Dear Editor, In 1964 the United States Supreme Court issued
their ruling of
”
one person
– one vote.
”
It was this ruling which set the standard for redistricting
throughout the United States, which includes the Santa Clara Valley
Water District redistricting effort.
Board member vows to champion South County in redistricting
Dear Editor,
In 1964 the United States Supreme Court issued their ruling of “one person – one vote.” It was this ruling which set the standard for redistricting throughout the United States, which includes the Santa Clara Valley Water District redistricting effort. The Supreme Court has ruled that electoral districts will be equal in population to ensure that no one electoral area would have a disproportionate influence on the voters. Further, there is the expectation that electoral districts be within a 10 percent deviation.
To date, the law has not changed. After reading the editorial opinion (Feb. 22) it is clear that the editorial board disagrees with the ruling of the United States Supreme Court. Unless the editorial board is able to encourage the Supreme Court to reconsider its opinion, one person – one vote will remain the law of the land.
With regards to the new State legislation from Sacramento, there are many factors to be considered in how the seven districts will be drawn. I can assure you that the redistricting committee, as well as the full board, understand and take their responsibility to weigh factors, including South County’s unique distinction, very seriously.
As I have done throughout my years of public service, I will continue to be a champion for South County. In this case, I will fight for a fair district which balances the ruling of the United States Supreme Court with the needs of South County.
Rosemary Kamei, Morgan Hill, District 1 board member, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Not happy with customer service from the new garbage company
Dear Editor,
I read your article about Green Waste taking over the business of South Valley Disposal in the unincorporated areas of San Martin and Morgan Hill.
We recently received two large containers and instructions about the pick up schedules for these containers. At this time we did not know that the companies had changed. When we received a bill for the bins we started making phone calls.
We were then told that Green Waste would be taking over the waste responsibilities for our area at higher rates. We asked at that time to have our service be cancelled and the very nice lady we spoke with told us that it would be no problem. We received a bill for $48 and across the top it said that the account would be closed and by paying the $48 our account would be paid in full.
However, we called to dispute the charge because we never received any services from them. They never picked up any trash of any kind at our residence and have not to this day. We compost as much as of our waste possible and dispose of the rest ourselves. We were told that we are required to have at home waste service and that we would continue to receive bills whether we utilized their services or not.
We never requested the new service, we were never given any notice of upcoming service provider changes, and do not want to continue receiving Green Waste services. We were further told that a large portion of the fees go toward cleaning up trash on the road. We don’t trash the road, the highways, the parks, the forests or any other place.
Had Green Waste been forthcoming about the upcoming change, the increased service charges, and the rather large cost for the additional bins that were simply dropped at our house one day when we weren’t there – it may be different, but so far they have been less than honest and professional.
We want nothing more to do with them.
Bob and Linda Roma, Morgan Hill
