Poo-poo the pedometers: "Hi. I was surfing the Web and came across an agenda for the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. I noticed on the May 3 agenda, there was a proposition for $29,500 to be spent to purchase 5,000 pedometers for employees of the county to use. Why is the county in this day and age when budgets are so tight, spending money on things like pedometers for employees? I think this is wasteful spending, but I haven't seen any minutes to see if this was approved or not. Can you tell me if it was and why?"
Lazy landlords: "My gripe is people who buy homes for rentals. They collect rent and don't bother to make sure that the landscaping is kept up. It makes our neighborhoods look very bad. Don't landlords know they can deduct gardening services on their income taxes? C'mon landlords, let's keep Gilroy clean and beautiful. Thank you."