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I’m complaining about people who crush beer bottles along public
walks in Christmas Hill Park. It’s getting to be a real problem. We
walk all the time and have to pick them up because somebody’s going
to cut themselves. Bye.
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“I’m complaining about people who crush beer bottles along public walks in Christmas Hill Park. It’s getting to be a real problem. We walk all the time and have to pick them up because somebody’s going to cut themselves. Bye.”
Dear Crushed,
Red Phone can’t help but agree. We all wish that others would treat public places like they treat their homes. Oh wait, maybe that’s the problem. Anyway, thanks for picking up after the disrespectful slobs.
Taken aback by previous response
“I’m kind of taken aback by your response to ‘No more homes in Gilroy.’ I don’t see anywhere in ‘No more homes in Gilroy’s’ paragraph that he is implying that only people born or raised here can here live here. So I believe that was a bit much to respond to him with: ‘The only people allowed to live in the city – it is a city, no longer a town – are people who are born here?’ That sounds a bit harsh. Thank you.”
Dear Taken Aback,
The original caller said the city should stop building homes because too much open space and farmland were being paved. Red Phone took that to mean that no new residents can move in, since no new homes or apartments would be built. Taken to the extreme then, only those people who are born here can live here. Sure there are several hundred families who move every year, and those homes are filled by people moving in or by current residents upgrading, but that is a much smaller number than say if Glen Loma builds the 1,693 homes for which they have permits. All Red Phone was trying to say, perhaps not as eloquently as hoped, is that no community can stop building homes.
Apartment complex is an eyesore
“On Rogers Lane an apartment was being redone, but now it has become an eyesore and the local taggers are writing on it. What is the status on this area.”
Dear Level It,
Red Phone contacted Bill Faus, city planning manager, who said the apartment complex was converting to owner-occupied units but the builder got caught in the housing crunch, so he was converting it back to apartments.
“Now they are out of money and the units sit. I believe the bank now owns it,” Faus said. “Zoning enforcement is speaking with the bank to have the tagging removed.”
Building is a disgrace to downtown
“I’m calling about the building at the corner of Fourth and Monterey, the old bank building. It’s a disgrace to downtown. Why hasn’t something been done about it? Thank you.”
“What is being done about the old Washington Mutual Building … a total eyesore to downtown on the corner of Monterey and Fourth?”
Dear It’s an Eyesore,
Red Phone again contacted Faus, who said it’s the same story as the Rogers Lane apartment complex.
“However, the bank is being very difficult to work with, and zoning enforcement is on their case. Due to the large amount of foreclosures (that every bank is dealing with) this is a common story.”
Can they legally park there?
“Years ago the city painted the curbs around Safeway red to prevent people parking cars there to sell. Well, it looks like the used car lot has moved to the block of (Arteaga’s) Super Save between Church and Hanna streets. Will the cars continue to be allowed there?”
Dear Parked,
Red Phone contacted Don Dey, city traffic engineer, who said no, they won’t. The city council recently approved installing 20-minute parking in that section. Caltrans has approved the project.
“We should see that change in the next 30 days or so,” Dey said. “Signs will go up indicating 20-minute parking.”
So good caller, take a look in the middle of October and let Red Phone know if the signs have not been installed.
