Willow Glen Resident

Letters & Opinions

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Local institutions are
low-priced, good choice

Sending the kids to community colleges and San Jose State University while they live at home gives them a good education at a very low price ("The cost of education has become prohibitive," March 16).

The problem seems to be the parents, who want their "obviously above average" offspring to attend elite or more elite schools. For what purpose? Save some dough; use the local institutions of higher education.

Jim Schaaf

Cupertino

Honk for Peace protest
did not draw a crowd

I am writing this letter regarding the "Honk for Peace" photograph and small article in the March 30 issue of the Willow Glen Resident.

I would like to start by saying the Merriam-Webster definition of "numerous" is "consisting of great numbers of units or individuals." The reason for sharing this is to prove my point that there were not a large number of anti-war protesters on March 19.

My father and I drove past that corner by Willow Glen Elementary School two times on that day, and there were no more than a dozen people. When I read that there were large numbers of people there, I found that very interesting and wondered where the paper had gotten that information.

Yes, it is true that there were numerous signs, but they were all lying flat on the grass because there were not enough people there to hold them.

Kyleen N. Castello

Willow Glen

Lincoln needs more
than a coat of paint

This is a suggestion to the Willow Glen Business an Professional Association about its project, "Pride of Willow Glen Month."

While the association is slapping a coat of paint on everything, why not whitewash the sewer stench and traffic/parking problem on Lincoln Avenue. Does the business association really want to bring more shoppers into that?

Enough people have complained about the sewer smell, and the new paint smell can only cover that stench up for so long, so why doesn't the association put their heads together and come up with more constructive projects that would greatly benefit the community.

If the association is working with code enforcement to clean things up, then why can't it work with the department of transportation on that speeding death trap called Lincoln Avenue?

Taking care of the sewer would improve air quality and enforcing the 25-mph limit could save lives. We have a new District 6 councilman, Pierluigi Oliverio. Get him involved.

Michael Julian

Willow Glen