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"An evil action cannot be justified by reference to a good intention."

One shot. The two words were churning inside Vernon Davis' head from halftime onward Saturday. When he lined up on the New Orleans 14-yard line with 14 seconds left in the game and the 49ers trailing by three points, they were pounding like a jackhammer.

Oh, yeah, that's what should be on Gilroy's priority list – a new tobacco ordinance that forbids smoking in our parks, at the designated areas at the Garlic Festival, on our golf courses and, what's next, on our back porch? I get it - smoking is bad for you. But I believe that government believing it has an unlimited right to socially engineer everyone's life is just as bad, and perhaps worse. Gilroy has an obesity problem, so let's outlaw potato salad and the selling of Carl's Jr. bacon burgers within the city limits. It's amazing the things that make the priority list just because some advocacy organization, probably slyly funded by taxpayer dollars, received money so that bureaucrats can claim a "purposeful" livelihood. Who's going to enforce this ordinance? The police do nothing about all the hooch smokers at Las Animas Veterans Park and Christmas Hill Park near the amphitheater now. The Council should send Breathe America and its social engineering lobbying effort packing. Enough already. Educate, but do not dictate.

It's the week after the holidays. You received everything you wanted this year... and then some. A well-meaning relative decided that you needed a new pet in your life and gifted accordingly. What are you going to do now?