6 days ago3 minBeware of former mayors bearing giftsStephen Kessler. Op-ed in the SC Sentinel, 5/15/2022 Housing advocate, political wit and former Santa Cruz mayor Don Lane is a man of...
May 131 minRenovating current library would achieve civic goalsLetter to the SC Sentinel, 5/13/2022 Standing recently in the verdant City Hall plaza with supporters of Our Downtown, Our Future, I was...
Apr 143 minAffordable housing is not the issueMicah Posner. Op-ed in the SC Sentinel, 4/14/2022 The Our Downtown Our Future Ballot Initiative is exactly what it claims to be, an...
Apr 101 minCommons on Lot 4 will improve quality of lifeLetter to the SC Sentinel, 4/10/2022 I support Our Downtown’s initiative to create a green Commons on our spacious Lot 4 in the center of...
Apr 23 minWith friends like these, you tell meStephen Kessler. Op-ed in the SC Sentinel, 4/2/2022 When I returned to Santa Cruz in 2006 after some 16 years away, most of them on the...
Apr 11 minSC downtown library meshes with civic coreLetter to the SC Sentinel, 4/1/2022 I agree with the March 30 letter that the Half Moon Bay and Los Gatos public libraries are beautiful...
Mar 311 minCampaign's goal is to keep current library locationLetter to the SC Sentinel, 3/31/2022 The letter (Sentinel, March, 27) stating that Our Downtown, Our Future’s ballot initiative is...
Mar 301 minUsing existing library building is greenest choiceLetter to the SC Sentinel, 3/30/2022 In the Winter issue of Sierra Magazine there is an article titled “To Build or Not To Build.” The...
Mar 271 minPlan doesn't find library expansion necessaryLetter to the SC Sentinel, 3/27/2022 After reading through Measure S, specifying build new “when necessary,” I took a look back at the...
Mar 251 minMeasure S ballot language doesn't include tear downLetter to the SC Sentinel, 3/25/2022 Ms. Livingston in “Letters to the Editor” quoted the exact language of Measure S. In that “Measure...
Mar 191 minA 'visionary' plan for downtown and libraryLetter to the SC Sentinel, 3/19/2022 The diversity of Santa Cruz residents defines us. Our diverse population overwhelmingly passed...
Feb 271 minPreserving heritage trees downtown a priorityLetter to the SC Sentinel, 2/27/2022 On a beautiful page in The Sentinel recently, Watsonville Wetlands Watch asked us to “plant a tree...
Feb 271 minPresent library already has space for vital resourcesLetter to the SC Sentinel, 2/27/2022 The former Executive Director of the Friends of SC Public Libraries recently remarked that “Just...
Feb 201 minDoesn't see need for new library, more parkingLetter to the SC Sentinel, 2/20/22 I do not agree with building a new library. I remember the old Carnegie library, a lovely old...
Feb 171 minReflections on revitalizing the existing libraryLetter to the SC Sentinel, 2/17/2022 The other day as I approached the downtown library to return some books, I was struck by the...
Feb 121 minPast time to put away library ‘boondoggle’Letter to the SC Sentinel, 2/12/2022 A recent letter by the past president of Friends of the Library makes some nice sounding promises....
Feb 31 minReal ‘falsehood’ is building library on new siteLetter to the SC Sentinel, 2/3/2022 A recent letter writer (Feb. 1) accuses Stephen Kessler of “promoting falsehoods.” But this is a...
Feb 23 minReasons to sign the ‘Our Downtown’ petitionStephen Kessler. Column in the SC Sentinel, 1/29/2022 A petition to place a measure on the November 2022 ballot is now circulating that...
Feb 21 minDon’t move ahead on library plan without voteLetter to the SC Sentinel, 1/27/2022 The mixed-use library plan has never been put to a vote by Santa Cruz citizens. The passage of...
Feb 23 minThe top two questions for Santa CruzPaul Cocking. Op-ed in the SC Sentinel, 1/27/22 Our top two questions of the moment are, of course, where to put the homeless camp and...