Letters: San Jose’s animals are underserved by beleaguered shelter

Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor Animals underserved by beleaguered shelter Re Critics demand more of center Page A May Sadly it appears that the mayor s request for a city audit of the animal shelter and the recommendations it yielded have done nothing but allow the city and its shelter management crew to continue to lower the bar of services to the locality At a progress account in front of the City Council Society Works Director Matt Loesch indicated that low-cost general spay-neuter would begin in June but with only five appointments per week Meanwhile trap neuter and return services were an afterthought and any discussion of implementing this much-needed amenity was punted to December For an animal shelter that turns away residents with healthy strays at intake didn t have more than eight or nine adult cats available for adoption in April and has frequently seen cats and a dog named Rufus die from basic spay-neuter surgery it s hard to imagine what SJACS offers residents for million a year Michael Wagner Morgan Hill Qatar s bribe is a matter of scale Years ago I was present at a consulting company s presentation at corporate headquarters in Pennsylvania At the end of the presentation they handed out free T-shirts and baseball caps emblazoned with their company logo A corporate officer stood up to remind us that we really shouldn t accept gifts from consultants A great number of people took T-shirts anyway including me I wore it while mowing my lawn rather than my good T-shirts A cheap T-shirt wasn t going to make me recommend this company Now if they gave me a million jet that would have been a matter Kip Bryant San Jose The correct question is Can we pay for it Re Trump is cutting Alzheimer s research Why Page A May On the Opinion page the headline asks Trump is cutting Alzheimer s research Why Because we can t afford it Because we are in debt to an amount so huge that it is an imaginary number Because the crash must come when we live beyond our means making look like a hiccup And because we cannot purely ask of our own money or the governing body s Do we want this but Can we pay for it Legislators and elected authorities are in principle charged with the task of protecting taxpayers money The ones who try to do it cannot win an electoral process So our monstrous debt continues to grow and threaten us all People who cannot ask How much does this cost Can we afford it are alas not fit to govern themselves Elizabeth Erickson Sunnyvale Santa Clara should hike rates of biggest users The Mercury News and CalMatters in the past few days highlighted the growing impact of details centers in Santa Clara While the city s Silicon Valley Power SVP has long provided reliable low-cost potency to residents current rate structures favor large consumers like details centers offering them rates as low as kWh half of what residents pay This imbalance raises concerns about fairness and sustainability As residential customers see steady rate increases figures centers receive lower rates and discounts for increased usage Santa Clara should follow the example of Wenatchee Wash by requiring large consumers to pay more and have more frequent increases Utilities exist to serve residents first not private corporations With content centers consuming of SVP s vigor future rise mustn t burden residents or compromise renewable resource goals SVP commercial rates hould be increased instantly SVP must adopt fair pricing that prioritizes long-term society demands and environmental responsibility George Schnurle Santa Clara Cupertino council owes speakers an apology At the May Cupertino City Council meeting constituents comment was heard regarding a proposed moratorium that would prevent the conversion of residential units to attendee housing within one-half mile of De Anza College Majority commentators were Foothill-De Anza District College District students in favor of housing Later that evening Councilman Ray Wang questioned that the students recognize that they are pawns of the district administration This was a gross lie and a great disrespect to the students without whom there would have been zero movement on housing since Students manned the phones and went door-to-door in favor of Measure G approved by district voters in When the bond was won students attended board meetings and organized on the ground with faculty and staff to get district administrators to spend the funds in a timely effective manner that reflects the bond language Wang s callous comment shows how little he knows or cares to know our students He should apologize Daniel Solomon Redwood City Governing body s cuts threaten least wealthy Re Layoffs coming to offices of coaching Page B May Related Articles Letters East Bay should prepare now for refinery closure Letters Parents must not abdicate responsibility to social media Letters San Ramon has a chance to set its conditions syllabus Letters DOGE s cuts to IRS will prove costly Letters To honor mothers do more to stem overdose deaths The Santa Clara County Office of Training is not happy with cuts to Head Start which is a venture for preschoolers from low-income families Also the federal governing body wants to cut funds for special tuition Why is the federal cabinet reducing programs for the the majority needy Even Section which helps tenants pay part of their rent is being considered for cuts Medicaid might get cut as well What people do not understand is that hospital costs for anatomical healing for the uninsured put the burden on those with biological coverage Surely enough federal jobs have been cut to make up funds without putting low-income people at hazard Celeste McGettigan San Jose