Dear Editor,
The museum may not be the most popular spot in Gilroy, but it is
the only place that houses the articles of Gilroy’s history. To
shut the doors on the museum will be a sad day for Gilroy and it
will be a day you can be ashamed of for all time. This act sounds
like a rush to judgment, a condemnation without trial, without
hearings and one without public notice.
Extremely shortsighted and hasty decision to close Gilroy museum
Dear Editor,
The museum may not be the most popular spot in Gilroy, but it is the only place that houses the articles of Gilroy’s history. To shut the doors on the museum will be a sad day for Gilroy and it will be a day you can be ashamed of for all time. This act sounds like a rush to judgment, a condemnation without trial, without hearings and one without public notice.
Closing the museum may save a few dollars today, but what does it say about the City of Gilroy? What does it say about the powers that be? I think this subject should be given some serious and lengthy thought before the doors to the museum are locked. I do not think common sense will has prevailed – and if you do lock the doors because they may be locked for a long time, possibly forever.
This is a time to take pride in your community. Keep open the place that shows off Gilroy’s history. This is a time to stand up and be counted, to move in the right direction and keep the museum open. What is next, “burn the books?”
We, and our extended family have donated numerous items to the museum and this causes us deep concern about the future of those items.
Ed and Elaine Maier, Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Dedicated, selfless school district trustee will be sorely missed
Dear Editor,
Jaime Rosso will be missed as a Gilroy Unified School Board trustee. He was and still is a true community person who would show up to many community events and always be willing to help out either organizing or giving a donation.
Jaime has a true passion for Gilroy and the students in the school district. Not many other elected officials have that. Some of the elected officials in Gilroy are disconnected from the community and you will not see them at community events once they are elected. He was often present at the schools when there was an event. I remember meeting him at one of my children’s open house a few years back and thought how great it was to actually be able to talk to a school board member about certain issues. I also feel that Jaime sacrificed his own re-election campaign to make sure Measure P (the school bond) was passed. He was at most of the meetings for Measure P and organized the phone banking when he could have been out campaigning on his own behalf.
With the margin of votes that he came up short he could have easily made them up. But that is Jaime – putting the Gilroy community first before his own benefit. That is a community person we all can look up to and he will be missed at the school district. We hope to still keep him active in the Gilroy Community.
He can be proud of what he accomplished along with the current school board. Many school infrastructure projects were completed during his tenure … Las Animas Elementary School, Eliot School, Glenview School and the beginning of Christopher High School. With Measure P approved, the completion of Christopher High will be a reality.
Congratulations to the new elected school board members! With the current school board and the addition of the elected board I think Gilroy students will benefit from their vision and hard work.
Arthur C. Barron Sr., Gilroy
Affordable Roofing and Garcia’s step up despite difficult times
Dear Editor,
Kudos to Pam and Rich Garcia of Affordable Roofing! When the Garcias heard that the automotive paint booth at Gilroy High School was going to be torn down due to a leaky roof, they stepped and generously donated the material and labor for a new roof!
It’s easy for some folks to be generous during good times, but let’s face it, we are in a recession, and folks in the construction trade have been feeling the recession for some time now. That did not stop the Garcias!
Due to their generosity, the automotive students and ROP students can continue to learn a trade and skill that some will go on to use as a means to support themselves. It would have been a shame for Gilroy High to have lost the automotive paint booth and the opportunity for students to learn this skill! Thanks Pam and Rich Garcia of Affordable Roofing!
Susan S. Jacobsen, Gilroy
The Golden Quill is awarded occasionally for a well-written letter.
Why do we continue to pay the transportation freight for the living?
Dear Editor,
Now opinions, like predictions, are all over the entire universe of transport, there ought to be a pinch of reality to leaven the cake mix. “Social justice” is …?
Well, here’s a question to those who would attempt to define “social justice” in transport: Q. Why do I have to pay all of the cost of moving my body if it’s dead (freight), whereas if I’m still alive, I expect that my neighbors and fellow-taxpayers will pay 99 percent of the cost of moving my carcus (transit passenger)? A. “social justice?”
Joe Thompson, Gilroy
