Letters

This letter is dedicated to anyone reading my thinking aloud tirade. I have been a hardheaded Harry S. Truman Democrat since I was a first-year student at Gilroy High! However, I have had the privilege of working on election campaigns and being a staff member for...

Each October, for more than 40 years, the Gilroy Garlic Festival Association distributed between $200,000-$300,000 to nonprofit organizations from proceeds earned at the annual July event. What some people may not recognize is the total amount of money raised at the festival by local...

Community colleges have in the past been considered a great opportunity to many, even those who come from the first generation. At the end of 2019, the California College Promise Program offered two years of free tuition for first-time students who took full-time courses...

My name is Ann Marie McCauley and I have been a resident and business owner in Gilroy for 20 years. In January 2023 I started attending city council meetings to better understand Gilroy’s government.  I was shocked to see how few people attended and became...

Fantastic! I was thrilled to read the Sept. 14 article about the Caltrain expanding weekday service to four trains from Gilroy to San Jose and other destinations in the Bay Area. Still, there's a strong need for more reliable bus services to access San Jose...

The cartoon in the Nov. 17 issue solely blamed Republicans for a potential government shutdown. I'm surprised and disappointed the Dispatch would run such a one-dimensional editorial without any counterpoint. There are 535 members of Congress, 271 Republicans and 264 Democrats, whose primary job is...