Dear Editor,
Five people have responded (online in the Gilroy Dispatch
comment board) to my Feb. 8 Letter to the Editor asking Katie Hall
to share the sources that led her to believe marijuana use is
”
…seven times greater than drunk driving.
”
Just one writer identified himself, Ron Kirkish (who I found to
be very friendly when I met him at the cemetery, preceding the
burial of Sergeant David Gutierrez).
A hope for rational dialogue
Dear Editor,
Five people have responded (online in the Gilroy Dispatch comment board) to my Feb. 8 Letter to the Editor asking Katie Hall to share the sources that led her to believe marijuana use is “…seven times greater than drunk driving.”
Just one writer identified himself, Ron Kirkish (who I found to be very friendly when I met him at the cemetery, preceding the burial of Sergeant David Gutierrez).
Mr. Kirkish cited a recent airliner incident involving a naked, screaming man who’d eaten marijuana-laced brownies. While I too think that incident probably isn’t attributable solely to marijuana, and that it would be termed “anecdotal” evidence rather than scientific proof, I wish “Who Knows” and “Gilroy 1” expressed their disagreement with Mr. Kirkish with less “edge”, as “Brock_Sampson” did (not found in the phone directory, but possibly a second writer who signed their statement).
The least rational response came from “Very Funny!!”. That writer somehow concluded I “‘highly’ support” marijuana (I don’t think a reading of my letter to the editor warrants that conclusion) and asks me to give some to my “out of control dogs”.
Since my two dogs are confined within a fence (except when Swee’Pea escapes and goes directly to neighbors, playing with their dog and relaxing with Bob and Lee), I guess “Very Funny!!” doesn’t approve of dogs who bark at passersby from behind fencing set back five feet from a rural road.
Sure, I’d prefer our dogs would protect their turf in a mellower way, but more than that I wish people would be rational and not afraid to sign their writing.
Phill Laursen, Gilroy
Conservatives mock Gore on snowstorms
Conservatives are mocking Al Gore and global warming pointing to the snow storm burying the east cost in feet of snow. Republican leader Mitch McConnell quipped “Where’s Al Gore Now?” and calling global warming “snake oil science”.
What Conservatives don’t seem to understand is that snow isn’t a product of cold, it’s a product of moisture. The warmer the planet gets the more water is in the air. That causes more rain and more snow. It’s usually warmer when it snows in the winter than on days the sky is clear.
Maybe if they put down their Bibles and picked up their science books they might understand that snow happens when it rains through cold air. So more snow actually is an effect of global warming, not because it’s colder, but because it’s wetter.
So I say to my conservative friends, turn to reality. Reality changed my life, it can change yours too!
I’m Marc Perkel and I approved this message!
Marc Perkel, Gilroy
Support local business
Dear editor,
I want to encourage people to try Pearl Sushi Lovers on 10th Street in the Rite Aid shopping center.
They have had a hard time getting established and had to pay rent for six months while doing required repairs. During that time, they could not open for business.
The first time I went there with a friend the service was awful, but the food was good. She didn’t go back, but I have been back several times. The service is much better and the food is still great.
The two sisters who own the restaurant, Susan and Jennifer, always come over and talk to us, eager to see if we were happy with our meals, and we always are. They are nice, hard working people, who have opened a restaurant in difficult economic times.
If you like sushi or chicken teriyaki, please try them out. It’s great to have another good sushi restaurant in Gilroy and one that is on 10th Street.
Sharon McKeegan, Gilroy
