A good share of the land east of Gilroy is under Williamson Act
contracts. Has anyone considered that? In my case, roughly east of
the hospital, it could impact the water and as we all know, water
is a highly regulated property.
Dear Editor,
A good share of the land east of Gilroy is under Williamson Act contracts. Has anyone considered that? In my case, roughly east of the hospital, it could impact the water and as we all know, water is a highly regulated property.
The swath of land from Buena Vista Avenue to Leavesly Road is high-impact agriculture, as well as being beautiful and protected from development for over 50 years. In viewing the maps, some of the rural roads would be cut off leaving the residents to find alternate ways to town.
Drawing lines on a map with no regard for those who will be impacted is a callous way for so-called progress.
Rita McCarty, Gilroy
Don’t even think about moving the county fair to Harvey Bear Ranch
Dear Editor,
Moving the Santa Clara County Fair to Harvey Bear Ranch County Park is not a good idea since it is not a revenue generator. The reason for the decline of the county fair is the paving over of agriculture land. Paving over a county park with a fair or a golf course as advocated by current County Supervisor Don Gage only diminishes the few open spaces we have left on the valley floor.
Bill Barnhart, Morgan Hill
Confused voter: Oh where, oh where is the Tea Party going?
Dear Editor,
As an often confused voter, I have to wonder where the Tea Party is going and where they are coming from. I believe they came about as a reaction to overspending in Washington when the new president acted to avert a depression.
However, the previous Republican Bush administration cut taxes and spent lavishly while corruptly depleting America’s wealth, reputation, and economy, leaving the Obama administration the thankless task of cleaning up. The Republican Congress backed his every move. And now the Tea Party cries foul? The difference between the two presidents is, well … black and white. The Tea Party denies racism and asserts they are only against big government spending. Really?
My father, a Korean War veteran, told us if we ever wanted a secure job, work for the government. He retired as a manager in the post office. One of my older brothers is a San Diego Sheriff. Another works for a government intelligence agency. I work with disabled students in the local school system. I cannot accept the Tea Party’s call for less trust in the government and more trust in industry and business. If they want less government, they should move to Somalia, where their reactionary dreams of anarchy with no government can come true.
Fortunately, the future of the Tea Party is Sarah Palin. This will eventually lead to the end of the modern Republican Party, which we are seeing as it splinters between moderates and fundamentalists. That is not the only good thing about Sarah Palin and the Tea Party: They taught me the valuable lesson that you do not have to live in a trailer to be white trash.
Michael Nesbit, Gilroy
We should be recovering from, not returning to Bush era policies
Dear Editor,
With poll numbers falling people are asking what Democrats should do now to win the mid-term elections this fall. What message should Democrats use to bring the attention of the voters back to remembering the Bush Era and how we got in this economic crisis in the first place.
If I were the Democrats what I would do is buy 15 minutes of time on the major networks a few days before the election and I would play Bush’s full economic crisis speech of Sept. 24, 2008. I think once the voters hear that again, and the talking head on cable start discussing it, then the election will be about whether America should continue the long hard path to recovery.
Marc Perkel, Gilroy
