I find it quite disturbing that the mayor and city council members of Cupertino are so sore about their decision to not listen to the people during public hearings they now want to impose a $500 fee for someone to challenge their decisions. The people voiced their opposition to the two condo developments when they were brought up for public input at the planning commission and the city council meetings. However, our elected officials paid only scant attention to the opposition while they ate up the sales pitch of Toll Brothers.

Our elected officials chose to take some of the most valuable industrial and retail property in our city and rezone it for residential usage. This effort will not do anything to bring affordable housing to Cupertino, nor will it do anything to bring more jobs into Cupertino.

Now they are stuck in a corner. They will not admit they were wrong, so they fight back by playing dictator and imposing penalties on anyone who disagrees with them.

Citizens of Cupertino, we did the right thing by opposing this crazy decision of these elected officials. We have put a stop to the construction until November 2007. When that date comes around we should also VTBO (Vote the Bums Out). It is time to get people on the city council who will listen to the people, not the developers.

Al De Ridder

Cupertino

Cupertino Courier
Letters
May 24, 2006