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Financial mismanagement
costs Cupertino a vote
I’ve lived in the Cupertino School District for more than 30 years. I have always voted for every educational proposal put on the ballot.
If you live in the school district, Proposition G is now on the ballot. This year, I’m voting no.
The mismanagement of the Cupertino City Hall budget caused a large budget shortfall for schools. The City Council in Cupertino rejected millions of dollars for the schools when they rejected development at Vallco.
I’m not going to reward the school district with increased taxes when the city of Cupertino rejects money for the schools.
Jon Ramos
San Jose
Central Park birds angry,
frustrated by dry lake
I am writing with a heavy heart. The Central Park lake is drained for cleaning. The birds and their babies are still trying to figure out their options.
I am worried about these birds who are not leaving the area because their babies are too young to fly. They might get sick or even die because they don’t have any water for them to survive.
When I recently took a walk in the park I could see the birds yelling at each other. They looked frustrated and angry. I guess if I was in the same situation, if someone did the same thing to me – asked me to leave my house where I was living for a long time and on top of that I was deprived of water which is crucial for surviving, I would be frustrated and angry, too.
Vandana Laal
Santa Clara
There’s still time to react
to plastic pollution
You are what you eat.
Don’t worry, I make sure to get all those essential vitamins and nutrients every week, eating from every food group and taste-testing various cuisines: Thai, Indian, Mexican — oh, and a credit card size worth of plastic.
It’s hard to find people who believe that plastic pollution isn’t a problem. Finding those who are willing to actually do something is rarer. COVID-19 drove people into their homes, encouraging single-plastic use through exponentially growing loads of online packaging, plastic utensils and disposable medical supplies. However, the sheer amount of excess plastic we consume (literally and otherwise) every day is simply inexcusable.
We’ve become so desensitized and disconnected from the ever-growing climate crisis to the point that while most of us acknowledge the problem, we won’t make the effort to fight against it. We’re 100 seconds away from midnight; we still have time to make a change.
Chloe Hsieh
San Jose
Ukraine loss wouldn’t
be Biden’s responsibility
Marc Thiessen has written another column that totally defies logic and common sense. He essentially states that President Biden will bear total responsibility for a Ukraine loss. This is as idiotic as anything I’ve heard from Thiessen.
He suggests that Biden’s hesitancy to supply arms to Ukraine will be the cause of a loss. Gee, I thought Biden was just trying to avoid World War III, which sounds like a great idea.
President Biden is not responsible for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, as some on the right suggest. And he does not own responsibility for the outcome.
Instead of trying to blame Biden for everything that is wrong with the world, you should be apologizing for giving us four years of Donald Trump.
Steve Ortiz
Redwood City
The story of Exodus
reflects climate crisis
Our family recently celebrated the ancient holiday of Passover. The retelling of the story of the Exodus was eerily relevant to our modern world.
First, just as Pharaoh refused to listen to Moses and resisted action despite plague after plague so today do we have an endless set of climate plagues (fires, floods, droughts, hurricanes) that have so far failed to “move the needle” on serious efforts to reduce our carbon emissions before we slip over the dreaded tipping points that portend full disaster.
Also, just as the Israelites had to place a mark above their door to prevent the death of their firstborn, so too do we need to protect ourselves from climateastrophe by a systemwide rapid transition to clean energy and reduced emissions.
Ed Taub
Mountain View
Source: www.mercurynews.com