No Symbol of Islam in South County
Dear Editor,
    I agree with Bill Currie’s letter completely. I have no property value concerns but THIS IS AMERICA and I would be devastated to see this symbol of Islam in our lovely, bucolic American valley.
    If your columnist, Dina Campeau, doesn’t know what the proposed mosque will look like, check out the one in San Jose. It is an abomination!
    The stated goal of Islam is to convert or kill all “non-believers.” They do not even give lip service to the tolerance which is a basic tenet of American Christianity.
   Allan Abrams’ letter in the June 1 Times misses the point when he says that “they” will come for Bill Currie. Islam is already “coming” for Bill and all of us, in every country in the world, they are intent on establishing their Caliphate AT OUR EXPENSE!
    If our Board of Supervisors is so busy doing what is good for the South Valley, let them pass an ordinance prohibiting signage in any language except English. Any sign visible from a public thoroughfare should by law or city ordinance be in English. This is our country, let immigrants learn that the word for a grocery store in America is market not mercado.
    I have one more word for the foreigners among us, “MELT.” If you don’t want to become part of our culture and our country, get out!
Diane C. Dawson, Morgan Hill
Trail’s Column ‘a Bit Skewed’
In her May 25 column, Lisa Pampuch came up with some witty comments regarding the May 24 Bicycle and Trails Advisory Committee meeting, however, the representation of the meeting was a bit skewed.
Jim Ashcraft stood up in front of the committee and recommended that the Jackson Oaks trails be removed from the study for the obvious reason that the residents don’t want them. Not because he was “bullied.”
Jackson Oaks is a safe place to live. You are correct. Yes, there are lawn mowers used every day without starting fires. But then our lawns are not two foot high dry grasses. And our fireplaces are indoors – not on the side of a wind-swept dry grassy meadow. Nor do we smoke in those meadows. In fact most people don’t go onto the hillsides. The fewer people out there the fewer chances of starting a fire. Not that we are paranoid. We just like to manage the risks.
Parking? The department of public works has stated from the beginning that no additional parking will be created in the Jackson Oaks area. Not that the city has the funds for such an endeavor.
I laughed at your description of the response to member Hauge’s closing statement, saying that he “was repeatedly drowned out by jeering.” Christopher T. Hauge stated that he was in favor of removing the Jackson Oaks area from the plan, except that the audience ‘didn’t do what we asked. You clapped between speakers’ (his words not mine). That statement evoked the so called jeering. What you heard was not jeering but the sound of 100 jaws slamming to the floor. I didn’t realize that public policy was made based on such things. Note that advocates for and against the trails all clapped when they heard something they liked.
The final self-insult came when you mentioned that the opponents to the “other” trail have the same fears as Jackson Oaks. If you were at the first public comments meeting on May 14 then you would have heard the “other” trails opponents (without prompting from the Jackson Oaks residents no less) state exactly the same fears. One speaker related his experiences with teens partying on their property and then becoming aggressive when asked to leave. Not paranoid, real experiences.
Rick Tait, Morgan Hill
