Letter | City staff has moved in direction of Measure O

By Letters to the Editor | Santa Cruz Sentinel September 29, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Watching the city weakly defend its latest downtown plan at the recent council meeting, I wondered if council members privately wished they could just adopt Measure O and be done trying to defend the indefensible. The newest staff proposal is now belatedly copying just about everything that Measure O has pushed for – but at far greater cost, far more environmental damage — plus loss of beauty and history.

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— Barbara Riverwoman, Santa Cruz

Letter | Don’t be fooled by claims of Measure O opponents

By Letters to the Editor | Santa Cruz Sentinel September 25, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

The misleading yard signs warn “Don’t be fooled.”

Yes, don’t be fooled. Keep the library in the Civic Center, save the heritage trees, stop the garage, fight climate chaos. Vote Yes on Measure O...

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— Debbie Bulger, Santa Cruz

Letter | Measure O and housing: Funds were for library

By Letters to the Editor | Santa Cruz Sentinel September 23, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Nothing has been built. Housing for 124 families is an idea and not really houses at all.

We cannot lose what we do not have. And the idea remains.

I could be persuaded to vote for Measure O, and I need reasonable arguments based on fact, not fiction...

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— Mary Offermann, Santa Cruz