The following organizations and individuals deserve either
CHEERS or JEERS this week:
JEERS: For the seeming acceptance by city leaders of a projected
$560,000 bill for firefighter overtime.
The following organizations and individuals deserve either CHEERS or JEERS this week:
JEERS: For the seeming acceptance by city leaders of a projected $560,000 bill for firefighter overtime. This is not a situation that should be “tweaked” by Fire Chief Dale Foster; it should be reversed and “corrected.” When that figure makes budget “sense,” we’ve entered into an arena of complacency and poor fiscal management.
CHEERS: For the news delivered by Superintendent Edwin Diaz to the Rotary Club that the Gilroy Unified School District is proceeding cautiously on building a second high school. Though Gilroy will need a second high school in the near future, we’re still unconvinced the best place for that school is on Day Road.
JEERS: For the delay in clarity regarding the Day of Silence protest at Gilroy High School. Control the classroom. Teachers should set aside their personal agendas and teach using their full range of skills to communicate with students. Whatever legal opinion is forthcoming, we trust that our elected trustees will stand up for our students and demand accountability from the teachers.
JEERS: For the Army Corps of engineers which, after years and years, appears to be throwing in the towel on the plan to fix the perennial flood problem in Morgan Hill related to the Llagas Creek and its tributary the Little Llagas. If that project isn’t completed, downtown Morgan Hill will be under water some day. Then we would look back and wonder why we let that happen.
CHEERS: For the late Rev. Mateo Sheedy, a Gilroy native who spread hope and faith to many with his kind spirit. The line in Dina Campeau’s column in Friday’s paper characterizing Sheedy spoke volumes: “Mateo said that the best way for people to get close to God is to get close to each other.” A park is being dedicated today in his honor. Parque de Padre Mateo, at the corner of Locust and Floyd streets in San Jose, will host a celebration from 1-4pm.
JEERS: For the news reported by Staff Writer Matt King who detailed last week in a pair of stories that many residents who own million-dollar homes in the country are receiving significant property tax breaks from the county. Cleaning up the Williamson Act mess is something the county has to do pronto. The current situation is ridiculous.
