Cheers to local boxer Robert
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The Ghost
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Guerrero, who beat Michael Katsidis in a unanimous decision to
capture the interim WBO and WBA Lightweight title belts.
Cheers to local boxer Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, who beat Michael Katsidis in a unanimous decision to capture the interim WBO and WBA Lightweight title belts. The Gilroy native dominated the bout and now holds five world titles in three weight divisions. With his wife Casey in remission from Leukemia for more than year, Guerrero participated in his first training camp away from home in more than three years and in the best shape of his career. And it showed.
“I feel great that I was able to perform at a high level and show the fans what I’m all about,” Guerrero told reporter Josh Weaver after the fight. “It feels fantastic.”
We’re already anticipating the next bout.
Jeers to the city of Gilroy for bowing out of a study that could have created a consolidated fire and emergency services organization in the hopes of saving money.
Because of Gilroy’s decision, the steering committee of the South County regionalization fire protection and EMS study voted last week to discontinue the study. Such short sightedness is disheartening. At a time when most cities are looking for ways to save money, Gilroy is heading in the opposite direction and putting the entire effort in peril.
Cheers to the city of Morgan Hill, which will – despite Gilroy’s absence – continue talks with county officials and seek a new approach to their fore and EMS partnership that is more efficient.
“It’s up to us to come up with some proposals how to proceed and engage the county,” Morgan Hill Mayor Steve Tate told reporter Michael Moore.
Cheers to Caltrain’s board of directors, who decided last week to delay voting on revised service changes for two weeks as the struggling rail line looks for additional funding and ways to save all 86 of its trains. Caltrain originally announced it was pondering a list of cuts – less daunting than previously projected – that no longer included stations in Gilroy, Morgan Hill and San Martin as casualties in a quest to fill a $30 million budget gap.
Under those plans, Caltrain would cut three stations, eliminate 10 trains and raise fares starting this summer. Now, the agency will look for ways to save all trains and suspend service to the San Francisco-Brisbane Bayshore station, San Mateo Hayward Park station and San Jose Capitol only temporarily.
“This will work for now until we get a long-term solution in place,” Cat Tucker, Gilroy City Councilwoman and member of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s policy advisory committee, said about the South County stations being saved. “I’m ecstatic.”
Us too.
