Cupertino
Courier
published on 7/6/05
Letters
to the editor
Letters
We should all question
questionable motives
My, my, my. What interesting language Nathalie Ferro (Letters, June
15) uses in her diatribe against Ms. Eng and Ms. Hilton. Does Ferro
really believe that all potential candidates for Cupertino Union School
District are "nincompoops?" Ferro alleges that in her letter
to the Courier. She also alleges that Eng and Hilton are supporting
two lawsuits against the district, which is blatantly untrue.
Ferro seems to know a great deal about the median
income of those living in Cupertino--and their median age and their
level of education.
Yet she apparently does not understand how many of
us, well down from her income level, are offended, yes, offended when
two fine administrators are given a more than substantial increase
in pay while she castigates us for not wanting to foot the bill by
forking over more taxes on our property.
Did Messrs. Hausman and Mortenson really suggest to
the board that they would leave their posts unless a raise was forthcoming,
as Ferro suggests? And did either of these fine gentlemen suggest
that in a time of shrinking budgets these very large raises might
not look so good?
As for comparisons of salaries with private industry,
recent articles in Parade magazine and other sources clearly indicate
that higher wage earners work for the government, and we pay them.
Ferro reminds me of many of our state and federal legislators who
"never saw a tax they didn't like." Ms. Ferro tosses around
terms like "hypocrisy;" whose? "adequate compensation;"
whose? "brain drain;" whose?
And then she wants us to "bite the bullet."
Well, no thanks.
Let's all continue to look over the shoulders of those
we have entrusted to run our schools, and, yes, question those moves
which seem questionable.
Grant E. Danielson
Retired teacher, businessman
