Your April 23 article on the Los Gatos Green project hearing reads more like a biased editorial than legitimate reporting. The petty tone directed at Commissioner Rob Stump is especially troubling.
The role of the Planning Commission is to ensure that development proposals comply with CEQA, State housing laws, Town codes and the General Plan. Asking developers tough questions—about traffic, parking and infrastructure—is not obstruction; it’s called due diligence. Commissioner Stump was doing exactly what his role requires.
Rather than engage with the substance of those questions, your article chose to mock Stump’s background and tone, while portraying the developer in glowing terms. The sarcastic comparisons and casual editorializing undermined what should have been a serious discussion about how 55 new units will impact the town…