I want to share with you and the people of Gilroy an example of
how one of our lovely businesses in Gilroy treats people.
Dear Editor,
I want to share with you and the people of Gilroy an example of how one of our lovely businesses in Gilroy treats people.
My daughter, who is going to her first year of college, took her cat to one of our veterinarian hospitals last Saturday because her cat had an infection in her right rear paw. (I won’t mention their name all though I am sure a lot of you know which it is.)
Our pets are usually up to date on their vaccines but the doctor informed us our cat was due for her rabies vaccination. The doctor was not able to give the rabies shot to her due to the fact our cat had a slight temperature. The doctor told us that if we brought her back within the next 7-10 days, we could bring her back for the vaccination and we wouldn’t be charged an office visit, just the $20 for the shot.
I thought this was a very generous offer; it would surely bring me back as a customer. I was off the next Friday and called the vet to bring our cat back in for her vaccine. The person who answered the phone told me that the doctor who made us that offer was on vacation and the other attending doctor would not honor the same offer.
Instead he would have to charge us another $50 for the office visit and $20 for the rabies shot. My daughter already spent $178 for the last visit and now they wanted $70 more. My daughter is on a low budget and is not as wealthy as others who visit the vet, so I thought this is just a little too much to gouge a person after their organization made an offer that not everyone in the organization would honor.
If they want our pets vaccinated then they should all honor their organizations offers that all of the doctors offer. I am sure not everyone agrees with me, but not all of us can afford the costs that we our charged. I guess the lesson here is “Don’t have pets and don’t adopt pets unless you can afford them. Also, shop around for the best price, even if it puts your pet in danger.”
D. Elston, Gilroy
Just about the very best Gilroy Fourth of July ever – keep it going!
Dear Editor,
Each Independence Day weekend, Gilroy block parties get increasingly better.
This year entire courts were blocked off with dunk-tanks, jump-houses, kegs, wine and tequila selections, barbecue pits, bonfires, and even a motorcycle jump-ramp. (Good job, Partridge Drive – you totally raged on Sunday!)
And 2010 was the best possible: July 4 on a Sunday, providing block parties on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights, and a day to recover.
Yes, my family and I did all three, and it was absolutely priceless, watching the kids – and adult-aged kids – have so much neighborhood fun. And as usual, we have the local infection of whiners who want to ban fireworks. They remind me of the gun-control crowd; they don’t like them, so everyone’s supposed to have their fun taken away. They are ignorant, ignoring the fact that people will do what they want, and denying the vast majority their fun for the actions of the few which is unjust (wrong), ineffective, and destructive.
I’m surprised that their kind don’t whine about noise from parades or Memorial Day services, too. (Give ’em time.) And of course we have the occasional sob story about some clod’s wooden roof (the city needs to add a code that says no more of these) catching fire.
No mention of fires in other nearby non-firework places (San Martin and San Jose, to mention a couple) or of fires during other times of the year (two in Gilroy in the last nine months).
A couple years ago one local said this can all go on without fireworks. Hardly. Without fireworks, our block parties will end. Think about it: There are no block parties on Memorial Day Weekend or on that silly three-day weekend in September.
Alan Viarengo, Gilroy
‘Would you like to stone’ officer involved in the BART shooting?
Dear Editor,
Oscar Grant has gone from BART passenger, to miscreant troublemaker, to detainee to victim, to hero, to martyr.
This transformation was made possible through the magic of TV and print media. He has become fictionalized as the emotions and expression of grief over his death were reported over and over as “unarmed” , “passenger” and “murdered”.
Yes, he was a passenger who was removed from the train by force for fighting by the BART police. He then proceeded to create disturbance and resist arrest, struggling with the officer attempting to subdue him. From the information the public received the officer thought he was reaching for a weapon and attempted to use a Taser but accidentally used a gun instead. Another fictional version might be that the officer dragged an innocent passenger off the train with the intent of killing him. Really? Who can imagine a motive for this scenario?
Maybe his shooting was an accident after all.
It is certain that if Oscar Grant had not been involved in the fighting and had not resisted arrest, he would never have been involved and would be alive today.
Why do people expect they can ignore the laws and place themselves in jeopardy without responsibility for the end results. Then they or their survivors expect to be compensated for their loss.
This was a tragic mistake by both parties. How much should the officer suffer for his mistake? He has already been in jail for 19 months away from his family. His career is lost. His prospects are slim. Would you like to stone him as they do in Iran?
Where is the forgiveness and compassion from Oscar Grant’s family as they call on the Christian religion in their speeches of anger and vengeance? How much punishment do they think is enough? What would … Jesus do?
John Herren, Gilroy
