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The Gilroy PD could help solve the budget crisis if they’d pull
over all the people still talking on their cell phones while
they’re driving. I’ve seen 10 or 12 just this morning. That’s just
absurd. Thank you.
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GPD should be citing those talking on cell phones
“The Gilroy PD could help solve the budget crisis if they’d pull over all the people still talking on their cell phones while they’re driving. I’ve seen 10 or 12 just this morning. That’s just absurd. Thank you.”
Dear Can You Hear me Now?,
Red Phone agrees, sort of. While Red Phone also sees drivers talking on their phones without a hands-free device, the multitude of other tasks they undertake while driving is as absurd. Red Phone has seen men shaving, women applying makeup and a host of others gulping down Quarter Pounders while tooling down the freeway at 70-plus mph. In Red Phone’s mind, those are as distracting as talking on a phone. Police should just ticket drivers who are distracted or driving reckless, regardless of the reason.
What goes in the paper?
“I’m calling to see what you actually put in the paper. If something happens on Sunday evening, you guys got Monday and then Tuesday’s paper comes out. There was a helicopter that landed on 10th Street and earlier that afternoon there was an accident. I’d like to see who the person was and if everybody was OK. Just wondering what is reported? Thanks a lot.”
Dear Curious,
Red Phone is not clear what weekend you are referring to, but in most cases events that occur during the weekend are reported online Monday morning and then appear in Tuesday’s paper. Obviously, with big breaking news stories such as the Hummingbird Fire, reporters, photographers and editors report to work regardless of the time or the day.
But not everything is reported. We are limited in resources and space in the print versions, so we pick the most interesting and compelling stories to run in print. There is a new feature on page A2 that lists some of the stories that did not appear in print but are online.
So good caller, check out the online version. There you’ll find the stories that don’t appear in print.
Is city logo copied?
“I really am disappointed in the new Gilroy garlic logo as it’s just copied from something that’s on the Internet. We spent thousands of dollars for someone to come up with something, and it’s already out there. The Garlic Company on the Internet, at thegarliccompany.com, has the beautiful “G” with the garlic in it and I think it’s just really tacky that we spent that kind of money for someone to steal somebody else’s idea. I think it’s horrible.”
Dear It Smells Funny,
In the past two weeks Red Phone called The Garlic Company and sent an e-mail with a picture of Gilroy’s new logo to see if company officials were as dismayed as you. Red Phone can only assume officials are not concerned since no one ever returned a call or e-mail. So, we’ll put it to readers. Is there a similarity?
Red Phone contacted Kat Filice, owner of Articulate Solutions, the company that designed the logo. She said it was a cooperative effort between herself, the creative director, and an art director and graphic designer who started from scratch and worked through more than 100 concepts and sketches before arriving at the final product.
“The entire team created that logo,” Filice said. She said she had not seen The Garlic Company logo until Red Phone e-mailed her a copy. “I don’t think they’re similar,” she said.
Kat, Red Phone agrees.
