Letters: Rishi Kumar is best pick for Assessor’s Office

Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor Kumar best pick for Assessor s Office Re Fligor is ready to be assessor Her rival is not Page A Dec Rishi Kumar is a tax reformer not a pencil pusher with a pro-tax agenda The Mercury News editorial mischaracterizes Kumar as unqualified but the truth is opposite Related Articles Letters Lawsuit shows Congress must fully fund EPA in budget Letters Newsom s modern veto slows move to cheap green power Letters Paper will publish positive Trump stories when there are a few Letters Spread restoration materials around bay shoreline Letters Prop article s real point was about clear ballot language Kumar has served in Saratoga city executive and won a City Council seat with that city s highest vote count in years With his high-tech background in engineering and AI he thinks differently bringing a fresh bold approach to the Assessor s Office He is focused on efficiency modernization and making sure your tax dollars are used wisely He has explained his plan clearly He is pushing a statewide initiative to exempt homeowners and over from property taxes It s already with the California attorney general Kumar is a district organizer fighting for the people he represents Win or lose he will continue advancing the -plus measure Check the facts join us in making Rishi Kumar our next assessor Daniel Rhoads Saratoga Parallel stories paid off for couple country Re Stress of war leads to love Page A Dec There is an intriguing historical parallel in the story of Dean Darrow On April as surgery was performed to remove the bullet fragment the Doolittle Raiders were preparing for their bombing raid on Japan April in Japan The surgery made it workable for the Darrows to live a full lifetime just as the Doolittle Raid began a chain of events that led to eventual win Ted Atlas Campbell Bad advice could steer reporters wrong Re Improve training for mandated reporters Page A Dec Manuel Prado urges better training for mandated reporters Prado states Professionals should be better equipped to call Child Protective Services and they should ask the correct questions when children review accomplishable abuse I have been a mandated reporter for years and have been through a great number of trainings CPS phone numbers are readily available those hearing the report are obligated to description regardless of school administration saying otherwise and those answering the phones at CPS are very helpful as to whether or not to review and if so how to do that Furthermore we are called reporters not investigators We are not supposed to ask the children questions We are only to summary what they say to us We are explicitly informed to leave that to the professionals There have been high-profile cases locally and nationwide where these protocols were not followed to the detriment of abused children Tom Farrell Santa Clara Op-eds paint a path to healthier democracy Re Two-party rule is not serving our nation well Page A Nov and Utah governor pleads for healthier debates Page A Dec Inter-party conflict is destroying our democracy Two Mercury News op-eds show that we can be better Two-party rule is not serving our nation well suggests that one way to decrease the destructive polarization in our regime is proportional representation It is a form of representation in ruling body in which a party s share of the vote equals its share of seats If a party earns of the vote it gets of the seats Proportional representation allows three or more political parties to be represented The conclusion is inter-party coalitions and therefore greater cooperation The other editorial Utah governor pleads for healthier debates warns that the consequence of unending inter-political conflict is an inability to achieve any common goal The better alternative is to practice civility to believe that politics does not define us and to believe that regardless of political beliefs we can work together Nick Dellaporta Santa Clara New controversies take light off old controversies Remember when U S Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas unethical behavior was big news in Washington D C If he were to do something as horrible the present day it would be nothing but noise and wouldn t even register as news James Kelley Milpitas Neighborhood should help those without legal status Immigrants in our city without legal status face a great number of challenges every day They often have limited access to wellness care schooling and legal promotion and numerous feel unsafe because of discrimination or fear of deportation These challenges make it harder for them to fully participate in the neighborhood even though they contribute in several major tactics Multiple residents without legal status work pay taxes and help patronage their families yet they don t inevitably have the same protections as other members of the society The city could make a big difference by creating programs that allow these residents to access essential tools safely Providing aid like medical care access legal aid educational opportunities and protection from discrimination would show that everyone in the society is valued and respected That assistance will strengthen the entire area and help build trust safety and inclusion for all residents Citlaly Villela San Jose