Remove Sunol school board members
Regarding “Sunol school board did not vote to ban the Pride flag. Here’s what it voted for” (Letters to the Editor, SFChronicle.com, Nov. 14): I’ve witnessed Sunol Glen Unified School District Board Trustees members Linda Hurley and Ryan Jergensen attempt to silence public discourse and shut down discussion.
Hurley asked that AB1314 — which would have required schools to notify parents if a student identifies as gender-nonconforming or transgender — be discussed at a board meeting.
Hurley’s letter to the editor said, “The charge about ‘parental notification legislation’ misstates the issue; I raised the importance of parental involvement and asked if we should consider discussing certain state bills, and for that, I was attacked.”
There are many bills related to education that she has never raised for discussion.
Why this one?
To attack the LGBTQ+ community under the guise of parental rights.
Additionally, Hurley’s contention that flying only the U.S. and California flags to avoid legal concerns resolves a nonexistent problem.
In response to the flag ban, the superintendent and board of the Pleasanton Unified School District, where Sunol students attend high school, sent a letter asking the Sunol board to “consider the long-term consequences of your actions.”
But this isn’t about flags or specific policies.
It is about bad governance and loss of public trust.
These trustees have turned meetings into a public theater for private agendas.
Removing Trustees Hurley and Jergenson from office will restore our beautiful Sunol Glen community.
Guin Van Dyke, former trustee, Sunol Glen Unified School District
Carters are good people
I first met Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter in 1987 while waiting to appear on the Jim Eason radio show in San Francisco, where I was promoting my recently published book. When Eason mentioned that I was to be his next guest, I was amazed to hear President Carter state that he was one of my biggest fans.
Rosalyn Carter, who died Sunday, later said to me: “Oh, every time Jimmy hears about some notorious criminal he has his nose in that big red book of yours (“Bloodletters and Badmen: A Narrative Encyclopedia of American Criminals from the Pilgrims to the Present”) to see if he can find similar people.”
When the Carters left the sound room, they approached me with broad smiles on their faces.
A Secret Service agent, however, raced in front of them, rushing up to me, saying in a loud whisper: “I’m sorry, but I need to frisk you, Mr. Nash — just routine.”
At that moment I heard President Carter say loudly to the agent: “Don’t do that! You don’t need to frisk him. He’s fine … he’s safe … we can trust him!”
The agent, however, continued searching me, and, as he did so, he whispered loudly: “Both of them say that about everybody. To them, everyone is to be trusted … everybody is decent and good. Can you believe that?”
Yes, I believe to this day, the Carters are themselves the people they believed in — trusting, decent and good.
Jay Robert Nash, Wilmette, Ill.
Rescind MLB carve out
With the owners of Major League Baseball voting unanimously to approve the A’s heartless abandonment of Oakland and their fans, perhaps it’s time to take a look at abolishing baseball’s antitrust exemption.
The lies from MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and the A’s ownership concerning Oakland’s efforts to accommodate the team’s plans for a new stadium are reprehensible.
And shame on the Giants for going along with this scam.
If MLB is allowed to abuse their fans and communities, all in the interest of greed, baseball doesn’t deserve a special antitrust exemption.
Edward Chmelewski, San Francisco
Get rid of Green
On all the Draymond Green fiascos and issues: Regardless of his ability to defend and be an energetic sparkplug for the Golden State Warriors, he needs help, and I don’t mean on the basketball court.
The words “angry clown” fit his past two years of effort.
In the long run, the team would be better without him.