Should South County farmers pay less for water than residential or commercial users?
• Water is water. Everyone should pay the same.
3 letters: Don’t force struggling students to volunteer; Careful with any new tree-cutting ordinances; Obama bows to big money interests
Forcing Gilroy high school students to volunteer? How about tutoring and grades?
Community pulse question: Student service hours
Hundreds might not graduate from high school because they have not fulfilled the 80-hour community service requirement. Should the school board stick with the program?
Imperative to save Saint Louise
In the best case scenario Saint Louise Regional Hospital, which is on the market along with the entire group of hospitals owned and operated by the Catholic Daughters of Charity, will be sold to a compassionate organization intent on providing quality health care to South County residents. In the worst case, scenario, there would be no takers and Saint Louise would be shuttered.
4 letters: Spirit week stereotypes; Animal clinic services; Country Estates tyranny; Choking government regulation
Parent has concerns regarding the stereotyping involved in Spirit Week
3 letters: Holiday parade accolades and thank yous; ‘Hair We Are’ owner hangs up the shears; Gilroy High coaches made the dream possible;
Holiday parade a wonderful event driven by generous donations of time and effort
Red Barn: repurpose, recycle, reuse
The crumbling red barn on the ranch side of Christmas Hill Park may or may not be traceable to one of the area’s most prominent historical figures, cattle baron Henry Miller. While that matters to a degree, the point remains: the red barn is still a part of Gilroy history. The real question is how much the community values that history.
