Letters: Ethnic studies | Holmes’ imprisonment
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Youngsters will bear brunt of
Holmes’ imprisonment
In October I wrote about ladies of shade with youngsters being incarcerated for much less egregious crimes than these for which Elizabeth Holmes was convicted. (“Is Holmes enjoying baby card in sentencing?” Web page A6, Oct. 21) Immediately the story modifications.
Holmes has by no means skilled the sound of the digital lock of a jail door being shut. I’ve heard it however solely as a free individual. It should sound totally different to her ears. She by no means as soon as paused to conceive what her habits and convincing voice may result in. My mom’s coronary heart feels for her youngsters born throughout her trial days.
Shirley Cantu
Los Gatos
Cupertino leaders should
deal with governing
Re: “2 members of council pressure from committees” (Web page B1, Might 14).
Cupertino’s Metropolis Council majority has spent months throughout a fiscal disaster persecuting two of their colleagues for asking questions and has alleged in a referral felony habits primarily based upon nameless insinuations and “no proof,” because the District Legal professional’s workplace just lately wrote in a letter to the Cupertino metropolis legal professional (“DA’s workplace ends probe of former metropolis chief,” Web page B1, Might 31), 12 days following the referral.
These have been meritless, politically-driven allegations. The bulk that introduced ahead these allegations to the district legal professional, comprising Mayor Hung Wei, Councilmember J.R. Fruen and Vice Mayor Sheila Mohan, ought to deal with the work of governance. As an elected official, the keys to fixing issues and making enhancements are studying, considering, asking salient questions and standing up on behalf of 1’s constituency, versus attacking individuals for doing the work. Being an elected official shouldn’t be about persecuting individuals and sanctimonious brutality.
As our issues accumulate, when will the precise work of governance be carried out?
Darcy Paul
Cupertino
Letter miscasts cause
for poem’s removing
Re: “Headline distorts affordable resolution” (Web page A6, Might 30).
Reader Kathyrn Tomaino of Los Altos comes near stating the precise downside with Amanda Gorman’s being “moved to the media middle,” however goals her disappointment on the side-point of an overstated headline fairly than the precise concern.
Tomaino writes in her letter, “I learn the poem myself [and] don’t know that that I might have understood … it once I was in grades Ok-5.” But it surely was not faraway from the library due to a “studying comprehension concern” as she optimistically suggests. As acknowledged within the article itself, the criticism was that the poem “shouldn’t be instructional and have [sic] not directly hate messages.” The criticism additionally sought the removing of a biography of Black poet Langston Hughes in addition to a ebook entitled “The ABCs of Black Historical past.”
Perhaps a lesson in studying comprehension actually is so as.
Scott Finest
Palo Alto
We should assist
updating water rights
Re: “California water proposal has darkish, hidden currents” (Web page A12, Might 28).
In response to Jerry Hill’s latest op-ed, I need to specific my assist for the proposed water rights payments at present into consideration within the California Legislature.
These payments, together with AB 460, AB 1337, and SB 389, supply important updates to the State Water Sources Management Board’s authority to assist guarantee honest water administration for all. AB 460 allows quick motion towards unlawful water diversions, defending customers and the atmosphere. AB 1337 permits the Water Board to curtail water rights throughout shortages, selling steadiness and equity. SB 389 verifies senior water rights, making extra water out there throughout droughts.
Opponents search to protect the outdated system, however these payments are important for a Twenty first-century water administration method. Let’s assist these modest modifications and retrofit our water rights system.
Cheryl Weiden
Los Altos
We should put together for
results of local weather change
In line with the United Nations, 21.5 million individuals have been forcibly displaced as a result of floods, storms, wildfires and excessive temperatures since 2008. As climate has grow to be extra extreme, so has the lack of life and property. I imagine there must be higher preparation to assist people who find themselves being displaced.
