My complaint is about the street naming. No Name Uno, where our
only hospital is located, what a joke against Gilroy.
Street Naming
“My complaint is about the street naming. No Name Uno, where our only hospital is located, what a joke against Gilroy. We cannot come up with a name appropriate for our only hospital? San Jose doctors consider this name a joke.
Please find an appropriate name to honor our only hospital and our city. It is my biggest complaint and I’ve worried about it for years but no one seems to share my opinion.”
Red Phone:
Well caller, others do share your opinion, in fact, this street name has been the center of a heated debate before. City Planning Division Manger Bill Faus said the name originated when Caltrans gave it to the frontage road as a temporary identifier circa 1970s, but the name stuck for many years and homes were eventually built on the road during construction of U.S. 101.
“The hospital came along and tried to rename it and it created a tremendous firestorm of protests from those property owners that have lived there for literally decades and the hospital backed down. They said they didn’t want to disrupt the neighborhood and so they kept the name,” Faus explained. “From time to time we get requests from people that request a name change, primarily individuals that don’t live on No Name Uno, or people that don’t reside within the area for some reason I’m not sure why, it seems to irritate those individuals.
So caller, if you’re still interested in a name change, Faus said the city typically asks that the at least 50 percent of the current residents along the street sign a petition and forward the request to the city. He added that prior attempts on this level have not even approached 25 percent.
“I suggest you speak to the residents first,” Faus said in an e-mail. “They love their unique name, it’s just one of those strange little anomalies we have in the city.”
school district dictator
“Looks like we have a dictator leaving the school district. He can decide the pay increases without his bosses approval, which kind of circumvents the law of the land. Another dictator at city hall is Jay Baksa, who can determine who retires, and who continues on like police chief (Gregg) Giusiana. They’ve retired and we find out another month later, the mayor says this is alright. I wonder if the other six council members follow suit?
Also I think the city council should in light of the large amount of money coming into general coffers from all the outlet stores, the Pacheco Pass stores, why not stop the utility tax, that supposedly hurts the poor? Let’s put that up to vote, let’s get the utility tax resended, and let’s join Morgan Hill and Hollister. Unless they want to fix our sidewalks and not make us pay for trees we didn’t request.
I know they want to split the cost, baloney, if they want to keep the utility tax then they should pay. The citizens have paid for 30 years the utility tax and what has it done?
On a happier note, drove a couple times from Santa Teresa coming south from Fitzgerald and it’s a very nice artery coming into Gilroy, nicely done.
Red Phone:
“That’s a lot of topics in one shot, good caller. Might we suggest a letter to the editor making the case for good use of the utility tax money for sidewalk repairs. It’s a thoughtful idea, and we all know as the cost of electricity, gas and phone service has gone up, so has the city’s income from the utility tax.
As far as the secret deals made, rest assured reporters are following the story. And, we agree that the new Santa Teresa Boulevard is a huge improvement.
