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Don’t let a foolish TEA party ruin your taste for patriotism
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so writes Ms. Pampuch in her column last week.
Dear Editor,
“Don’t let a foolish TEA party ruin your taste for patriotism” so writes Ms. Pampuch in her column last week.
To the contrary listen to the TEA party’s message and your patriotism will swell and make you proud to be an American.
Ms. Pampuch voices hers and the media’s tact of applying the “anti-government” label to almost anyone who dares to exercise his right to free speech and peaceful assembly in opposition to a government run amok.
She says in her article that it crushes her heart to see TEA parties waving the American flag to push a political agenda.
Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Think about it!
She sees evil in the TEA party’s use of the American flag only because there is evil in her heart. She is a “dyed in the wool” liberal.
Note this quote of hers: “TEA parties say that taxes are too high. (They claim that ‘TEA’ stands for ‘Taxed Enough Already’. They ignore the fact that taxes are at their lowest level in 60 years.”
That statement of hers is a bold-faced lie. My property taxes in Santa Clara and El Dorado counties jumped over 40 percent this last year. What happened to Proposition 13? The law?
With a state deficit and debt in billions of dollars and the federal government in debt more than $17 trillion dollars, it is the highest debt of any government in history. We have a huge budget deficit, a heinous debt and President Obama gives $1.5 billion to black farmers in reparations for slavery 100 years ago.
Who is going to pay the debt?
I, my children (and theirs), will be saddled with crushing taxes and a defunct economy!
Already in California you see manufacturing companies (the true source of wealth) leaving and relocating in Arizona, Texas, etc. because these states have more reasonable taxation. With loss of these companies, jobs go out of state, increasing unemployment. (Hollister has 24 percent unemployment!)
Unlike Ms. Pampuch, TEA partiers sense that all is not well in government and they protest in a peaceful, forceful, non-violent way.
TEA partiers have the welfare and the future of ore children at heart. They maintain a peaceful, political protest because often, government is out of control and corrupt, it is emptying our treasury and hyperinflation lies ahead.
Viva the TEA Party! Viva the American flag a symbol of individual freedom prosperity, and progress! Viva the First Amendment that guarantees our right to free speech.
J.G McCormack, Gilroy
County selling out San Martin Community Center with little input
Dear Editor,
San Martin Community leaders and organizations were shocked and saddened to find out that the San Martin Community Hall, built brick by brick by community leaders like Sandoe Hanna, George Robinson and Bill Agler, and maintained by the local Lion’s Club, will now be abruptly taken away by the county and given to Gavilan’s Aviation department as a machine shop.
That’s according to Carl Honaker, our own outgoing Supervisor Don Gage, who recently received and Honorary Degree from Deb Smith the Gavilan Trustee who was purportedly is behind the deal. Don Gage made repeated statements supporting the Community Center over the years, but it appears that the vultures started circling before he packed up his desk. We can only hope his replacement is more in tune with the community.
Many don’t realize that Lions meet there just one day a month, mop the floors and clean the bathrooms for the community and fulfill their motto “We Serve.”
The community center was built by the San Martin Lions to serve the community and region. Many agencies like Cal Fire, census operators and NGOs around the region rely on it for training, meetings and to feed their volunteers in times of catastrophe. In South County the local 4H clubs, the San Martin Neighborhood Alliance, Boy Scouts and many other groups use our facility or get financial support from the Bingo. All of this is at no cost. Now it is all about making a few dollars for the county in spite of the loss in facilities and revenue the community.
The county will get less than one seventh of what the weekly Bingo currently pumps into the community and schools. Organizations like San Martin Gwinn School, Rebecca House, Dream Power, Saint Louise Hospital, The Lord’s Table, City of Hope and organizations all over California look to the San Martin Lions for help in these trying times.
If you have comments, concerns or can help us secure the three votes we need to turn down this “deal” here is the contact information for Don Gage, Deb Smith and Carl Honaker.
– Donald F. Gage, District One Supervisor
Santa Clara County, (408) 315-1496
do******@*******************ca.us
– Deb Smith, Gavilan Trustee President
de******@*******nk.net
– Carl Honaker, Director of County Airports
408-918-7700
Alan Black, San Martin
Great preschool program in GUSD that few people seem to know of
Dear Editor,
Last week, my daughter celebrated her final day of preschool. While many children are celebrating the same occasion, my daughter was fortunate enough to attend Gilroy Unified School District’s Power of Preschool program. This is a grant-funded, non-income based program run through the district.
With all of the bad press GUSD has received this past year, I would like to put a spin on that negativity, and thank the district for the amazing services they are providing for our community.
In particular, I would like to applaud the wonderful teachers at the POP South Valley site, Mrs. Rolin and Mrs. Grijalva. These teachers have gone above and beyond throughout the year, teaching a diverse population of students; never complaining, always creating and consistently inspiring growth in their little pupils.
They have taught students the basics, such as hanging their coats by the collar, standing in line to receive lunch, putting their own straw in a milk carton, and learning to follow directions. They have also gone beyond the basics and explored the life cycle by bringing in young animals, learned elements of the space system and concepts of symmetry; all through age-appropriate instruction.
These teachers have created and nurtured these little sponges, which will eventually engage in the elementary system ready to absorb what the outstanding teachers of GUSD have to offer. Again, thank you to all teachers, who strive to create an educated community, but today, my thanks, goes especially to Mrs. Rolin and Mrs. Grijalva.
Lindsay Capp-Hack, Gilroy
The Golden Quill is awarded for a well-written letter.
Democratic candidate for an Assembly seat thankful to voters
Dear Editor,
I am honored and humbled to win the Democratic nomination for the 28th Assembly District race. I want to really thank all the voters who came out to cast their ballots last Tuesday in support of my campaign and the many dedicated community residents who worked tirelessly for our historic victory.
My campaign remained focused on the issues that matter most to the people of the 28th Assembly District, including creating jobs, having safe neighborhoods, expanding healthcare and protecting resources for our local schools and colleges. I am so proud that the voters did not fall for the negative campaigning.
My campaign worked extremely hard to earn the confidence of the voters, and I will, in turn, continue to work hard for our local families. Thanks to the many people who volunteered, put up signs, gave their endorsement, or donated to my campaign.
A special thanks to all the young people of Salinas who were the heart of my campaign and volunteered so many hours over the last three months. I also commend the farmworkers of the Salinas Valley and other dedicated workers who labored so hard to get out the vote.
I do want to give a special thanks to candidates Francisco Dominguez and Janet Barnes for their offers of support, and I look forward to working together with them and their supporters in the future on the pressing challenges facing our state. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said that a true test of a person is not where one stands in times of comfort or convenience, but where one stands in times of challenge and controversy.
Our state is facing the most difficult of times since the Great Depression, and I am willing to work tirelessly to make needed changes in Sacramento to uplift our families and get our state back on solid financial ground. However, it is not over yet and I look forward to continue working very hard to win again this coming November in the general election with your continued support.
Luis Alejo, Candidate for state Assembly, 28th District
