Willow Glen Resident

Letters & Opinions

Speak Out

Hooray for Blewett;
maybe Malone Road
is next on the list

Kudos to the residents on Blewett Avenue ("Blewett Avenue residents cheer traffic-calming pilot program," Nov. 2). As a frustrated Willow Glen resident on a street with speeding issues, I was thrilled to read about their success in obtaining traffic-calming measures.

Like Blewett, Malone Road is used as a cut-through, and speeding has been a problem for years. We have also attended neighborhood meetings with the city's Department of Transportation without any satisfaction. Rather than working with residents on what could be done, we were given all the reasons why things could not be done. We were even told that we didn't have a problem.

Additionally, people from nearby streets attended a meeting to make sure we did not accomplish any traffic calming on our street for fear their streets may be affected.

DOT claims it is an enforcement issue, while the San Jose Police Department's traffic enforcement unit says it is a traffic-calming issue.

With the abundance of new construction and high-density housing (Radio Court, Almaden Road at Malone) our problem will only get worse. Thankfully, Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio is working with his constituents and not using the same tired old excuses for inaction.

I am glad I voted for him and am feeling optimistic. Malone Road residents will watch the Blewett pilot program with renewed hope for our street.

Kimberly Daly

Malone Road

Those who view
porn should pay
for it, not me

I have a right to a Rolls-Royce. It is in the interpretation of the Constitution by our judges. It is with "right to privacy," "separation of church and state" and "right to view pornography" (Opinion, Oct. 26).

Having the right to own a Roll-Royce does not mean that the taxpayers should pay for it. I can get a job and pay for the vehicle.

The same rule applies to pornography. If I choose to view pornography, it is readily available at numerous adult bookstores or adult movie theaters. If I choose to not leave my home I can log onto the many X-rated websites from my computer.

There is no need to go to the library unless an individual doesn't want his boss or wife find out that he is viewing pornography.

The argument that this puts a burden on the librarians is bogus. All we need to do it block all pornography from the computers at public libraries.

If I pay for my Rolls-Royce, they can pay for their pornography.

Keith C. De Filippis

Miriam Court