Letter: Public safety sales tax measure is worth it
Hello Gilroy! On your ballots this November will be Measure C, a request for a quarter of a cent sales tax that will generate about $4.5 million annually for Gilroy’s Police and Fire Departments. Why does Gilroy need this added revenue? Because we can’t...
3 letters: Dion Bracco’s alarming request; Zany toll road proposal; “Mothball” new care home for vets?
Councilman's home alarm inquiry into mayoral competitor much more than just troubling
A councilman’s resolutions
2017 was a year where most of my personal resolutions were met. I set a resolution to run at least a half marathon with record time and a stretch goal to complete a full marathon. A few minor health set backs prevented the stretch...
Letter: Homelessness a key issue
Homelessness a key issue in Gilroy election
Early on and after the 2020 election, Gilroy City Council Woman Rebeca Armendariz strongly urged that Gilroy use Christmas Hill Park, and other Gilroy parks, for housing the homeless, in essence creating massive tent cities across Gilroy.
At the...
Letters: On local election and politics
Hidden hands shape our local election
I am outraged by the recent revelations surrounding the group responsible for sponsoring negative campaign mailers against Mayor Blankley. These attacks are funded by “Building Tomorrow, sponsored by California Friends and Family,” a group that was previously known as...
7 letters run the gamut from high-speed rail to City Council service to protecting rodeo animals
Let's put the $100 billion and climbing high-speed rail
Your views: Welcome to the Obama years: pornography, abortion
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