DEAR EDITOR:
I admit to being a regular visitor to the San Martin disposal
site with yard waste and excess packaging from my business.
DEAR EDITOR:
I admit to being a regular visitor to the San Martin disposal site with yard waste and excess packaging from my business. The first chill I got from the article about possible relocation to the Gilroy Foods vicinity was one of joy, thinking about how close, convenient and still out-of-site that location would be.
But then, I got a second chill, namely, concern about the smell. Now, we have to be fair about the smell at the San Martin site. After all, the disposal site is directly across the street from a sewer station, complete with un-attractively colored fountains (for aeration) and a row boat I don’t want to think about. At the same time, I am aware of the odor that emanates from the dumped trash/garbage itself, and the large composting operation. The question comes to mind, “where will the air currents bring the smell?”
Thinking more about this, I remember a few years ago when some company piled huge rows of compost miles away down Highway 25 towards Hollister. I found out about that when I couldn’t stand to be in my own house near the high school. A call to the city identified the source and sure enough, it was there. But not too long later, it disappeared from that Highway 25 site along with the smell, and I forgot about it.
The question is, could my delight with living in Gilroy and my home value suffer from the move of “da dump” from San Martin to Gilroy? Let’s get an answer for this from the city. In this case there’s a point where “business rights” end and my right to life and liberty begins, and it is – my nose! If that smell surrounds your home, knock the price of two or three SUV’s off your home’s value.
Tony Weiler, Gilroy
Submitted Sunday, Feb. 15 to ed****@****ic.com
