OK, but where do I start?:
”
After noting the third such sign in my neighborhood, I was
struck with the dichotomy of the message. When coming across a stop
sign, I stop. Each time I come across one of the ‘End Constrution’
signs, I can’t help but begin to construe and construe and construe
… contrary to the apparent intentions of the sign
OK, but where do I start?: “After noting the third such sign in my neighborhood, I was struck with the dichotomy of the message. When coming across a stop sign, I stop. Each time I come across one of the ‘End Constrution’ signs, I can’t help but begin to construe and construe and construe … contrary to the apparent intentions of the sign. Further, I wondered if there was some past point in the road where I was to begin construing, in order to end said construing here. Is anyone able to explain the signs found on Welburn just west of Santa Teresa, Longmeadow just west of Santa Teresa and on northbound Santa Teresa just north of Sunrise?”
Caller, thank you. You gave the Red Phone a good laugh … as well as the rest of The Dispatch staff.
The Red Phone checked with City Transportation Engineer Don Dey, who said the contractor purchases the signs from Statewide Safety and Signs, “a very large outfit.”
“When we questioned them about it, they apologized and said it was a very simple mistake on their part,” Dey said. “We all found it kind of amusing. We all said, ‘Geez, as many times as we drive up the street, how did we miss it?’ We definitely appreciate the person pointing it out and we’ll have those (signs) replaced shortly.”
Teen talk: “Hi Red Phone! I just wanted to call and tell you that you’re doing a great job. I’m hoping you can clear something up for me. I was reading the Kids Space section in the April 9 Dispatch and I wanted to make a comment. The writer of the article is using such a sophisticated writing style, that it’s really difficult for kids and teens like me to even attempt to read it. So if you could just pass along the word to maybe just use a little more kid-friendly vocabulary, that would be great. Thank you.”
The Red Phone passed along your request to Lifestyles Editor Colleen Valles, who said that in the future, she’ll take your comments into consideration and edit pieces more closely, so that they’re a little more teen-friendly. Thanks for the call.
Questionable flyer: “Just asking about the flyer that the library sent out saying the library would close if the measures didn’t pass. That isn’t the case, is it? Isn’t it that the library would just decrease hours, but it would remain open? I think that’s false advertising on their part. Thanks.”
Close down completely? No. Close additional hours and/or days? Yes.
Steve Tate, a member of the Santa Clara County Library District Joint Powers Authority, said he did not see the postcard before it was sent out, but that the committee should have revised the card.
“I don’t like giving people the impression the library will close permanently. That is not the intent of what we’re doing,” he said. “I know that’s not what was meant.”
If you missed it, go to the Dispatch Web site at www.gilroydispatch.com and read the April 6 article “Library election mailer misleading.”
Yes to TJs!: “I was reading in the paper this morning and if I wanted Trader Joe’s in town to call the Red Phone. I say a big fat yes, we need one.”
Thanks for calling in to the Red Phone and showing your enthusiastic support. However, Gilroy’s Economic Development Corporation Interim Director Jane Howard said she spoke with vice president of real estate at Trader Joe’s, who said that “neither Gilroy, Hollister nor Morgan Hill are in the running right now.”
Apparently, Trader Joe’s prefers 100,000 people within a three-mile radius. The company also looks at demographics such as college education and it prefers that 60 percent of adults have a college education. And none of the areas currently meet their criteria.
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