Letters: Power lines drive state’s energy cost, not clean energy
Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor Power lines not clean potential drive cost Re State hits record for clean vigor Page A July It s wonderful news that California is already two-thirds of the way toward meeting its goal of renewable potency by I strongly disagree with Stanford economist Frank Wolak when he says that clean strength mandates are a big reason that California electricity rates are so high Not so In fact renewable electricity has the lowest cost of all generation methods The big reason for high electricity rates is the cost of new transmission lines not clean resource mandates Related Articles Letters Ranked choice leaves votes on the table Letters San Jose still isn t engaging on animal welfare at shelter Letters Politicians op-ed dodges state s role in insurance mess Letters The wealthy have a hole in their lives that can t be filled Letters Instead of hysterics let s focus on refugees Furthermore people renting and living in apartment complexes have the same costs for the transmission grid as single-family homeowners They pay the same generation rates This misconception about renters is due to misleading statements made by the CPUC when they reduced incentives for solar rooftops More solar rooftops reduce the need for long transmission lines Moving to renewable electricity is growing our supply and providing the least expensive electricity to ratepayers Rob Hogue Menlo Park Passing bill would be blow to learning As a mom of two kids and a passionate advocate for educational choice I m deeply concerned about the likely impact of Assembly Bill on students and families along the Highway corridor This bill if passed would deal a devastating blow to non-classroom-based and online charter schools leaving thousands of students without access to the personalized learning environments that have helped them thrive For multiple families in our communities charter schools have been a lifeline The bill imposes unnecessary and burdensome regulations on charter schools forcing a great number of families back into district-run schools that are often overcrowded underperforming and ill-equipped to meet their children s requirements For families like mine this is more than an inconvenience it s a dilemma That s why I am calling on the Legislature to reject AB Nicole Conragan San Martin Alleged Epstein letter is crass enough for Trump So now Donald Trump is insisting the birthday letter written to Jeffrey Epstein doesn t sound like him he s claiming it s not his style Is it too vulgar No too incriminating Trump is every bit the vulgar guy who would write and draw a letter like that Remember he s the guy who vulgarly bragged about grabbing women Trump is a tacky crude disgusting man who lies and denies with the best of them He s an absolute embarrassment as our president Lynda Martinez San Jose Arson suspect s freedom puts justice in question Re Woman charged with arson in fire that killed Page B July Why was this suspect still out on the streets Just within the last year the suspect has pleaded no contest to multiple crimes including four felonies that had been reduced to misdemeanors in plea deals She was on probation for specific of those charges when the arson occurred It is not surprising when social scientists and their pollsters publish facts showing that a vital part of our citizenry has lost faith and trust in our civic institutions Jeremy Harris San Jose Silicon Valley leaders failed common good Re Liccardo Democrats need an innovation agenda to win back Silicon Valley tech leaders Page A July Silicon Valley s so-called leaders created the Trump presidency by their massive infusion of money into the political affairs of We the People They put Donald Trump in power and now the Trump administration s misguided policies are harming Americans and the world costing leadership in healthcare care technical leadership civil rights economic justice and deaths arising from natural disasters famine and other catastrophes due to their policies and personal greed So if the key is in Silicon Valley then it is we the people of Silicon Valley who must find the approach because the executives here have singularly failed to promote the common good And it is Rep Sam Liccardo s colleagues in Congress who must stand up against the brutality of this administration for the advancement of science industry and human rights Alice Schaffer Smith Palo Alto Maxwell testimony could unravel Epstein mess Re Trump won t recommend special counsel in Epstein research Page A July I have a great explanation to the Epstein issue Offer Ghislaine Maxwell a Get Out of Jail Free card if she testifies under oath while hooked up to a lie detector the names that should or would be on a Jeffrey Epstein List So far she is the only one in jail for the child sex trafficking and other offenses committed by men I m not suggesting she doesn t deserve jail time only that the men who truly sexually abused these young girls should spend appropriate time in jail for their crimes For majority of girls and women sexual abuse causes lifetime trauma and the punishment should fit the crime Lock the men up Jane Power San Jose
