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Published on 10/07/1996 All articles from this issue

Letters to the Editor

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Get informed about EMFs

The Sept. 4 letter from Nancy Martin, concerning the proposed GTE Mobilenet monopole at Hillview Community Center, caught my attention. I have been curious about the effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) for some time, particularly since reading "The Body Electric" by Robert O. Becker, M.D., and Gary Selden. They say, "The dangers of electropollution are real and well documented. It changes, often pathologically, every biological system. What we don't know is exactly how serious these changes are, for how many people."

A more recent book, "Alternative Medicine," compiled by the Burton Goldberg Group, also has some disquieting information. I am pleased that the Planning Commission is being cautious over this matter.

Ruth Polata, Los Altos

Measures A and B mean traffic relief

Thank you for your article on the two traffic relief measures, A and B, in this November's countywide ballot (Town Crier, Sept. 18). I think it is important, however, that readers know more about the organization opposed to these two measures.

If the (Santa Clara County) Taxpayers Association had prevailed in 1984, Highway 85 would be only a line on a map, Highway 101 would have two lanes in each direction and Highway 237 would be just a two-lane road. As a commuter on Highway 85, I can tell you I am delighted they were not successful!

And now these same people are at it again. They are opposing Measures A and B, which will further enhance our community's transportation and transit infrastructure. Specifically, Measures A and B will synchronize the signals on all eight county expressways, widen Highways 101 an 17, fix the interchanges at Highway 101 at Shoreline and at Highway 237/880, and a host of other improvements, including providing monies for road repair in Los Altos.

And the tax ends when the work is done. Measure A and B sunset after nine years.

Cindy Rubin, Los Altos

Contributors make parade a success

The Festival of Lights Parade is a success because it is a joint effort of all the residents and businesses in Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. Two fund-raisers supporting Festival of Lights Parade have just been completed. They are "Rock Back the Clock" and "The Antique and Collectibles Faire."

I wish to express my thanks for all who helped make those events a success: Rancho merchants, Steve Wozniak and the Sound Investment, Chef Chu, Montclaire school parents and the Los Altos Elementary School District, the Kiwanis, Great Western Bank, and too many board members and other volunteers to mention.

The Festival of Lights Parade will be held Sunday evening, Dec. 1. If you would like to contribute to this Los Altos heritage event, you can by sending contributions to Festival of Lights Parade, P.O. Box 996, Los Altos 94023.

Conrad Heintzelman, chairman, Festival of Lights

Correction

Due to an editing error, the last paragraph in Robert Dawson's Aug. 28 letter contained incorrect word usage. The corrected graph reads as follows:

Since Mr. Noel probably can't see all of Los Altos from his vantage point in the hills, and PG&E's Mr. Blakey had not been told by his supervisors that city boundaries and PG&E power blocks are not usually coterminous, there appears to have ensued a folie à deux.