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Reid-Hillview holds
historic significance
In a rebuttal to the letters from Juan Estrada of Palo Alto and Hilaria Bauer, the Superintendent of the Alum Rock Unified Faculty District (“City neighborhood no place for airport” and “After crash, it’s time to shut Reid-Hillview,” Web page A6, Aug. 2), what was there first, the city neighborhood or the airport?
Reid-Hillview has been in its location since 1937. What has failed within the city planning was builders together with town of San Jose and the county of Santa Clara not taking correct steps to guarantee this basic aviation airport wouldn’t be encroached upon by housing. The explanation that Cunningham Park exists was town of San Jose needed to make sure a buffer zone to the east of Reid-Hillview.
Reid-Hillview performs a significant function with native basic aviation wants and assist, whether or not or not it’s main disasters regionally, statewide, nationally and even globally. Most lately Reid-Hillview was a assist airport to the sunshine plane getting used to cope with the SCU Lightning Complicated fires in 2020.
Conrad Schapira
Milpitas
As mayor, Mahan would
greatest cope with SJPD
Cindy Chavez’s marketing campaign is utilizing scare ways to persuade voters they shouldn’t elect Matt Mahan as the subsequent mayor. A latest textual content message claims the San Jose Police Division is “severely understaffed” and accuses San Jose Metropolis Councilman Mahan of an absence of transparency.
This assault drew a fast rebuttal from town authorities. A Wednesday information launch states the typical annual pay of SJPOA members ($189,200) is the very best of any union in our metropolis and the third highest complete amongst 17 surveyed cities. It identifies the “Sworn Rent Forward Program” as proof refuting the POA’s declare that there are not any plans to interchange retiring officers. The funds additionally consists of an extra 15 hires for SJPD.
The memo notes that “San Jose appears to be like ahead to partaking with the SJPOA as contract negotiations proceed.” We voters should ask ourselves: “which candidate will lead negotiations with our greatest pursuits in thoughts?” I imagine it’s Councilman Matt Mahan.
Pat Waite
San Jose
Widespread drought
calls for local weather motion
Re. “Half the nation is in drought, and no area has been spared,” Aug 4:
This summer time, I stepped out of the Golden State to go to different components of the USA. I used to be shocked by the East Coast humidity, Midwest thunderstorms, and Seattle rainfall. In recent times, I do know that California has suffered from droughts and wildfires, however I by no means realized that different states face comparable challenges.
As world warming accelerates, droughts, floods, and excessive climate throughout the nation are solely going to exacerbate. I hope that residents, scientists, and policymakers will unite in addressing local weather change and mitigating future pure disasters.
Jasmine Fan
Palo Alto
Column argues from
a spot of ignorance
Marc Thiessen’s column (“How FBI blundered in going after Trump,” Web page A7, July 11) proves he’s a card-carrying member of Cult 45, tired of info.
After detailing the Sandy Berger and Hillary Clinton circumstances, he admits he doesn’t know what property Donald Trump purloined. Nonetheless, he jumps to the conclusion that the FBI has “destroyed its credibility,” and helps reelect Trump. To equate Clinton’s fumbles with Trump eradicating, and refusing to return, 27 bins of presidency information, together with extremely categorised paperwork, is absurd on its face. Particularly laughable is a point out of “rank hypocrisy” with out noting those that howled “lock her up.”
What explains this? Thiessen unwittingly reveals his mindset with the outrageous lie, “Mueller cleared Trump of partaking in a legal conspiracy with Russia.”
I hope the court docket shortly grants the lawyer basic’s movement to unseal Trump’s warrant so Thiessen can discover out the info about which he bloviates, in blissful ignorance.
Michael Quinlivan
San Jose
In the end, voters
most cease Trump
Marc A. Thiessen [“How FBI blundered in going after Trump,” Page A7, Aug. 11] states, “particular counsel Robert S. Mueller III cleared Donald Trump of partaking in a legal conspiracy with Russia.” Mueller’s report really mentioned, “If we had confidence that the President didn’t commit a criminal offense, we’d have mentioned so.”
