Letters

Not fake news “Fake news” is the accusatory term used by Phill Laursen in his Oct. 5 Dispatch letter toward Dan Harney supporters. He goes on to say that his candidate, Carol Marques “proved" that Dan Harney had voted in favor of the 721-acre, 4,000-home...

Rebeca Armendariz should resign from the City Council. She is a bad role model, flouts the law, enables unlawful behavior, and a proven liar.  Her slap on the wrist fine of $1,250 is an insult to the community. She should be charged with felony manslaughter...

Our nonprofit organization is beginning its fundraising drive to create an approved bicycle pump track in Gilroy. The Gilroy City Council last October allowed Garlic City BMX to start planning and seeking donations toward the track, set to be built within Christmas Hill Park. Garlic City...

On Jan. 17, 1984, my wife and I moved from our “small” house in South San Jose to Gilroy with our then-3-year-old son, with another on the way. Before getting married, my wife lived with her family in Saratoga and I grew up in San...

It looks like some people want to get a grant to do some new work on the alleyway between Fifth and Sixth streets, somewhat like the work done with Gourmet Alley. I wonder where the grant will come from? Sounds and looks expensive! Maybe it’s...

The Downtown Business Association had a party Aug. 28. They want to open eight new restaurants on Gourmet Alley. Good luck. Will they be part time, and what about parking? We should have more on Monterey Street, I said. They told me they want to...

What would you do if you had another $2,298? Take a tropical island vacation, buy new kitchen appliances, put the money in the bank or hand it over, as you do now, through higher prices every time you shop by way of the little...

In a so-called effort to crack down on the number of people going to the Senior Center lunch program, I was unfairly singled out as an unwelcome guest, as I like to ride my bike to the weekday lunch program. This is nonsense. I guess...

Naka Elelleh has told one side, an important side, of the El Camino Bell story (“These bells don’t jingle,” Dec. 31). But as we know, there are many points of view and the El Camino Bells mean different things to different people. There is...

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