Vitriolic letters, congratulations and a story complaint
Shameful and vitriolic letter hardly worthy of a sitting councilman
Dear Editor,
It was shameful and tactless for Councilman Dion Bracco to attack fellow Councilman Craig Gartman the way Bracco did in his Nov. 1 letter to the editor. While Bracco certainly can disagree with Gartman, Bracco’s vitriol towards Gartman is evident in his letter, and that kind of attitude cannot be conducive to “team building” on the council especially now with three new Council members.
If anything, Bracco’s council voting record has demonstrated he’s a member of Gilroy’s “good old boys” political network along with Mayor Al Pinheiro and City Administrator Jay Baksa. While Bracco appears to be positioning himself as a candidate for mayor in four years, I hope Gilroy voters will be sensible enough to have had enough of Bracco, and when election time comes again, insure he does not get elected for mayor or re-elected for Council.
James Fennell, Gilroy
Congratulations to a fine mayor who put integrity above politics
Dear Editor,
We would like to extend our sincere congratulations to Al Pinheiro on his solid victory in his campaign for reelection for mayor of our great City of Gilroy. It was obvious, as we saw this heated campaign progress, that Al Phinheiro is a man of honesty and integrity, a person who has a heart for the best interests of Gilroy and its citizens.
I am sure, as he has done in the past, he will continue to build a coalition with the new City Council that will continue to move Gilroy to a great future. It was great and refreshing to see Mayor Pinheiro put personal pride, honesty and integrity above politics.
Congratulations Mayor Pinheiro!
Erwin and Barbara Boggs, Gilroy
Fresh start for new city council, now let’s get those signs down
Dear Editor,
OK, the elections over, and it’s a new start for several council members.
Let’s start right away by removing all the political signs.
Bruce Compton, Gilroy
Story did not accurately portray lifestyle of the family and the son
Dear Editor,
I would like to let you know that the article published Nov. 3, had some inadequate information.
First, the program at the South County post secondary school site is excellent. Steve Fortino has done a great service to my son, Dominic, and the other students in his class. It has helped Dominic tremendously physically and mentally. But … Staff Writer Chris Quirk made some errors in his article, generalized the entire class and used that information with regards to my son.
Dominic has lost a total of about 20 pounds (not 65 pounds) and he definitely did not and does not have a junk food-laden diet as was quoted by Mr. Quirk. Fortino may have said that during the first year the class lost a total of 65 pounds.
My son has always eaten very healthy and to imply that wasn’t the case disturbs me deeply. He did lead a somewhat sedentary lifestyle, but that was not due only to the weight it was more so due to his actual mental and physical diagnosis that causes most of his muscles to remain very tight. That is why he didn’t walk long distances as that would hurt his back.
If you read this article you start to assume that Dominic’s parents just fed him junk food and did nothing for him. And that is further from the truth than you can get.
I suggest before Mr. Quirk writes about something like this that he investigates a bit further especially interviewing family members before he puts the article in print.
Maile Gagliardi, Gilroy
