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City has done no wrong

In a letter to The Sun on Feb. 25, J. Whitehead wonders: What are our city officials trying to hide in the San Jose Mercury News lawsuit? (If I were a conspiracy buff, I would be excited.)

Whitehead thinks I have the answer. I do have the answer, but I want to hide it. Whitehead deplores the City Council's alleged spending of $400,000 on the lawsuit, as if that were a lot of money. I allege the council has done no wrong. Legal is whatever can be gotten away with. Then Whitehead wants to assign me homework: a field trip to the trial and a research of the case file. Can't I do it the easy way and read about the entire affair in our own newspaper, The Sun?

Robert Thoen
Sunnyvale

Councilmembers let voters down with Olson decision

The Olson property. The center of town. A perfect opportunity for our City Council to show their vision and leadership for Sunnyvale. A perfect opportunity to listen to the citizens and their concerns regarding how crowded and congested our city is becoming. And how does the council interpret our concerns?

They vote for an apartment complex. Not just a regular apartment complex, but a high-density apartment complex. Shame on the City Council for lacking a vision for our city. Shame on Councilmembers Julia Miller and Fred Fowler. All during the election campaign, they told us over and over that if elected, they would oppose high-density housing. Now at the first opportunity to act on their promises, they betray us and support high-density housing and more traffic congestion. Only Councilmember Jack Walker had enough courage to vote no and say to the developers that there must be a better proposal for our city.

Sunnyvale does not need another high-density project, especially in the center of town. Look at what is built at the corner of Pruneridge and Wolfe or the corner of Homestead and Sunnyvale-Saratoga, and decide if that is what you want to see in the center of our town.

Michael Szymanski
Sunnyvale

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This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, March 11, 1998.
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