Frequent writer moves down road

Dear Editor,

My first real foray into writing and speaking for public consumption was in 1999 when a couple of Milpitas politicians, in cooperation with the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco, arranged for the flag of the People?s Republic of China to be raised next to the flag of the United States of America first in front of the Santa Clara County Government Center and then in front of Milpitas City Hall. The occasion for the flag raising was to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of their communist government and I (and many, many others) felt that the enslavement of a billion people was nothing to celebrate. A political battle ensued that resulted in, among other things, the flag poles on the new city hall being built in a manner that insured the flag of the United States of America would always fly above other flags.

During that period of time, many people who had escaped the communists contacted me and encouraged me to be a voice for them. In the ensuing years, more often than not, the people who seek me out to encourage me to keep writing have described themselves as having escaped from everything from the harsh tyranny of the Islamic government of Iran to the soft tyranny of socialist Holland. I feel complimented when people who have come to this country for freedom appreciate what I write.

What originally attracted my wife and I to Milpitas was the incredibly cosmopolitan population and the fact that they seemed to all get along so well ?

and that was before the large influx of immigrants from all over the Pacific Rim and the Indian subcontinent. We wanted our children to be raised in an atmosphere where they were exposed to many different cultures and we were not disappointed.

Now, with our family raised and visits to our grandchildren requiring significant travel, we have decided to make a lifestyle change that will have us move a few miles down the road to Sunnyvale. While my office will remain in Milpitas and we will be no strangers to St. Elizabeth Church and our favorite restaurants in town, our heads will be hitting the pillow elsewhere.

Over the years, I have tried to rein in the politicians? natural proclivity for screwing things up and believed that I have had some impact in that regard. To my delight, in recent years a number of

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