Dear Editor:
First, thank you for the opportunity to voice our concerns regarding Supervisor Mary N. Piepho. Given difficulties in contacting Supervisor Piepho, this column is a blessing to communicate the growing concerns in how our supervisor supports the Danville and Alamo communities.
Second, we expect Supervisor Piepho to provide a clear and accountable response to Nancy Dommes’ Guest Editorial (Sept. 30). And the “we” I’m referring to is becoming a fast-growing movement to see action and not empty comments from Supervisor Piepho. Within the Alamo area, we expect Supervisor Piepho to address the Alamo community and the people impacted, in Alamo.
Third, one simple question: Why is Supervisor Piepho unable to make decisions toward traffic safety concerns in the downtown Alamo area? Does someone have to be killed to prompt action? The money to perform the work has been in the bank. Has Supervisor Piepho used this account for other purposes? Or maybe this explains the non-response to Nancy Dommes’ editorial?
Lastly, although I could go on and on, a snip-it to Supervisor Piepho’s response to another concerned reader on Oct. 21 and how she defends herself by saying someone sent her flowers. I assume these were not flowers, but dandelions picked from the Alamo crosswalk entrances people are terrified to use.
Steve Cavalli,
Alamo
Talk to the veterans
Dear Editor:
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 75 will be holding a Military Museum for three days, Nov. 11-13, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. We urge all veterans with medals, artifacts and other items from any war to display them. Pictures, medals, old uniforms, weapons – items can be foreign or American. If you have items that were left to you by a parent, uncle or friend and would like to have them on display, please call.
The Museum will be at the Veterans Hall at 400 Hartz Ave. in Danville. There is no charge for admittance. We check in items from veterans and they can pick them up that Sunday or Monday afternoon at the Veterans Hall. For more information, call Tony Carnemolla at 820-5750; 932-4042; or 984-7006.
This will be a walk down memory lane for all veterans of all wars. It will also be to educate our younger generation, so they will see what items and weapons were available in each period of conflict. If you would like to speak with veterans, please feel free to do so on the dates the Museum will be open. It has often been said, “No war is a good war,” which is a very true statement. Many of our younger generation are not aware of Pearl Harbor, World Wars I and II, The Forgotten War, Korea, or Vietnam and Desert Storm and what is happening today.
God Bless America and God Bless our Troops.
Tony Carnemolla
Mansion is wasteful
Dear Editor:
Please add my name to the list of people/neighbors strongly opposed to Mr. and Mrs. Duffield’s plans for Country Oak Lane mega-mansion. It’s ridiculous, wasteful, environmentally harmful – I could go on and on.
Our beautiful, peaceful, quiet street and neighborhood will be forever changed. I live on Emmons Canyon Drive. We extensively remodeled our home of 3,000 square feet and it took a large crew working weekdays for eight full months. I find it offensive and misleading that the Duffields and their contractors represent that this project will be completed in two to two-and-a-half years.
What a great article Casey Reivich wrote last week regarding the Duffield project.
Karen Alman,
Alamo
Don’t blame neighbors
Dear Editor:
I am one of the demonized residents of the small neighborhood of Alamo whose property currently backs to the Humphrey Property open space. I am also a parent of a Monte Vista student and a middle school student who both cross Stone Valley Road twice a day. The assertion that safety is a non-issue and is being fabricated by this community is ludicrous. Crossing this street is extremely dangerous because most of the drivers, many who are students with cell phones connected to their ears, simply do not stop for pedestrians.
Blaming the “no parking” and “no dropping” zones in my neighborhood for exacerbating the situation is false because they are disregarded every single day. Adding 400 additional drivers to the other side of the road is a disaster waiting to happen. Having traffic lights will, of course, slow and increase traffic, but many students will cross the street without waiting for the light. Many who are vocal for this parking lot blame my community for the problems of the school district. The district should step up to the plate and address the safety issues, perhaps restructuring and increasing the current parking lot and front of the school.
In the end, I expect the school district will build this massive parking lot since it has not shown any flexibility to date, but why not build a walkway that goes under the road or over it? This may cost more but will reap benefits that are priceless if one serious injury or death is prevented.
Mona Torres,
Alamo
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