Opinion

• Both! I'd propose a two-year term for residents and a one-year rotation of councilmembers. I'd like to see results like: city checkbook posted on line; city blog for ongoing conversation; simple reporting of campaign donations; polls/reviews like the big citywide one that some departments have acted on; open conversation with residents about what the city could/should be doing.

 

A heartfelt plea for the city to make sure that the Gilroy Center for the Arts stays open and vibrant

CHEERS for the aggressive anti-crime sweeps put together by the Gilroy Police Department over the last few weeks. Thirty three arrests the past week on top of a whopping 115 during the recent sweep - largest in the city's history - dubbed Operation Garlic Press. That's a whole bunch of bad people being swept from our streets. Just as importantly, the ground rules are being established: not tolerated in Gilroy. It's good work, and reaching out to the various law enforcement agencies for expertise and assistance paid dividends now and will likely do so again in the future. Thanks for all the good police work to the entire GPD force.

Dear Editor, I am writing on behalf of the Gilroy Arts Alliance/Center for the Arts. This place has really been a great new place for me to be a participant in the Gilroy Community. I feel it has given me purpose, as I volunteer and enjoy all the center has to offer.

Dear Editor, I wish, when you published the comments by the Clown Patrol (Community Pulse), you would name who made the statements. The anonymity protects the fools from standing out. Regarding the decommissioned Gilroy Police Department pistol non-issue, two of the comments by said patrol were so laughable they merit feedback. 

America needs a new political party, nothing’s going to change unless citizens hold Congress accountable