Letter: Expect more integrity from elected officials
I was shocked and disillusioned to read about the death at the party that resulted in a 120-page report. Ms. Armendariz was fined $2,450 but $1,250 was waived due to the late issuance of the citations.
Elected officials should have more common sense and integrity....
Letter: Be aware of canvassing group
It has come to my attention that Councilmember Armendariz is personally recruiting on her Facebook page for a non-Gilroy-based far-left progressive ballot harvesting organization called GroundWorks. This organization is not local but is a statewide group paying people to go door-to-door to influence voters....
Letter: Rushing to judgment
Despite the fact I have some good friends calling out for the resignation or recall of Councilmember Rebeca Armendariz, I believe the tone and volume of these calls to be poorly based and hasty.
My perspective is of someone who lives in the country and...
Letter: Which party is better for America?
Polls leading up to the recent election reported much of the public thinks the Republican Party handles the economy better. That’s not my opinion after reading "Letters from an American,” a daily newsletter from Heather Cox Richardson, professor of American History who has taught...
Letter: Bills force truckers off the road
In addition to inflation worsening our supply chains, the throttling of 70,000 owner-operator truckers by California's AB5 and AB2257 is one heck of a monkey wrench tossed into our gearbox.
I am a 1966 graduate of the Motor Carrier Fleet Safety Supervisor School at UC...
Letter: We did not make you invisible
In early 2019, word was spread throughout Gilroy that Mayor Roland Velasco was asking for volunteers to form an ad hoc committee in order to celebrate Gilroy’s 150th birthday coming the following year. He felt that it was an important and monumental event which...