Dear Editor,

No disrespect to the Assistant City Manager, Mrs. McCarthy, but her statement in last week’s “Letters to the Editor” was untrue. We donated $5000 to the city of Santa Clara’s Fourth of July fireworks display in 2010. This was within the first year that we opened and this $5000 donation was still higher than two percent of our gross. The city returned the $5000 donation to us stating that the city of Santa Clara would not accept any donations from Angel’s Care. I can prove these facts. In addition to this correction, I would also like to add that Angel’s Care has paid some of the fines from the city. A couple of months after we opened, the city started fining us $1000 a day. Then it went to $1000 a week. We were paying all fines until it increased from $1000 a week to $2000 a week (as it still is) when we put up a sign. At the city’s request we had the sign removed. Then they started fining us for the banners on our building that had been in place since we opened. This amount is much more than two percent. These fines are exorbitant and we cannot afford them; however, we have made several payments on these fines.

Sincerely
Douglas Carter

Santa Carla has had a senior band for many years but we may not have one much longer. Our numbers have dwindled and we need 12 to 14 musicians to continue. You may have played an instrument years ago and would like the pleasure of playing with a group of friends again.

George Bernard Show said "We don’t stop playing because we’re growing old; we grow old because we stop playing"

The band meets at the Senior Center Wednesday afternoons from 12:30 to 3:00. The fee is $45.

Register at the Santa Clara Adult Education, 1840 Benton Street, Santa Clara. Phone 408-423-3500 or online www.santaclaraadulted.org.

Corinne Sherlund

Miles has raised an interesting point in discussing the action by the City of Santa Clara towards Ms. Bress and the illegal referendum. I see that a member of Santa Clara Plays Fair is doubting the veracity of the City Attorney, when, in viewing several METRO and MERCURY NEWS articles written in 1998, I seriously doubt the veracity of Ms. Bress. What should be made clear is that Santa Clara Plays Fair has misrepresented the intent of many people who have serious questions about the stadium financing, and dealt away through their own desire of trumpeting their self importance, any serious attempt of stadium skeptics to participate rationally. Now, Santa Clara Plays Fair has led itself into a legal kerfuffle that may cost each officer and member financially for court costs. Not only have has Santa Clara Plays Fair failed miserably, they have ruined for anyone else as well.

James Rowen

Alan Eft’s letter (Feb. 1, 2012) accused City Attorney, Richard Nosky of committing a "flip-flop" for reversing an opinion he gave to a SCPF spokesperson. Mr. Eft’s further allegation that Nosky, may in-fact be unfit for his position in Santa Clara City Government, smacks of political posturing.

A "flip-flop", is something you wear on your foot. On the other hand, a legal opinion that is reversed after further research and consulting with other legal scholars is called "correcting the record". That is why our judicial systems has appellate courts and other levels of review. I have never met Richard Nosky but, apparently he is not afraid to correct an error in judgment and that makes him an asset to our fine city.

Jack Azevedo