Sportsmen Chefs gets a cheer and residents should be ready for
the start of the local election season early this summer as issues
abound
The following organizations and individuals deserve either CHEERS or JEERS this week:
CHEERS: For all the students who will walk the stage tonight and receive diplomas from Gilroy High School. Our hearty congratulations to all of them and their families. Gilroy is a special place to be from, and as you grow and move away that will become more clear. Remember to thank those who helped you get where you are today and best of luck for a wonderful future.
CHEERS:For the guys in the Sportmen Chefs club who put on the Fishability Day each year for the mentally and physically disabled. It’s one of those events that never loses its allure, either for those who get an opportunity to do something way out of the ordinary for them – a chance to catch a fish – or for those who get a chance to watch the smiles and hear the hollers of the participants by putting the event on. It’s a day that’s good for the soul.
JEERS: For the length of time it takes to get results back from the county crime lab. By all accounts, Santa Clara County is one of the best labs for accuracy and quickness around, however, its still frustrating waiting for weeks on end while DNA and other evidence is processed, particularly when there may be a serial rapist in the community. Guess what, folks, it’s not like the CSI crime show on TV where the lab gets busy and hands a full report to the detectives in an hour. The work is a lot more painstaking and time consuming than that.
CHEERS: For the school district’s plan to use a lease-leaseback construction plan to build our community’s second high school. The plan essentially locks in a “not to exceed” price and incentivizes the contractor to get things done on time and on budget.
JEERS: For the county budget process that magically “finds” $9 million in additional state and federal revenues. It’s good news, but “finding” that kind of money at the last minute paints the entire process with a “sky is falling Chicken Little” palette and gives the public the impression that the budget cuts are less serious than described.
CHEERS: For the news that there will be a lively race for the position of mayor in Gilroy. The campaign will undoubtedly start very early – in the next few weeks – given the number of issues facing the city such as school facilities, executive pay, housing starts in excess of the the city’s residential development law and more on the table.
