Recently as I was going to my car to go to work, I was horrified
to see eggs splashed all over my garage door, driveway and hood of
my car. I was running late so I did not have time to hose down the
mess.
Dear Editor,
Recently as I was going to my car to go to work, I was horrified to see eggs splashed all over my garage door, driveway and hood of my car. I was running late so I did not have time to hose down the mess.
As soon as I arrived at work, I immediately told my supervisor about it, who informed me that I had to clean it up as soon as I could before the eggs stick to the paint especially with the forecasted triple digit-heat. I went home for my lunch break and started working on the mess on my garage and driveway. I started hosing the areas with water, soaked it for a a few minutes and then went back to scrub the solidified egg remnants under the blazing 97-degree sun.
As I am hosing down with water and scrubbing the garage door and the driveway, I am thinking why am I wasting so much water because of someone else’s senseless act. What am I doing out in this heat?
I repeated cleaning it up after work when it cooled down a bit. The driveway still has those broken eggshells that I could not completely remove.
One of my co-workers told me that these kids (they are young adults!) are bored and are having fun. Tell that to an old woman who just had shoulder surgery, scrubbing off eggs splashed on her home under the scorching heat of the sun. Tell me, is this fun?
Fun is something that provides enjoyment. Fun is not defacing someone’s property. Fun does not make someone else a victim. Fun is not something you do to commit a crime. The sad thing is that the kids who get it inherit the bad reputation from the action of those few bullies. Oh, what a a joy if we could have our community back! Thank you.
Eros Lumicao, Gilroy
The Golden Quill is awarded occasionally for a well-written letter.
Extend tax cuts for rich and let the unemployed eat dog food – great
Dear Editor,
Although Republicans have of late been making a lot of noise concerning the growing national debt, we liberals are concerned about it as well. That’s why the tax cuts for the rich need to expire. It’s not a tax increase, it’s taking away a tax cut for the rich that they never should have had in the first place.
One of the main reasons we have this debt is because of giveaways to the rich. Just like the bank bailouts. That money went to the rich as well. Now people are talking about extending those tax cuts saying things like it will raise taxes on the upper middle class – people making merely $200,000 a year. My heart bleeds for these people – really!
While the unemployed eats dog food because unemployment benefits were stalled for two months, we are not so concerned about people making over $200,000 having to pay their share? How will these people survive with $3,700 less? I know – let’s find some cheaper dog food to feed the unemployed!
America has to get it’s priorities straight and if the Democrats want the people to turn out and vote for them they better start taking care of those making under $200,000 and not over $200,000. There’s more of us than there are of them and with the deficit growing and the economy collapsing I think it’s time to say no to the interests of the rich. No more high income tax cuts!
Marc Perkel, Gilroy
Wanton spending by the Democrats and president really is the problem
Dear Editor,
Our president is accusing Republicans of blocking unemployment benefit extensions. What the Republicans are objecting to is adding this to the debt. The president himself made a big production about all expenditures to be paid for. Over half of the stimulus money is unspent and could easily fund the unemployment extension.
Why the president chooses to demagogue this issue defies logic. What the people need are the jobs that were promised with the stimulus package. Only when people are working and consuming will the recession end.
Maybe if the administration spent more time stimulating business and less time partying, we might get people back to work.
Keith C. De Filippis, south San Jose
Inspiring story on pilot helping out people in need much appreciated
Dear Editor,
I really enjoyed your feature on Dr. Joe McMurray and his involvement in the Angel Flights organization. It is a wonderful story of how individuals can change people’s lives by truly unselfish acts.
Reporter Sara Suddes captured the enthusiasm and energy of Dr. McMurray and the program’s mission perfectly, and it was truly heartwarming to see the gratitude and appreciation as well as the satisfaction that it brings not only to the patients, but also the pilots.
Thanks for featuring such an inspiring story.
Eric Nagareda, Gilroy
Astronomical cost numbers for the California High-Speed Rail project
Dear Editor,
Based on comparable rail transit construction costs around the U.S., the latest estimate for the California High Speed Rail project is $165 billion to $177 billion. That’s construction only; operating subsidies are estimated most recently by the Long Beach Press-Telegram to be $4 billion per year. Please let your readers know.
Joe Thompson, Gilroy
