Cut it out: This riled up reader doesn’t like playing the blame
game.
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My husband and I don’t like the new format – the type or the new
delivery. For example on page C6 in my (last) Wednesday paper, the
box says ‘Poised for Growth,’ I cannot tell you what the three
lines underneath that say.
Cut it out: This riled up reader doesn’t like playing the blame game.
• “My husband and I don’t like the new format – the type or the new delivery. For example on page C6 in my (last) Wednesday paper, the box says ‘Poised for Growth,’ I cannot tell you what the three lines underneath that say.
“Secondly, please quit blaming low income on low test scores. If anything, blame it on low interest of the family or the student or the friends, because the same books are available to the rich and the poor if they’re at the same school. I personally lived on a street some 60 years ago, and I was anything but stupid. We had no money, but nobody kept telling me because you’re low income you’re stupid and you’re not going to pass tests. Quit telling people that. It is a bad negative idea and it’s stupid, in my mind.”
Hmm, good point. It’s not fair to say poor people are all stupid … that’s like saying all rich people are smart. And with that, the Red Phone would beg to differ. The Red Phone won’t name names (Paris Hilton) but rather will leave it for you readers to ponder. However, note that the test score articles never used the terms “stupid” and “poor.” That’s all you, caller.
So rest assured, your fiery complaint has been heard, and now it’ll be read by all who allow the Red Phone into their lives twice a week.
And, just for the record, the ‘Poised for Growth’ box reads, “After a decade on the fringe, Internet phones are expected to service 16 percent of U.S. homes by 2008.”
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Grateful Gilroyan: A great big thank you to an anonymous do-gooder.
• “I just wanted to thank the lady who I saw on Uvas Creek bike path on the dirt part, who was walking her dog and picking up garbage at the same time. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone who enjoyed the Uvas bike path would do the same? She was even reaching into the bushes to get garbage that she saw. So I just wanted to thank that lady for helping to keep Gilroy beautiful. I hope other people can take that example and take a little garbage bag on their walk maybe once a week, and hopefully if everyone does that we won’t see garbage strewn along the bike path that I think many of us take for granted.”
The Red Phone loves getting these kind of calls – the good things people do that others take notice of. In fact, the Red Phone feels a little inspiration coming on…
Wouldn’t it be wonderful, wouldn’t it be grand? If all those who walked kept in mind a plan, to keep Gilroy lovely and garbage-free, to pick up the litter for you and for me.
So to the good woman we all say thank you. Lets hope you picked up your doggy’s doo, too.
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Fishy facts: This guy wanted to set us straight.
• “Hello! I live in San Jose but work here in Gilroy and I read the Dispatch pretty much everyday. Just wanted to let y’all know that in the sports section, in the Catch of the Week, ‘Hook, Line & Smile’ in Wednesday’s paper, the fish identified as a trout is in fact a large-mouth bass in the picture. And hopefully it is longer than a foot long, because any large mouth bass 12 inches or under must be released by law. Just wanted to let you know … a little correction there for you.”
Well thanks, caller! Obviously we don’t always know our bass from a hole in the ground … so thanks for the call to enlighten us on the world of fishies. The Red Phone passed your message along to the event-lovin’, game-watchin’, jersey-wearin’ – not often fishing pole-totin’ – sports desk (see their Green Phone reply in Friday’s edition).
