a bond challenge in 2004 to spend billions constructing two new reservoirs and upgrading present reservoirs.
However Gov. Jerry Brown, Newsom and our Legislature have completed nothing since 2004. And that’s as a result of failure of each of our governors to steer and push our Legislature and state companies.
Our lack of winter rains and snows shall be everlasting as a result of world warming has heated up the Pacific Ocean, which influences our climate, and that can proceed for many years.
Ultimately, the one reply shall be to construct water pipelines from the mouth of the Columbia River into the Shasta and Oroville reservoirs.
And that can require federal laws. In any other case, our future is a desert.
Brian McCormick
San Jose
To avoid wasting water, fallow
almond orchards
Everyone knows almonds use a whole lot of water to develop, 1.1 gallons per almond. What chances are you’ll not know is 70% of California’s almonds are exported. We’re in a extreme drought so why are we exporting our water?
Appears to me one of many best and most environmentally constructive issues that may be accomplished is to purchase up the almond orchards. No costly and energy-intensive desalination, no new dams flooding open house. Simply purchase up almond orchards then allow them to go fallow. Appears fairly easy to me.
William Ortendahl
Santa Clara
Rejoining Iranian nuke
deal important for U.S.
Re. “Some optimism for Iran nuke deal arises,” Web page A4, Aug. 17:
As an Iranian-American pc scientist, I care about diplomacy with Iran.
Due to my private expertise residing throughout battle, eight years of the Iran-Iraq battle, after which witnessing different devastating wars, I consider we, the entire world, ought to do our utmost to forestall wars, by way of diplomacy, and construct belief and worldwide cooperation and understanding.
Rejoining the nuclear deal could be a transparent demonstration that america is able to flip away from the overseas coverage failures of the previous and is as a substitute dedicated to rebuilding its credibility on the worldwide stage. It might present that we’re nonetheless able to fixing urgent world challenges by means of diplomacy. By no means earlier than has that been extra pressing.
Omid Madani
San Carlos
Switch vitality
financial savings to kids
Re. “New legislation provides vitality financial savings,” Web page A1, Aug. 18:
