Letters: San Jose’s new shelter director offers a fresh start

Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor New shelter director offers a fresh start Re Troubled shelter to get new leader Page A Oct As founder of Sustain Our Shelters I welcome the opportunity to work with Monica Wylie San Jose s selection to lead the city s animal shelter After years of systemic failures and eroded inhabitants trust we need bold leadership that disrupts the status quo and restores confidence in our sheltering system Related Articles Letters Trump succeeds in Mideast where diplomats have failed Letters Bay Area leaders must act to stabilize BART Letters Proposition is unfair and unnecessary Letters San Jose s minimum wage should be a living wage Letters Left-wing billionaires are pushing Proposition Wylie enters a tough conditions but her fresh perspective could be just what the public demands We at Sustain Our Shelters stand ready to collaborate offering backing transparency tools and group engagement strategies to help her succeed We are hopeful that under her leadership we ll see meaningful change and a shelter the city can trust again Rebekah Davis-Matthews San Jose Measure A shenanigans deserve a no vote Re Should Santa Clara County raise sales tax No end excess spending first Page A Oct Santa Clara County passed a budget that grew by billion for - without any additional revenue sources Then the Santa Clara County Board approved Measure A for the ballot in hopes of addressing selected shortfall claiming the money is needed for hospitals Unfortunately the money from Measure A will be dumped into the general fund and who knows where the money will really go I would have voted yes on Measure A if the county hadn t increased its budget for - I decided to vote no as I feel there is something fishy and scummy going on here and we are not being reported the truth Michael McWalters Alviso Don t build houses stabilize salaries Re Newsom gets B for effort but F for results on new housing Page A Oct I give Dan Walters an F for his latest thoughtless opinion piece Sorry Dan housing instability isn t the challenge here in the Bay Area The real obstacle we have here are too several people moving here for high-tech jobs who can afford the ever-increasing exorbitant rental prices Walters and his ilk will have us building a million new apartment complexes to fix this predicament Meanwhile the rest of us sit in endless traffic conserve water and fight and jostle through ever-increasing humanity No thanks The only answer is to create laws forcing employers to maintain an employee s salary if they are able to leave the area for a less expensive location or work remotely That one thing keeps legions of people here when they would and could leave and still perform their jobs capably their Bay Area-based salaries Change that one thing and people will leave in droves Joe Picone San Jose Firsthand knowledge could blunt antisemitism Re U S Jews think Trump exploits antisemitism Page A Oct The question of how antisemitism is utilized in our political atmosphere is a crucial one and the answer as James Druckman pointed out is incredibly nuanced As a representative with the Borgen Project my mission is to advocate for those internationally who may not have a voice to do so Druckman highlights real cases of antisemitism in tandem with real politically disingenuous uses creating real political casualties We see a similar occurrence abroad Where there is real antisemitic violence there are also real Palestinians living under the majority debilitating conditions To aid those left voiceless in the rubble of violence those here at The Borgen Project ask everyone to demand that our leaders witness the situation firsthand and push for more aid to Gaza With the U S providing billions in funding to Israel we must ensure our executive is doing everything doable to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe Ethan Fusilero San Jose Protect patients right to choose life When my mother was hospitalized a healthcare provider mentioned she was suffering I questioned her directly Mom are you suffering She noted No That moment revealed how easily individual voices can be overlooked in end-of-life care Decisions to stop life-sustaining rehabilitation are often made without clear consent guided by assumptions about age disability or perceived quality of life This is wrong I am proposing a Life Preservation Act to protect patients rights The law would require written consent before withdrawing rehabilitation ensure families are fully informed and create an independent review process for disputes This isn t about prolonging suffering it s about respecting choice dignity and compassion No family should feel powerless at their loved one s bedside I urge California lawmakers to patronage my proposal the Life Preservation Act and ensure every life is treated with respect Kathy Alexiou Pacifica Santos is second fiddle to liar-in-chief After pardoning insurrectionists which included violent felons it should come as no surprise that Donald Trump just commuted George Santos sentence Santos is a kindred spirit who has lied stolen and cheated with the best of them Still he has a long way to go before matching our current champion the president Irv Brenner Palo Alto