Letters: The hard work of change remains after ‘No Kings’ rallies
Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor Hard work of change remains after marches Re Protestors fill Bay Area streets as DC honors Army Page A June My wife and I joined thousands of our neighbors for the San Jose No Kings march last Saturday We left feeling a little lighter having been surrounded by so a great number of folks who share our current distress with our country s direction However while events like this are significant as constituents statements and for helping us feel like we re doing something I reflect that Kamala Harris won the district by points The pitfall is that we are talking to ourselves To make the change that is necessary I encourage people to reach out to their contacts friends and family in purple or even red parts of the country Send your donations to state organizations in places other than California places like Iowa where a Democrat has a chance to unseat a GOP senator This will be the hard practical work of change Bill Fisher Cupertino We must distinguish between wants demands Re When the unhoused are given privacy they do accept shelter Page A June Regarding this opinion piece I was surprised to read their assertion that homeless people needed private rooms with private bathrooms Private bathrooms are a need Really What about all the people who presently live in room rentals dorms and other shared housing situations I am sure the bulk of them would like to have private bathrooms but seem to survive nonetheless How wasteful and unnecessary it would be to create a housing standard of one bathroom per person Let s properly distinguish between demands and wants Darlene Gardner Soquel President has set stage for political violence Re Assassin imitating officer kills Minnesota legislator Page A June A little simple math for the MAGA faithful When you add together the leader of the free world removing every sane and publicly supported restriction on firearms to his relentless advocacy for violence against his detractors and American citizens you end up with the deaths of Minnesota politician Melissa Hortman and her husband Barry Goldman-Hall San Jose Shooting coverage is dangerous irresponsible The media coverage of this the majority fresh shooting in Minnesota is the latest example of marketing greed and stupidity Since the shooting coverage has been essentially nonstop on every major news channel It has included details about how the shooter was able to gain access to the homes using his disguise as a police officer It has even included totally inappropriate and unnecessary details about how he prepared the list of targets who might have been on that list and how other similarly deranged extremists might want to pick up where he left off It s well known that publicity is one of the motivating factors which makes this extreme coverage irresponsible and it should be actionable Wes Christensen Palo Alto The president lacks qualities of a leader Real men don t need a parade Real men respond to their country and population Real men respect women and protect all children Real men work at their jobs honestly and ethically Marilyn Zelaya San Jose Related Articles Letters The military serves the people not Donald Trump Letters Valley Water s plan for Pacheco Dam is out of date Letters Civil disobedience is as crucial at present as ever Letters South Bay ICE raids are targeting hard-working people Letters Delta Conveyance Project will assure Tri-Valley water supply Ruling body deserves better than it has I often wonder if politicians lose their souls after being elected to office I m talking about U S Sen Mike Lee who finds humor in political assassinations and posts snarky jokes Our establishment deserves better Ralph Nichols San Jose
