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As the mother of a boy, I'm always in training mode. Honestly,

GILROY

Not sure what to make of the Gilroy Political Action Committee, an arm of the Chamber, which erected those borderline insulting campaign signs that scream, “It’s the Gilroy Economy, Genius” that endorse a slate of four candidates. Am darn sure the candidates didn’t give that slogan the stamp of approval even though, in theory, they might concur. The PAC’s motto is of the same political vein, “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.” What’s so odd is that for decades the Chamber has been unfailingly unwilling to offend. “Preserve and protect” could have been the motto. Case in point: Though it’s Government Review Committee staunchly opposed the binding arbitration clause in the city charter for public safety employees, the chamber politely refused to do public opinion battle and weakly presented the case without a recommended course of action to the City Council after much flapping of wings. Perhaps what we have emerging is the Chamber’s alter ego that has been bottled up for years and now, like a college teenager who’s left an ultra-strict household, it’s time for a new motto: “GilPAC, let the wild child out.”

"I would love to find out about what is going on on Center Road. It has been closed between Masten and Church streets for at least five months and maybe more. They were reconstructing a small bridge overpass. I would like to know how much longer they expect it to be closed. It is a true inconvenience when you live on Center Road and you are trying to get to Church Avenue. It is a very small bridge, and I don't know why it was necessary to have it done in the first place. Seems like a waste of money."

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