Willow Glen Resident

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People have too much time on their hands

I live in Willow Glen and have for 15 years or so. To me, the residents of this area have too much time on their hands. They seem to worry about what their neighbors are doing, and not the real issues in the area, such as the traffic on Lincoln Avenue in the a.m. and after 4 p.m.

People take their life in their hands trying to get out of their driveways after 5 p.m. The average morning speed from Pine Street to the downtown has to be 60 mph plus. I wish the San Jose police would sit in my front yard so they could see it. Money would be rolling into the city.

Gerry Furman

Willow Glen

Forum article was
biased, negative

Please allow me to correct your biased and inaccurate article "District 6 Council Candidate Tedesco Corrects His Opponent's Résumé." The only thing I see negative about this meeting was your negative reporting.

You stated that the candidates agreed on almost everything but failed to note that Tedesco's answers come from a depth of experience that Oliverio does not have.

Tedesco's answers were full of hopeful, creative problem-solving solutions as compared to Oliverio's more simplistic answers.

Although you say both agree on keeping BAREC as open space, you failed to mention that the process and final result would be very different with each of them. Tedesco has experience with trading public land, understands the law that will save BAREC, and has deep roots in our valley's agricultural history. Oliverio has no experience with open space, land use or saving our history and, therefore, his answers were shallow. Save BAREC has been waiting for five years to find a true independent elected official to champion the challenging negotiations that must take place with the fifth largest country in the world, the state of California. As is indicated by his answers, Tedesco is that person. For this reason Save BAREC is supporting its first candidate, Steve Tedesco.

Kathryn Mathewson

San Jose

Residents say Oliverio has maturity, energy

We care about who becomes our next councilman. We have lived in Willow Glen for more than 30 years and been active in the community. Our children attended local schools.

We are supporting Pierluigi Oliverio because he is the only candidate who has shown maturity, compassion and the energy it takes to run a positive campaign addressing the issues and needs of our neighborhoods and city.

Paul and Salese Kanter
Bob and Claudia Parker

Willow Glen