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Letters: Supervisor says thanks; Girl Scouts fighting plastics pollution; seniors try the bus
Simitian’s gratitude
Thank you for the opportunity to serve in public office for more than 40 years at five different levels: as a local school board member, city council member and mayor, county supervisor, state assemblymember and state senator.
At the end of next month, by...
Letter: Article was too confusing
I have read the story "Woman who threw parties" (Los Gatan, Dec. 29, 2021-Jan. 4, 2022) six times and still cannot understand what the author is trying to say. Grammatically, the article is written so poorly that the reader loses the ability to understand...
Letter: Sustainability, stewardship and the future of La Rinconada Country Club
Recent commentary about the renovation at La Rinconada Country Club has raised understandable questions—and, unfortunately, some misconceptions—about what is actually taking place on our grounds.
As stewards of a property with nearly a century of history and deep roots in the Los Gatos community, we...
LETTER: Boy Scout concerned about housing developments in Los Gatos
I'm a freshman at Los Gatos High School, and, as part of a Boy Scouts project for Troop 339, I've decided to contact you about a subject of concern: the ongoing housing developments in Los Gatos.
Many of Los Gatos’ citizens feel these developments are...
Writer says mayor and vice mayor got the shaft in recent article about Town’s Housing Element
Dear Editor,
I'm writing to share my personal opinion (and not speaking in my role as a Planning Commissioner). It looks like you got your facts wrong in the May 7 edition of the Los Gatan. Throwing Mary Badame and Matthew Hudes under the bus...
Letters: Losing the forest for the fairway
There’s something deeply unsettling about driving through the gates of La Rinconada Country Club these days. Where there was once a canopy of oaks and the hum of nature, there are now piles of downed logs—a haunting reminder of what’s been lost in the...
Letter: There are more development stories to be told
The recent Los Gatan article describing a scary chapter in Los Gatos history by Alan Feinberg jumped from the horrific 1960s plan to raise the Almond Grove District to the creation of the Almond Grove Historic District in 2008.
Unfortunately, this entirely omitted the several...
Letter: State shouldn’t profit on grieving children
A family member dying and passing the family home onto their child or grandchild should not be a taxable event. Prop. 19 allows property to be reassessed to market value when it passes from parents to children, resulting in a massive property tax increase...
LETTERS: Did Blum’s column fill a pothole?; readers decry discontinuation of Dinah’s Event Log
Did Blum’s comedic Los Gatan article fill a pothole?
My recent Los Gatan piece, a brief foray into levity after a series of my more usual serious columns, featured a few lines about the “Grand Canyon-sized pothole” on the Highway 17 north on-ramp.
I even mused,...
Letter: Resident not happy about ‘NO KINGS’ graffiti
On Saturday, vandals participating in the “No Kings” protests graffitied the Loma Brewing alleyway.
As a community, we shouldn’t stand for our town to be treated this way by outsiders. I value the beauty and safety of this town, and will do everything I can...















