{"id":385524,"date":"2026-07-03T23:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T23:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/385524\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T23:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T23:45:07","slug":"letters-animal-services-owes-s-j-residents-straight-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/385524\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters: Animal services owes S.J. residents straight answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Submit your letter to the editor via this form<\/a>. Read more Letters to the Editor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Animal services owes city straight answers<\/p>\n

Re: \u201cActivists angry about site\u2019s photo ban policy<\/a>\u201d (Page A1, June 19).<\/p>\n

Regarding San Jos\u00e9 Animal Care Services, the community deserves straight answers, and we are not getting them.<\/p>\n

The city claims its new ban on volunteer photography is about staff privacy in nonpublic areas, yet at a recent forum, we were told it was because volunteers spent too much time on their phones. Which is it?<\/p>\n

More troubling, shelter leadership deliberately removed the Volunteer Rights section from the volunteer handbook, including the explicit commitment to treat volunteers with respect and courtesy. No explanation was given.<\/p>\n

In the absence of an explanation as to why the handbook was updated, the community is left to draw its own conclusion: These changes are designed to protect management, not animals or the people who care for them.<\/p>\n

The time for vague assurances is over. The city of San Jos\u00e9 and SJACS leadership owe the community clear, direct answers, and they owe it to them now.<\/p>\n

Lyne Lamoureux
San Jose<\/p>\n

SJSU again stifles academic freedom<\/p>\n

Re: \u201cSJSU order to rehire instructor<\/a>\u201d (Page B1, June 25).<\/p>\n

It is good that Sang Hea Kil will be rehired. Unfortunately, San Jose State has a long history of stifling academic freedom.<\/p>\n

In the early 1950s, my father, Dr. Ed Bogosian, was fired from the English Department for using \u201csubversive\u201d literature in his classes. This was carried out by then-President T.W. MacQuarrie and his administration during the height of the anti-communist fervor. My father was subsequently rehired.<\/p>\n

Looks like SJSU hasn\u2019t learned much in 75 years.<\/p>\n

Stan Bogosian
Saratoga<\/p>\n

Iran war shifted wealth to the rich<\/p>\n

Re: \u201cAdd war with Iran to Trump\u2019s failed ventures<\/a>\u201d (Page A6, June 26).<\/p>\n

I must disagree with one point in John Holton\u2019s letter to the editor on Donald Trump\u2019s failures in the war in Iran.<\/p>\n

Americans did not lose $50 billion due to increased gas prices. Only 99.999% of Americans lost that money. The top .001 percent of Americans got that money. Gas didn\u2019t cost any more to produce in the United States. The profits just went to the owners of the oil companies. A simple transfer from the poor, average, semi-rich, rich, and extremely rich to the ridiculously rich.<\/p>\n

Aren\u2019t you proud that America has the first trillionaire?<\/p>\n

Cliff Gold
Fremont<\/p>\n

GOP heartlessness will imperil sick Americans<\/p>\n

Having almost died recently from congestive heart failure (CHF), I am supremely grateful to the cardiologists, doctors and nurses at Kaiser whose valiant efforts brought me back to the health I am currently enjoying.<\/p>\n

The fact that up to a million Americans have recently lost their Obamacare coverage (due to the Republicans\u2019 reprehensible, ruthless budget cuts to things people actually need), I am heartsick that these folks will have to face medical crises with no backup and possible bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

While the Democrats are not perfect, at least they\u2019re not actively hostile to working people\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n

Vote Blue this November.<\/p>\n

Ed Taub
Mountain View<\/p>\n

America must elect leaders to deal with debt<\/p>\n

It is imperative that Americans wake up and smell the coffee.<\/p>\n

Our present debt level exceeds our entire GDP, $39 trillion and counting. The interest on our debt alone, $970 billion<\/a>, exceeds what we spend on our military budget. Elected leadership refuses to take prudent measures to work within our means. There is no reason why we cannot pass a law to require a balanced budget. We have entitlement programs; why can\u2019t we also pass a law requiring Congress to pay down a certain percentage of our debt each year?<\/p>\n

Our very existence and way of life could be shattered and will be shattered if we do not take proactive measures.<\/p>\n

Stanford Stickney
Los Gatos<\/p>\n

Lift cap on earnings for Social Security tax<\/p>\n

Speaker Johnson doesn\u2019t seem to understand that you can\u2019t solve the Social Security deficit problem by benefit reductions<\/a>\u00a0alone.<\/p>\n

To be fair, you must raise revenue by eliminating the $184,500 cap on earnings and taxing total earnings. Let the overpaid athletes, entertainers, CEOs, investment bankers, hedge fund managers, etc., pay their fair share and help support the program.<\/p>\n

Joseph Rizzuto
Los Gatos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Animal services owes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[389,2113,2080,184,16752,7,332,394,147,1280,2306,19378,181,2953,1564,190,194,54852,975,1748,8523,88,90,89,6345,198,199,200,1694],"class_list":["post-385524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-alameda-county","tag-animals","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-bay-area","tag-budgets","tag-california","tag-east-bay","tag-fremont","tag-gas-prices","tag-health-care","tag-higher-education","tag-iran","tag-latest-headlines","tag-letters","tag-letters-to-the-editor","tag-los-gatos","tag-mountain-view","tag-obamacare","tag-opinion","tag-republicans","tag-retirement","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-state-university","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-saratoga","tag-south-bay","tag-taxes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}