Leaky trucks
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I don’t know why the garbage trucks have to leak so much oil in
the street that the driver now has a new job of, after the garbage
is picked up, waiting at the end of the street and going back and
putting clay absorbent over the oil spills. Now we have clay
absorbent all over our street. It is an interesting new twist to
the job. It’s ridiculous actually. Bye.
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Leaky trucks
“I don’t know why the garbage trucks have to leak so much oil in the street that the driver now has a new job of, after the garbage is picked up, waiting at the end of the street and going back and putting clay absorbent over the oil spills. Now we have clay absorbent all over our street. It is an interesting new twist to the job. It’s ridiculous actually. Bye.”
Red Phone:
The Red Phone contacted Phil Couchee, general manager, South Valley Disposal, who said driver’s are authorized to use absorbent should a truck drip some oil.
“Certainly, the possibility exists that a leak can occur,” he said. “The driver is prepared to handle it if something does happen, but it’s an exaggeration to say that’s what they do every day.”
Why new tile?
“Hi, I have a question for you. The McDonald’s on First Street recently remodeled and they put up some beautiful red, shiny tiles out front. And now they tore them all down and replaced them with terra cotta tile. Every time I go through the drive through, I ask one of the employees, ‘Why did you guys take down the old pretty tile, or the old new pretty tile, and replace it with the terra cotta?’ No one can give me an answer. So I’m just curious and nosy. Maybe you can come up with something.”
Red Phone:
Dear caller, a quick phone call to McDonald’s owner Steve Peat returned an answer for you. When the owner put together a plan for the remodel, which was completed a year ago, they had a color palette approved that would blend in with the architecture of other buildings in the shopping center, but a mix up with the colors placed the bright red tiles on the building. “When it was done, we all thought it was great,” Peat said. “But it wasn’t what was approved.” The bright, shiny red tiles were replaced with the terra cotta tiles customers see now when they drive past the McDonald’s on First Street or take a trip through the drive through.
No more BBQ, please!
“I’m looking at a story about upcoming restaurants out there at Pacheco Pass and 101. We’ve got three new barbecue places coming into town: Armadillo Willie’s, Famous Dave’s Barbecue and L and L Barbecue. Can’t we get something else besides barbecue? C’mon folks!”
Red Phone:
City Administrator Jay Baksa was less dismayed than you good caller about a few new barbecue joints.
“I like barbecue,” he said, but added the proliferation is not a government issue. He said responsibility for the BBQ bonanza rests squarely with the shopping center owners who lease the space and the restaurants, which conduct market surveys before choosing communities for a new establishment.
Perhaps the root of the meaty deluge lies with Gilroyans and their apparent predilection for down-home food?
Downtown suggestion
“Hi, I like the new obituaries, very classy. And I love the Red Phone because some of us can’t type.
“I’d like to suggest for some of the downtown stores that are empty, it’s worked for other small towns. What they do is they take old buildings and make a mini-mall, co-op. The city could make it easy for people to get retail licenses and there are a lot of craftsmen who would like a place to sell their work. If they had moveable partitions, possibly with doors that could be locked, and the main doors are locked at a certain time, various little cubicles could be set up with jewelers, painters and whatnot and they could sell their stuff. It would take some of those empty buildings out of there and add something to downtown Gilroy, other than antique stores. Just a thought. I could use the space. Thank you.”
Red Phone:
Interesting suggestion for downtown. The Red Phone wonders how big a hit and how successful something like that would be in Gilroy. Anyone want to call in and give a yea or nay?
And, readers, keep calling the Red Phone with your comments, questions and suggestions because it loves hearing your voices – and typing out your words. It knows some of you pretty well by now.
